FSX... Vista... Catalist Control Center -ATI

harleyman · May 14th, 2009, 09:08

These are my vista settings for FSX on my little vista machine (64)

Keep in mind my vid card and slower memory, as your settings might need tweaked some ..

**JIMJAM** · May 16th, 2009, 11:45

Anybody want to comment on the new "LCD overdrive" in the latest catalyst?
I ran across a few post,mostly techno babble I couldnt understand but the jist of them was it was a gimmick.
Thanks for the above. Mostly identical to mine except my native res is 1920x1080. I run the highrst global res per Nick.Mesh COMPLEX 100% No vehicles, no higher than 25% ai with MytrafficX and the new heli ai program.
Also unlimited frame rate.

**p14u2nv** · July 19th, 2009, 12:22

I'm still messing around with my 4850 card and Vista 64 on this i7. I'll be glad when I get on the backside of this learning curve!

If I had known a 3800 series card would be better than what I have now...

harleyman · July 19th, 2009, 12:28

Originally Posted by p14u2nv

I'm still messing around with my 4850 card and Vista 64 on this i7. I'll be glad when I get on the backside of this learning curve!

If I had known a 3800 series card would be better than what I have now...

There is nothing in this set up that would give FSX trouble..You have a great card ..

If you are having FSX issues I would look into your i7 first..Its a powerful system..but no Holy Grail for FSX AND CAN be a real bear to set FSX up to operate well...

**p14u2nv** · July 27th, 2009, 10:19

Well so far Harley I can not complain. This i7 seems to do just fine and I seem to average right around 22-30 fps and it is smooth and flows very well. I did a mild overclock on this card and it did improve the graphics aspect with no more blurries, the few I had anyway. Happy camper here with FSX. And yes my FSX internal settings are just as you have posted here although I did increase the cars, boats etc somewhat more. I pushed as far as it would let me go and when I saw a drop in clarity or frame rates I simply backed off some. I believe cars is now at 60% and boats at 70%, approx. that is. I haven't added much to the stock FSX except freeware aircraft. Maybe one day I will get some other ground effects for enhancing what I see. For now though I fly to fly and not sight see! Although I do keep an eye peeled for excellent scenery that is listed as a "must have!"

I too run a native resolution like JIMJAM, 1920 x 1080 and have followed Nick N's guides for unlimited FPS and settings for global resolutions. The settings for this 4850 512 is as follows; GPU clock for now is 690 MHz with the Mem clock set at 1188 MHz. This seems to do very well for just a mild push! Temp is 77 C at 95% CPU use. Not too bad but I suspect that temp is not accurate. When I have more time I will get another setup for measuring the temp but for now I'll make do so to speak.!

I haven't messed with this new LCD Overdrive as of yet. I'm running with the outlook of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" but in time I will again start tweaking but with decent add ons. For now I am well pleased. I'm sure if I added all sorts of scenery my fps would be much different. Who knows but one thing is for sure, time will tell. What is it with these flight sims that we are never content and always looking for improvement and just have to fiddle with any and all settings constantly? Lol...what a hobby we have gentleman!