Pips
Charter Member
For some time now I have been unhappy with how my system performs with FSX. And being a computer moron doesn't help when it comes to even identifying what parts make up my system, let alone trying to analyse what's needed to improve it.
Then the other day a kind soul pointed me to a small programme that at least makes identifying all parts easy. It's called the SIW, by Gabriel Topala.
So now I can post my specs and see what suggestions you kind folks may want to make as to how I can gain some improvements in performance. Specs are:
Motherboard: ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA
CPU: Intel Pentium D CP 3.00GHz with 2GB RAM
Card: ATI Radeon HD 4850 with 1GB DDR3 RAM
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3
Game resolution is 1440 x 900 x 32
Not sure what else is needed so just tell me.
The problem is I'm only able to run FSX in a fairly low scale fashion. I've locked fps @ 20, with settings at:
Graphics High
Aircraft Ultra high
Scenery Medium low
Weather Medium low
Traffic zero
Autogen sparse
Fps fluctuate between 15-20 over countryside, and I avoid cities if I want to keep fps in double digits.
I would have thought that I should be getting better performance with my system. Whadda you guys think??
Then the other day a kind soul pointed me to a small programme that at least makes identifying all parts easy. It's called the SIW, by Gabriel Topala.
So now I can post my specs and see what suggestions you kind folks may want to make as to how I can gain some improvements in performance. Specs are:
Motherboard: ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA
CPU: Intel Pentium D CP 3.00GHz with 2GB RAM
Card: ATI Radeon HD 4850 with 1GB DDR3 RAM
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3
Game resolution is 1440 x 900 x 32
Not sure what else is needed so just tell me.
The problem is I'm only able to run FSX in a fairly low scale fashion. I've locked fps @ 20, with settings at:
Graphics High
Aircraft Ultra high
Scenery Medium low
Weather Medium low
Traffic zero
Autogen sparse
Fps fluctuate between 15-20 over countryside, and I avoid cities if I want to keep fps in double digits.
I would have thought that I should be getting better performance with my system. Whadda you guys think??