I'm sure this has been discussed a few times already, but if folks would not mind repeating themselves, could you be so kind as to chime in and let me know what AA/Anso settings work best for you?BTW, I have a Radeon 800XT/256meg, P4 3.2, and 1 GIG RAM.TIA,bt

Sure it has and the answer is the same too!! Start with your setup and begin adjusting AA and AF. After each adjustment check your FS for results. When you find that sweet balance for you then stop messing around and enjoy flying!! A good start is 2X 2X.Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

I've settled on 4X/16X I think... Wish the card didn't AA the clouds - no need to and 6X really kills big AS2004 cloudbanks...

Hi,I have a Radeon 9700 Pro and I use a resolution of 1600x1200 with 4x AA and 16x AF. If I had a Radeon X800 XT I'm sure I would crank the AA up to 6x.Cheers,JimSystem Specs:Intel 3.4C(C = Northwood) on Asus P4C800-E Deluxe, 1 GB Muskin '222' Special PC3200 RAM, NEC MultiSync FE2111SB 22" Monitor, ATI Radeon 9700 Pro Videocard with v4.2 Catalyst Drivers, DirectX 9.0b, Creative Audigy2 Soundcard, 250 GB w/8 MB Cache Western Digital HDD, WinXP Pro SP1

1280x1024, 4xAA/8x Anisotropic. Radeon 9700 Pro, AthlonXP 2.2 GHz.

Hello Guys,The really big difference in terms of quality is the "S"I don't know about ATI, but with nvidia cards and a tweaker like NVhardpage you can set AA 4x S wich gets read of jabgged edges specially with the aircrafts that have thin lines painted omn the fuselage (i.E. American Airlines old astrojet).I use AA 4x S and Aniso 2xAC5

BT,Having run with many configs on my Rad9600SE, to get the right balance of perf/quality I settled on AA2X/AF6X. This cuts out most of the jags on the screen.If you want to fly the sim without clouds then by all means crank it up higher but I have some requirements,1) 40% ai traffic2) clouds at 70%/high detail3) online flying w/squawbox4) Frame limit = 24fps5) All maxed out on eye-candy except agen (very dense), mesh (75%)As mentioned the clouds are the problem. If you fly online then the real wx will create multilevels of clouds which will cause a lot of stuttering. Best to get a nice balance and this setting does that. I know we can keep raising this perf level but do you really need it? 24fps is pretty good and this setting makes it sit at this level 90% of the time. Some detailed airports may cause slow downs but that is expected.Another thing I found was that the latest drivers from ATI are causing stutters around water. This is fixed if you go back to the Catalyst 4.3.Hope it helps.Shez

Wow BT, what kind of frame rates are you getting with the brand new 800XT? You should be able to crank everything to the max I would imagine with that card.

BT, Settings like these should only be determined by an expert. I'll tell you what, send your rig to my house for about six months, and I'll figure out what works best... and let you know.

>I've settled on 4X/16X I think... Wish the card didn't AA>the clouds - no need to and 6X really kills big AS2004>cloudbanks... If you are using the card in your Sig then you don't have to worry about AAing the clouds as it can't/don't and won't.4x/16x on that card is sweet though.