RIGS & SETTINGS-Whats in your SIM-cave?

[Twistfish]

Hello Everyone!

Just wondering what sort of rig & Graphics settings everyone else is running?

I built this monster originally for FSX flight simming action/:biggrin:

My Specs

EVGA x58 Classified Motherboard

Intel Core i7 975 3.33Ghz / Overclocked 8% to 3.60Ghz

ProlimaTech Megahalem -CPU cooler

(2) Noiseblocker Ultra Silent PWM Fans for Megahalem -Push/Pull Config

Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz 12Gb

(2) WD Veliciraptor 10K /300G SATA

Windows XP Professional x64

LG DVDR/CDR 8.5G/ 22x w/ litescribe SATA

PCPower & Cooling 1200w Turbo Cool Power Supply

EVGA GTX285 2Gb DDR3 GPU -HDMI to left/right 19" auxillary monitors

EVGA GTX580 3Gb DDR5 GPU - HDMI to 23" main/Center monitor

(2) Noiseblocker Ultra Silent PWM Fans for Megahalem

Noiseblocker Ultra Silent Fan -(Case Exhaust)

Thermaltake Armor + (Full Tower - Aluminum)

Thrustmaster HOTAS - still working on mapping out a comfortable config for SB

CH PRO pedals - for FSX flight simming

Boston Acoustics Sound system/ USB headset

I'm using the latest NVIDIA nspector 1.9.5.9 program to tweak in the graphics; I use zbuffer 24 & Windowed settings in SB itself, with the VSYNC turned off- forcing it to ON instead in the inspector program. Nspector has no preset profile for SBPro, so I've been experimenting with the settings and so far this is what I have:

Antialiasing-

Behavior Flags Disable AA at NVIDIA Control Panel

Gamma Correction - ON

Line Gamma-Enabled

Mode-Override Application Setting

Setting- 32xS (Combined 2x2SS + 8xMS)

Transparency MultiSampling-Enabled

Transparency SuperSampling-AA_MODE_REPLAY_MODE_OPTIMAL

Texture Filtering

Mode- ANISO_MODE_SELECTOR_COND

Setting-16x

Filter Optimization- ON

Sample Optimization- ON

LOD Bias- 0

Negative LOD Bias- Clamp

Quality- High Quality

Trilinear Optimization- ON

Common

Max Pre-rendered Frames -8

Multi/Mixed Mode - choose single/multi [dependent on your setup]

Power Management - Max performance

Threaded Optimization- Auto

Tripple Buffering-ON

Vertical Sync- Force ON

Whats in your SIM-Cave??

Twist

[sabot_ready]

NAME PC - Model 5150

MANUFACTURER IBM

TYPE Professional Computer

ORIGIN U.S.A.

YEAR 1981

BUILT IN LANGUAGE IBM BASIC (Special Microsoft BASIC-80 version in ROM)

KEYBOARD Full stroke 'clicky' 83 keys with 10 function keys and numeric keypad

CPU Intel 8088

SPEED 4.77 MHz

CO-PROCESSOR Optional 8087 math coprocessor

RAM 64 KB (The very first ones had only 16 KB), 256 KB max. (then later 640 KB max.)

ROM 64 KB

TEXT MODES 40 or 80 char x 25 lines

GRAPHIC MODES Optional CGA graphic modes : 320 x 200 / 640 x 200

COLOrsc Monochrome / 4 among 8 in 320 x 200 CGA mode

SOUND Tone Generator - built-in speaker

SIZE / WEIGHT 50.8 (W) x 40.6 (D) x 14 (H) cm

I/O PORTS Five internal 8 bit ISA slots, monitor, Centronics, cassette (!),

BUILT IN MEDIA One or two 160 KB 5.25'' disk-drives

OS MS-DOS, CP/M-86, USCD Pascal

POWER SUPPLY Built-in 63.5W switching power supply unit

PERIPHERALS 5 expansion slots, 5, 10, 20 MB hard discs

I think I have a few punch cards too....runs a bit slow so I was thinking about getting a Apple 2E, but I hear Apple doesn't play SB

Edited January 22, 2012 by sabot_ready

[Gibsonm]

I was thinking about getting a Apple 2E, but I hear Apple doesn't play SB

Well works fine on my MacBook Pro via Bootcamp.

But I'm not sure about a 2E.

