Simviation Forum - question about system specs.

	Search the archive:

Simviation Main Site | Site Search | Upload Images

Simviation Forum › Combat Flight Simulators › Combat Flight Simulator 3 › question about system specs.

(Moderators: Mitch., Fly2e, ozzy72, beaky, Clipper, JBaymore, Bob70, BigTruck)

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Pages: 1

question about system specs. (Read 431 times)

Feb 28^th, 2006 at 8:36pm

Etienne62 Offline
Colonel
I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

Posts: 58

Hi all,
I bought cfs3 a couple of months ago, and i got really bad frame rates.
My system is.
AMD athlon 1700+
768mb ram
xfx geforce 128mb card.

I ended up buying cfs2, and that played ok until i bought vietnam air wars. Then, frame rate dropped again.

I've ordered a newer system, and i just wanted anyone's opinion as to whether i should be able to play cfs3 ok on it.

Its
P4 3.2ghz
1gb ddr ram
Radeon X700 512 card.

Thanx for your attention.
Ste.

IP Logged

Reply #1 - Feb 28^th, 2006 at 10:15pm

Bullocks Ex Member

wow, not bad spec's.
perhaps a bad driver , or configuration.
CFS3 is best run with a steady configuration, and it's very easy to mess up or repair from that simple issue.
have you done the config ?
with a 128 ati , and a 3.2 and thats plenty of ram,
do you possibly have alot of processes running in the background ?
there's never a stupid question , and CFS3 Rock's on my lower ended system ( compared to yours )

AMD2600+
WinXPproSP2
1gig pc2100
XfX-Nf2-ahn
WD ATA100/7200r. 200gig
G4Ti4200 /64mb
Audigy-snd

(1024x768x16)
with my sliders set to-
4 overall
5 aircraft
4 terrain
3 effects
1 clouds
----
all sound sliders in menu in options of game-
30
I get 30 - low end , with massive explosions (details of debrie )
50's - highs clouds & blue
mid 40's in traffic.

the game looks incredible , runs smooth and should on your system.

IP Logged

Reply #2 - Mar 1^st, 2006 at 10:02am

Etienne62 Offline
Colonel
I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

Posts: 58

Hi,
Thanx for your reply.
I don't run games with other applications running.
I've tried all the settings.
But i don't understand what you mean when you say have i done the configuration?
I know what you mean about a bad driver, and i tried different drivers to see if i could improve things.

If i can get the performance that you get with my newer system, (when it comes) then i'll be more than happy.

I also have wings over vietnam and strike fighters, vietnam medevac and sar 4. Oh, and trainsimulator... i could go on. (non of which play great unless i turn the sliders way to the left. Which i hate doing).

Frame rates should be my middle name, cos ever since i got my first comp and was playing fs98, they've always been an issue as i've never been in a position where i can afford the top end machines.

And now there's a new game on the horizon, Whirlwind of vietnam. Which looks amazing. I'll probably be gettin that if the new system seems up to it.

Thanx again.
Et

IP Logged

Reply #3 - Mar 1^st, 2006 at 5:32pm

Bullocks Ex Member

have you tried my old setup file in the CFS3 downloads / misc.page 2 ?

in the read me in it, I had CFS3 flying , on an AMD600
with 384 sdram ,and 32mb ati sdram vid card----- using that for the basis of it.

IP Logged

Reply #4 - Mar 2^nd, 2006 at 11:42am

Etienne62 Offline
Colonel
I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

Posts: 58

I'll certainly take a look at that.
Thanx.
Et.

IP Logged

Pages: 1

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

« Home

‹ Board

Top of this page