Simviation Forum - PMDG 737!!! It's great but HEAVY!!!

Nov 24^th, 2005 at 5:09pm

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Hi all!
I've just purchased the PMDG 737 and went for a ride today... well, the package is superb, but as I was approaching seattle (the default scenery) flying over the city (downtown) and sometimes over just autogen areas, I´ve noticed FPS down to 12-15 (not a lot of stutter though)... the weather was really, really bad, pouring down heavy rain, and I was using the 2D cockpit view (not virtual cockpit)... Later, as I was flying over NYC area I got around 10-15FPS, with fair weather and unlimited visibility...
all my sliders are set to the right, all checkbox marked and 1600x1200x32 res... my sys is an ASUS K8V-SE X; Athlon 64 3200+; 1024mb RAM; ATI Radeon X850XT 256 8xAGP; 80Gb SATA 7200RPM...
Well, I would like to know if the PMDG 737's panel is indeed this HEAVY, even considering the situation of my sliders, weather and system power???

Many thanks,
Lucas.

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Reply #1 - Nov 24^th, 2005 at 5:13pm

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That is one heck of a good system! What are your AI traffic settings? If you reduce those a little you normally get a few FPS back Wink

There are other little things that can get speed up a little, clear out the HD as much as possible and then defrag the HD as that helps a lot!!!

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Reply #2 - Nov 24^th, 2005 at 5:36pm

LLopes Offline
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Hi Ozzy! thanks for answering!
actually my AI settings are at 100%. So I figure that major US cities are pretty HEAVY in general, aren't they???

Many thanks,
Lucas.

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Reply #3 - Nov 24^th, 2005 at 6:07pm

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Defragging frees up lots of RAM. It also helps to keep clouds down as they are the biggest frame killer of FS9.

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Reply #4 - Nov 24^th, 2005 at 6:22pm

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If you only have default AI turn it down to 85 or 90% if you have added AI from the web or your own, turn it down to 70 or 75%, that can improve your FPS by upto 10 per second.

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Reply #5 - Nov 25^th, 2005 at 12:21pm

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Hi all!
I've just purchased the PMDG 737 and went for a ride today... well, the package is superb, but as I was approaching seattle (the default scenery) flying over the city (downtown) and sometimes over just autogen areas, I´ve noticed FPS down to 12-15 (not a lot of stutter though)... the weather was really, really bad, pouring down heavy rain, and I was using the 2D cockpit view (not virtual cockpit)... Later, as I was flying over NYC area I got around 10-15FPS, with fair weather and unlimited visibility...
all my sliders are set to the right, all checkbox marked and 1600x1200x32 res... my sys is an ASUS K8V-SE X; Athlon 64 3200+; 1024mb RAM; ATI Radeon X850XT 256 8xAGP; 80Gb SATA 7200RPM...
Well, I would like to know if the PMDG 737's panel is indeed this HEAVY, even considering the situation of my sliders, weather and system power???

Many thanks,
Lucas.

That's very similar to my system...and I get alot more than that...even with 96% AI...and my sim is maxed out....it's a great aircraft to fly

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