[stormrider_sp]

NAME PC - Model 5150

MANUFACTURER IBM

TYPE Professional Computer

ORIGIN U.S.A.

YEAR 1981

BUILT IN LANGUAGE IBM BASIC (Special Microsoft BASIC-80 version in ROM)

KEYBOARD Full stroke 'clicky' 83 keys with 10 function keys and numeric keypad

CPU Intel 8088

SPEED 4.77 MHz

CO-PROCESSOR Optional 8087 math coprocessor

RAM 64 KB (The very first ones had only 16 KB), 256 KB max. (then later 640 KB max.)

ROM 64 KB

TEXT MODES 40 or 80 char x 25 lines

GRAPHIC MODES Optional CGA graphic modes : 320 x 200 / 640 x 200

COLOrsc Monochrome / 4 among 8 in 320 x 200 CGA mode

SOUND Tone Generator - built-in speaker

SIZE / WEIGHT 50.8 (W) x 40.6 (D) x 14 (H) cm

I/O PORTS Five internal 8 bit ISA slots, monitor, Centronics, cassette (!),

BUILT IN MEDIA One or two 160 KB 5.25'' disk-drives

OS MS-DOS, CP/M-86, USCD Pascal

POWER SUPPLY Built-in 63.5W switching power supply unit

PERIPHERALS 5 expansion slots, 5, 10, 20 MB hard discs

I think I have a few punch cards too....runs a bit slow so I was thinking about getting a Apple 2E, but I hear Apple doesn't play SB

In fact it does. I play on my Macbook Pro 2010 via W7 Bootcamp.

[SeanPatrick]

My Rig:

HP Blackbird 002 (VooDoo ed.)

Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit (SP1)

Nvidia NForce 780i SLI Mother Board

Liquid Cooled Intel Core2 2.6GHz QuadCore Processor

4x1GB Corsair DDR2 Ram (well, 2 bit the dust recently so make that 2 left)

BFG Nvidia GTX 260 Video Card

500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 Hard Drive

TSST TS-T632L DVDR/RW Drive

1TB Western Digital External Drive

HP 22" HDMI Monitor 1680x1050x60

Realtek HD Audio

Kinyo 4.1 Surround Speakers

Razer Death Adder Mouse (VooDoo ed.)

Razer Tarantula Keyboard (VooDoo ed.)

Wacom Tablet w/Pen+Wireless Mouse

HP Photosmart C8180 w/LightScribe Drive

Saitek ST290

Saitek X52+Throttle

CyberPower 425VA Uninterruptible Power Supply

Sony MDR CD10 Headphones

Tech Solutions Desktop Mic

Motorola "Surfboard" Modem

Cisco Lynksys Wireless N Broadband Router

[sometimes I hook up my old Trinitron monitor or my 40" Samsung LCD TV for dual screen action!]

And 1 Steel Beasts Dongle!

Nvidia Control Panel Settings:

Ambient Occlusion: Quality

Anisotropic filtering: 16x

Antialiasing - Gamma correction: On

Antialiasing - Mode: Override any application settings

Antialiasing - Setting: 16xQ CSAA

Antialiasing - Transparency: Supersampling

CUDA - GPUs: All

Maximum pre-rendered frames: 8

Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration: Single display performance mode

Power management mode: Adaptive

Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample optimization: On

Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias: Clamp

Texture filtering - Quality: Quality

Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization: On

Threaded optimization: On

Triple buffering: On

Vertical sync: Use the 3D application setting

In-Game Settings:

Full Screen (1680x1050x32) [unless I'm playing online, then it's windowed with TS on the side]

General slider: 100%

Ground slider: 100%

Ground Cover slider: 0%

Z-Buffer size: 24-Bit

Refresh on V-sync: On

No cool touch screens or control handles. Lowest FPS I've seen is about 20 and that's only when facing a very large city flanked by thick forests.

[Ssnake]

Some dual core processor at around 3.5GHz, and a Radeon HD4870 (I think ... or was it a 4850?), 8 GByte RAM, and a Soundblaster XFi. FSAA is activated. Don't care much about the rest.

But I like the programmable Sidewinder X6 keyboard that I have. Pretty useful, good design without the bling bling crap. The mouse is a Sharkoon Fireglider. Pgrogrammable buttons, variable dpi settings. Wouldn't know what else I'd want.

