just ''right-click'' on the desktop & enter the ''Nvidia control panel'', then head to ''manage 3d settings'', you'll see the options your after in there....
System Manufacturer/Model Number myself OS SEVEN x64 CPU Q9450 @ 3.6GHZ 1.34v Motherboard ASUS P5K PREMIUM P35 Memory 8GB 1066 buffalo firestix @ 1152mhz CL5 Graphics Card Sapphire HD 5970 + GTX260 (physX) Sound Card Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer Monitor(s) Displays SAMSUNG 20'' & SAMSUNG 23'' (dual screens) Screen Resolution 2048x1152 & 1680x1050
Keyboard LOGITECH E110 Mouse logitech NX5 PSU XCILIO 850w (78A) Case CM590 1x 120x38mm & 2x92x38mm / 4x 120x25mm Cooling AC7 PRO @ 92x38mm blower, Lamptron military bus bay controll Hard Drives 1x seagate 160gb IDE & 1x seagate 160gb SATA Internet Speed 2MB Other Info its a continual ''work in progress''....
System Manufacturer/Model Number Antec 900 Series Customized OS Windows 7 x64 (Build 7264) CPU Intel Core2Quad Q6600 @ 3.6 OC Motherboard MSI P7N Diamond Memory 4 x HyperX DDR2-1066 2048MB (8GB Total) Graphics Card 2 x Nvidia GTX 275 SLI Sound Card Creative X-Fi Platinum Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 22' Widescreen Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Logitech Wireless Mouse Logitech Wireless PSU Gigabyte Odin Pro 800w Case Antec 900 Cooling Thermalright T120 True Black Hard Drives 1 x WD RaptorX 150Gb
4 x 1Tb Seagate Internet Speed (Primary) 6MB DL 1MB UL / (Secondary) 2MB DL 512KB UL
thanks everyone I found it, no shame in being a win 7 nub =) for AoC it worked, game textures are showing correctly now, just lame that you must force stuff in the nvidia drivers to make the game run properly