I don't have all of my settings turned up to max. Scenery Density is a max,
aircraft textures are a max, and I have set the slider for clouds so that
they always look nice and fluffy. If you turn it down too low, the clouds
in the distance take on a 2D look. I found that there is a sweet spot in
the settings which allow for max graphics quality combined with excellent
performance. In some cases maxing out the sliders does nothing for the
scenery, but can affect performance. I'd suggest playing with it a bit
until you hit the sweet spot on your system.

JK

"FaxCap" not@address wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 21:02:08 GMT, "John Hall"
wrote:

I'm using the 3.9 drivers on my 9800 pro. If you fly with FS2004 these
drivers are a must because they fixed several problems with the sim. My
resolution is 1024x768, 4XAA and 8XAF, and all runs as smooth as butter.
Looks great too.

I have the 3.9's on my drive but not installed yet. I think I'll do
that later today.

This A7V motherboard only has AGPx4 do you think that will affect my
settings at all?

So AA=4X and AF=8X.....Do you have your FS9 settings at Ultra HIGH or
just HIGH?

With these CD drivers (which can be that old as the board was made
less than 6 weeks ago) I don't like the water textures at all.

FaxCap