Originally posted by Pigeon_:
Ok, first things first...
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by mortoma:
Found out it's neither a cloud reflection or an overheat problem. I flew a mission over the pacific with no clouds and I could still see white flashes. For the same mission, I ran my GPU fan at 100 ( top speed ) which yielded a max temp during play of about 150C. Versus the 182C max I got before I could speed up my fan at all, which I couldn't do until I downloaded the EVGA Precision tuner program. So it must be driver or settings.
And 32 degrees Celsius is 57.6 degrees cooler in Fahrenheit!
Those temperatures you mentioned are already in Fahrenheit, not Celcius. At least, I hope so!! 150C is waaaaaay too high! So with the fanspeed set to 100 percent (I believe those numbers are percantages of maximum fan speed) you got a temperature of 150F (65.6°C), which is pretty acceptable. Although it's much less likely now, let's not completely rule out overheating as the issue just yet... You still got the same display problem at this lower temperature?
One thing you could try is to set all the graphic settings that are controlled by your card (like anti aliassing and anisotropic filtering) to the lowest possible value (or highest performance). Also, try running at a lower resolution. This causes less strain on your GPU. See if the problem goes away with this setup.
This brings me to something else that was mentioned in this thread:
Originally posted by NDS_Camp.:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by mortoma:
Driver Version is 6.14.11.8250
My Nvidia control panel settings are:
Anisotropic filtering = 8X
Antialiasing - Gamma correction = Use global setting(On)
Antialiasing - Mode = Override any application setting
Antialiasing - Setting = Use global setting(8XQ)
Antialiasing - Transparency = Multisampling
Conformant Texture Clamp = Use global setting(Use Hardware)
Error Reporting = Use global setting(Off)
Extension Limit = Off
Force mipmaps = Trilinear
Maximun pre-rendered frames = Use global settings(3)
Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration = Use global setting(Multiple display performance mode)
Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample optimization = Use global setting(Off)
Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias = Use global setting(Clamp)
Texture filtering - Quality = Use Global setting(Quality)
Texture filtering - Trilinear Optimization = Off
Threaded optimization = use global setting(Auto)
Triple buffering = On
Vertical sync = Use global setting(Force off)
"Anisotropic filtering" is controled by the conf.ini file, strongly recomend leaving it at Aplication Controled
Same thing for "Triple buffering" and "Force mipmaps", they should be at Aplication Controled
"Antialiasing - Setting = Use global setting(8XQ" I would go for 16xQ
"Antialiasing - Transparency = Multisampling", i would set it to Supersampling
And try to set "Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration = Use global setting(Multiple display performance mode)" to Single
I recomend the latest nVidia drivers 185.18, they seem to work best for me so far
Hope this combined with my Conf.ini section helps to boost your graphics and performance a bit.
Setting these settings and the Conf.ini should give you the best posible graphics for this game with an nVidia card, But do N|OT go into Video Setup, this might cause it to overwrite the Conf.ini with the "default" perfect settings wich are a lot less than the ones from my Conf.ini OpenGL section. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Why would you let 'the application' control any of those settings? Your videocard's drivers are made to control these things. Take care with anisotropic filtering (AF) though. In IL2 a very high setting puts a lot of strain on your system, especially the AF of the landscape. You can control the AF of the landscape as a specific setting in 'IL-2 Manager'. I strongly reccomend you get this application, because it lets you control some graphics settings that you can't control normally. You can play with these settings and see what is causing the problem.
Finally, did you alredy fix the problem of not being able to run 'perfect' settings? If you didn't, here's the same advice: get 'IL-2 Manager' (or IL-2 Stab). I promise you won't regret it... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Yeah, I meant Fahrenheit in that post, not Celsius. So it's not 57 degrees cooler, it's 32 degrees cooler. Had some brain flatulence there for a second.