Simviation Forum - Heavy Going

Jan 1^st, 2004 at 8:56am

kemplen Offline
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..... cfs3 for xmas .... havn,t got over the tweaking hill yet ! ..... am getting 30-35 fps in fs9 with most settings high if not maxed, even with 3d clouds, and silky smooth ..... cfs 3 ..... super stutters !, ... I will get there .... soon I hope ..... this about sums it up

.... has anybody got it good with similar specs to mine? (see below)

AMD XP2000+ : Gigabyte GA-7VA 8xAGP : Asus 9600XT 128MB (Omega _2496c driver) : 512 MB RAM : 80 Gig Seagate 7200 : XP Pro

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Reply #1 - Jan 1^st, 2004 at 10:08am

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My specs are similar and I have it running OK. I do get stutters but no so bad that it makes it unplayable. However if I play for say an hour or so, the stutters start to get worse. I rarely get more than an hours flying in anyway so it's not so bad but I guess if you are flying a campaign this could become a major issue.
I have aircraft and clouds at 5 and everything else at 4.

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Reply #2 - Jan 1^st, 2004 at 11:13am

Bob_Ruff Ex Member

I have a similar system but with a 64MB R-9000 and it plays fine except over London or looking at a aaircraft factory. I can play for unlimited time without any problems. Hawker, check your cooling fans, sounds like you are over heating as I can't think of anything that would change. They don't get tired. Also keep your screen vents clean. When dust clogs em, they can over heat.
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Reply #3 - Jan 1^st, 2004 at 2:22pm

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I have a similar system but with a 64MB R-9000 and it plays fine except over London or looking at a aaircraft factory. I can play for unlimited time without any problems. Hawker, check your cooling fans, sounds like you are over heating as I can't think of anything that would change. They don't get tired. Also keep your screen vents clean. When dust clogs em, they can over heat.
Wulfmann

Interesting thought, but I reckon it's a memory issue rather than cooling. Still, I can always rip off the side of the case and give it a go.

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Reply #4 - Jan 1^st, 2004 at 5:13pm

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Tempest, I would highly recommend that you turn your clouds down. I find that the clouds are the biggest drag as far as graphics go. If you put you clouds down to say 3 then you could put Aircraft up to 5 and probably a couple of the others. I have clouds set at 1 and they still look fine. Except I rarely use them because it eats up my RAM with clouds in the sky.

Kemplen I recommend the same. Keep the clouds graphics as low as you can. It is the biggest drain on system resources. I can play CFS3 for about an hour with out many major issues. However if I play too long then the scenery graphics start to go and so the the effects. Then I know its time for a reboot!

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