Proper Nvidia Inspector settings wiht DX10 fixer?

[Jimm 437]

Thank you for this.  I will have to revisit my Inspector settings again as I just recently bought Steve's DX10 Fixer and found that it needs some serious tweaking.

[riccardo74 36]

Do you guys advise the use or not of any other tweak in FSX.cfg, like Affinity Mask, Bufferpool and so on, stricly needed for use with Steve DX10Fixer?

 

Do you know where can I retrieve those data? I reinstalled my FSX and don't remember the link.

 

Many thanks in advance.

[TheFamilyMan 280]

This should provide everything you need, courtesy of PaulJ, whom was effectively "shown the door" here at avsim a few months ago.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7afo0y1wp1i96ch/DX10%20Notes.pdf

[riccardo74 36]

Thanks so much, is this doc valid also for Steve's DX10 fixer? I mean the payware fixer, not free.

[TheFamilyMan 280]

Yes it is.  The DX10 Fixer also has an excellent manual, though not as comprehensive.

[riccardo74 36]

Your doc is very comprehensive, very good tutorial. I've never seen it until now, I've only red the one's for the free version.

 

By the way, I installed the latest DX10SF and AA 4x but it doesn't add automatically those line in FSX.cfg:

 

MultiSampleQuality=0 << This number being a quality enhancement

MultiSamplesPerPixel=4 << This number being the amount of MSAA

 

I've added them manually, is it correct?

[TheFamilyMan 280]

IIRC, 4x MSAA is the default AA in FSX DX10 preview, i.e. what you get without anything specified in fsx.cfg.  I've yet to check this, but the DX10 fixer most likely won't add those AA lines to fsx.cfg unless AA is set to something different, such as 8x CSAA.  I use 16x CSAA in the Fixer, with 4x GSAA and 16x AF in NI with excellent results.  Check out these screens shots I've made for the AA quality I get:

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/428411-two-pretty-birds/?p=2872498

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/425855-sunset-joyride/?p=2847566

[GSalden 4,656]

Don't no why, but on my system AA is working through NVI without having AA checked in FSX.

That is , since I upgraded to a Titan. Already upgraded the NV driver several times and AA kept working.

 

@FamilyMan : very nice pics

 

PaulJ's guide is a must read ....

 

At the hardware forum Shamrock posted his settings for DX10, based on Tabs settings and then modified.

A very different approach.

Anyone tried it ?

 

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/444238-nvidea-inspector/#entry3009315

[ZKOKQ 984]

Had a look, but the options he selected looked foreign to me. Nothing like I have. Was it something to do with the error he was getting  with NV ISP ?

[robertpdx 0]

I struggled with vsync with so many different settings...

 

This line ultimately fixed it for me:

[Main]

DisablePreLoad=1

 

Much appreciated, Paul.

[avhpilot 156]

These may be stupid questions but here i go anyway:

 

1.does the inspector actually need to be running (or opened) when flying in FSX?

2 Should any changes in the settings be immediately noticeble in FSX or will they only apply after restarting FSX?

 

Thanks.

[copilot767 1]

In DX Fixer settings, I downloaded it says: FSX limiter to 31 fps - Nvidia inspector 30 fps and 1/2 refresh rate..

what do you think about the 31fps..Confused????

[JRBarrett 3,070]

These may be stupid questions but here i go anyway:

 

1.does the inspector actually need to be running (or opened) when flying in FSX?

2 Should any changes in the settings be immediately noticeble in FSX or will they only apply after restarting FSX?

 

Thanks.

No, the Inspector does NOT have to be running. When you change settings, they are stored in a custom profile which is linked to fsx.exe, so the profile will be loaded automatically when FSX starts.

 

AFAIK, any changes made to the Inspector FSX profile will only be seen when FSX is re-loaded.

[avhpilot 156]

OK thanks Jim.

 

That is good to know.

[flyinion 280]

In DX Fixer settings, I downloaded it says: FSX limiter to 31 fps - Nvidia inspector 30 fps and 1/2 refresh rate..

what do you think about the 31fps..Confused????

 

I believe that's just to give some "wiggle room" to help keep FSX at or just above 30 so you don't end up with FSX cutting it to 25-28 for example.  It's been a few weeks since I looked at the DX10 tweaking guide that is available out there (previously maintained by Paul) but last I looked it suggested you might need to experiment with 31-33fps in the sim.   It's not really critical I think but I'm thinking it might relate to the perception of smoothness of the sim and if you're not maintaining 30fps or better in sim then you might perceive some jerky motion when the fps drops a couple and messes up with staying nice & synced at 30.