11-10-2005, 04:56 PM
I think my system has a few people beat. I'm still running a Dell P4 1.3 with 640 mB RAM and a Ti4200. A bit of a dinosaur. Except for a
few stutters here and there, I get very acceptable performance with FS9 and FSP, framerates in the low 20's for the most part and overall
quite smooth. I think the secret is in scaling down some of the features like the traffic and the weather. Also, I try to stay away from add on
scenery as much as possible. When we first install FS9, it sets itself up with a certain percentage of traffic, clouds, etc. If we're honest
with ourselves, I'll bet not one of us leaves those settings alone. We all try to squeeze a little more traffic, and a little more 3D clouds.
Then we wonder why we get low framerates. So we play with drivers and assorted tweeks. When I finally gave in and scaled everything
back, that is when I got very acceptable performance. So all this rambling to andwer red_baron's original question. Very simply, easy
does it on the settings and the addons.
Mike
few stutters here and there, I get very acceptable performance with FS9 and FSP, framerates in the low 20's for the most part and overall
quite smooth. I think the secret is in scaling down some of the features like the traffic and the weather. Also, I try to stay away from add on
scenery as much as possible. When we first install FS9, it sets itself up with a certain percentage of traffic, clouds, etc. If we're honest
with ourselves, I'll bet not one of us leaves those settings alone. We all try to squeeze a little more traffic, and a little more 3D clouds.
Then we wonder why we get low framerates. So we play with drivers and assorted tweeks. When I finally gave in and scaled everything
back, that is when I got very acceptable performance. So all this rambling to andwer red_baron's original question. Very simply, easy
does it on the settings and the addons.
Mike
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