Poll.. which MS sim version do you use for your flying ?
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Ive updated me drivers and played with all the settings, but if i look any distance more than say 10nm at any alt the earth is there with me and just looks a horrible dark shade of green or blue, but close in to my view point i get the nice super scenery you all talk of.
So as you can see i have chosen FS2002 as this doesnt happen in that i get 30fps, where i only get 20 in 2004.
AMD Athlon 64 Processor,
2GHz HD,
512MB RAM,
Radeon 9200 series graffix card.
And that computers sole purpose is to run FS.
apart from Windows Media player, the OS, FS is the only thing on the PC.
So dont why i have the trouble with 2004
So as you can see i have chosen FS2002 as this doesnt happen in that i get 30fps, where i only get 20 in 2004.
AMD Athlon 64 Processor,
2GHz HD,
512MB RAM,
Radeon 9200 series graffix card.
And that computers sole purpose is to run FS.
apart from Windows Media player, the OS, FS is the only thing on the PC.
So dont why i have the trouble with 2004
- Charlie Bravo
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The fish bowl effect you are suffering from must be to do with your view settings. As for the frame rate, the Radeon 9200 is found in a lot of low end laptops and is not at all suited for playing flightsim with.tyne79 wrote:Ive updated me drivers and played with all the settings, but if i look any distance more than say 10nm at any alt the earth is there with me and just looks a horrible dark shade of green or blue, but close in to my view point i get the nice super scenery you all talk of.
So as you can see i have chosen FS2002 as this doesnt happen in that i get 30fps, where i only get 20 in 2004.
AMD Athlon 64 Processor,
2GHz HD,
512MB RAM,
Radeon 9200 series graffix card.
And that computers sole purpose is to run FS.
apart from Windows Media player, the OS, FS is the only thing on the PC.
So dont why i have the trouble with 2004
- Rick Piper
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Hi Guys
My system is by no means upto date but I get good performance.
FS2004!
Low quality cloud textures from flightsim.com which still look as good to me but use much less performance up over the stamdard M$ ones.
These and the Radeon have made the framerate double what I got with Nvidia Geforce 4600 Ti (Gainward GT61 Golden Sample) & I can use the Anti Aliasing & Ansotropic filters at high settings without a noticable slow down.
Pentuim 4, 2 ghz (Northwood type)
Intel D850 MV system board. (Intel i850 chipset)
512 mb of Rambuss memory.(old but damn fast for FSDS2)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro.
(sparkle cheap oem one)! i found S/H for £90 on Ebay but turned out to be new & unopened)
(got last week after reading FS2004 benchmarks on Anandtech.com)
4 x 120 gb IBM 7200rpm HDD
(2 x 120 gb mirrored onto other 2 for safety)
18" Eizo Flexscan L675 TFT screen (I have 2 of these ! :shock: )
Both running at once sometimes. (FSNav etc)
Overall a slow system compared to you lot but with my settings I can get a good steady display at 1280 x 1024 with almost all the sliders at max.
Regards
Rick
My system is by no means upto date but I get good performance.
FS2004!
Low quality cloud textures from flightsim.com which still look as good to me but use much less performance up over the stamdard M$ ones.
These and the Radeon have made the framerate double what I got with Nvidia Geforce 4600 Ti (Gainward GT61 Golden Sample) & I can use the Anti Aliasing & Ansotropic filters at high settings without a noticable slow down.
Pentuim 4, 2 ghz (Northwood type)
Intel D850 MV system board. (Intel i850 chipset)
512 mb of Rambuss memory.(old but damn fast for FSDS2)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro.
(sparkle cheap oem one)! i found S/H for £90 on Ebay but turned out to be new & unopened)
(got last week after reading FS2004 benchmarks on Anandtech.com)
4 x 120 gb IBM 7200rpm HDD
(2 x 120 gb mirrored onto other 2 for safety)
18" Eizo Flexscan L675 TFT screen (I have 2 of these ! :shock: )
Both running at once sometimes. (FSNav etc)
Overall a slow system compared to you lot but with my settings I can get a good steady display at 1280 x 1024 with almost all the sliders at max.
Regards
Rick
2004.
Most of the system except the graphics card is up to the usual medium range standard. The graphics card is an old NVidia GTS 2. Waiting for the new Radeon X800 Pro to come in to the shops (and reduce in price).
Frame rates are usually reasonable but I can't use the advanced filtering functions (much as I would like to).
Chris
Most of the system except the graphics card is up to the usual medium range standard. The graphics card is an old NVidia GTS 2. Waiting for the new Radeon X800 Pro to come in to the shops (and reduce in price).
Frame rates are usually reasonable but I can't use the advanced filtering functions (much as I would like to).
Chris
Finally got Fs2004 and reckon it's very good to look at.
The only problems I have found (with 1 weeks use) is that the mesh does not display as well as Fs2002 and I have now got the stutters back. Not seen those since Fs2000.
I am running a Pentium 4, 2.8GHz with 512MB Ram. The stutters do not appear to affect the frame rate which stays at around 40fps. Any ideas?
I like the idea of FS2003. Think I'll give that a try.
Pete
The only problems I have found (with 1 weeks use) is that the mesh does not display as well as Fs2002 and I have now got the stutters back. Not seen those since Fs2000.
I am running a Pentium 4, 2.8GHz with 512MB Ram. The stutters do not appear to affect the frame rate which stays at around 40fps. Any ideas?
I like the idea of FS2003. Think I'll give that a try.
Pete
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Cheap 9800 Pros and X800 Pros are available here
They get very good deals from Nvidia and ATI as they shift so many cards. I always buy from there.
They get very good deals from Nvidia and ATI as they shift so many cards. I always buy from there.
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I will stick to whatever is current (FS2004), whatever the grumbles, it is very easy to get used to something and take it for granted. I only get a bit p***ed off whe FR's go below 15 (usually when scenery designers are showing off). Just have a look at some of the stuff (yes people are still uploading stuff) for FS98 and see how far things have come.
ATB Trev