Hi all, did we have a xplane screenshot section in the past?   I can't see one now..

 

    One thing that bugs me about xplane although I dont believe it's an xplane problem is how it looks on my 42" screen.  It's not that great but I think the nvidia quality in most sims is better than my ATI.

 

    I know the screen can look great as some sims look really excellent, no AA issues etc but xplane is not great.  I have found FSX is similar and I understand it likes nvidia better as well.

 

    To help me decide if it's worth the money I was looking for some good 1920x1080 screenshots taken with good nvidia cards that I can put on my screen and hope to see some difference.

 

     Anyone know where to look?

 

Thanks!

 

Sorry don't have any screenshots but the only time I hooked my pc to my 40 inch Samsung lcd TV, I was amazed by the deep black colors at night in both XP10 and FSX with my nvidia card, a great experience overall far better than my 27 inch Samsung lcd monitor, btw both running at 1080p.

 

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Not even sure if you can post pictures that large, here.

Yes, I have looked at some other forums but given the size restrictions usually in use I dont see them that size.

 

    I have decided that I will switch from an AMD to an nvidia for my next card as the majority of sims perform better  AMD cards usually have more glitches for flight sims but thankfully on the whole the issue isn't apparent for other things.

 

   It's just how quickly I make the move so thats where I would have liked to see screenshots I could put on my screen.

 

    I know on the 42" I can get amazing graphics without any AA issues or shimmering etc that the large screen usually shows to it's full detriment.

 

     I have been playing arma 3 a little and so far it is giving me the best view of a world when flying around on it.  Nothing to complaing about graphics wise but it uses a newer engine as well.

 

     I am hoping with nvidia I can have the same AA/shimmering free experience on the big screen with the other sims that I can get on AMD currently with newer games.

If you swap to an Nvidia card make sure you get one with the most ram you can afford.

XP uses it far more than the CPU

The 2GB card would be the lowest I would go.  I have a 680 2GB card and it is loaded normally around 90 to 100% and the CPU is only working around 40%.

Thanks Trevor,  I would be replacing a 3GB 7970 and would go for a 3Gb or more  780 or what they may put out to compete with AMD's new card.

Of course, you can kill a lot of overhead by checking "compress textures to save VRAM"

I have been playing around with my setup seeing what can be done, doing some more research on ATI AA etc and I have partially resolved things.

 

    With various tools I have been trying to get different kinds of AA working, with some success.

 

    As I look at the issue I see that screenshots would not have given me an indication if nvidia would be better because my problems are not really apparent with static images.  It's certain areas that appear liquid, moving, shimmering with small movements of the view, eg looking around, banking, turning etc.  

 

    So back to the x-plane settings.   When xpx came out I tried HDR and turned it off right away because of the bad performance with AMD at the time.   I must admit I never really tried it again but it looks to be the solution because of the additional AA features is provides.

 

    The good news is that I now get a wonderful, perfectly still image withoug movement, shimmering etc but I only get it at the max AA settings, from memony 8xssaa + 4xfxaa.    My frames are now from 40-60 avg to low 20's. in 1920x1080.

 

     That's unfortunate but at least I know it's an issue that can be fixed for me.  So now if I want a new card it will be more about getting the frames up with the extra settings.

 

     Still, I think there is the possibility that I can get this picture on nvidia without the huge frame rate hit..  Must find friend with massive nvidia card to test!

I still get bad shimmering in certain block buildings and others where it appears the sim has interposed two separate buildings in the same space, that are fighting each other in the z-buffer. Hate it, but its probably one of those things that wont be addressed for quite a while.

I still get bad shimmering in certain block buildings and others where it appears the sim has interposed two separate buildings in the same space, that are fighting each other in the z-buffer. Hate it, but its probably one of those things that wont be addressed for quite a while.

 

File a bug report !!

Of course, you can kill a lot of overhead by checking "compress textures to save VRAM"

 

Sorry for dragging up an old thread, but, I was researching this option on google. I am not sure If I am supposed to select it or not? My specs are in my PC sig. Can anyone enlighten me?

 

Thanks

Ian!

Of course, you can kill a lot of overhead by checking "compress textures to save VRAM"

The best way to get a really bad texture quality.

Sorry for dragging up an old thread, but, I was researching this option on google. I am not sure If I am supposed to select it or not?

If you have enough VRAM turn it off. It can help if you have a very limited amount of VRAM but there are few options that decrease the quality so dramatically.

Though thats not necessarily the case. Many find the difference too small to be noticeable, but with a significant savings in VRAM and sometimes even FPS. I think it's still the case where compressed is the recommended mode.

 

http://developer.x-plane.com/2012/01/dds-revisited-in-x-plane-10/

 

http://developer.x-plane.com/2012/11/dds-and-v10-what-does-it-do/

 

But of course, its situational.

Though thats not necessarily the case. Many find the difference too small to be noticeable,

Well, it depends if the plane uses PNG or DDS files. With PNG the texture compression uses a fast and pretty bad algorithm, with DDS it can use the precompressed image directly. But look around, in most planes I see PNG files.