Your GTX 285 is also considered now 'OLD' in hardware years, go get a 400 series so you can join the club so you don't need to read old guides anymore. Join the revolution :) it's a fact! you'll see 100% of people with the 400 series having 100% success with BP=0.

Well my CPU is a lot older :( The GTX480 aren't available at here in Sweden yet. I'll maybe wait for the 485. Haven't decided yet. Will propably go for a i7 980 at the same time.EDITED: Updated BIOS to the latest version, which support the i7 980. Just to be prepared :(

One more thing Mr 'Nelson', for someone in Sweden you sure do have some strange sleeping habits :) more like someone located this side of the pond....

Yes, I'm an old man and when I'm not working my diurnal rhythm get a little strange :(

Edited April 15, 201016 yr by UlfB

Thanks for the review, I may pull the trigger on one, but after all the a "facts" posted before it leaves me wondering when the other shoe is gonna drop...

Welcome back FSXBuster :) we all missed you! ;) please, keep posting so you make it more and more obvious to others as to whom you really are! keep up the good posts!

it makes you wonder what the next "fact" will be ..

"Wondering" is what sets us apart; it's where greatness comes from. Without people who wonder we wouldn't have the civilization which we all enjoy. :(

Old tweaks are simply, OLD.BP=0 is simply a revelation. I don't know how I flew without it. Now that I think of it, I wasn't really enjoying what I had.To be able to fly in NYC with bad weather, at night, with lots of traffic, rain, and very dense AG with silky smooth flying is just amazing. Before, BP=0, new tweaks, and the new nvidia 197.45 driver, FSX was a slide show in the example above.I don't even see shimmering scenery anymore. I've never seen such sharp textures and beautiful colors. I have never seen an overcast layer in FSX. Now I do!For anyone who ever wanted to fly in and out of clouds, in the mountains, with bad weather and with the speed of an L-39, simply try using the guide and latest drivers.You will be amazed. I sound like Mitch. :( ----------------------------------------------------------'I sound like Mitch'....Yeah, yeah, yeah.....(large smile!) Well...there could be worse things, I do enjoy life to the full, LOL! Now...out for a ride on the motorcycle. A beautiful day is happening out there beyond the Den...lol! Post edit: Drat! Major rain clouds are forming.....well, back to flying until tonight...lol! Mitch

Thanks for the review, I may pull the trigger on one, but after all the uh other "facts" posted before it leaves me wondering when the other shoe is gonna drop...Wouldn't Bejote make for one great politician? I think so...."BP=0 It's the Holy Grail and I can prove it"!!!!-Oops it breaks badly if you want any real image quality settings"DISSAPEARING TEXTURES/BLACK SCREEN PROBLEM FINAL SOLUTION"!!!Oops, now it just crashes to the desktop. "Solved"!!!Oops it still breaks "This is still too unstable" - Tabs"the ATI HD5870 is a perfect match for BP=0"!Oops, it doesn't render 3d objects fast enough compared to the NV card, back to the 285GTXAll that glitters is not Gold, but it makes you wonder what the next "fact" will be about the 4XX cards or BP or the NV control panel etc...I just want to know things for real before we spend the dough, thats all..like how does it perform using real high IQ like 8 or 16xAA? or with high LOD or with Bloom enabled etc. Thanks.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Geez....I have to say, NOBODY is holding your arm wrenched behind your back to make you enter any Bojote tweaks posted! Nobody is forcing you at gun-point to even read ONE *******/Bojote O.P.I for one have had a MAJOR FSX usage improvement from ******* as the O.P. author of a thread. I have tried BP=0 and for my WANTING to max out FSX for I.Q., could not use a setting of '0', but can use BP=500000 or BP=1000000 with only a very SLIGHT drop in smoothness as seen with BP=0. No artifacts with 50000 or 1000000 on my system. All the other tweaks worked as he posted them. Fabulously so. I simply don't understand why one would come into the forum with sarcasm painted over-top their post. You COULD have merely said that you tried some, or all of his tweaks, and they didn't work out for YOUR particular application. Why do some need to swath things with sarcasm or vitriolic? For what gain? For what purpose? This eludes me.....Mitch

To be able to fly in NYC with bad weather, at night, with lots of traffic, rain, and very dense AG with silky smooth flying is just amazing. Before, BP=0, new tweaks, and the new nvidia 197.45 driver, FSX was a slide show in the example above.I don't even see shimmering scenery anymore. I've never seen such sharp textures and beautiful colors. I have never seen an overcast layer in FSX. Now I do!For anyone who ever wanted to fly in and out of clouds, in the mountains, with bad weather and with the speed of an L-39, simply try using the guide and latest drivers.

