Atomic Systems

Last weekend I built myself the following system.

Windows 7 Professional (x64)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 Processor
ASUS M4N75TD Motherboard
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Graphics Card
8GB DDR3 1333Mhz

With all settings set to maximum I am delighted that Railworks is running smoothly even in the most built up areas on WCML North.

I hope the above will help anyone else that is striving to build a smooth Railworks system.

I am content after years of trying (for now)

What sound card are you using?

I dont have a sound card.

On board sound then?

smarty2 wrote:On board sound then?

Yes

That's interesting as RW's uses sounds as a scenery asset, usually with onboard sound there is a lot of stutter! Noticed this when I upgraded to a dedicated sound card and the reduction in stutter.

I wasn't aware of that, The onboard sound is definately not effecting my current setup.

smarty2 wrote:That's interesting as RW's uses sounds as a scenery asset, usually with onboard sound there is a lot of stutter!

Thats very much dependant on what CPU and amount of RAM that is fitted---what were you using?

@ GPtech see first post. Seems to go against all the odds with an AMD chip and onboard sound. But AMD chips are full of surprises - even with the old twin core I've got

Yeah, but I was replying more to smarty2, as I too am quite happy with the on-board sound and don't suffer from particularly noticable stutter (Core 2 CPU, 2GB RAM, Asrock 4CoreDualSATA2 motherboard, Realtek AC97 sound). Of course, what one man may consider stutter, another would happily ignore, and a third would call it micro-stutter.

gptech wrote:....Of course, what one man may consider stutter, another would happily ignore, and a third would call it micro-stutter.

Indeed. I'd like to know Richard's (rml345) definition of running smoothly.

Andy L

AndyUK wrote:

gptech wrote:....Of course, what one man may consider stutter, another would happily ignore, and a third would call it micro-stutter.

Indeed. I'd like to know Richard's (rml345) definition of running smoothly.

Andy L

I am not sure I know how to answer that one Andy, I wasn't aware there was different types of running smoothly, either something does or it doesn't.

I'd be interested to see a FRAPS benchmark frametime log, say of a run from Carlisle to Glasgow with no other traffic. I can that through a little program I wrote to analyse them.

rml345 wrote: I am not sure I know how to answer that one Andy, I wasn't aware there was different types of running smoothly, either something does or it doesn't.

Not in RailWorks, there's not. Mine runs smoothly - aside from stuttering when there's major loading going on - but it rubber bands like, uh... urm... mad.

Look up the recent video Kromaatikse recorded re rubber banding. It's smooth. But it's rubber banding. See? Some people apparently don't notice it; some people it drives to the very edge of insanity. Myself included

The Video definately does not fit my definition of running smoothly.