fsx-ms Final Tweaks to FSX.CFG... Some Help in Smoothing a Few Things

[jacenbourne 0]

Hi all.

I'm so close to having all of my FSX.CFG settings to perfect, but I'm still having some slight issues with AntiAliasing. There's a decent screenshot dump down below, I'll post my FSX.CFG in the comments, system stats are below, and screenshot from Nvidia Inspector. I have read most of the start-up guides and configuration guides, and have done the FSX.CFG generator, just to get that out of the way. I'm just missing a few small details, that must be leading to some of this jaggedness... I also am using DX10.

If you guys could help me get it running just that much more smoother, it would be awesome. I'd appreciate it. I've seen some kickass screenshots in FSX here, and on , so some of ya'll have awesome setups!

 

System Stats:

Windows 8.1

Intel i7 clocked at 3.9 GhZ

16 GB of RAM

Nvidia GeForce GTX 760

1 TB SATA 7200 HDD (yes, no SSD)

 

I am currently using 2 monitors, which I think could be causing some of the issues, since the picture looks a little better on one monitor than the other (the other is a TV connected via HDMI).

 

Planes: A2A Piper Cherokee 180 Carenado Cirrus SR22 Carenado Socata TBM850

Addons: REX4 Texture

 

Screenshots (click to zoom in on each): 

http://imgur.com/a/rvG2B

 

Notes:

* Look at how the lines aren't straight and clear around the instruments.

* The paint lines on the side of the aircraft are all jagged, and the wing rivets are as well.

* The screenshots of the Piper taken at the airport are on Monitor 1, the rest are on TV 2.

* The Carenado's PFD & MFD aren't crisp. I've seen some screenshots where they were very crisp, ex. the Phenom.

* Look at the wing lines in the TBM850. They're all jagged, so are the lines on the SR22.

 

Examples of SS's without Issues:

http://imgur.com/a/EF8pk#9

http://imgur.com/a/sCRrM

http://i.imgur.com/UEIecjf.png

http://i.imgur.com/DQ0fb3k.jpg

 

Nvidia Inspector Settings: 

http://imgur.com/Z24nraN

 

FSX.CFG: 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6hbdhbxlxai46ri/fsx.cfg?dl=0

[Boeing or not going 578]

For NI:

 

Change anti aliasing behavior flags to "None"

 

Instead of 8x super sampling try 2 or 4x sparse grid supersampling, heavy on framerates though.

[jacenbourne 0]

I'll give that a shot, thanks. I would think the GTX 760 would be able to handle AA just fine, which is why I've got FSX's engine doing nothing... I'll give that a shot. Anyone else have any suggestions?

[jacenbourne 0]

It made a really small difference, but the AA is still off and lines are still jagged.

[jacenbourne 0]

One more thought: The AA looks much smoother on my 1080p, 24" ASUS Monitor than it does on my 39" 760p TV. Could the resolution difference be causing these problems? 

[altstiff 71]

Certaily it would.

[jacenbourne 0]

Switching to a 1080p 50" TV to see what it looks like on that before additional tweaks, but still open to suggestions if anyone has them.

[Sportsfan23 2]

For NI:

 

Change anti aliasing behavior flags to "None"

 

Instead of 8x super sampling try 2 or 4x sparse grid supersampling, heavy on framerates though.

 

When you say heavy on frame rates though you mean leaving it at 8x is better or switching to 2x or 4x would increase FPS? 

[MikeAdamo 51]

When you say heavy on frame rates though you mean leaving it at 8x is better or switching to 2x or 4x would increase FPS? 

 

Hey Sportsfan,

 

2x and 4x Sparse Grid Super Sampling Anti Aliasing (SGSAA) will impact your FPS negatively (heavy on frames) compared to 8x Super sampling. The trade-off here is the AA will be a little better at the expense of a hit to your system's performance.

 

Mike

[tumezz 0]

 

Hi all.

