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Postby Blabzillaweasel » Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:49 pm

Hi All, My sliders are not maxed and are somewhat low compared to what alot run on. To get better frames would i be beter getting a new Processor Or Video Card? Im running FS9 non-updated

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Postby VH-CC1 » Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:03 pm

Video and ram.

:o grab the fs9 update also.

With my system i can get a soild 65fps with everything maxed.
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Postby ZK-Brock » Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:38 pm

Before you fork out on new computer stuff, have a look at this tweak guide thingy, it can get you some better frames. Just don't go overboard, only do the ones you're comfortable with, and back up the stuff you tweak.
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Postby Blabzillaweasel » Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:44 am

VH-CC1 wrote:
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With my system i can get a soild 65fps with everything maxed.

Maxed out i get from 4 to 7 fps >.<

I read that thing and it confuzzled me I might have to read again >.>
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Postby AlisterC » Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:42 am

Search this author name at avsim Bart Dylkiewicz
He has resized a lot of textures including clouds and autogen which should help speed things up.

Problems with scenery you've installed can also upset the balance. I use a flight sim manager to check my scenery config for errors. Your computer might be fine to run the sim better, but problems in the FS9 framework itself can slow you down..
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Postby greaneyr » Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:41 am

Blabzillaweasel wrote:
QUOTE (Blabzillaweasel @ Dec 1 2007, 04:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi All, My sliders are not maxed and are somewhat low compared to what alot run on. To get better frames would i be beter getting a new Processor Or Video Card? Im running FS9 non-updated

Cheers, Blabzillaweasel


What are the specs of your system? Processor/RAM/Video Card I mean.

The better video card you get, the faster FS is going to run, provided your base specs are above a certain point.
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Postby Blabzillaweasel » Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:26 pm

greaneyr wrote:
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What are the specs of your system? Processor/RAM/Video Card I mean.

The better video card you get, the faster FS is going to run, provided your base specs are above a certain point.


Processor: Mobile AMD Sempron
Video Card: SiS M760GX
RAM: 384 Mb
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Postby VH-CC1 » Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:00 pm

if you have the money, go for a full upgrade.

If not, go for ram.

What MB is the vid card?
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Postby Blabzillaweasel » Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:14 pm

VH-CC1 wrote:
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What MB is the vid card?


Not Sure could you tell me how to find out, is it in the system info?


Albatross wrote:
QUOTE (Albatross @ Dec 2 2007, 09:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Search this author name at avsim Bart Dylkiewicz
He has resized a lot of textures including clouds and autogen which should help speed things up.


Thanks Albatross That Helped its increased to 10-18 FPS with full auto-gen

Im not sure if that ram is correct that was in the my computer properties, then under manafactured and supported by asus.
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Postby AlisterC » Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:59 pm

Great to hear it made a difference :) Thanks for replying.
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Postby Blabzillaweasel » Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:29 pm

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Great to hear it made a difference :) Thanks for replying.


No problem
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Postby VH-CC1 » Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:02 pm

i just did a search for "SiS M760GX" and found that its a laptop vid card, Can u confirm if your on a laptop or desktop
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Postby Blabzillaweasel » Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:57 am

VH-CC1 wrote:
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i just did a search for "SiS M760GX" and found that its a laptop vid card, Can u confirm if your on a laptop or desktop


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Postby HardCorePawn » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:03 am

I think you'll find that the video 'card' is also using shared mem... so of the 384Meg of system memory, anywhere up to around 128 is being shared for video.

To be honest, I would think twice about even running just WinXP with a web browser/basic office apps on a machine like that (eg. 512Meg RAM would be my bare minimum for WinXP)... let alone something that needs lots of CPU grunt and a decent graphics card like FS...

If you want to improve the framerate to a 'decent' level (eg. 25+ FPS), you are going to need a new computer...
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