Computer question

Your specs already seem pretty decent. If anything I would recommend more RAM. Vista is RAM hungry and will probably be taking up about 1 third of your current RAM before you run any other application.

... except that my 162fps was achieved on Vista with only 2gigs of RAM. So that theory was blown out of the water.

JLangevin wrote:

... except that my 162fps was achieved on Vista with only 2gigs of RAM. So that theory was blown out of the water.

Dude, I think everyone is sick of hearing about it. I guess the poster should have said "RAM helps everyone except JLangevin who is a self professed computer god who can run his system purely on arrogance."

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And my rebuttle would have been that those who believe that you cant perform on 2gigs of RAM with Vista, need to remove their thumb from their posterior.

You can be sick of it all you want, but when false information is given, I will always be here to stick my "arrogant" nose in. Get used to it, or move on.

You both had your say, cool it or take it to the PMs.

Thank you Radarman....

Splitdog wrote:

I have an Athlon 64 dual-core 2.4 on a RS480 M mobo. 2 Gig mem. I have an Nvidea 8800GTS card, but what would give me more FPS? What chipset or memory would benefit me the most without major cost? Thanks. (FSX with VISTA)

Either upgrade to a faster processor or overclock your current processor. Judging from your brand of processor, you can squeeze a little more out of your processor. Also check your fps settings.... FSX is default at 20 fps. If you have it at unlimited, then what was the maximum frame rate you have had?

JLangevin wrote:

... except that my 162fps was achieved on Vista with only 2gigs of RAM. So that theory was blown out of the water.

How and why?

Serious question. I have 1.5GB RAM and wouldn't get anywhere near that. I'd be happy to keep it at a constant 20 with decent settings.

GundamWZero wrote:

Splitdog wrote:

I have an Athlon 64 dual-core 2.4 on a RS480 M mobo. 2 Gig mem. I have an Nvidea 8800GTS card, but what would give me more FPS? What chipset or memory would benefit me the most without major cost? Thanks. (FSX with VISTA)

Either upgrade to a faster processor or overclock your current processor. Judging from your brand of processor, you can squeeze a little more out of your processor. Also check your fps settings.... FSX is default at 20 fps. If you have it at unlimited, then what was the maximum frame rate you have had?

In a busy airport like LAX, at low altitude, with the sliders almost all over to the right, (except autogen, on min) I get about 7-12 FPS with the plane in the view. Looking out the window it goes up to maybe 18-24.

I can see this getting a bit heated here gents 😳 , but i think a lot of people forget (i did), that you can adjust your graphics card settings and not just your flightsim settings! For example my AA has to be off in flightsim and yet on in my card to run at its best setting etc! So don't forget to configure your card and read what it can do and don't concentrate on the FS settings! (Although they are important).If that makes sense?

1.5gig sounds like it is not in dual channel mode. What is your memory configuration, timings, brands, etc..

The way the memory works will depend on how many programs you have running... I only have Vista using about 500mb if my available memory. Even with FSX running with all sliders on high, I do not see the mem usage rise above 1.1-1.3gigs

Guys, what welshflyer mentioned is of absolute importance!!! The best way to handle graphic card settings is keeping it on application default. Well I dont have an extraordinary GFX card(ATI Radeon 256mb x550 model) but trust me that improved my frames.

Cheers

Welshflyer wrote:

I can see this getting a bit heated here gents 😳 , but i think a lot of people forget (i did), that you can adjust your graphics card settings and not just your flightsim settings! For example my AA has to be off in flightsim and yet on in my card to run at its best setting etc! So don't forget to configure your card and read what it can do and don't concentrate on the FS settings! (Although they are important).If that makes sense?

What is 'AA'?

Splitdog wrote:

Welshflyer wrote:

I can see this getting a bit heated here gents 😳 , but i think a lot of people forget (i did), that you can adjust your graphics card settings and not just your flightsim settings! For example my AA has to be off in flightsim and yet on in my card to run at its best setting etc! So don't forget to configure your card and read what it can do and don't concentrate on the FS settings! (Although they are important).If that makes sense?

What is 'AA'?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-aliasing

Anti-Aliasing. It basically smoothens things out so no jaggies 😉

RadarMan wrote:

Splitdog wrote:

Welshflyer wrote:

I can see this getting a bit heated here gents 😳 , but i think a lot of people forget (i did), that you can adjust your graphics card settings and not just your flightsim settings! For example my AA has to be off in flightsim and yet on in my card to run at its best setting etc! So don't forget to configure your card and read what it can do and don't concentrate on the FS settings! (Although they are important).If that makes sense?

What is 'AA'?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-aliasing

lol we posted at the same time 😂

Wow. I was aware of it in digital audio, but I didnt think it applied in video! So, run one anti-aliasing or the other, but not both? Thanks again guys. 😎

I have ATi also, set the AA as high as possible in the cards control panel and the AF should be about 16X.

http://www.flightsimulationforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=1090&highlight=anti

Ya RM you're right on your part. It helps for me as well. But one thing no body realises is if you run any other game on the system, high AF and AA affects its performance. Thats why I keep it in ''application default'' mode.

Cheers