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[757200ba]

Hello, help me here with your thoughts.


This are my specs:

Amd Athlon 64  4000+ (2.4GHz ) 1MB cache
MB-Abit AN8 Fatality
2 GB RAM
BFG geforce 7950 GT OC 256mb
Primary disk- WD 80gb 7200rpm 8mb
Secondary disk- Seagate 160gb 7200rpm 8mb
Windows Xp Professional SP2

I have my Fs9 on my second disk (its not maxed out), i have some scenery from Aerosoft, Ai (project ai at 50% on traffic setup). From Wilco (Airbus 1 and 2)PMDG (737)Level D (767).

I also have installed the avg and Commodo firewall , threat fire anti-spy ware.All this to let you know what is going on,on background programs.

I guess my machine is not perfect, but its ok (for fs9).The thing is this machine will not go beyond 15/19 fps (and i have them set for 25fps limit).I guess this machine can handle anything you can put in fs9.
Any ideas??

[Sean_TK]

I would have to say that based on my somewhat similar system, those frames are to be expected with that traffic level and especially because of those addons that you are using.

Here are a few hints to bump up frames very slightly:

-In game, press ctrl-alt-del to bring up the task manager, go to processes, right click on fs9.exe and set the priority to high.

-I personally love my AI and have it at 100 at the expense of frames in more complex aircraft, but if you can do without a lot of traffic, just move your traffic percentage down more. That is probably what is causing the largest frame-rate hit.

-Don't get hung up on frame rates unless they are always in the low single digits.  I have found that if I keep the frame counter off, and just worry about flying the plane, that unless I get into low single digits, I cannot notice a difference. (That's just me though...I'm sure some will argue that point.)  ;)

-I don't know where you like to fly, or what your visibility settings are, but those are also major factors. I have my FS visibility down to its minimum of 60, due in part because that is actually very realistic in the vast majority of places in the world....on a good day! In real life, I can often not see over 30-40 miles around! There is no need whatsoever to waste frames trying to load stuff that is 160 miles away. I also have cloud drawing at 60, but I may bump that to 80 since the drawing boundary is still visible.

-When was the last time you defragged your drive?

- I noticed that the planes you listed are all high-altitude airliners...which brings autogen necessity into question. What are your settings for that, and are you willing to lower them? Remember, autogen is still trying to load below you when you are flying high enough that it is worthless for visuals. While I do fly my Tu-154 often, I also enjoy my low altitude Cessna 182RG, which means that I personally leave autogen maxed all the time, but if your not a low altitude pilot, then by all means lower you settings.  ;)

-SeanTK

[757200ba]

i know that some times there isn't enough info so I'm sorry.I hope this is better for you guys to help me.Many thanks.

This are my specs:

Amd Athlon 64  4000+ (2.4GHz ) 1MB cache
MB-Abit AN8 Fatality
2 GB RAM
BFG geforce 7950 GT OC 256mb
Primary disk- WD 80gb 7200rpm 8mb
Secondary disk- Seagate 160gb 7200rpm 8mb
Windows Xp Professional SP2

FS9 configuration.

Scenery
Terrain mesh-60
Terrain texture-High
Terrain detail-Land only
Water effects-low
Flag on dawn/dusk texture blending
Special effects-high
Scenery complexity-very dense
Auto gen density-very dense
Flag on add on dynamic and set to -very dense

Aircraft
Virtual gauge -High
Flag on all options

Weather
Sight distance-60/96km
Cloud draw-40/64km
Detailed clouds
Clouds cover max

Hardware
Frame rate locked at 20 fps
Resolution-1280*1024*32
Flag on transform and lighting
Trilinear
Mip mapping-8
Hardware render lights-6
Global max texture-massive

My sound quality is set to med.
My traffic is at 60%

I hope this helped, i also have done it the attribute change for top priority on the task manager.
Many thanks  

[Sean_TK]

Hopefully someone else can chime in here, but I would again venture to say that those frames are to be expected. Especially considering certain locations (such as London, New York, etc) if you fly there.
If you still get those frames over an open desert, or a sparsely populated area, then it might be something beyond the FS settings and your computer specs...but as it stands right now, I can only lead you back to my question on whether your autogen levels are really necessary for the type of flying that you like to do. Also, those addons, while generally pretty good about not slowing frames down to a crawl, certainly don't compare in performance to the defaults, or any addon light aircraft...but that is to be expected and I don't know of any way to change that.
I also have my Mip mapping values and render lights values reversed compared to yours. Mips at 6, lights at 8, but I don't know if that would matter much performance wise. (Mips at 8 are nice though! Gives a better illusion of depth of field thus creating a better illusion of how high above the ground your aircraft actually is.)

Good Luck and hopefully the members with more knowledge than I have will help you out here.

-SeanTK