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Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Arts => Visual Art => Topic started by: F-14 Ace on July 10, 2009, 02:04:46 AM

Title: Showing off my new graphics card
Post by: F-14 Ace on July 10, 2009, 02:04:46 AM

Why did I put this in the art section?  Because there is an art to capturing the perfect screenshot in a game.  In Flight Simulator, I find a scene that I think looks good and then I pause the game and capture the image to admire later on.  Recently I got a new computer with a much more advanced graphic card and now I'm enjoying Flight Simulator 2004 with maxed out graphic settings, just the way it was meant to be enjoyed.

My PBY-6 Catalina flying at low altitude above the Columbia River.  I used an enhanced water effects addon because the water textures that came with the game wee boring and bland.
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h315/spitfireace/GCS0014-1.jpg)

My F-14 Tomcat at dawn off the coast of Australia.  Once again, I used the enhanced water textures.
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h315/spitfireace/GCS0018-1.jpg)

Here are two shots of my Japanese F-2 Viper Zero escorting a Boeing 777 at dusk.  The sunsets are really pretty in this game with the maxed out stats.
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h315/spitfireace/GCS0094-1.jpg)

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h315/spitfireace/GCS0093-2.jpg)

My F-14 on an evening flight off the coast of Hawaii.
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h315/spitfireace/GCS0060.jpg)

Another flight out of Hawaii at sunset, this time using a Lockheed Constellation.
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h315/spitfireace/GCS0048.jpg)

Title: Showing off my new graphics card
Post by: landbeforetimelover on July 10, 2009, 02:15:38 AM

How about some card information?  You really can't tell how good it is by looking at some screenshots from such an old game.  I mean 2004?  C'mon.  Anything can display that so long as it's not onboard video.  How about you take it for a real test with a newer game?

Title: Showing off my new graphics card
Post by: F-14 Ace on July 10, 2009, 02:33:05 AM

I don't have any newer games for the PC since I've got a PS2 and an Xbox360.  I don't play a lot of PC games.  In fact, this was the last PC game I bought.  Everything else is from before the year 2000.

Title: Showing off my new graphics card
Post by: landbeforetimelover on July 10, 2009, 02:53:56 AM

Don't they have game trials you could download?

Title: Showing off my new graphics card
Post by: Alex on July 10, 2009, 03:32:24 AM

Cool screenshots, that game looks fun.

I wanna see the specs on your new card too.

Do you fly real F-14's?

Title: Showing off my new graphics card
Post by: F-14 Ace on July 10, 2009, 04:09:51 AM

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Do you fly real F-14's?

I wish.   Alas, I'll only fly F-14s in videogames.

Title: Showing off my new graphics card
Post by: Alex on July 10, 2009, 05:07:17 AM

Quote from: F-14 Ace,Jul 10 2009 on  03:09 AM

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Do you fly real F-14's?

I wish.   Alas, I'll only fly F-14s in videogames.

Oh. Ah well, maybe one day the opportunity will present itself.

Title: Showing off my new graphics card
Post by: Grungecat on July 10, 2009, 10:04:54 AM

I recommend Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X if you don't have it already. It's a great jet flying game that'll give any graphics card a run for it's money! :)

Title: Showing off my new graphics card
Post by: action9000 on July 10, 2009, 03:13:02 PM

If you want it to look even a heck of a lot better, try turning on the anti-aliasing features of your video card to 4x or 8x (if your card is fast enough, that is).  It will smooth those jagged edges right out and make the graphics look wicked-cool and much more realistic! :D

(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h141/action9000/aa.jpg)