What is the a normal picture/sec????

[rapax]

i am stupid my fps is at above 20 because i lokked it in the seeting at 20 and i changed it on unlimited and i get a fps of above 40

[Drew]

sorry if its already been asked, but in your settings, what is your framerate locked at?

[xvxmatthewxvx]

Glad everything is going well for you!

[Drew]

oh i should have read the post above the one i posted - i searched for 'locked' but u misspelled it :P

do not set it as unlimited, i read somewhere, set it to a number, i have mine set at 45

[rapax]

but i sometimes get a fps of 50 in the cockpit


ps:sorry for the faults in my writing it is not my language,i have just learned it



Post Edited ( 11-19-05 22:16 )

[Drew]

thats fine, i couldnt write a single word in a different language to my own

then set it at 50 locked, dont leave it at unlimited, cant remember where i read this, (fs2004.com i think) and dont recall the reason


ps, if ur getting up to 50fps, i dont think you really need it that high, so maybe you could turn up the quality of the scenary a little, and still
get a good fps

[rapax]

tanks a lot for all your help

[Dutch64]

There are huge discussions all over the web about this issue, framerates and lock them or not. The majority of the opinions however (and i feel the
same about it) seem to conclude this:
1. 15 fps can look smoother then 40 fps
2. The higher you set your fps (lock it at a high value) the more chance you have for so-called (micro)stutters, short freezes.
3. A kind of rule which is sometimes used and works quite well is; set fsp to unlimited, fly an average route with scenery you often use, weather
conditions etc. Note the fps. Now lock your fps at 80% of the average framerate you got. So for example, you noticed an average fps of 25, lock it to
20 or even 18 fps.
4. Main reason is this; if you set your fsp to a too high number or even unlimited, than fs (+graphics card and cpu) will be mainly busy trying to
reach that high fps, having less processorpower anymore for things like scenery build up etc causing (micro)stutters. If you cut down your fps to 20
in the above example, it will give your system the resources to handle other aspects of fs besides fsp giving you an overall smoother running sim.

Yes, it might be different for some pc's but on most systems this rule will work pretty well.

[Drew]

thats true what you say if ur gfx is trying its hardest to get the most fps, its using up resorces to do other things. if you set it at like
80% as u say, that frees up 20% to draw other things like senery

(basically im just agreeing with you )

[Dutch64]

Another tip about the traffic mentioned earlier. A high percentage of traffic can have indeed a huge impact on your fps. Depending on what you usually
like to fly you might consider to disable GA traffic or commercial traffic. When i'm in a 340 or 777 i'm not really interesed that somewhere a cessna
is flying around and that cessna won't give a thing about a T7 at 41000 ft.

[Dutch64]

Drew wrote:
thats true what you say if ur gfx is trying its hardest to get the most fps, its using up resorces to do other things. if you set it at like
80% as u say, that frees up 20% to draw other things like senery

(basically im just agreeing with you )

That's in two sentences where i needed half a page