Once you set the profile it will be applied automatically by the driver when you run FSX. :)

I doubt it would be worth me trying this new AA mode on my PC. If it requires serious amounts of graphics RAM, then I don't think my 512MB GeForce 9800GT will be powerful enough. Anyway, I really don't need it. FSX looks great with 8xS AA on my PC, so I would prefer to keep the framerate up. Since I only use a 17" monitor, I don't need the very top end fancy settings to smooth out ultra large pixels on a widescreen monitor the size of Wales!

Well, I personaly have reverted back to 16x CSAA. It gives me a better image quality as this mode here and a far better performance.

Well, I personaly have reverted back to 16x CSAA. It gives me a better image quality as this mode here and a far better performance.

I've gone back to 8XSQ... not as good image quality, but better performance.

Well...my two cents...This is the best AA setting I have ever used. It makes FSX scenery look literally photo-realistic! From 2000 feet, you can make out the cross-braces and metal members of electric towers as clear as anything that could be seen in real life. No blurries right out to the horizon.One thing though...I had the FRAMES PRE-RENDER LIMIT set to '0' because of another setting I was using. This caused chunk and choppiness in turns and when panning after going to this new A.A. I put this setting back to '3' and after loading up the same flight scenario, I had the fluidity back again that I had had with the AA setting prior to using this recommended one.This one is a keeper...but put back the Pre-Render in the Nvidia Inspector GLOBAL to a setting of '3'. You'll get back your smoothness.Thank you, O.P. a very good tip worth 'visual GOLD'!Cheers! Post Edit: Oh...this setting looks great in FS9 as well!

Well...my two cents...This is the best AA setting I have ever used. It makes FSX scenery look literally photo-realistic! From 2000 feet, you can make out the cross-braces and metal members of electric towers as clear as anything that could be seen in real life. No blurries right out to the horizon.One thing though...I had the FRAMES PRE-RENDER LIMIT set to '0' because of another setting I was using. This caused chunk and choppiness in turns and when panning after going to this new A.A. I put this setting back to '3' and after loading up the same flight scenario, I had the fluidity back again that I had had with the AA setting prior to using this recommended one.This one is a keeper...but put back the Pre-Render in the Nvidia Inspector GLOBAL to a setting of '3'. You'll get back your smoothness.Thank you, O.P. a very good tip worth 'visual GOLD'!Cheers! Post Edit: Oh...this setting looks great in FS9 as well!

I agree on the FS9 !!

Well...my two cents...This is the best AA setting I have ever used. It makes FSX scenery look literally photo-realistic! From 2000 feet, you can make out the cross-braces and metal members of electric towers as clear as anything that could be seen in real life. No blurries right out to the horizon.One thing though...I had the FRAMES PRE-RENDER LIMIT set to '0' because of another setting I was using. This caused chunk and choppiness in turns and when panning after going to this new A.A. I put this setting back to '3' and after loading up the same flight scenario, I had the fluidity back again that I had had with the AA setting prior to using this recommended one.This one is a keeper...but put back the Pre-Render in the Nvidia Inspector GLOBAL to a setting of '3'. You'll get back your smoothness.Thank you, O.P. a very good tip worth 'visual GOLD'!Cheers! Post Edit: Oh...this setting looks great in FS9 as well!

Thanks for this tip with the pre-render limit set to 3. I had it on 8 and got terrible spikes and vanishing trees or other autogen when I panned arround. Now it all works and looks quite amazing.Current position: FL400 over the Olympia Mountains in the F-16D of the 412th. Test Wing FSX makes fun again!

I agree that this AA is the best I've seen, but it drops my fps by ~30% for the settings I use in the locations I've tried with realistic weather. In some places where I'm pegged at my locked 35 fps it drops to 25, and places where I'm at 25 it drops to 18 or less. Not worth the hit IMO, so I'll live with 8xS and its less than perfection. What is interesting is that it does not max my GPU nor its RAM. Thanks for sharing this though, it is top rate!

I agree that this AA is the best I've seen, but it drops my fps by ~30% for the settings I use in the locations I've tried with realistic weather. In some places where I'm pegged at my locked 35 fps it drops to 25, and places where I'm at 25 it drops to 18 or less. Not worth the hit IMO, so I'll live with 8xS and its less than perfection. What is interesting is that it does not max my GPU nor its RAM. Thanks for sharing this though, it is top rate!

Can you please try again, but setting Anisotropic filtering to application controlled?That allowed me to increase my AA level with no performance hit and no IQ loss

I tried this setting when it was introduced and I have not looked back.Thanks for this great new tweak.

This setting is stunning on my GTX580 but I went back to 8xS simply because the card made too much noise for my comfort level when I made a descent and landing from FL340. Beautiful IQ with very little if any perf loss but too noisy! :-)

Can you please try again, but setting Anisotropic filtering to application controlled?That allowed me to increase my AA level with no performance hit and no IQ loss

Using in-game AF solved the heavy FPS hit, but I can definitely see the IQ loss with the in-game AF (e.g. flying around/over water looks (even more) dreadful). So for me, robbing Peter (using in-game AF) to pay Paul (using superior AA) isn't worth it. But hey, that's only me; thanks for the tip!

Using in-game AF solved the heavy FPS hit, but I can definitely see the IQ loss with the in-game AF (e.g. flying around/over water looks (even more) dreadful). So for me, robbing Peter (using in-game AF) to pay Paul (using superior AA) isn't worth it. But hey, that's only me; thanks for the tip!

Ok, Thanks for trying it. I'll need to look closer at water and how ingame AF affects that

I have tried most of the suggestions here, and I can see no difference at all between any of the modes, so I guess, FSX ignores my AA settings.This is GTX580 in v267.31 driver. In FSX I have disabled AA, in nvidiaInspector I do have 'override app settings'. Do You probably know how to fix this?

BartThis is were my (warped sense of) logic defeats me: "In FSX I have disabled AA, in nvidiaInspector I do have 'override app settings'."I have this question before "How can you override something that is not set?" I always set AA in FSX then override it or enhance it depending on my mood at the time. I can't see that if it is not ticked in FSX how you can override it as there is nothing to override? I could be wrong?? :Whistle: It's a mystery! :Drooling: RegardsPeterH