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Yes, i right click convert to poly, then i select the parts i want to smooth en then i go to modifiers en select smooth:)

Hey man, I've slowly worked on your skin but now that I've got a better connection, I've decided to 2048 x 2048 so it may be another week.

I've been a big fan of AMD systems for many years now. Great value for money. But it turns out the Intel Conroe fanboys aren't fanboys... they're just right! :-) System (1): AMD x2 3800 overclocked to 2.4GHz, 2Gb DDR, Asrock dual SATA, 8800GTS System (2): Intel e6600 @ 2.4 GHz, 2Gb Crucial Ballistix (5300 but famous for working well beyond that at a bargain price), Gigabyte DS3, 8800GTS. System (3): as system (2) but CPU overclocked to 3.15GHz (I haven't tried hard to push it any further yet, as I have a recent e6600 which needs higher voltage and is not quite as overclockable as earlier CPUs). LOMAC test (a): An F2 view from behind an Su-25 flying low over Sevastopol. LOMAC test (b): A short 25T mission involving a rocket attack (lots of smoke & explosions) on a base defended by anti-aircraft missiles etc. Fraps is used to measure the average, highest, and lowest FPS in 60 second replays of tracks from missions (a) & (b). LOMAC was run at 1280x1024, x4fsaa, x8aniso, *high* visibility range, medium water, and everything else at maximum apart from shadows, due to 8800 shader problems. ______________(1)______(2)_______(3) (a) AVERAGE___10.2______18_______23 ___MIN FPS_____8_______15_______18 ___MAX FPS____13_______23_______30 (b) AVERAGE___21.8______30.5_____37.4 ___MIN_________3_______14_______12 ___MAX________35_______46_______54 I could throw more numbers at you, but I think those LOMAC figures say it all. They're not scientific tests, averaged over many repetitions, and the minimum FPS can be very variable. But those results tie in very well with what I've seen in more "standardised" benchmarks like Aquamark3 and the various 3dmarks. And LOMAC really does look and feel smoother, especially during intense action, and over cities. I was expecting to be disappointed, to feel I'd wasted even *more* money chasing better LOMAC performance... but this upgrade was definitely worth the money, even though I've only had the x2 3800 a year and I usually make a processor last two years or more. Hopefully these numbers will be useful to someone else trying to justify an upgrade. Andrew McP PS I did a quick Vegas (Movie Studio) render test. On my x2 3800 it took about 1 minute 30s to render a 9 second test clip with various effects added. On the e6600 setup @ 3.15GHz it takes 36 seconds. That 4Mb of dynamically shared on-chip cache really seems to make a huge difference compared to the 2x512k on my AMD. Of course owners of better (more cache/faster) AMD CPUs would see less of an improvement.

Is there a release date for Black Shark? No?! Maybe 2008??? Pathetic!!!

Sorry to butt in ... but the only way I was able to know for sure that I had all the ATI drivers removed from my computer I used Driver Cleaner Pro . But I caution you to remove the drivers with this program and then immediately install drivers that you find on ATI's website. Because once you use this program if you restart your computer you will not have the basic drivers to run your computer in its 256 color mode ... or whatever. I could be wrong about this but this is what happened to me. Make a long story short this program is a great way to cure any video card issues caused by corrupt drivers ... or in your case programs crashing to desktop due to conflicts caused by drivers. This gives you a fresh clean slate to start from so that you can install drivers that you know are good and not install good drivers over bad ones which places back at square one. I know Im getting a little long winded but try re-installing your drivers in this order. 1. use ATI uninstall utility 2. restart (this should render your desktop to the ugly 256 color mode) 3. once your back at desktop (assuming you already downloaded and installed DC pro) fire up DC pro and click "ok". The setup is pretty self explainatory just remember to click the little box that says mutiple options or something like that. 4.Then from the drop down box on the right go through all the selections that say ATI and add them to the list. I suggest selecting all of them just to ensure that you have all drivers removed. 5.Click the start button and then click "ok". It will take a few seconds and then your done. If you want you can click the "details" tab and it will show all the drivers that were removed. 6. Now assuming that you have downloaded the latest drivers for your card from ATI fire up the installation wizard and install your new drivers. Sorry I went all out on you there but I know the pain and suffering that comes with Video Card drivers as I just went through this with a previous ATI card. Hope this helps bud.:thumbup: Tex

That's it! The first public version of my ACMI is available! This powerful tool will enable you to record any flight... To review, analyze and understand what really happened! Find complete explanations and links on the official web page: http://lomac.strasoftware.com/lomac-acmi.php Take time to read all explanations and to test before posting any comment and suggestion on this post. Have a good flight! Vyrtuoz PS: Thanks to Azrayen, Doug, Ezor, GGTharos, MajorBug and all other testers for their feedback during the play test.