Hi,
i just got the C130 (professional) and im finding frame rates in the VC to be a problem
I turned down the graphics on everything to see if it would solve the problem
with them all turned down the default planes were running at about 35fps and my other payware planes
were performing fairly well too (including the just flight spitfire and CS 707) in the virtual cockpits.
However on the C130, the frame rates are very low - around 4 fps. Its not alot better on the 2D cockpit either.

I currently have:
3.2 MHz Pentium 4
2 Gb DDR RAM
ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card 256 mb

Does anyone know what i need to up my frame rates?
and it would also be useful to know what systems u guys are running.

If anyone says 'upgrade your hardware' can you please tell me what to upgrade it too 

Thanks for your help in advance

I THOUGHT IT WAS MY RAM BUT SINCE YOU HAVE 2G MAYBE ITS THE GRAPHICS CARD(SAME)? I WOULD ALSO LIKE SOME HELP WITH THIS MATER?

My specifications are the same as yours Oliban, except I have the Radeon 9800 256mb - and at the moment I'm getting between 21 and 28 fps in the virtual cockpit. So I don't think it's hardware - perhaps some graphics settings? (I don't know much about what to change  there - sorry).

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

hondaguru wrote on Jan 12^th, 2006 at 6:36am:


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I have the same issue i have basically the specs

Intel P4 3.4GHz
1GB DDR2 SDRAM (PC3200)
Creative Sound Audigy 2 ZS
GeForce 6800 GT
400GB S-ATA HD @ 7200RPM

I get around

2D Cockpit - 28 to 37 FPS
VC Cockpit - 19 to 28 FPS
Spot Plane View - 40 to 72 FPS
Tower View - 30 to 40 FPS

What is making the FPS so unsteady? Could it be the mipmaps i hear they kill the frame rate.

Hi,

my system specs are comperable to yours (3.4 P4, 1 Gb RAM, X800XT) but I am getting much better framerates.
I wouldn't rush to buy a new rig if I were in your shoes though - you should be able to get by pretty well with what you have (and since FSX is coming, better wait a bit).

Do you have any part of your computer running overclocked? (CPU, VGA etc?) Sometimes overclocking has the exact opposite effect.

Also, try using CS's very helpful support system. I had a similar problem (slow switch responce) and they managed to help me out after looking at my system specs (sent to them after using msinfo). In my case it was unauthorized video drivers.

Regards,

The suggestion throughout this discussion is that frame rate is directly correlated to performance. In my case I'm only registering between 15-28 fps in all modes with the Herc. This is about a 50% decrease in fps when compared to default aircraft, but I'm getting clear, crisp displays in all modes and about as rapid response when changing venues in the Herc as I get from default aircraft. My FS2K4 program currently exceeds 20GB and trying to optimize all my settings has truly been a bear. Only part of the solution for me was in FS2K4's display setting. The default settings in your graphics card are OK for FS2K4 out of the box, but sorely lacking when you add sophisticated aircraft like the Herc and various mega scenery programs. You definitely need to customize these setting to fully exploit the attributes of these new generation marvels. Another consideration is what else is going on in your computer. I recently read an article published by PCAviator in which they recommended loading add-ons onto an external hard drive to preempt computer conflicts. This works for me and precludes having to reinstall 20 GBs of programing when I swap out computers. Just be sure its formatted with an NTFS filing system and has a high speed connection to your computer. Hope something here helps--- Ziggy

oliban wrote on Jan 12^th, 2006 at 5:09pm:

No you dont need a new computer the one you have is very good, i dont know if you play any other games but if you do im sure you know your computer is great, the only thing about it that stinks is the ATI Card always go nvidia 

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