petehowell57

Frank I had trouble with shimmering, especially in the distance. Tried the setting outlined in post 2 above, and hey presto they have gone! Hopefully forever! Pete

Hi Outstanding shots, and nice to see you are using good old FSX. Do you use any graphical enhancement eg Shade etc, as my scenery always seems a little washed out? Best wishes Pete

Hi Pete Any chance you could send me the link too? Sounds very interesting. Many thanks Pete

Stunning shots Michael. Virtually photographic quality. So pleased to see that good old FSX can still do the job! Pete

I was running Windows 7 on a conventional 7200 rpm WD HD, and FSX on a Samsung 250Gb SSD. Purely for devilment, I transferred FSX to a spare 300Gb velociraptor (almost no difference in loading times), and migrated my OS to the SSD. After a nerve wracking 40 minutes I restarted my pc, and wow what a difference. It loads and operates so quickly now. Eventually I will get another SSD for flightsim, but at the moment I'm dead chuffed.

Yep. Down for me too. Pete

Hi Tim Many thanks, it all works fine now and I have submitted info for verification. Nice to know I'm not going mad!! Really love the effect soft clouds is giving. Pete

Pete Ok so I'm now at home. I used the link you gave me, but i'm not really sure what you mean by click on the last page number. Why isn't there a simple response box like I'm using now on this site? I can't use the REX forums to ask for help because I can't gain access??!! I must be so stupid! I can see a box that says "You cannot reply to this topic". Is that a clue? Pete

Many thanks Pete Told you I would kick myself!! At work now, but will sort it out when I get home. Best wishes Pete

Hi Pete Yes I have looked there, and this the crux of the matter. I can't see how I enter my details into the forum topic. I'm beginning to think that senility is catching up with me!!!! Can you guide me please? I know I'm going to kick myself when I find out. Thanks in advance. Pete

Tim/Reed Sorry to hijack forum slightly. I have recently purchased REX soft clouds (already own REX Essentials). I want to verify the product but seem to be blocked from the REX forums. Could you check on this please. By the way I have been using FEX for some time, but now REX SC is defo my favourite! Pete

Hi folks I have an (antiquated ?) i7 920 running at just over 4GHz together with a GTX 480. I can't afford to change the processor/motherboard, but I am looking at upgrading the GTX 480. I run DX10 and I wish to try P3D. There are many (nearly new) 770's out there at the moment at reasonable prices, although I could afford a GTX 970.. Do you think the latter would be a good move for me, or would the present processor throttle any advantages? Any suggestions gratefully received. Pete

Hi Enrico toriu beat me to it !! Pete

Enrico I too had a lot of shimmering when I first went to DX10 (and I came from P3D v1.4). However, I looked at other people's settings and followed Paul J's manual to the letter, played a little with Nvidia Inspector and solved the problem. Ok it isn't 100% perfect but you have to look really hard to detect any slight shimmering. But the advantages of DX10 outweigh this. Hope you can get it sorted. Best wishes pete

Hi I originally moved from P3D v1.4 to FSX DX10. I love DX10 at the moment. It suits my system, I have no problems with add ons and the cockpit shadows instill another layer of immersion. Plus I can now use ASN (not available for P3D v1.4) . I have tried P3D v2.2 and agree it is the future, but my system can't really handle all the eye candy, and with the wait for compatible add-ons, I asked for a refund. LM were great and there was no problem. When I eventually upgrade, I will almost certainly go back to P3D, but at this moment in time I'm very happy with DX10. Pete