PC Performance - Preston

ghills · Post by **ghills** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:50 pm

Like most people on here I'm thinking of upgrading my pc. My present "modest" pc gets around 4fps approaching Preston on NWE 2.1. As a guide, I wondered if someone could run that part of the route - preferably approaching from the south - and note the fps (or better still show a pic).

Many thanks for any replies.

thegoonden · Post by **thegoonden** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:54 pm

Getting about 12-15 ish as I cross the bridge into Preston.

Athlon 2800, 1GB RAM, ASUS GE6800 GT.

Soon to be replaced with an athlon X2 5200 and GE8800GTS...that should make a difference.

BTW, if you can find an ASUS V9999GE on ebay, it'll be the best 50 bills you ever spent, it WAS a £300+ card back in it's day.

ghills · Post by **ghills** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:18 pm

Thanks for that. Hope I can get the same or better in a few weeks' time.

thegoonden · Post by **thegoonden** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:22 pm

I'll verify and grab a screenie tomorrow

And if my new box dips below 30fps I'll cry.

nath9425 · Post by **nath9425** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:04 am

Ummm I know this sounds stupid but how can I tell how many FRPS I am getting! Im just a bit silly on looking up these things!

Nath

BobLatimer · Post by **BobLatimer** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:07 am

Hold down the Shift key and press z

The fps will show up in the lower right corner of the screen.

roonaldo26 · Post by **roonaldo26** » Wed May 09, 2007 2:20 pm

I usually get about 5-10 round preston and warrington.

thegoonden · Post by **thegoonden** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:44 pm

OK, I was tweaking today.
Sitting in Preston Station facing the bridge, 20fps, heading out it dropped to a minimum of 12.
After messing with MSTS settings as well as video card shiny options, all I can conclude is that my video card is WAY too good for the rest of my machine. The above scores were 1280x1024 with 16XFSAA and 16XAiF, and all MSTS options maxed. Dropping options and card shiny options did so little for frame rate that I must conclude that my GPU is filing it's nails while my CPU is melting.

athlon xp 32bit 2800
1 GB 400 DDR2
Asus V9999GE Geforce6800GT
Dos XP Pro.

So, Hands up who has a machine that lets them run through Clapham Junction like curry through a poodle at 40FPS?

EDIT: Outside of NASA and the top five Grand Prix teams that is.

bdy26 · Post by **bdy26** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:45 pm

I can usually get through there on full settings about 12fps. See if the extra memory in the new bin patch helps...

ghills · Post by **ghills** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:19 pm

Many thanks gents. I'm using a 1.6 bin patch at present as I prefer to play "safe". That's why I intend to have XP on my next machine - using ME at present, don't laugh!

darren10000 · Post by **darren10000** » Fri May 11, 2007 4:52 pm

thegoonden wrote:OK, I was tweaking today.
Sitting in Preston Station facing the bridge, 20fps, heading out it dropped to a minimum of 12.
After messing with MSTS settings as well as video card shiny options, all I can conclude is that my video card is WAY too good for the rest of my machine. The above scores were 1280x1024 with 16XFSAA and 16XAiF, and all MSTS options maxed. Dropping options and card shiny options did so little for frame rate that I must conclude that my GPU is filing it's nails while my CPU is melting.

athlon xp 32bit 2800
1 GB 400 DDR2
Asus V9999GE Geforce6800GT
Dos XP Pro.

So, Hands up who has a machine that lets them run through Clapham Junction like curry through a poodle at 40FPS?

EDIT: Outside of NASA and the top five Grand Prix teams that is.

I Beleive Sony have built a mainframe that runs at 270 TFlops - That might be able to do it

Darren

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