Atomic Systems

I'm getting rather excited now as the day draws nearer for MS Vista to be released .....

I think more than a few are looking forward with trepidation, tinged with cynicism. Do some reading on the subject of VISTA and you might not feel as chirpy.



I am not completely paranoid about MS; I have multiple personalities.

Apparently the default tree texture in FSX is 1024x1024 - so that causes a big performance hit right there.

http://www.fsstation.com/articles/fligh ... weaks.html

I fiddled around with these tweaks and now get reasonably consistent 15fps - except in very built up areas. If only I could get FSInn to work properly!

Thanks, If I still get the problem with the new computer that's deffinatly an option, but for now, FS2004 is bloody good.

Thanks,
James

Well I have taken the plunge and ordered a new PC (hopefully delivered next week):

Intel Core 2 Duo 6400.
Geforce 7600 256Mb Gfx Card
2Gb of RAM.

Okay not top end but hopefully squeeze an extra FPS or two out of FSX and more importantly run my existing games better and of course in readiness for KRS.

Yes, good idea, I beleive it's the ram that does it. My Grandad has a reasonable PC because he works with medion, he got a deal. 3.2ghz, 1gb ram and yet, the odd thing is, it's not dual core, but FSX runs fantastic on it! We had these settings:

Graphics: High
And everything else medium high.

Playing on mission, finding a lost elephant, was the best with all the moving animals and stuff, fantastic! Also, there's a good deal on a staples, with almost the same specs as your new computer, dual core and all that, but with 1gb of ram for only £399. I do think the ram makes a differance to game play, infact I am sure it does, but as we only have 512mb it's not the best...

Thanks,
James

Yes I have read that 2Gb RAM makes quite a difference to FSX, one of the reasons why I opted for that rather than (say) a 6600 chip or a 7800 Gfx card.

Fantastic news. I got an offer to go to my granny and grandads to play on FSX while my mum did some shoping, I accepted, but what suprised me is at my granny and grandads was a box....Then my mum said "I'm not going to asda" So I am very lucky to be sitting here with 3.4ghz, 1gb of ram, and a fantastic graphics card, about to play FSX.

Just thought you'd like to know, and FSX works super on it! What a lucky day I had

James

It is the autogen that stuffs the fps. But I found that minimum autogen actualy places more stuff than 100% autogen in FS2004!

Well I ran a quick experiment last night as I also got FSX at Christmas...

Bristol to Gloucester at 6000', fair weather, FSUIPC running vis and wind smoothing, default Baron 58 flying from VC and locked-spot view.

With autogen on minimum, fps lock to unlimited, I averaged 15 fps.

With autogen off and fps lock unlimited, average was around 30 fps!!!

With autogen off and fps locked at 20, I remained maxed out.

I then turned AI traffic up to 100% (I've taken out the default, and installed Adobe/Tantris traffic pack) and managed about 15fps again.

SO... Minimum autogen puts about as much load on FSX as just about the biggest traffic add-on I've seen.

Funnily enough at 6000' the default UK textures looked better without the autogen on at all, although at low altitudes I find the autogen is a must have.

After playing with FSX for a while now, I feel I'll be using FSX for pleasure GA flying around the UK... Especially now that I've got the Horizon Gen X VFR scenery (bargain, FSX plus all 3 Gen X volumes for £98 all brand new).

For anything higher/longer I'll go back to FS2004. Reason? I've used FSNavigator since I forst bought FS2002. I can't use the built in MS map system to navigate... And FSNav isn't compatible with FSX, and won't be until mid 2007 according to the website.

Also ASv6.5 looks and behaves a lot better in FS2004 than in FSX.

Plus points in FSX? All the silly little things that you never think about until you notice they're better in FSX... Menus, the way the Alt key and menu now work together... The way that add-on scenery doesn't require a FS restart once you've activated it... The way the the kneeboard doesn't take focus from the sim any more... Helicopters being flyable without having to change joystick options... AND missions!!! I love 'em.

Well I was only going to write a couple of lines, but an essay appeared.

Oh... and one more thing... That de Havilland Beaver is surely the BEST FS model I've ever seen! The VC is incredible, and FSX Deluxe at £37 is a bargain just to fly that thing .

Oh yeah... The prices... I bought FSX Deluxe brand spanking new from pc-software (an Amazon marketplace seller) for £37 and it was delivered in less than 24 hours! Horizon Gen X scenery packs are £18 each on play.com. Do the maths yourself and see how much I saved!

Try Woolworths as they are doing a Medion type computer at £ 39.99 not to sure if the Price will stay at that Level and it is a 3.46GHZ Celeron D processor not to sure of the Graphic card bur it may work if not it is Back to FS 9