Mitch,Do you remember this post http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=256952 :(

Why do some need to swath things with sarcasm or vitriolic? For what gain? For what purpose? This eludes me.....

'Some' or perhaps they are all the same person?For what gain? thats an interesting question :) 'who' would want to make my suggestions to improve FSX performance look 'bad' or not valid? am I busting someones ego? and yes... it eludes me too. But I got used to this already.

bojote's suggestions work fine on my system. I am very happy. Thanks a lot and please continue the good work. :(

"Wondering" is what sets us apart; it's where greatness comes from.

Gosh - did I say that???? Seriously - I meant to say "it's what sets WINNERS apart from the LOSERS.

Mitch,Do you remember this post http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=256952 :(

Sure do...and with what tweaks were out there..at that time, that was the 'view'...lol. But that is then, and this is a post-Bojote era, Run with the times, or get RUN OVER by the crowd coming up on your '6'... :( Seriously, *******'s tweaks opened up my rig to even more and greater potential with FSX. Who knows what more 'goodies' are to come?I know one thing..I run with an open-minded attitude..and where progress is made, attention is due.Cheers!Mitch'er

Mitch,You and I share one trait that's very important:ENTHUSIASM!!!!!Where would society be without it?

With another 100% Guarantee fact of what hardware we must all go and purchase now like the one about the ATI card that keeps gets inconsistent reviews all from the same poster then you must have totally missed the point. And Mitch, with all due respect If one were to read all of your post, Like Bejotes they change weekly if not daily as to what works and then doesn't, you must be now be getting what, 1000 frames per second now? :( Cheers guys!

Why in heck would you want to come in here and ruin the enthusiasm of all the guys who are having fun tweaking, flying, tweaking, flying and tweaking some more???? This is our hobby and we think this is a great way to spend our spare time.Besides which - it's my GD money and if I want to waste it on an ATI card or the wrong nVidia card - it's my issue - not yours - to make fun of me - now BUG OUT!@#$%# and BUG OUT of the bl%#$y forum.AS@45#$%%$ LEMODS!!!

Why in heck would you want to come in here and ruin the enthusiasm

Because anyone hidden behind an anonymous nickname can! evidently, the 'real' user would 'never' come in here to spoil the party ;) this has been happening since DAY 1 :) on the monster BP thread :) they are all the exact same user! he logs off, then logs on again and te cycle goes on... so, you'll see now some of the other 'alter egos' post shorty :) sit back and relax :) he should be here soon :)

With another 100% Guarantee fact of what hardware we must all go and purchase now like the one about the ATI card that gets inconsistent reviews all from the same poster then you must have totally missed the point. And Mitch, with all due respect If one were to read all of your post, Like Bejotes they change weekly if not daily as to what works and then doesn't, you must surely by now be getting like what, 1000 frames per second now? :( Cheers guys!

Well...combinations change, morph, some work together, some found to exceed or hinder, things evolve in this forum not by the hour, but by the minute. I adjust to the forum information available.About my frame rates....I'm just shy of 1000 FPS at the present...actually 999.75. It's frustrating to me that I can't tweak that final .25..... If I drop all sliders to mid...I find the FPS meter spins so fast...that the 730x needs clearance for take-off from the desk.... :( ....hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........*******, (back to O.P. topic, as it should be...) I'll keep reading up on how you fare with your new toy. I do find though that the 285 pumps out steady-eddy 30's with the frame lock, and all your tweaks stable; BP=500000. I'm glad for once, that I don't feel the 'need for more speed' with having the 285 onboard. I might bite for three full product update cycles though. When I do, I'll look forward to adding your BP=0 to the mix. Good stuff!Mitch

just convince us a bit more about your testing

'us' meaning? you seem to be the only one needing 'convincing' so, I suggest you 'try' them yourself, then come back with 'real' questions....