First shots with new graphics card - "Schmidt fire"

**DK8290** · 12-09-2004, 10:41 PM

**pkimberling** · 12-09-2004, 11:50 PM

Your setup looks great.

The shots are exceptionally clear and crisp.

**jonne** · 12-09-2004, 11:54 PM

Hi David!
Really spectacular shots you have here! Your shots have always been so nice that it is quite difficult to see big changes but very crisp shots these are! :)

Jonne

**flyboy208** · 12-10-2004, 12:08 AM

http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...ed4475a10b.jpg

Your shots are beautiful David, but as a warbird enthusiast and purist, I really don't care for the Spitfire/Me-109 pairing - looks cool for sure - but history is important for me and I think both aircraft have earned their own place in time. Nevertheless - some very nice captures Mate!:-wave

**philliptan** · 12-10-2004, 01:22 AM

Real nice shots!! :)

**kylebsc** · 12-10-2004, 05:09 AM

Nice pix !

And the real thing looked like . . .

http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...57260a4367.jpg

A remarkable piece of history.

**grover** · 12-10-2004, 05:56 AM

Wow David. i have this bird downloaded and ready to install. Looks like I will have to get my A into G and take her for a flight.

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**javelin** · 12-10-2004, 06:08 AM

WOW- David the shots are excellent. All look almost real. The graphics are outstanding- very crisp and clear. I wish my shots looked as good as yours. Very good old chap! That is a great new card-pesos well spent!

Take care,

Cliff

**yv35p** · 12-10-2004, 10:40 AM

:-eek awesome shots! congrats David on the new card, enjoy!:D

Regards,

**DK8290** · 12-10-2004, 03:41 PM

Thanks guys ....... glad you like them. I can notice some improvements with this card over the older 8500LE (noticable are that wires appear better in shots where before they would often be jagged or a bit blocky). I seem to be staying at 19.8 fps more often now. I do notice that my trees seem to have a flicking shimmering quality now. I have mipmaps at 4 and also on the card slider at various settings and can't seem to shake that (I've since read about that issue online ...... would like to minimise that if possible).

I might defrag my C drive (where my page file is ) since I think it's been a month since I did that and that would help with virtual memory pausing a bit for loading textures and stuff (don't know why virtual memory is used as much as it is and not more of the 256meg RAM on the card.

Oh well , it's still a jump from the 8500 LE

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as a warbird enthusiast and purist, I really don't care for the "Spitfire/Me-109 pairing"
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I thought this was a real world test plane made froma captured Spitfire. Maybe it's just a fictional 'what-if'. I'll have to google this (Kyle, you have apparently posted a pic of the real plane but it didn't show for me). Anyway, I can understand your dislike of this on a certain level since it diminishes the character of both classic planes. However, it is a nice job by aeroplane heaven.

I'm just trying to occupy myself so I don't buy that Realair spit during a moment of weakened will-power ;-)