The woes of Intagrated Graphics.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:37 pmWell I know that this has probibly been mentioned about a million times, but I figured Ide post it anyway.
I know that there are still some running on intagrated graphics. Mainly those who are on their parents computer, and cant afford a graphics card, or those who for some reason have a Dell 4600C / 4700C or the Like. Trust me I had a Dell and I feel your pain.
Now as your stuck at this crossroads at not having the resources to upgrade 200+ dollars I have a few simple tricks for you to try.
1.) Shut down almost every program before you fly. FS9 takes 43,556KB alone to run, and on intagraded this is harsh as we all know that its shared memory.
2.) Go into the controls for the "card" (found in "other options" in the controol panel) and boost all the settings to their max. I didnt even know I could do this until I was snooping around one day, and found it.
3.) Upgrade to 1 Gig of RAM. This will run you around $75 for two upper class sticks on Newegg.com. When I made this upgrade (before I built Shela) I noticed a major jump in graphics, and also i got about 3~5 FPS more, even with the higher settings.
Following these three simple steps your sim should run faster, and even look better. However I would start saveing up your cash to buy a graphics card / own system for when FSX comes out. Hell you and I know that your barely running FS9 as it is, so FSX will be a tad out of reach
I know that there are still some running on intagrated graphics. Mainly those who are on their parents computer, and cant afford a graphics card, or those who for some reason have a Dell 4600C / 4700C or the Like. Trust me I had a Dell and I feel your pain.
Now as your stuck at this crossroads at not having the resources to upgrade 200+ dollars I have a few simple tricks for you to try.
1.) Shut down almost every program before you fly. FS9 takes 43,556KB alone to run, and on intagraded this is harsh as we all know that its shared memory.
2.) Go into the controls for the "card" (found in "other options" in the controol panel) and boost all the settings to their max. I didnt even know I could do this until I was snooping around one day, and found it.
3.) Upgrade to 1 Gig of RAM. This will run you around $75 for two upper class sticks on Newegg.com. When I made this upgrade (before I built Shela) I noticed a major jump in graphics, and also i got about 3~5 FPS more, even with the higher settings.
Following these three simple steps your sim should run faster, and even look better. However I would start saveing up your cash to buy a graphics card / own system for when FSX comes out. Hell you and I know that your barely running FS9 as it is, so FSX will be a tad out of reach
