Help for a Oldie in FS3

[Chris Lofty]

Any help for a silver surfer trying to relive their childhood!
I have been trying to get FS3 to work adequately on my system for weeks, I have tried all the suggested tweaks by microsoft but do not get above 15 to 26 fpm, it stutters and stops frequently, the frame rate hardly changes whatever I alter!
Is my system not up to it? Listed below is what I have and what I've done.
HP Pavilion 750uk
Pent4-1.6Ghz
256MB increased to 768 DDR-SDRAM
60GB Ultra DMA HD
NVIDIA Geforce2 MX400 64MB Video card

I have downloaded the 3.1 Patch, added the latest Nvidia drivers, have Direct X 9.0, I turn off all other programmes including Virus software.

Am I expecting too much from my system? I have already spent money increasing my RAM, what more can I do.

Any assistance or suggestions will be much appreciated, but please remember I am no technical whizz, so please keep it easy!
Thanks for looking
Chris

[BFMF]

It may be your video card which could be slowing it down

[Latigo]

I basically have the same hardware and video board. I get about the same frame rates. Newest Nvidia driver etc.

Mine doesn't stutter though. It does if I have clouds on though. I keep clouds at their lowest setting, and probably average 19 or 20 fps.

Latigo

[chrislo]

Thanks for the replies and advice, I will try turning the clouds down as suggested.
I just wonder why others appear to get far better results with similar or lower spec equipment!
I don't really want to spend more money on a new Video card, doubling my RAM has been more than enough outlay for me!
Chris

[Latigo]

Well, I like the game a lot. So.... I'm just gonna buck up for the new GeForce 4/FX. Beats blowin the money sittin in a bar.

I do turn the clouds up for just cruisin and practicing. Figure if I'm fightin, I'm not payin attention to clouds. Although, I have heard your'e supposed to be able to hide in clouds, although I have not heard confirmation.

Good Luck
Latigo

[Firefighter]

Try this:

get Direct x 9
update your video drivers... make sure to get "Detonator Destroyer" to remove all your previous nvidia drivers.
get the patch... then go to this site... worked wonders for me

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/index.php?&loc=cfs3&page=cfs3_tweak

Hope this helps