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AaronEdmondson84
05-30-2010, 07:14 PM
I got my new 5750 card installed. booted up Pacific Fighters and everything looks the same.

any ideas?
philip.ed
05-30-2010, 07:32 PM
Well, your old card may-have been able to run Il-2 maxed, so the only difference would be in fps...
AndyJWest
05-30-2010, 07:42 PM
The old card was an ATI Radeon HD 4200, philip.ed. I don't think that would have run at max.

Have you run il2setup.exe again since you installed the new card, Aeron? This will enable you to change settings. For help with this see here: http://mission4today.com/index.php?name=Knowledge_Base&op=show&kid=228
322Sqn_Dusty
05-30-2010, 07:50 PM
Don't forget to remove the old drivers and dll's first before changing cards..even when it's the same brand.
Tree_UK
05-30-2010, 09:22 PM
I have found that graphics card updates show little difference in Il2 where as a CPU update makes a big difference.
AaronEdmondson84
05-30-2010, 10:15 PM
I didnt uninstall and reinstall game yet.
And as far as uninstalling old graphics card drivers. I didnt have to take out my old card. It there was no card in the slot or anywhere on mother board for that matter that I could find.
This made me think that I didnt have any previous drivers that I needed to uninstall.

and yes I had a hd 4200 and it came stock

If you think I should uninstall the drivers for my new graphics card and try and uninstall any other drivers, would you let me know kindda where to go to do that.
flyingbullseye
05-30-2010, 10:21 PM
I have found that graphics card updates show little difference in Il2 where as a CPU update makes a big difference.

True but his cpu is a new AMD quad and his last card was a bottom feeder 4200, upgraded to a 5750 was huge. Aaron, after you have done what AndyJWest linked make sure your settings in game are set to perfect. The last thing to do is open your user conf file found in the IL2 1946 folder. Scroll all the way down and find the setting under openGL for water. Replace the setting from 1 to 2 and save. After that enjoy the graphics and happy hunting, just watch your six!

Flyingbullseye
Novotny
05-30-2010, 11:18 PM
Did you disable the built in gfx card?
AaronEdmondson84
05-31-2010, 03:09 AM
I dont think I did. If I remember right , I just added the new card in and pulled up the new drivers and started downloading.
imaca
05-31-2010, 06:00 AM
Is your video cable plugged into the new card ?(ie did you unplug it from the motherboard)
If not you're still using the onboard graphics.
AaronEdmondson84
05-31-2010, 08:08 AM
yea I bought a new HDMI cable and plugged it into my video card to monitor.

my old monitor cable didnt have an available plugin on the new graphics card so I went and bought the HDMI.
Gnomie
05-31-2010, 10:07 AM
Have you tried any other games? If so, is the performance better now than before?
AaronEdmondson84
05-31-2010, 07:33 PM
yea the HDMI cable is plugged into the new video card.
In my other game the graphics are very noticable that it got better. its just Pacific fighters that its not noticable. I just raised the resolution a bit in options.
I think I am going to wait to get my new copy of 1946, should be here this week, then I will just uninstall the PAcific fighters all together and install the new 1946 and see how the graphics look on max settings on THat game.