I'm so close to having all of my FSX.CFG settings to perfect, but I'm still having some slight issues with AntiAliasing. There's a decent screenshot dump down below, I'll post my FSX.CFG in the comments, system stats are below, and screenshot from Nvidia Inspector. I have read most of the start-up guides and configuration guides, and have done the FSX.CFG generator, just to get that out of the way. I'm just missing a few small details, that must be leading to some of this jaggedness... I also am using DX10.

If you guys could help me get it running just that much more smoother, it would be awesome. I'd appreciate it. I've seen some kickass screenshots in FSX here, and on , so some of ya'll have awesome setups!

 

System Stats:

Windows 8.1

Intel i7 clocked at 3.9 GhZ

16 GB of RAM

Nvidia GeForce GTX 760

1 TB SATA 7200 HDD (yes, no SSD)

 

I am currently using 2 monitors, which I think could be causing some of the issues, since the picture looks a little better on one monitor than the other (the other is a TV connected via HDMI).

 

Planes: A2A Piper Cherokee 180 Carenado Cirrus SR22 Carenado Socata TBM850

Addons: REX4 Texture

 

Screenshots (click to zoom in on each): 

http://imgur.com/a/rvG2B

 

Notes:

* Look at how the lines aren't straight and clear around the instruments.

* The paint lines on the side of the aircraft are all jagged, and the wing rivets are as well.

* The screenshots of the Piper taken at the airport are on Monitor 1, the rest are on TV 2.

* The Carenado's PFD & MFD aren't crisp. I've seen some screenshots where they were very crisp, ex. the Phenom.

* Look at the wing lines in the TBM850. They're all jagged, so are the lines on the SR22.

 

Examples of SS's without Issues:

http://imgur.com/a/EF8pk#9

http://imgur.com/a/sCRrM

http://i.imgur.com/UEIecjf.png

http://i.imgur.com/DQ0fb3k.jpg

 

Nvidia Inspector Settings: 

http://imgur.com/Z24nraN

 

FSX.CFG: 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6hbdhbxlxai46ri/fsx.cfg?dl=0

 

Try switching your ingame AA to off: AntiAlias=0 and let Inspector handle the thing (also you have redundant entries of the "Display" section in you cfg, you might want to clean that up a little bit).

 

See if that helps

[HawkDsl 50]

Can't help ya in dx9, but if you have [display] entries for monitors not on the system, it will slow things down considerably. delete ALL the monitor entries, then start FSX and set them up (if you have more then one) as you like.

[tumezz 0]

 

 

Try switching your ingame AA to off: AntiAlias=0

 

Oh yeah i guess that only works in dx9...my bad, sorry

[AnkH 2,233]

First, I really wonder why people still use this Bojote Tweak Tool, as it was actually helpful for computers some 5 or more years ago. Most of the tweaks it adds are nowadays with Haswell or Ivy absolutely obsolete or even reduce performance. That's why I would give your FSX a brand new start by deleting the FSX.cfg and let FSX rebuild it. When firing up FSX after this, you have to agree once again to all .dlls you use, but thats a minor effort.

 

Then, you go back into your FSX menue and you set your settings according to your needs. Only THEN you open your FSX.cfg and add the HIGHMEMFIX=1 tweak, that is basically the only tweak really needed, all other tweaks need to be finely adjusted for each and every system and will work for some while the do not for others.

 

Now, explain me how comes that you have the resolution of 1360x768x32 in your FSX.cfg. Do you really run FSX on TWO monitors with only this little resolution or did you not set your FSX to your native monitor resolution (I guess its 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 or something like that)? This would already explain the antialiasing things...

 

Finally, you can try adding further FSX.cfg tweaks. But know what you are doing. Add one tweak, check a specific scenario in FSX to see if it does any good for your machine, then add another and so on. NEVER let your FSX.cfg be tweaked by a software who does not tell you what it is changing and NEVER add more than one tweak at the same time if you do not exactly know what the tweak is doing or how it reacts with other tweaks.