New DX9c out and WOW what a difference!

[Tako_Kichi]

Heads up time guys.

There is a new DX9c (yes I know! :brick: :doho: ) released that has made a HUGE difference to my FSX flying!

I was flying the Capt. Sim Hercules C130 last night and in places I was getting FPS of 6-20 in game......today I am getting an average of 22 with a top of 30+.

My Alphasim Hunter is giving 70+ FPS.

The Shockwave P.40 is showing high 40's in VC and 80's in spot view with a high of 99!!!! :o

I have NEVER seen FPS rates as high as this in FSX before and I only have a middle of the road rig (P4 single core CPU at 3.4 GHZ, 2 Gb DDR2 RAM, 512 MB DDR3 8800GT GFX card) and I am running the Deluxe FSX with the Acceleration add-on.

The download can be found at....

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en

...or if you prefer the re-distributable version (as I do) that can be found here.....

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... lang=en&tm

Now I need to test FS9 but I have already seen improvements in my other games too.

Enjoy!

[Chris_UKMIL]

Good call, will try in Vista....you never know!!

[Tako_Kichi]

I just tested in FS9 and my CBFS birds (Andover, Chippie, JP, Hunter, etc.) are all showing at mid 60's FPS as are most of my other AC including complex choppers.

[Trev Clark]

Thanks for this tip Larry, I recently upgraded to the November DX9C and got a good result in FS9, this update looks even better!

[DanKH]

One of the best HU's recently! Thanks!

[Garry Russell]

Yep

A great improvement :prayer:

The Superfreighter is a very high poly model yet I'm in the 60's most of the time with is not dropping much below 50 and over 70.....external

Much the same on the 2D but a few spikes of over 100

Amazing :o

Thanks for the HU

Now I'm as happy as Larry

Garry

[VEGAS]

Downloading now. Be nice to see a further improvement overall. Thanks for the HU. ;-)

BTW Garry, who is Larry?

[Garry Russell]

See first post

Garry

[hobby]

Help Please!

I have just downloaded the new DX9C file from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... lang=en&tm

And was following through with installation when I came upon a blank entry box enquiring where the new DX9C file was to be installed. I thought that the installation process was fully automatic and now I am non-plussed!

I also cannot find where the downloaded DX9C program is located so that I can delete it and start again. Help needed please.

[Garry Russell]

Hi Hobby

It is fully automatic but you need to verify you windows copy first but clicking "continue" in the main intro

If you didn't it probably didn't download.

Garry