Graphical clearity and sharpness

[fwerff 70]

Not sure this is the right forum, but it's something I experience in P3D so here it goes.

I've noticed that under P3D (v3) "things" seem less clear than I used to have in FSX. The tiny letters in the virtual cockpit (for instance of the PMDG 737NGX) are not very sharp and readable when seen from a normal viewpoint. I have to zoom in a little bit so be able to read them.

Looking at some screenshots on this forum or at youtube video's some people seem to have incredibly clear and sharp graphics.

I'm not sure if this is due to my not so current hardware (Core i7-920 + Geforce 660TI 2Gb) or that it's just a matter of certain settings.

If it's settings, can someone please point me towards some guidance on how to get which settings right?

Thanks in advance.

 

Regards,

Frank

 

[John_Tavendale 453]

Hi Frank. Make sure FXAA is set to off, having this on causes slightly blurred/soft textures.

[AnkH 2,282]

Several aspects here might play a role:

 

1. you might have had a nVidia Inspector profile for FSX with SGSSAA enabled. For me, this is the one and only AA mode that actually makes written stuff on virtual cockpit textures more crisp.

 

2. People usually have a higher resolution than the screenshots here in the forums. Like that, the effect of crisp and clear might be misleading. In my case, as I use DSR, my screenshots are 2560x1440 but in the forums I post 1024x768 screenshots which are scaled using the best possible algorithm. No chance that it would look as good if I would really take a screenshot with this low resolution.

 

3. In addition to the FXAA John mentioned, also some people do not use anisotropic filtering. This does not help with cockpit textures, but with ground textures and runways. Make sure that you have this at 8x or even 16x (your 660Ti should not have any problems running 16x AF).

 

4. Make sure that you use at least the native resolution of your monitor (rather silly advice, I know, but some people lower resolution to get more FPS...).