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Author: Sovek 625 Posts Status: Living Legend  | Date 08-26-05 14:59 |
Ive got a slight problem here, for some odd reason I get major slowdowns with FS9 when I have alot of clouds, or objects.
My specs,
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Mobo: MSI K8N Neo4
Ram: 512MB generic DDR 400
Video: 6600GT PCI-E 16X (overclocked to 570/1140)
Im pretty sure its not my video card as Ive seen people with a 5200 card get 30 FPS on high detail, so I should be able to max out, right??? Im think
its either the ram or the cpu.
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Author: jboweruk 1641 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-26-05 15:12 |
Ah maybe, but what resolution clouds are you using. That can have a lot to do with it. I use only the small textures from ASV for my clouds,
and my framerates stay pretty high.
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Author: Sovek 625 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-26-05 16:06 |
Ive flown with it overclocked and at stock, I get a few extra frames with it overclocked, so something else is causing the problem. not sure what the
resolution of the couds are, but I run the game at 1024x768
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Author: Ryanamur 1294 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-26-05 19:51 |
Actually, I have the feeling that you are overtaxing your system.
Here are my specs and I can't run clouds with too many details because it just slows the machine right down to 5-10 fps.
If I keep the Wx on Medium-Low and everything else on Medium High, I consistantly get above 25 fps (1024x76
P4 3.0 Ghz
1 Gib SDRAM
ATI x300 128MB
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Author: silo 524 Posts Status: Instructor Astronaut  | Date 08-26-05 19:59 |
What are your settings for Antialiasing and Anisotropic Filtering? Try lowering it one notch (especially the first one). Also make sure you
are not using the antialiasing from FS9 (Settings--->Display--->Hardware). Try renaming default.xml to default.bak (only if you don't have fs9 9.1 patch installed...do a search in FS9 directory).
Replacing default cloud textures with some lighter ones from fsw gives you improved frame rates http://fsw.simflight.com/ (use dxt
clouds).
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Author: SaVas Www 1627 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-26-05 20:30 |
My specs
P4 2.8 GHz
nVidia 6800 GT
1gig ram
200 GB HD partitioned for 150 gigs for simming
I average 22 to 37 FPS in very overcast conditions (thunderstorms) with no skipping/chirping frames. Its smooth as butter
With no clouds I average 45 to 70.
I set my max at 35
Before I contacted a service that is made for flight simmers my sim looked like crap, stuttered badly, and in overcast conditions I had 5 to
10 fps.
The magic was performed by Michael at www.fs-gs.com
The cost is around $85 USD and worth every penny to me. They configure your computer for optimization for simming and the clarity I
have now is jaw dropping.
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Author: SWAFO Www 3814 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-26-05 23:18 |
What? How could that FSGS service increase your frame rate by that much? Isn't it simply making changes that you can make on your
own? What did it change in your system?
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Author: olseric 796 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-27-05 03:44 |
Ive got a slight problem here, for some odd reason I get major slowdowns with FS9 when I have alot of clouds, or objects.
I have my FS settings cranked up pretty high (terrain detail, 3D clouds, cloud coverage, etc, etc) and have no problem maintaining at a
bare minimum in heavy scenery 20 FPS+. And your PC is better than mine.
I'm gonna say once again, heat is the issue. What are you getting for a chassis temp as well as a proc temp? Another stick of RAM prolly
wouldn't hurt you any either.
For comparrison purposes, I have AMD Athlon XP 3200+, ATI Raedon 9700 AIW, Soyo KT600 Dragon Ultra Platinum, 1.5 GB PC3200
RAM. My normal operating temps are 29C in case, 39C on die. Highest I've ever seen it with FS running full bore was about 43C on die.
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Author: Sovek 625 Posts Status: Living Legend | Date 08-27-05 04:16 |
Im gonna have to dig out the software for it,
and I dont think its the chassis temps with three fans, but Im thinking it is the ram, just too many objects.
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