Well, my new computer crashed, leaving me to pick up the pieces and start reinstalling FSX. I suppose, without any add-on scenery, I can just tick the box, right? All I have are some add-on airplanes.

Hi,
I am a bit confused: if I buy and install the package from Flightsim store, do I then additionally have to do all the stuff according to Paul J' s note in the Avsim thread?

Best Regards and happy Newyear everybody?
Anders

Yes, DX10 preview was pretty bad by just ticking the box. Flickering default scenery, etc. I'm going to have to get a lot more bored and jaded before I worry DX10, but glad those who use it have found it worthwhile.

Thanks Nick.

The only problem I have with Nvidia Inspector is that half the settings displayed in that image are not available in my version. The funny thing is that I have the 1.9.7.2 (from the link in the DX10 Notes.PDF file from the Avsim forum) and it STILL doesn't show the same listings/settings as the latest version.

At least I have the same available listings as your image, but not the same settings available. For example:

In your image, you have
Antialiasing - Mode � � Application-controlled / Off

Whereas mine has
Antialiasing - Mode � � AA_MODE_SELECTOR_APP_CONTROL (with the other choices being AA_MODE_SELECTOR_OVERRIDE and AA_MODE_SELECTOR_ENHANCED)

So I am left to guess as to exactly which one I should use (AA_MODE_SELECTOR_APP_CONTROL appears to be the right one).

Same applies to the Texture filtering - LOD Bias (DX) � � -1.5000. Mine only has Texture filtering - LOD Bias � � LODBIASADJUST_DEFAULT
Mine does not have �Texture filtering - LOD Bias (DX) or Texture filtering - LOD Bias (OGL) to choose from. So how am I supposed to get all those settings correct if mine differs so much? The funny thing is that this has ALWAYS been the case for me. When making the changes, half the settings do not exist in the Nvidia Inspector I am using, even though it is the same version as the one listed in the guide that I am following.

I guess my only option is to request a copy of someone else's FSX profile for Nvidia Inspector.

I added all of those lines that were missing from the guide (not added by the Fixer) into my fsx.cfg, and my frame rate dropped by about 5 fps! So now I am removing them and sticking with the changes made by the DX Scenery Fixer.

AndersCN wrote on Jan 1^st, 2014 at 8:29am:

Aha! I opened the Nvidia Inspector zip file, and I must have clicked on (and highlighted) the nvidiaInspector.exe file). Then, when I extracted the contents of the zip file, nvidiaInspector.exe was the only file extracted. The Change.txt and CustomSettingNames_en-EN.xml files were not extracted. I must have done this with other nvidiaInspector zip files. I do know that I always read about the changes (the change.txt file), but somehow, I must be moving over to the nvidiaInspector.exe file before extracting. Winzip will always extract the Selected files if a file, or multiple files are highlighted. So that's what I have been doing wrong all this time.
The question is, how many times have I only extracted the exe file and not the Change.txt and CustomSettingNames_en-EN.xml, without realizing I had done that?

So now it looks like Nicks image.

It certainly does not help my situation when I often do these things at "strange hours of the night" - like somewhere between 3am and 5am.

EDIT: Yes. I am using the 331.82 whql drivers. I have downloaded the latest beta driver (331.93 beta), but due to often having trouble with beta drivers, I don't have it installed!

Nvidia Inspector -- I have the 770M and just use the Trilinear and Anisotropic in FSX without any third-party apps. Things look "antialiased" just fine... why would I need Nvidia Inspector? Sorry for the ignorance, but my motto is perfect is the enemy of good enough.

Hi,

I agree with Nick.
And I will be specific about two things, that I find very important:

1)      SGSS � Sparse Grid SuperSampling. Don�t ask me what this translates into in English. But setting this to 2x, greatly reduces shimmering in tree tops, fences and it also reduces distant blurries on the ground. If you set it to 4x or 8x it will be eliminated almost completely.
2)      � Vsync trick in combination with setting FPS=30 in either FSX or Inspector itself provides much more smoothness in the sim that I have ever experienced before.

In short, greatly improved image quality, that cannot be done in FSX itself (as far as I know). The flipside of the coin however is, that it takes a harsh punishment on the GPU- especially SGSS can be tough in this dept. And I am here talking about DX9 - haven�t tried DX10 yet.

BR,
Anders

Well I was intrigued, and figure out how to use the Nvidia Inspector. Nothing particularly hard, but it still took awhile. But Holy Cow! Now Captain Sim airplanes look even better! I didn't know what I was missing. I don't see myself ever flying without it again.