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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:10 am Post subject:

elmo, (is that your name?) its not neccesarily your graphics card... on average what are you frame rates? somethimes its just the additional programs running and taking up memory

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:36 am Post subject:

Yes, my name is Elmo Wink

. My grafix card is FX5500 perhaps that is the problem? I have 35gigs of add-ons Laughing

But you say my CPU is strong right?
BTW, I close all programs in the small icons on the low-right corner (to the right of the minimized programs bar.). I occasionally run SmartClose, but that causes some problems as I get many error reports that programs have unexpectedly closed.

Capt. El

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:37 pm Post subject:

ok, but is your AVERAGE FRAME RATES?

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:20 pm Post subject:

I said that it varies greatly from place to place (sorry, I might not have said that Laughing

). . Yes, it varies greatly. At cruise height average is 20-35fps. At ground level it is 15-20fps. At airports it can be from 4-15fps depending of the amount of detail and/or traffic density.

Capt. El

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:35 pm Post subject:

Captain El.

How many times do i have to tell You, YOUR GRAPHICS CARD DOES NOT HAVE A CLUE ON HOW MANY ADD-ONS YOU HAVE FOR FS. THAT JOB IS FOR THE CPU AND HD.

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:44 pm Post subject:

Wait a minute... hold up! One is saying my CPU shouldn't be the problem, but my grafix card. And another says my CPU is being taxed heavily due to add-ons and the grafix card has nothing to do with it. Well, I tell you this, and perhaps the last thing: I have replaced many texture files in FS and that could be the problem of my overall fps loss AND as I set the resolution higher. Now this could be both the CPU and my grafix card that could be taxed quite a bit. But to what more do I need to upgrade my CPU? It is already one of the top notch CPUs in the stores here in Egypt! Ok, Myth I know I have asked this again nad again, and you reply the same thing again. THe thing is, the next times I asked is always when another piece(s) of the puzzle are added to it. And now this is the final piece. Now. What is my problem now??? Is it the CPU or the grafix card??? This is final and I won't ask again. Deal?

Capt. El

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:32 pm Post subject:

Ha, if You must ask it that way, it is Your gfx card. The fx5500 is by no means a new card and even my current one is having trouble with my high-res textures. Adding textures to that card is not a smart thing to do (unless they are smaller). what i said in my previous post is only that Your fs library size does not matter to Your gfx card. be it 100mb or 100tb, the gfx card still struggles the same amount.

Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:06 am Post subject:

Aha, ok, now I get it. Now it is making a lot more sense.
Oh, and by the way, I think this is another big information: fps are lower in big and detailed airports (or even smaller airports like TNCM), but loading between views (like switching from Spot view to Cockpit view) takes less than a fraction of a second. Very Happy

OK, so I take this as that my grafix card is the problem of my slower framerates, right?

As for you, Vito, if you want us to see what kind of computer you have by posting up a pic of your computer summary (like I did (using that little program linked in this thread)), we can see what your framerate problem is. Very Happy

and we can tell you what to upgrade futrher for the best results possible.

Capt. El

Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:13 am Post subject:

According to the info already displayed in this thread and my knowledge, I agree with you. The video card is at fault. I'm not very good at recommendations...sorry.