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poor framerates on FS2002 even with new computer! (Read 669 times)

May 14^th, 2006 at 9:59pm

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hi all

I've been enjoying FS2002 for a few years now on my P4 2.8 system with a Ti4200 AGP 8x video card.

however I always noticed poor framerates when lots of ground scenery/clouds were around... a classic example is the London - Paris flight in the European Airline Pilot scenario.

At times, esp during the descent to Paris, the framerate drops quite a lot. In fact, if I switch to 2x or 4x time acceleration, the framerate drops to single digits (almost to 0!). Guess the machine just cannot draw everything fast enough....

Anyway...I've now overclocked my CPU to 3.1 gHz, changed the Video card to a 6600GT AGP, but the framerate hasn't improved in this particular scenario...

Is that a bug in the program itself? Because surely my system's spec should be miles ahead of requirements in 2002!!!

please advise, as it's driving me mad.

P4 2.6C, 1.5 gB ddr400, NVidia 6600GT 128mB AGP card, Logitech Wingman Force joystick and pedals

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Reply #1 - May 15^th, 2006 at 12:21am

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oh dont get me started on Frame rates!!

i was just flying a spit and managed to get 1.0 FPS

Grin

C/SMSgt - Civil Air Patrol

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Reply #2 - May 15^th, 2006 at 12:43am

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what PC setup are you using???

P4 2.6C, 1.5 gB ddr400, NVidia 6600GT 128mB AGP card, Logitech Wingman Force joystick and pedals

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Reply #3 - May 15^th, 2006 at 10:02am

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what PC setup are you using???

I have no idea Grin

I just know that the computer can play FS2002 Grin

BTW I got that 1.0 FPS in the grand canyon.

Earlier in the week i was trying to stress my computer so much to see how low i oculd get it....in seattle, with default scenery mind you, in a f-86....i got 2.8 FPS Grin

Then yesterday i was tlking to someone who had gotten down to 0.5 FPS...or 1 frame every 2 seconds Grin

C/SMSgt - Civil Air Patrol

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Reply #4 - May 15^th, 2006 at 11:33am

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The Paris problem is a known bug in the program. The last I heard there is nothing you can do about it.

Clouds are another framerate killer. Try setting a lower density and/or downloading a friendlier (smaller) textures package.

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