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Hi all
Got board and decided it MIGHT be fun to get together a basic database on system spec ver FS9 performance  

Following this message is the basic form,just cut and paste or use the quote function to fill out

What this will hopefully do is give everybody a guide as to hardware,settings,drivers ect for a given FPS rate in FS9.

Don't post Screen shots of the FPS we trust ya
Hope this turns out as intended as a bit of fun and hopefully a little helpful
MaV

~System Specs~

CPU
Chipset
Main Memory
VideoCard

You missed out vital part!

Your G/card settings.  No one uses Anti-Alias within the game for a start its all done on G/card settings

You need to add a whole G/card setting bit to get fair results. i.e.

Anti Alias Level
Anistropic Filtering Level
Image Quality Level

There the main three that will effect the FPS I think.

Video control panel setings
here is mine pretty lousy but its a start
MaV

System Specs

CPU  P3 1ghz
Chipset Via  
Main Memory 785Mb
Video Card ATI 9600XT
Video Card Memory 256mb
Video Card Driver ver 4.10
Video Control panel settings Custom AA 4x AF 4x all other sliders max
Sound Card S/B 5.1de
HardDrive 40 Gig WD 7200rpm
Additional Drives Combo dvd/cdrom burner

Operating System

OS Ver Win2k                                    
Service Pack  4                                            
DirectX Ver   9.0c
Additional Software Nothing but the need services  


Fs9 Settings

~SCENERY~
Terrain Mesh Complexeity 100
Terrain Texture Size max
Terrain detail land&Water max
Water Effects highest setting
Dawn/dusk texture blending checked
Extended terrain textures checked

Special effects detail high

Scenery Complexity normal
AutoGen Density normal
Addon Dynamic scenery off
Ground Scenery shadows off

Sun Glare checked
Lens Flare checked

~AIRCRAFT~
Virtual cockpit gauge quality highest
Reflections checked
Aircraft cast shadows checked
Landing Lights checked

~WEATHER~
Sight Distance 60/96 lowest setting
Cloud Draw Distance 40/64
3D cloud Percentage 100
Cloud Detail detailed clouds
Cloud Cover Density max

~HARDWARE~
Target Frame Rate Unlimited
Resolution/Color 1152X864X32
Render to Texture unchecked
Transform and Lighting checked
Anti Aliasing unchecked
Filtering tri
Mip Map Level 4
Hardware rendered lights 6
Global Texure Size Max

~Additional Settings~
Traffic level 50%
Addons like mesh,clouds,ect
32bit FSW groups HIFPS cloud pack  


The Test Senerio
Default Cessna Skyhawk,KLAX ,Time of day Summer 12pm,Weather themes fair weather,engine running throttle min,Spot view rear of aircraft max zoom

Adv FPS = 9.1

Well That was a waste of time

Not surprising old son

The results would be pretty meaningless - and the time would be much better used walking the dog or making love to the wife.

Or the other way round if you're so inclined  ;)

PPPFFFT!
The missus went bye bye as I spent to much time designing aircraft
the dog and me to bloody old to go walkies

MAV