Howdy All,
I have a Samsung T260HD monitor/HDTV 1080P for a display. I am currently using the VGA connect. My computer cpu and graphics are: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400 black edition processor and a EVGA 8800 GT superclocked....OS is Win XP32 HE... I am not experiencing any problems with this set up...Just curious if the DVI would be better for game play in IL-2 1946?
Any advice or experience related would be most apprectiated....
Thank You,
NGW-Sancho
Doesn't matter what game you pick. DVI will just look better than VGA. Go DVI (or DVI-HDMI). That's the short answer.
Long answer: VGA is an analogue signal. Signals degrade over distance, but analogue signals loose information if it degrades a little. Also, that analogue signal comes from a digital source (conversion Digital->Analogue), is transported over the cable to the screen and then goes digital again (conversion Digital->Analogue). Every conversion is not perfect, so the picture quality degrades a bit. So you have two conversions and an amount of cable length degrading the picture with ghosting, inaccurate colour, phase shift and what not.
DVI to DVI (or to HDMI) has a digital signal with no conversions along the way, so you get on screen what is supposed to be there.
I have always had a problem when trying to run the game in DVI, instead of the game fitting my screen, i get kind of this "scroll" thing with my mouse... where i move my mouse up or down and the game window scrolls... I don't understand why it happens....
air try to turn on the vertical sync
Howdy again,
AIRdomination, If you have an Nvidia card, Go to the Nvidia Control Panel, 3D Settings/Manage 3D Settings and then in the window on the middle right portion, select the Program Settings tab and a list will be generated of the features that can be selected and adjusted....If you have not done this before, STEP 1: Select a program to customize...and select the appropriate IL-2 program and Add it...
Step 2: This is a list of features that can be adjusted by you, scroll down to the bottom of the list and you will see "Vertical sync" and then change it to "Force On" and exit the program.....after I make adjustments to programs, I always reboot system...and I think that is a good suggestion to follow....
I have no idea what to do if you have an ATI card.....I run my Nvidia card in Open GL and this works for me.....I hope it works for you....I have also noticed that my conf.ini changed (not by me) to the
1600x1200 resolution...I don't know the how or why of this...but it works and I am not inclined to change it back just yet.....So, you might want to check all of your settings after the cable switching....
Comment on Game Play (Internet).....I play on HyperLobby and a lot on AAA....this change from VGA to DVI has made a world of difference to me....What I could not see before (enemy aircraft at a distance) I now am able to see and make myself a harder target :roll:
In the last six months, four things have significantly enhanced this game for me.......They are:
1. TeamSpeak
2. Joining a Squad
3. Track ir
4. Change from VGA to DVI
Again, Thanx Everybody,
NGW-Sancho
NGW-Sancho
hock: ....considerable