is it just me or does anyone else get the feeling thats its just one thing after another with fsx ?

i am no means an expert far from it so i would be greatful if anyone could help out again,

in the past my fsx aint been the best to say the least slight stutters low fps etc...

i finally sorted this out 2days ago i downloaded new drivers for my gpu from the offical site installed them and thiungs seemed good,

my fsx started to look crystal clear compared to previous weeks/months only to have my pc just switch off in flight, its never done this before and dont do it while im on youtube browseing the web etc... but when on fsx it happens after 5 or 10 mins.. i have now noticed that the trees are blurey i cant read any of the keys on my fmc all my displays are ok all switches and buttons look good however all the wording around the cockpit is just unreadable does anyone know whats gone wrong ?

Whenever you update video card drivers, your display settings are changed. You have to reset your display settings. Also make sure AA/AF is enabled in FSX General settings. If you use the Nvidia Inspector, make sure those settings are set the way you want them.

 

Best regards,

Jim

hey Jim, all settings are the same however no change in my graphics and the same still cant read the lettering on my fmc etc... any more ideas ?

Then it's possible your video card drivers were not installed properly. Uninstall and reinstall the video card drivers. The new drivers may not be compatible with your video card too. Not all video card updates are really necessary. You might restore the previous version and see if that fixes the problem. In the General tab of your FSX settings, make sure your video card is properly identified as well as the resolution. Make sure it is not set to 16 bit. It must be set at 32.

 

Best regards,

Jim

Hi,

 

I suspect the updated drivers are the problem. Happened to me recently going from Catalyst control centre 12.8 to 12.11 - caused no end of problems,including blurry textures. What card do you have?

 

cheers

 

steve

What card do you have?

 

According to his My PC specs, it's an Nvidia GTS 450.

 

Best regards,

Jim

I always run a few benchmark programs when FSX acts up to ensure it has nothing wrong with my computer setup.

Steve, the card i have is a Nvidia gts 450,

jim i tried all the settings and they were all the same as the=y were before i installed my drivers. i did however think it could have been the drivers not installed correctly so i did a reinstall earlier but had no joy, i was sure that the update was something my card could do with as on the nvidia site it searches for your gup. auto and tells you if you have the current drivers installed just trying get what i can from this card anyway i did a system restore as a last resort and well everything is back as it was, yet another day wasted lol thanks for all your help with this guys ill try leave this stuff alone as it only seems to get me into trouble and dosent do me any favours

cheers again

Good to hear you have it fixed!

 

With that, I will now move this to the graphics card forum. Thanks!

 

Best regards,

Jim

 

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sorry jim i had no idea it was posted in the wrong place, ill get more clued up on this for future refrance, thanks again

Dont worry Craig, happened to me too recently, I updated from ATI Catalyst Control Centre 12.8 to 12.10 and it totally screwed up my FSX, so I removed it and re-installed 12.8 and everything went right back to how it was before the update :-)

 

Your not alone with driver updates going wrong mate...