November 18, 20169 yr Hello, folks. I've been having a color banding issue for quite some time now. The banding is especially noticeable at night with cockpit lights and ground flood lights. I use P3Dv3.4. Right now I am using a GTX 770 and a Viewsonic 27 inch monitor set to 1080p. Could this be a graphics card issue, driver issue, or just a crappy monitor? Is there a way to get rid of this banding? Regards, Todd Regards, Todd Harrell Computer: i7 3770k @ 4.6 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 1070 GPU, 750W PSU, 250 GB SSD (Win 7), 500 GB SSD (P3D), 2 x 1TB HDD, 28-inch Viewsonic 1080p monitor Sim: P3Dv3
November 18, 20169 yr Which color mode do you have FS? Check in Settings>Hardware. It should be your screen resolution "x32". The banding appears if you select anything "x16". Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
November 18, 20169 yr I always have color banding,specially at night indeed. Afaik this is just how it is: I never been able to solve it. And that's with all MS FS versions and P3D. Things look somehow pixelated as if the screen only shows a low number of colors.
November 18, 20169 yr Author I'll check it this evening, Luis. Thanks for the suggestion. Regards, Todd Harrell Computer: i7 3770k @ 4.6 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 1070 GPU, 750W PSU, 250 GB SSD (Win 7), 500 GB SSD (P3D), 2 x 1TB HDD, 28-inch Viewsonic 1080p monitor Sim: P3Dv3
November 19, 20169 yr Author Luis, how do I check that? I thought I understood, but apparently I don't because I can't find that setting. Regards, Todd Harrell Computer: i7 3770k @ 4.6 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 1070 GPU, 750W PSU, 250 GB SSD (Win 7), 500 GB SSD (P3D), 2 x 1TB HDD, 28-inch Viewsonic 1080p monitor Sim: P3Dv3
November 20, 20169 yr If it's somewhat subtle, it's normal. Unfortunately... Gabriel J. T. Rodrigues My mods in the library My photography (site updated!) English isn't my native language. Sometimes, I'm going to make mistakes or sound strange and for this I'm sorry. Please feel free to correct me at anytime. Thanks for your comprehension!
November 20, 20169 yr Luis, how do I check that? I thought I understood, but apparently I don't because I can't find that setting. I don't think current Windows versions have that setting anymore. So it is always 32-bit. 16-bit was something from the previous century. I had a look in my Windows 10 PC and also can't find that setting anymore. If your computer was running with a 16-bit setting, you would have noticed that already because you would have banding in every application, even in Windows itself, and P3D would suck at daytime too.
November 20, 20169 yr I wasn't talking about Windows but FS9/FSX. These are the paths for checking: FS9: Settings>Display>Hardware>Available display resolutions FSX: Settings>Customize>Device specific options>Full screen resolution And Jeroen is right, Win10 does no longer offer the x16 option (Win7 did, not sure about 8/8.1). If this fails, maybe is a texture badly converted from 32-bit to DXT3 bitmap. If you have FS9, keep the texture file in 32 bit. If you have FSX, you should be using DXT5 DDS files... Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
November 20, 20169 yr FS9: Settings>Display>Hardware>Available display resolutions FSX: Settings>Customize>Device specific options>Full screen resolution He is using P3Dv3.4. and P3D only has x32 options. No x16. And rightly so. :wink: S I think that we can conclude that what he sees simply is what it is. If it is subtle or not also depends on the person seeing it, I think. Some may not be bothered with it, others may hate it.
November 20, 20169 yr Author That explains it. Thanks for the help guys. Now I know I'm not alone. Todd Regards, Todd Harrell Computer: i7 3770k @ 4.6 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 1070 GPU, 750W PSU, 250 GB SSD (Win 7), 500 GB SSD (P3D), 2 x 1TB HDD, 28-inch Viewsonic 1080p monitor Sim: P3Dv3
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