FSx SP1 Who Stops There?

harleyman said:
So i gave up....Could not control stuttering to good also.....
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Microstuttering at frame rates lower than 30 is in the nature of every multi GPU config, be it Crossfire, SLI or a dual chip card like the 4870X2 or GTX 295.

That's one reason why I've opted for a non-Crossfire/SLI mainboard and rather buy a fast single-chip card than two slower single-chip/one multichip one(s).
 
Yup..You are correct as I have the 4870X2 ..but I lock my frames much higher that 30..And only get studdering with acceleration thats hard to control....
 
Bjoern said:
Microstuttering at frame rates lower than 30 is in the nature of every multi GPU config, be it Crossfire, SLI or a dual chip card like the 4870X2 or GTX 295.

That's one reason why I've opted for a non-Crossfire/SLI mainboard and rather buy a fast single-chip card than two slower single-chip/one multichip one(s).
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I'm running Acceleration on a Quad core Q6600 at 3.3ghz with dual 8800GT's in SLI and have no stuttering to speak of. Beyond that, despite the suggestion that SLI does nothing for FSX I find just the opposite. With SLI enabled I get slightly better FPS and smoother flights. *shrug*
 
I have been running SP1 & 2 and never had any problems, runs really stable and that with just a single core, although frames and blurries are an issue, but that's expected. Wouldn't dream of installing Acceleration, too many horror stories. Only issue I had was with a graphics driver, but that stopped powerpoint from working and left FSX to plod on regardless !!!
 
harleyman said:
Yup..You are correct as I have the 4870X2 ..but I lock my frames much higher that 30..And only get studdering with acceleration thats hard to control....
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Yeah, stuttering-wise SP2 really made things worse, but I got mine under control after some time.


datter said:
I'm running Acceleration on a Quad core Q6600 at 3.3ghz with dual 8800GT's in SLI and have no stuttering to speak of. Beyond that, despite the suggestion that SLI does nothing for FSX I find just the opposite. With SLI enabled I get slightly better FPS and smoother flights. *shrug*
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Depends on the resolution used.

I guess a multi-montor setup or very large screens running high AA/AF settings really benefit from SLI in FSX.
 
I had SLI 8800 GTS's on my last box..They gave me tons of frames, but I just had a real hard time getting it all under control..It was a custom built box and came with an OC already, that proved to be very unstable, and that may have been some of its problems.I sent it back and built this one..And now after 7 months just getting FSX under control, although it went south the other day for unknown reasons, then I wacked the OS by goofing up a restore ....LOL
 
Running FSX with SP2 and Acceleration, and no problems so far.... knock on wood. Still with XP SP2, P4 3.2GH, and XFX6800XT 521MB DDR3 card, and 2GH of DDR2 memory. And I'm still using the old graphics driver that came with the 6800.

Could it be bigger and newer is not always better?
 
Its amazing that you are using a 6800...

That just proves that FSX wants to eat your processor....LOL
 
GT182 said:
Running FSX with SP2 and Acceleration, and no problems so far.... knock on wood. Still with XP SP2, P4 3.2GH, and XFX6800XT 521MB DDR3 card, and 2GH of DDR2 memory. And I'm still using the old graphics driver that came with the 6800.

Could it be bigger and newer is not always better?
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Goodness GT182!! You run all that with only 2 Gigs of Memory?? Nice!

Wait till you see what its like with 4 Gigs.. You will be amazed.




Bill
 
Acceleration with Q9650, 2048mb HD4870X2, 8GB Corsair Dominator, dual monitor, X-Fi Extreme Audio, Vista 64, no overclocking, no anti-virus, no defraggers, no disk optimisers, no System Care BS, no benchmark testing, Vista and all drivers updated regularly, no stutters, no ctd's, no problems, nothing but smooth, flowing simming with absolutley no idea what my frame rates are and no interest in finding out as it all looks beautiful.
I'll leave now :redface:
 
6297J said:
Acceleration with Q9650, 2048mb HD4870X2, 8GB Corsair Dominator, dual monitor, X-Fi Extreme Audio, Vista 64, no overclocking, no anti-virus, no defraggers, no disk optimisers, no System Care BS, no benchmark testing, Vista and all drivers updated regularly, no stutters, no ctd's, no problems, nothing but smooth, flowing simming with absolutley no idea what my frame rates are and no interest in finding out as it all looks beautiful.
I'll leave now :redface:
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JERK.....LOL (JK) :ernae:


I marvel at your abality to not peek at the frames.....If I could learn to do that my life as I know it would be much better :d


Actually I just use it to get set up..After that I don't care till I get some indication something is wrong..Then I use frames again to see whats up...


But for the most part I run very stable..never had a CTD...My worst trouble was some studdering that was easily fixed ..Then I think I had some texture problems causing issues....All fixed now...
 
I thought XP only recognises 3gigs of memory Bill. Someday I'll have a better rig... but not for awhile. I do want to use that Zotac 8800 1GB GDDR3 card eventually tho. :costumes: But for right now the GTO is my main money nibbler. ;)
 
GT182 said:
I thought XP only recognises 3gigs of memory Bill. Someday I'll have a better rig... but not for awhile. I do want to use that Zotac 8800 1GB GDDR3 card eventually tho. :costumes: But for right now the GTO is my main money nibbler. ;)
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You can use 4 gigs in XP..I do, and always have..The deal is that you have to subtract the vid cards memory from your 4 gigs and thats the amount you will use...

Mine shows me as having 3 gigs.... But reguardless thats a full gig over 2...
 
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