So what I am seeing in that video is pretty close to what youre seeing when you fly the sim?

 

No, the recorded video is a little worse than what I see.

 

Cheers, Rob.

 

 

No, the recorded video is a little worse than what I see.

:lol:

Thanks so much Rob. Last question: what about NI settings? Are you using special settings for it?

No, the recorded video is a little worse than what I see.

 

Cheers, Rob.

Rob...thanks again for all your posts on the Prepar3D. I am afraid I am starting to get a bit of information overload looking at all your test settings. Are you now recommending to not use nvidia inspector with 2.3? If that is the case then what settings do you recommend for the nvidia control panel or do you just leave everything to default to global? I am running the 3770K at 4.5 and GTX 780 3GB.

I only use 4x SGSSAA in NI, w/ 4X MSAA in game w/ FXAA off. You don't need a super amount of SGSAA to clean up the render well enough to fly without shimmer. 

Quick update, I reinstalled the driver, left out GeForce experience and performed a clean install. Weirdly, my surround is now working. Hmmmm

Quick update, I reinstalled the driver, left out GeForce experience and performed a clean install. Weirdly, my surround is now working. Hmmmm

 

I never load extras

Never had a problem w/ GeForce Experience. I always install it. I only use it ShadowPlay but it's a pretty harmless inclusion.  I highly doubt it had anything to do with anything. 

Can I just sidestep a minute.......is it recommended to set FXAA to OFF when using NI, and then set SGSS to 2x or 4x? Does that work better?

Can I just sidestep a minute.......is it recommended to set FXAA to OFF when using NI, and then set SGSS to 2x or 4x? Does that work better?

 

FXAA isn't a bad post process in most games.. The biggest issue using FXAA w/ P3D is it makes reading gauges / text in the VC annoying to read. It's almost headache inducing. 

 

Also remember. Whatever you set your SGSS to, match it with MSAA in game.. ie: If you set 4X SGSS in NI, set 4X MSAA in game..  If you mix and match (4x/8x ) you will get some undesirable (shimmer) results. 

Thanks for the information, Bill. I will test that out.

I am afraid I am starting to get a bit of information overload looking at all your test settings. Are you now recommending to not use nvidia inspector with 2.3?

 

I try to avoid "recommendations", the variance in PC hardware and OS and what someone has installed and configured is daunting at best ... just about every setting will change how a system performs. 

 

I share my settings simply as a guide of what works well on my system ... it is NOT a "unified" will work on everyone's system ... no such settings exist.

 

I'm currently NOT using NI and my Control Panel settings are all at default in 344.11 drivers.  I may experiment later, but for now I'm testing v2.4 so trying NOT to introduce issues via driver settings.

 

I don't use FXAA nor SGSS anymore, but this is because I now run at 3840 x 2160 which has seemed to eliminate the need for either setting.  I don't run WideView either as that has a tendency to introduce shimmers and exaggerate the AA issues and if you run FXAA will make the gauges less clear.

 

For 344.11 driver install I let it load everything (even HD audio support which I really don't need) and just check the "Clean install" option.  I've always installed the GeForce experience because I use ShadowPlay to do my recordings.

 

Cheers, Rob.

 

 

For 344.11 driver install I let it load everything (even HD audio support which I really don't need)

 

Why install a load of stuff you do not need?   ... Only install the components you need, and use; some of these additions will have services that run on start-up, so its crazy to let them install in the first place... esp. if your PC has less resources available.

 

I only tick the driver and PhysX as that is all I use, nothing more.

 

Why install a load of stuff you do not need?   ... Only install the components you need, and use; some of these additions will have services that run on start-up, so its crazy to let them install in the first place... esp. if your PC has less resources available.

 

I only tick the driver and PhysX as that is all I use, nothing more.

 

 

Load of stuff?  Pfft. Hardly a drop in a bucket. Low level hardware drivers  and a service that takes up at best 1mb of RAM is hardly a load of stuff. If stuff like this is impacting your PC in anyway whatsoever you have far more serious problems to worry about. 

Why install a load of stuff you do not need?

 

1.  Because I've tried loading only what "I thought I needed" and that caused issues

2.  Loading everything does NOT impact resources or CPU time in any significant capacity

3.  nVidia's internal testing is most likely focused on having everything installed, not all the possible combinations of some items installed and other's not.  

4.  When a device is detected by the OS and can't find a vendor specific driver it may fallback to an older set that was made available during a Windows Update so you have a driver mismatch. 

 

In both cases I have tested with and without.  Actual implementation has shown no performance difference and in some cases issues arouse from not having everything installed.

 

Cheers, Rob.