June 3, 201412 yr I am working abroad and have brought my Dell XPS M1730 (rather than my main FS PC) so that I can at least fly FS9 whilst I am away (2 years...). Getting my PC here is too much of a hassle, and a risk.. So, the M1730 runs with XP x64, 2.2GHz CPU, GeForce 8700M GPU & 2GBs RAM. Hardly cutting edge, but should be OK for FS9 and a small selection from my thousands of addons (aircraft/scenery etc.). My problem is with Antialiasing at the moment. If I enable the FS9 AA from Options, frames rates go from 30 (capped) to just 2fps! I have tried SweetFX, as I use this on my PC, but that still cuts the fps to about 14 or so when I install the dll files etc into the FS9 folder - AA enabled or not. I need to experiment with this more, probably. Also tried nVidia Inspector. Downloaded the latest version, but when I start the interface, the configuration button does nothing (doesn't open any config page). Is that because my driver is not supported in this version (or in any??): 197.48 ... As the O/S is XP 64-bit, it's not going to be easy to find a suitable driver, if that's why I can't configure things in nVidia Inspector. (Can't seem to confirm this anywhere). I'll keep Googling, but help here would be much appreciated. I am amazed that I can't use FS9's own AA. Why the huge frame rate drop (enabling a filter or not - none, bilinear, trilinear - makes no odds)? Thanks, Martin Martin Stebbing, EGLF (UK)
June 5, 201412 yr Author ... aslo tried using the AA in the nVidia Control Panel, but it has no effect in FS9. (Why not?)... Martin Stebbing, EGLF (UK)
June 6, 201412 yr Author Ok now with new drivers: http://forum.avsim.net/topic/443795-xp-64-bit-driver-for-nvidia-8700m-can-anyone-help-please/ Martin Stebbing, EGLF (UK)
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