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Anybody know what the best settings would be for a GEFORCE GT 240?

Well, I'm running:
Anisotopic Filtering 16x
Antialiasing - Gamma Correction On
Antialiasing - Mode Application-Controlled
Antialiasing - Setting Application-Controlled
Antialiasing - Transparency Off
CUDA - GPUs All
Extension Limit On
Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames 0
Multi-Display/Mixed-GPU Acceleration Single Display Performance Mode
Texture Filtering - Anisotropic Sample Optimization Off
Texture Filtering - Negative LOD Bias Clamp
Texture Filtering - Quality High Quality
Texture Filtering - Trilinear Optimization On
Threaded Optimization On
Triple Buffering On
Vertical Sync Force On

With these settings, I am able to run most routes fairly well. E.g. Cajon Pass 60 fps most of the time.

I have a GTX 460 card. Are these settings pretty much appropriate for different levels of video card capability? How do I go about accessing all these parameters to make changes? I opened the nVidia Control Panel and didn't see these settings. I get good performance with the card pretty much out of the box but if I can enhance it by tweaking the settings, I'm all for it.

Don

hughes407 wrote:I have a GTX 460 card. Are these settings pretty much appropriate for different levels of video card capability? How do I go about accessing all these parameters to make changes? I opened the nVidia Control Panel and didn't see these settings. I get good performance with the card pretty much out of the box but if I can enhance it by tweaking the settings, I'm all for it.

Don

First of all, I am running version 270.61 drivers. To access these settings, go to the "nVidia Control Panel" either on your task bar or in the control panel. Then, click on "Manage 3d Settings," and you will find these options. Seeing as the GTX 460 is of higher performance, you would be able to get away higher settings such as 4x or more antialiasing, with 8x (supersample) antialiasing transparency. **NOTE** 8x transparency can easily be done on most cards that support it. The GT 240 for example can run it at 60 fps on a fresh, un-scenery-ed map. There will however been some random, 1 second drops in fps not noticeable unless you are moving. Under the transparency "off" setting, there will be little to no drops.

Thanks,

Don

I'm running a GTX470SC at stock settings and RW at stock settings. You younglings like messing with stuff. I keep it all stock, I have so many games, would be 30 different profiles.

Oops, I lied. I set 8X AA.

A guy from the Just Trains team gave a little tip on UK Trainsim:

Go into the Nvidia Control Pannel and set the Anti-Aliasing to the highest value (only if you have a good graphics card).
Then set the Anti-Aliasing to zero in the Railworks settings tab. This should give you the best possible Anti-Aliasing.

I tried it and it works well.

Forgot to mention, I'm running the 266.58 drivers. I like them a lot. Gave me a nice boost in frame rate for all my games. I don't always rush for the latest driver.

You may want to read of this wiki page as well.
http://railworks.wikia.com/wiki/NVidia_ ... ngs_for_RW