BigAl1978
BigAl1978
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I have a Geforce 7900 GTX & have experimented for a few months with using various older version drivers to run FS2004.

I have discovered that an older Version 9.1.4.7 is the best for my computer & probably yours too. With all the same settings, I get a smoother, more constant frame rate, approximately 10 frames per second higher than the latest version Geforce drivers.

I am running FS2004 at 1920 x 1200 with all graphics options set to full & my frame fate does not go below 60 frames per second, even in New york or London.

My settings are...

Versical Sync : ON
Antialiasing settings : 8xs
Anisotropic Filtering : 16x
Triple buffering : ON
Force Mipmaps : trilinear

I am using the following system:

- Dual Core Athlon 4200+
- Albatron Geforce 7900GTX
- 2 gig DDR2 ram
- 320 Gig Western digital hard drive
- Dell 24 inch monitor

I hope this helps your gameplay, it certainlly made a big difference to mine. I don't know how these drivers effect other games, but I only play FS2004 anyway 🙂

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hinch
hinch
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Joined: Aug 27, 2005 Posts: 1496 Location: Austria
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the new nvidia drivers for me worked wonders...that was until i noticed i couldn't use AA without the screen going squiffy.

swings and roundabouts.

Guest Ed
Guest Ed
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BigAl1978 wrote:

I have discovered that an older Version 9.1.4.7 is the best for my computer & probably yours too.

How did you discover what's best for my computer? 😉

My computer's a good bit older than yours, and I need even older drivers. That's the problem with PC's, no two are alike, so the same software works differently on every machine.

But I agree with your point that the very latest drivers are not always the best for every user. It is worthwhile to experiment with older drivers.

Ed

brownbox
brownbox
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 748 Location: nzhn
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I noticed this with ATI's Catalyst drivers. It seemed that the newer the drivers got, the worst they performed on my computer 😉

Steve (SpiderWings)
Steve (SpiderWings)
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Joined: Nov 04, 2004 Posts: 206 Location: KVEL - USA
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60 frames per second... heavy sigh

earthqu8kes
earthqu8kes
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Joined: Oct 08, 2005 Posts: 433 Location: Where do you want me to be?
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SpiderWings wrote:

60 frames per second... heavy sigh

same here...unfortunetly...

Dan Young (dannyboy2005)
Dan Young (dannyboy2005)
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Joined: Jul 02, 2005 Posts: 300 Location: Trampy Bedford, UK (Sh1t Hole)
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Dual Core Athlon 4200+
- Albatron Geforce 7900GTX
- 2 gig DDR2 ram
- 320 Gig Western digital hard drive

I should think you would get that ammout with a Dual Core Processor (Very Nice Indeed) and 2GB Ram

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