A Little Graphics Help

Hey Everyone,
Not new to the game but getting back into it recently and enjoying it (even if it’s a little dated), however I’m having some graphics issues on modern system desktop. The graphics themselves look pretty rough aliasing wise and I spent a significant amount of time searching, watching videos, forums, adjusting the settings, NVidia graphics controls/control panel, RW Enhancer, etc. but I just can’t get the crispness I’m looking for on my desktop; the wires, and lines/edges of the locomotives and scenery are quite jagged. I recently bought a new g16 laptop with a RTX 5070 and looks great. I know I’m not going to get perfect but my desktop is way worse the my labtop. Any suggestions would be appreciated, I’ll leave my desktop info:

MSI 34” ultra wide (3440x1440)
ROG Strix E670 WiFi motherboard
5800x3d cpu
Nvida RTX 5070TI gpu
1 TB SSD (x2)
850w power
RW Enhancer
AP Weather and Clouds

Game use 64-bit
3440x1440 display (Borderless)
Settings on High
FXAA and SSAA 3x3
Anisotropic 8x

I’ve just run out of ideas and I’m moderately tech savvy so I’m not sure why I can’t get over the hump.

 

Could you send a screenshot of what your TS looks like? The settings in TS are the same as I use bar the resolution and RWE, and for me it looks very smooth. In the Nvidia control panel you could try turning on MFAA, assuming you haven't already. I can't remember if other AA settings in the control panel override TS' settings. If you try turning off any AA settings bar MFAA it may help, but I can't say for certain.

 

Have you set up Nvidia Control Panel to use the Graphics CPU instead of the Laptop version.

 

And this could be another reason is Nvidia RTX 50 series cards cannot play older games. Read here. NVIDIA's new RTX 50-series cards have issues playing older PhysX games | PCWorld TSC does use PhysX.

 

I have a RTX 5060 TI 16 GB I haven't noticed any issues playing older games including TSC at 2560 X1440, but thanks for the info. Certainly something to bear in mind .

 

32-bit PhsyX support was added back in a driver update. I'm on a 5070 12GB and TS runs great.

 

Yes, driver 591.44 read about it here. I've tested PhysX now that it's sorta supported on the RTX 50 series and I'm more convinced than ever it's a feature worth fighting for | PC Gamer

To airbosn99 do you have graphics card driver version 591.44 installed, or later?

 

I will try to post something.

 

Not 100% about my laptop but reasonably sure it’s working off my graphics card, my problem with the aliasing is my desktop tho. My laptop is a 5070 and my desktop is a 5070TI, and it’s like I’m on two different planets.

 

I checked yesterday and it is current and up to date.

 

TSC's Anti-aliasing isn't really as good as in newer titles. You may notice it if you haven't played for a long time and in that time you have been playing newer titles. There's not much you can do it about it apart from use the Nvidia control panel to imrpove the anti-aliasing as much as possible. Hope this helps

 

Desktop or Laptop you do need to set up Nvidia Control Panel to work with TSC

 

A laptop is always a cut-down version of a desktop computer of the same specs, hence the performance difference.

 

TSC 64bit does not use PhysX 32bit to my knowledge. The op said he uses Railworks64 so this should not be an issue.

 

I’ve found the opposite to be true. Using the highest setting TS offers (and MFAA turned on in the Nvidia Control Panel), it’s among the cleanest looking games I have on PC. It’s miles better than the appalling AA in TSW and SimRail, definitely.

 

Will be trying this as always looking to improve TSC graphics where I can thanks

 

i am on 591.74 should i roll it back ?

 

I don't think so, as they fixed the issue in version 591.44 and every version after that should be alright.

 

Nvidia is having nothing but problems right now. All the new drivers are version 595! You don't need new drivers to play TSC, that's for sure.

 

You could try installing an older version of Nvidia - it does work for some people

 

Yeah exactly I just keep mine up to date. Thankfully I have not had any problems with anything *touchwood*

 

Even if you don’t need the newest drivers for Train Sim specifically, you should always keep your drivers updated to the most recent public release (non Beta). I wouldn’t update straight away, maybe 1 - 2 weeks after they’re released, but not updating your drivers makes your system unstable in mine and many others’ experiences.

 

I always update my Nvidia graphics drivers on day 1 and have never had issues with them.

 

It also depends on what other programs you run and do they need the latest version of Nvidia Drivers.

Apart from TSC I don't have any other games that need good graphics.
So I'm using an older driver with the idea of not fixing it if its not broken.

 

Same and same with windows