Simviation Forum - lagging problem

Jun 1^st, 2011 at 6:15pm

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Hi guys,

I have world-of-ai installed along with ultimate traffic. I used ultimate traffic purely to expand the airport gate/parking numbers but the AI traffic is almost entirely WOAI traffic.

So, whenever I fly IFR between two airports (usually IFDG airbus) the system slows down upon approach causing lagging which makes the aircraft harder to control. This only occurs from approach onwards all the way to touch down.

I haven't reported the problem sooner as I was getting rid of my old laptop so thought it could be it, but now though, I am using a brand new hp laptop I bought a few months ago and the problem is still there. What could it possibly be? any solutions? I don't know the exact specifications of my current pc but will find out if you need to know something specific. help is highly appreciated.

Thanks

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Reply #1 - Jun 1^st, 2011 at 7:57pm

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Been a while now I've been using ATC while loitering in, out and around a very trafficked airport, yet I had serious problems of lag and frame-rate dropping with my old rig, an Athlon Xp 2400@2600. Nowadays on my new rig in the sig, even staying in massively AI occupied airport, the very same airports that so many problems gave to the old system, it barely seems to notice them (though, honestly, I never use the default ATC anymore).

What kind of configuration has your new laptop exactly?

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Reply #2 - Jun 2^nd, 2011 at 3:55am

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HP G62 Notebook PC. Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M350 @2.27GHz. 4.00 GB RAM (3.80 GB usable). 64-bit operating system. Using windows 7

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Reply #3 - Jun 2^nd, 2011 at 6:55am

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It is a robust configuration... but you didn't mention anything about video card. Huh

Problem is, the overall performances of a system like a PC is equal to its slower element's, and if yours has, to make an example, a cheap Intel integrated video interface, like so many notebook do to keep prices down, instead of a REAL GPU to man the video... I wouldn't be particularly surprised that you can't properly take advantage of the new CPU and memory's speed. Undecided

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Reply #4 - Jun 2^nd, 2011 at 11:34am

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not entirely sure about a video card to be honest. but any idea how I can overcome this problem even if slightly?

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Reply #5 - Jun 2^nd, 2011 at 8:01pm

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Look into the hardware tag in the properties under "My Computer", or ask your dealer seen that Win7 has another procedure to open said hardware window than Win Xp. Unless you have something ATi or Nvidia made... sorry, you're high on pit creek without a shaddle. Was your rig a traditional one, you could replace your actual video adapter with a more performing one, but on a notebook you can only despair. Sorry to be bearer of bad news. Undecided

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Reply #6 - Jun 2^nd, 2011 at 8:40pm

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I appreciate it buddy. better know than wonder...I'm accepting it

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Reply #7 - Jun 3^rd, 2011 at 5:20pm

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Did a flight just now from Dusseldorf to Hamburg on iFDG A-319 Lufthansa, went well no problems, very smooth!

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Reply #8 - Jun 3^rd, 2011 at 9:34pm

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To speed things up try and shut off unnecessary running background programs and/or services. There was a program, some time ago, that did that for you almost automatically. Shut down any not strictly necessary running programs and services before starting automatically FS and it could start them up again when you ended your simming session... I'm afraid though I've forgot its name, as it's been a while (and a PC ago) since I needed it last... it was a freeware and not Game Booster, which is payware, though it worked similarly. Maybe someone remembers it and will signal it for you. Undecided

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Reply #9 - Jun 3^rd, 2011 at 10:47pm

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get GAMEBOOSTER [FREEWARE .... only payware if you want it TOTALLY unrestricted for the driver updater] ( http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html ) this will stop/shutdown all unnecessary programs/services that are running that you dont need.

2) go through the FSX / WINDOWS XP CONFIG forum and do everything that it says to do. This will gain you some speed depending on hardware.

3) if you are running any downloaded HIGH DETAIL airports, Ultimate Terrain, Ground Environment Pro, etc... get them out of your scenery library. Yes I know they are nice to look at, but they eat up system memory.

4) Get Flight Sim off of your Main Hard Drive. Put it on an external hard drive or secondary HDD. This will free up the C: to use as Virtual Memory which is really what FS feeds off of.

5) Turn your AI Slider down so that you do not have as much AI.

What is basically happening, when you use the Ultimate Traffic to get more parking spots, you just added a Crap load of information that FS now has to read, and put where it belongs, EVER SECOND that you are getting closer to that airport.... MULTIPLE TIMES.. UP TO 30-50 TIMES PER SECOND (30FPS). It loads the information EVERY Frame!!

Having Flown FS9 for 6 years with 10 or less FPS.. then getting a new laptop to which the frames are locked at 30 FPS ( if unlocked they bounce from 20 - 75).... and never being able to even start FSX at all...... to now have switched over to the dark side with a steady 20 FPS in FSX... ... ... ... You just need to tweak your system a bit to get the most potential out of it.

In my Signature, is my current rig.

My old rig is as follows. http://compreviews.about.com/od/budgetnote/gr/DellInsp2200.htm

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Reply #10 - Jun 5^th, 2011 at 12:13am

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some useful info there, thanks buddy, I'll give it a go

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Reply #11 - Jun 6^th, 2011 at 6:11pm

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So I installed Game Booster and ever since the game hasn't lagged once, thanks a lot

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Reply #12 - Jun 6^th, 2011 at 7:50pm

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i would still run through the FSX / WIN XP CONFIGURATION forum, or the FSX / WIN 7 CONFIG forum (even though you are on FS9...) to permanently shut down a lot of the services, and clean up your harddrive.

also, go to http://ccleaner.com to get CCleaner .. install and run it. Both the cleaner, and registry tool to clean up your harddrive. You will be amazed at all the crap you have laying around clogging up system resources.

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Computer Specs:: Acer Aspire Laptop..Win7 Home Premium 64-bit (sp1), AMD Athlon II X2 P340 (Dual Core) [2.2 Ghz], ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 (256mb), 4GB DDR3......FS9.1(sp3) / FSX (sp2)..... Ultimate Terrain X, Ground Environment X, REX, FTX ORBX PNW-PFJ-NRM-CRM, OZx, Tongass Fjords, Misty Moorings

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