I have the following results: 2d panel: 16 - 45 fps. 3d panel: 9 - 23 fps. Tower view: 10 - 34fps
chase view: 18 - 30 fps.
Graphics card Radeon 9500/9700 Pro 128 mb
512 Ram. CPU 2.6 Athlon
Settings: Global textures: Massive. VC gauge quality High. Terrain Mesh20% Terrain Textures: High.
Scenery/Autogen: Normal. Terrain detail: Land only
No blending, no Extended Terrain textures.
Special effects: Low. Framerate setting : Unlimited.
Render to texture: On. Transform and lighting: On. Anti Aliasing: Off
resolution: 1280x1024x32
Mip Maps: 4 Rendered lights: 6
With regard to framerates at these settings, if the framerates are set to 30 fps, I get the lower values but less fluctuation between the low and high values, ie I get between 10 and 30 fps.
I am also using Flightsim manager Version 2.85 and I think this helps a great deal with aircraft as complex as the CS Herk.
Hope you find this useful.
Goughie