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A simple question....
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25-35 FPS with a ATI radeon 2600 PRO. 512MB
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Nope....no Boeing vs Airbus or Chevy vs Ford. 
I've run both ATI and nVidia. I noticed on my travels around the
many FlightSim boards there seemed to be more ATI users
among the guys who were "made a living" from MS FlightSim.
That's going by their Signatures saying what they run as a system.
Maybe the nVdia users who are paid developers don't mention the
fact they run nVdia cards....who knows.
I ran FS9 on an ATI 9600XT for 2-3 years and never had 1
second of trouble. That is until it burned up a capacitor
and killed the card. I bought a 7800GT and it has given me
more trouble than any video card I have ever used. At least
with FS9 anyways. Everything else seems to run just fine.
Now these latest nVidia drivers are causing trouble with AA
and AF filtering. Tried nHancer for setting AA+AF but the
preview window on Create a Flight stopped showing previews
of aircraft. Dropping the AA back to 2X brought it back.
Found an 18 month old nVidia driver and so far so they are "ok".
I downloaded the Omega drivers and will try them later today.
Another thing is the fact I never had any trouble with the
"blurries" caused by the mixing of DXT1 & 3 while making
scenery when using ATI. Now with the nVidia I've had lots of
trouble. Maybe it's just a coincidence.....who knows.
CK
I've run both ATI and nVidia. I noticed on my travels around the
many FlightSim boards there seemed to be more ATI users
among the guys who were "made a living" from MS FlightSim.
That's going by their Signatures saying what they run as a system.
Maybe the nVdia users who are paid developers don't mention the
fact they run nVdia cards....who knows.
I ran FS9 on an ATI 9600XT for 2-3 years and never had 1
second of trouble. That is until it burned up a capacitor
and killed the card. I bought a 7800GT and it has given me
more trouble than any video card I have ever used. At least
with FS9 anyways. Everything else seems to run just fine.
Now these latest nVidia drivers are causing trouble with AA
and AF filtering. Tried nHancer for setting AA+AF but the
preview window on Create a Flight stopped showing previews
of aircraft. Dropping the AA back to 2X brought it back.
Found an 18 month old nVidia driver and so far so they are "ok".
I downloaded the Omega drivers and will try them later today.
Another thing is the fact I never had any trouble with the
"blurries" caused by the mixing of DXT1 & 3 while making
scenery when using ATI. Now with the nVidia I've had lots of
trouble. Maybe it's just a coincidence.....who knows.
CK
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Hurray Chevy, Boeing, and ATI!
I had a lot of trouble with my Nvidia card. Switched over to ATI radeon and "Not a second of trouble"
I had a lot of trouble with my Nvidia card. Switched over to ATI radeon and "Not a second of trouble"
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I guessed I am a bit biased from work. There we mainly use OpenGL graphics and two years ago we did a comparison of ATI and NVidia. For the OpenGL NVidia was really a lot better, the ATI card sort of crippled our visuals. So since then I have a NVidia preference. But I have also heard that for DirectX things ATI is usually slightly better.
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I'm amazed at the problems with both video card makers products
in the last 2 years or so. The more I've read in the last week
the more I realize both ATI and nVdia cards have their problems.
I really do wish they would go back to specific drivers for
specific cards. The biggest mistake I ever made was not saving
or even writing down the name of the one driver that worked
perfectly with this 7800GT. I know it was a driver issued a
couple of months before the 7900 cards came out.
CK
in the last 2 years or so. The more I've read in the last week
the more I realize both ATI and nVdia cards have their problems.
I really do wish they would go back to specific drivers for
specific cards. The biggest mistake I ever made was not saving
or even writing down the name of the one driver that worked
perfectly with this 7800GT. I know it was a driver issued a
couple of months before the 7900 cards came out.
CK
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I recently started using an HIS Digital produced ATI Radeon 3870.
Jeff
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Nobody tells the user that he has to upgrade
. Even with my old TNT2 card and FS2000 it was already the case that at a certain point the newer drivers did not work better anymore. Then it is better to stay at the version that works best for you.
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I agree, Arno but when my 9600XT card burned up a capacitor and fried the memory I had no choice.Nobody tells the user that he has to upgrade
I usually read the release notes for the new drivers. Like I mentioned before there was a driver
released about 4-6 months after I got my 7800GT that actually had been tweaked by nVidia for FS9.
They were great drivers! I just don't know which version they were.
I saw a post on another forum where a guy was asking, "Phil Taylor if you're reading this phone nVdia
every day until they fix the FS9\FSX drivers!"
CK
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I tried the Omega nVidia drivers this morning....disaster!
Thank God for Safe Mode.
Took another look at the nVdia driver archive site...found vs
93.71. I used NFR (Nasty File Remover) to remove old files left
over from other nVidia driver versions. There were about 10-12
files. I then installed vs 93.71 and all is well....very well
actually. AA & AF set easily and actually work. FS9 looks good.
I may burn these drivers to a CD and hold onto them.
CK
Thank God for Safe Mode.
Took another look at the nVdia driver archive site...found vs
93.71. I used NFR (Nasty File Remover) to remove old files left
over from other nVidia driver versions. There were about 10-12
files. I then installed vs 93.71 and all is well....very well
actually. AA & AF set easily and actually work. FS9 looks good.
I may burn these drivers to a CD and hold onto them.
CK
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8800GT I'm very happy with the card.
José
José