Anyone think FSX is TOO demanding..?

[flymo]

on high no tweeaks so nice autogen and scenery and things i get 20fps locked. im keeping the sliders where they are, wacking in a few tweeks and then lockign at 24
if i can keep a nice consistent 24fps on high im happy, i dnt realy care for citys as i am flying over them at about 2000ft in my lil cessna

btw my rig

AMD 4600+x2 2x512 kache overclocked to 2.7ghz
512mb MSI 7900GTO overclocked
1gig DDR3200 Corsair XMS ram
200gb sataII HDD
580w Xclio SLI ready PSU

that cost me about

[Mees]

I need to say that if you now buy 2X 7950GX2 in SLi just to run FSX smoothly your brain mostly is made out of $hit.

[DizZa]

It runs fine on my system.  ;D

[Ashton Lawson]

Well then, it all depends on someone's opinion of what 'fine' is.

What settings ya got on it?

[Ashton Lawson]

...and unless u work for nvidia or sumthing, theres no way u can hav an 8800 GTO...  The GeForce 8 series isn't even out in stores...

[-sam-]

Well it

[Fr. Bill]

Some parts of FSX are either damn bad programmed  
or just outdated !!

As far as I can judge some parts are just old and do not use nowadays technology.

Since you seem to be suggesting that you are such an crackerjack programmer, might I suggest you apply for a job with ACES?  They are hiring you know.  ::)

[quote]
A lot of software that exists for quite some time has
these problems. 3dsmax for example.. is by far the worst performing 3d software out there.I t

[vololiberista]

As for FSX itself, it supports Specular Map, Bump Map, Fresnel Ramp (gradient ramp), Shadow Map, Reflection Map and Diffuse Map.  ;D

Yes but it's flight planning "map" is just as sh(one)t as FS9!!!
Vololiberista

[RollerBall]

But n4, being rude to Sam doesn't answer the points he has raised. Looks as though he has on the whole asked some perfectly reasonable questions. Can't they just be answered directly?

Why does one program appear to perform better than another on the same platform? If there are reasons, if direct comparisons can't actually be made, can't we lesser mortals who only want to know just be told without always having the snidey digs put in without there ever being an answer?

Sorry, because that's how it always appears even if it isn't the intention.

The point is that very few of the ordinary forum members are proper programmers or have an in-depth understanding of games programming whereas I think that your knowledge in that are may be considerably ahead of the rest of us.

[DizZa]

[quote]...and unless u work for nvidia or sumthing, theres no way u can hav an 8800 GTO...

[DizZa]

that use similar engines like Oblivion or Just Cause  
can easily display a dense forrest (even with grass and  
animated wildlife)
or volumetric clouds  
without going from 30fps to 4fps (this is what FSX does when I turn on autogen at lowest possible settings).

Oblivion has 2d clouds, and PLEASE don't compare fsX to Oblivion. That game runs like crap, looks like crap, and is the most unstable thing I've ever bought.

Also look at Oblivion terrain, it's BLUUUUUURRRRRRRRYYYYYYYY.

[-sam-]

Well Dizza, I

[DizZa]

[quote]
here in the company. Believe me... I know what I

[Daube]

[quote]Well it

[DizZa]

This:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34w6HIQqlAQ
Really puts fsX to shame  :D