First Test Flight with...

[Flying Trucker]

Good afternoon all...

Here is my first Test Flight using REX2 Essential...

FSX and Windows 7
ORBX Scenery
REX2 Essential
FSWC...Flight Simulator Water Configurator

Frame Rates set at 30

Daube's "Stephanes" suggested settings











Was interested to see how the Frame Rates reacted...

Comments and Advice most welcome...

[scalper_new]

Second shot is nice.

[Daube]

The shots are beautiful Doug !

But the FPS is still quite low, this is not normal. I don't understand where this impact comes from...
Can you take a screenshot of your FSX profile in NVidia Inspector please ?

[FoxThree]

Great shots, glad to see you got it working.

[CHUCK79]

Great shots, Doug 8-)

I wonder what's beating up your framerates :-?

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks scalper...much appreciated...

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks FoxThree for the Links and help...very much appreciated...

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks Chuck...going to see about that now...

[reachva]

Fraps is what. Is eating up the frame rates as it takes processing space of its own to render the image. That's why fsrecorder is more popular for recording now than fraps due to its ability to record on the fly without an rps hit and render a smooth video afterwards frame by frame.

When I used to use fraps, I would see up to 20 less fps due to it.these days I only use fraps to record the sound for my recordings as fsrecorder cannot do that.

[Flying Trucker]

Now that is interesting raptorva, much appreciated.

Hope Stephane reads your comment...

[Flying Trucker]

Here you go Stephane...

Sorry about the quality of the shot...not sure how to make it better...

Stephane did you read raptorvas post about two above this one regarding FRAPS?

[Daube]

Thanks for that screenshot Doug.
Everything looks fine there. The AntiAliasing set to 16x is a bit exagerated perhaps (I keep mine at 8xS) but it should be fine on your hardware.

I still can understand where this FPS impact comes from, and this is starting to worry me a bit...

Last test: do not launch REX, launch only FSX, select the weather theme "clear weather (no clouds)", and launch a flight at the same place with the same plane as in your screens above. Tell me how much FPS you get.

[Flying Trucker]

Done and posted...