Frame Rates

[B-DUB]

The frame rates on my computer are very slow. THe display settings are on low, and in places such as Maui, Hawaii, I get a steady 30FPS. When I go to Los Angeles for instance, they drop to about 8-10FPS. This is really starting to get on my nerves. I have a 1 GHz computer, and a 64MB MX420 video card. From what I've heard, I should be getting much better frame rates. Does anyone have any secret techniques for getting faster frame rates? If so, please tell me. Thanks alot.

[packercolinl]

You should be doing better than that. I think if you look around previous pages 5 or 6 you may get some info as this was a recent topic. It might not be that far back even.

[ozzy72]

There are a number of possible causes. To much AI traffic, add-on scenery, mesh and scenery densities set to high.
First check you are running directX 9.0 from M$, and have you got the correct video drivers? With the MX420, the latest ones aren't the best to run.
Then try turning all your scenery and AI settings to 0 and increasing them in increments to see what happens.

Ozzy

[Smoke2much]

I turn the clouds percentage down and the maximum visability down to a minimum.  Depending on the size of your hard drive increasing the size of the graphics cache can help.

Ramsa 329 and the tipster are the best people to advise you.

Will

[FSTipster]

Hi B-Dub,

What do you have your display settings set at?

If you have everything maxed and are running at a 32-bit 1024x768 or greater with Anti-Aliasing turned on, (just for example), you're doing quite well with those fps in a built up area.

I run an XP 1800+ chip with a GF4 MX440. I also have Lago's FSSE running. Coupled with some frame hogging add-on scenery, I only get 7-12fps at Meigs with settings as I described above.