Some thoughts on updating to 190.38 drivers

[Roger]

The previous drivers I'd used for my GF8800GTX were the 181.22 set and I had optimised the FsX.cfg and my Nvidia control panel accordingly.

In the FsX.cfg I had:
TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=40

[BUFFERPOOLS]
PoolSize=400000000 (I know but it worked for me!)

In the control panel I had:
Anti-aliasing set to "Overide any application setting" at x 16 and AA off in the FsX display menu.
I was having problems with Google Earth freezing at start-up and my Vista OS kept telling me it was an Nvidia driver issue. So rather than just reinstall 181.22 I decided to try the new WHQL 190.38...ohhhhhhhh:isadizzy:

The main issue was the dreaded micro-jumps were back in a big way!

After 4 hours testing and tweaking it was clear that this driver set needed rather different settings.
Now,
TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=120

[BUFFERPOOLS]
PoolSize=00000000 I left this zero entry in as it worked and I couldn't be bothered trying an erased entry version of the cfg.

Anti-alias is now enabled in FsX and "Enhance The Application Setting" at X 16 in the Nvidia control panel.

I persevered with the new driver as it seemed a little faster and somehow crisper.

[noddy]

Might have give them a go, at the moment I am using 190.15.

[falcon409]

Roger, download NHancer, get it installed, then read through this post and I think you'll find that FSX runs much better.
http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=29041&PN=1

[Roger]

Roger, download NHancer, get it installed, then read through this post and I think you'll find that FSX runs much better.
http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=29041&PN=1

Tried it but it didn't work well for me curing the micro jumps plus uninstalling Nhancer was a nightmare. Clearly different driver sets need different approaches; this excercise proved that to me.
Good old FsX what would we be up to without it:isadizzy:

[Dangerous Beans]

I gave the 190.38s a try but found that I couldnt force V-Sync with NHancer even in DX9 wich is a no go for me when using TrackIR.

I'm now triple booting BTW and had the same result in XP, Vista64 and Win7 64

I'v gone back to the 186.18s on all 3 OS's which work pretty good but do give the ocasional micro burp now and then.

[Roger]

V-sync forced worked for me.