Pre Ordering Orbx Lancair?

[James]

Heck, I'd just like to know how you get 90fps normally since I'm running basically the same rig with a slightly faster CPU speed. The best I can do is about 30 and that's in the desert with no autogen. My average is around 19 to 20, less in PNW but still flyable.

AMEN!!

lol....time to upgrade....but you've got ten more than me...

 

[SADT]

I dunno how - I have seen 90 FPS on the clock around cities using well optimized aircraft (FR CAC Booma is a good example) but the bush hawk around cities drops things to 40 FPS - I have everything turned down on low however (Though not too low), and run a game booster and defrag regularly. Though I do get stutters with a/c like the FR Booma in advanced sceneries like Marks 1943 solomon Is.

BTW - If I was to upgrade, should I first buy a good 1024 MB Graphics card (Nvidia) or a good 3.0 - 3.5 GHz CPU (Intel). I could only afford one at a time, so what in your opinions would be best option to go for first?

 

[SADT]

The best I can do is about 30 and that's in the desert with no autogen. My average is around 19 to 20, less in PNW but still flyable.
If the Bush Hawk knocks your fps from 90 to 40, then don't expect a whole lot by adding PNW. Depending on how you set the autogen, you could end up around the same as me.

How on earth you get such low frames I am not sure - dont use light bloom but I do use advanced animations and special fx. My water is also High 1x.

 

[spotlope]

I got to test the Lancair - I've been flying it for a couple of weeks now - and this thing is a real hoot. It's sleek, the model is extremely well done, and Jared even managed to get some character into the modeling and texturing of the interior. That's not easy, 'cause like a lot of modern composite-built planes, the IV-P is all smooth curves with very few twiddly bits sticking out. Best of all though, it's a real rocket. You've got to be careful with it, and the wing design makes it a challenge to fly, but man you can really haul some butt in it. I'm normally a low-and-slow kinda guy, but it took a couple of days for the grin to wear off my face after my first full Lancair flight.

I don't get a penny from this little baby, so I can say without bias: it's one of the best of this type I've ever seen. Pre-pay with all speed.

Oh yeah, since this thread has taken on a frame-rate bias, my system is no beast, and I was very happy with the Lancair FPS. It's definitely lighter than, for example, the Carenado C208. (Not that the 208 is a poor performer, of course...)

 

[Kiwikat]

SHHHHH quit teasing us Bill!

 

[koorby]

Hello all,

I'm doing the RTM compile now, so once we get the ok from the testing team on this build we'll release to pre-paid customers. So that's Sat 23rd.

 

[falcon409]

. . . . .BTW - If I was to upgrade, should I first buy a good 1024 MB Graphics card (Nvidia) or a good 3.0 - 3.5 GHz CPU (Intel). I could only afford one at a time, so what in your opinions would be best option to go for first?

Just my opinion, but of the two, I would go for the fastest CPU your Motherboard can handle first and then the Video Card.

 

[txnetcop]

Your system is essentially what I run minus the 4GB of ram.

PNW gives me issues hehe. I've noticed the majority of the PNW users have no problems but they all run super high end rigs (i7/Q97xx OCed to 4Ghz+)

I get nasty blurries and stutters with PNW but I still enjoy flying it, as long as I stay away from resource hungry planes like Citation Mustang or C750 etc. Heck even the Duke eats my fps a bit.

If your PSU has the horsepower change out that 128 bit 9600GT for a GTX460 and you won't have any more issues in PNW if you keep your settings reasonable. That is not a guess it's a fact.

 

[skyhawka4m]

I get a constant 30-33 FPS in PNW and I have nothing special here....the below plus an ATI Radeon 5500 series card. My settings are not bottomed out either.


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[ryanbatc]

How on earth you get such low frames I am not sure - dont use light bloom but I do use advanced animations and special fx. My water is also High 1x.

Ditto... maybe he has a lot of settings turned way down.

I enjoy my texture res up high and autogen at least set to normal. usually AI traffic is on excluding vehicles... around 50% for air traffic. Water 2x low, with nhancer powering AA and AF

 

[Lewis-A2A]

ill go with ted on recommending 460, its a bloody good card that is not a lower spec 470-80 reverse engineered to make it slower but rather a whole new chip and able to match the 470-80, so its true budget goodness in the 1GB-2GB variants

 

[ryanbatc]

Oh yeah, since this thread has taken on a frame-rate bias, my system is no beast, and I was very happy with the Lancair FPS. It's definitely lighter than, for example, the Carenado C208. (Not that the 208 is a poor performer, of course...)

I know fps aren't really important to the guys running i7's but on my humble system they are important. Can you compare it to default c172 vc? I don't have the Carenado caravan but I do have their F33 Bonanza... I lose about 25% performance vs default C172.

 

[mmann]

I know fps aren't really important to the guys running i7's but on my humble system they are important. Can you compare it to default c172 vc? I don't have the Carenado caravan but I do have their F33 Bonanza... I lose about 25% performance vs default C172.

I agree! The default Cessna 172 is the best aircraft to base any comparisons; everyone has it, and it is very frame rate friendly.

Regards, Mike Mann

 

[SADT]

Ryanbatc; I run my global texture res on max, and autogen is reasonably high. No AI.

 

[Kiwikat]

Looks like this is the last chance to preorder. Release is s**n.

 

[ryanbatc]

Looks like this is the last chance to preorder. Release is s**n.

I thought about it but then worried about my fps...

So I'll just wait for your report

err edit: I finally saw that preorder thread at their forums and they said the FPS were identical to default C172 VC - that's good for me.