Blurry Plane

[Njbb1995]

Hi guys
Well last friday I got FSX and Acceleration for my B-day. Ever since i installed it all my default FSX and Acceleration planes have had blurry textures. When I downloaded some repaints off ARNZ-X They all turned out fine.
Does anyone have a diagnosis for my problem?

Cheers
Nick

[Adamski]

Have you checked your (global) anti-aliasing options. Are they application controlled?

[Njbb1995]

you mean like Nvidia and stuff like that?

[Yak52aholic]

Just check your Aircraft graphics settings in X. I had a friend who installed it, had one look at the bad default graphics and went awwwww yuck!. (I have since told him about the settings though)

[Adamski]

QUOTE (njbb1995 @ Sep 2 2008, 03:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

you mean like Nvidia and stuff like that?

Yep ... you could be over-riding FSX settings with over-zealous nVidia global values.

[Njbb1995]

So i just turn Nvidia AA off

[Adamski]

QUOTE (njbb1995 @ Sep 2 2008, 04:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

So i just turn Nvidia AA off

Not necessarily ... just try the different settings. Turning it right off would be a good first test though.

Try googling for "nHancer". It's a revised nVidia control panel thingie that not only explains all the different settings, but allows you to [easily] set different preference per application/program/sim.

[Njbb1995]

I tried it but it wont work (I think) with an Nvidia Geforce FX5100. Speaking of which can anybody point me in the right direction in upgrading my video card these are my specs (please dont laugh)

150GB HDD (upgraded)
512mb DDR ram
2.8GHz intel pentium 4
8x DVD Writer

Enjoy (or not)

[Anthony]

Upgrading your video card depends on the interface on your motherboard, AGP or PCI-e.
If you do have PCI-e, then the NVidia 8800 or ATI HD4850 are your best bet, especially the ATI card. The rest of your system will bottleneck these cards though.
If you've got AGP then your choice is limited and nothing will be high end or fantastic, though you can still get something from the NVidia 6 or maybe 7 series or something older from ATI. PCI-e is better than AGP.
You might be best to just build a whole new system, but keeping your HDD and DVD drives and maybe your RAM as well as some additional RAM.

[Njbb1995]

how do I find out wether it is AGP or PCI-e? (sorry a bit off topic)

[Stumpy]

In fsx settings, what level is "Global texture resolution" at? Try and raise it

[Njbb1995]

these are my Motherboard specs can anybody help me now? sorry i am a bit clueless

[Adamski]

QUOTE (njbb1995 @ Sep 3 2008, 05:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

these are my Motherboard specs can anybody help me now? sorry i am a bit clueless

Aaah! Ive had a couple of ASUS P4 boards in my time. Sadly, as I think Anthony said earlier, you're going to be limited graphics card wise by only having AGP. You'll only have [OLD] PCI on that board - and not the new PCI-E (Express) slots that most of the newer video cards now use.

It's going to be a case of "throwing good money after bad" - and even $150 spent on a better AGP card would be better put towards a new system.

I've never ever managed to get away with upgrading just one component. A new motherboard (for me) has always meant new RAM, a new video card, usually a faster HD - and inevitably a new case - as either the old power supply can't cope or the motherboard won't fit. Last time was particularly painful, as new motherboards only have USB - so all my lovely old Thrustmaster stuff had to be replaced too.

All this, just to play a flight sim!!! FSX is like every new version of Windows anything - runs like a *dog* till the technology can catch up - by which time the *next* version of FS will be in the shops. Grrrrrr.

[Njbb1995]

I tried stumpy s idea and it worked!!! thanks all of you for helping. one more question should i bother with upgrading the videocard and stuff or should I pester the folks for a new PC?

[creator2003]

Pester the folks im sure ya dad with his model making history making planes he will understand..