FS9 Framerate problems

[ShaneG_old]

[quote]What kind of computers do the ones who fly FSX with all the eye-candy turned on have?

I sometimes see videos on youtube with some very nice framerate, extremely pretty graphics but with a pc who's hardware is 'less' good than mine.

Cant wrap my head around it

[Fozzer]

I have an extremely old (ancient) system which I haven't tweaked, fiddled with, or upgraded, for the past 6+ years and it runs FS 2004 smoothly to my satisfaction, locked at 20 FPS.
It slows down a bit now and again in busy areas, but because I am not paranoid about it, I rarely notice the drop in frame rates, and if I do notice it, I take it in my stride and just wait to clear the area.
FS 2004 is wonderful for running on a lowly computer system, and is highly recommended for Folks having "problems?" with FSX... ...!

I certainly don't spend my time during flight with my eyes glued to the Frame Rate Counter!.... ....!

My Lowly System:

Home build Desk-top Case.
Socket A, AGP, Gigabyte Motherboard.
AMD, Socket A,