[SeanPatrick]

I've heard some negative reviews of joysticks lately, but I gotta say I love my ST290 Pro. It has just the right amount of tension on the stick and the software lets you customize it any way you can imagine. I have no trouble tracking targets at any speed. Plus IIRC, it was only about $20 USD.

Not too many buttons, either. Like my X52. I don't even want to start making another profile for that monster.

[bmbpdk]

My rig:

CPU: Intel i7 920 quad core, overclocked from 2,6ghz to 4ghz - Watercooled

GPU: Gainward nvidia geforce gtx 560 2gb

HDD: 1 x WD 10.000rpm 75gb for windows 7, 1 x WD 1TB, 1 x WD 500gb

RAM: 24gb Kingston 1600mhz DDR3

MB: Asus x58 Sabertooth

USB connected stuff:

Logitech G27 steering wheel

Logitech G940 HOTAS

Logitech G19 keyboard

Logitech G930 wireless surround headset

Logitech MX1100 wireless mouse

TrackIR 5

Case: Coolermaster nVidia edition

Optical drives: 1 x LG bluray burner, 1 x dvd-rw burner

Monitor: LG Flatron W2486L (24")

In-game setting: All maxed out, resolution 1920*1080*32

nVidia control panel settings:

Anisotropic filtering: 16x

Anti-aliasing: on/8x(supersample)/32x CSAA/override gamesettings

Vertical sync: Force activated

Maximum prerendered frames: 8

Threaded opt.: on

Textur filtering: off/high quality/hold/on/off

Tripple buffering: on

[dpabrams]

My rig:

CPU: Intel i7 920 quad core, overclocked from 2,6ghz to 4ghz - Watercooled

GPU: Gainward nvidia geforce gtx 560 2gb

HDD: 1 x WD 10.000rpm 75gb for windows 7, 1 x WD 1TB, 1 x WD 500gb

RAM: 24gb Kingston 1600mhz DDR3

MB: Asus x58 Sabertooth

USB connected stuff:

Logitech G27 steering wheel

Logitech G940 HOTAS

Logitech G19 keyboard

Logitech G930 wireless surround headset

Logitech MX1100 wireless mouse

TrackIR 5

Case: Coolermaster nVidia edition

Optical drives: 1 x LG bluray burner, 1 x dvd-rw burner

Monitor: LG Flatron W2486L (24")

In-game setting: All maxed out, resolution 1920*1080*32

nVidia control panel settings:

Anisotropic filtering: 16x

Anti-aliasing: on/8x(supersample)/32x CSAA/override gamesettings

Vertical sync: Force activated

Maximum prerendered frames: 8

Threaded opt.: on

Textur filtering: off/high quality/hold/on/off

Tripple buffering: on

I just tell people I have a little winkie:shocked:

[Fuby]

My rig: Windows 7 Professional 64

CPU: Intel I5-2500K, Clocked on 4ghz - Watercooler Antec Kuhler H2O 620

GPU: MSI Twin Frozr gtx 560 1gb

HDD: SataII 1 x WD 750gb, 1 x OZC 60 gb SSD

(Z68 MB - ISR Raid enabled SS cached averaging 250mb/s on system)

RAM: 16gb Kingston HyperX 1600mhz DDR3

MB: GIGABYTE GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (z68 chipset supporting ISR)

NZXT SEN-001LX Fan Controller (5 fans)

USB connected stuff:

Logitech G510 Keyboard

Logitech MX 518 Mouse

Saitek X52-Pro, Madcatz Gamepad

Microsoft LX-3000 Headset

Jam VOX, GearBox Toneport both use Sony MDR-7506 headset

TrackIR 5

Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER Mid Tower Case

Optical drives: 1 x Asus dvd-rw burner

Monitor: 2 Acer x233H(23") mounted on Tyke Dual LCD Desk Clamp

Router: Motorola

In-game setting: Window Mode Dragable

Unmentioned Items: lil' winkie http://cuteoverload.com/2006/07/27/lil_winkie/ (what did u expect?)

Thoughts: I hated Intel for years due to pricing.. Last few years I went from 3ghz AMD dual core to 3.2 AMD quad core which felt like going from night to day. Recently went to I5-2500K Intel with Z68 Motherboard to test out this simple RAID setup and use ISR caching for HD/SSD combos.. wow, again I went from Night to Day.. Well worth the "cheap" upgrade considering.(435.00-500.00)