Frame rates----HELP!!!!!!!!!

[STITCH]

Hi everyone,  I'm getting smoked constantly.  My frame rate is always at about 30-40 range.  
My system is the following:
Pen-III 550
64 mb video card
192 megs of ram
cable modem
I'm using a microsoft precision forcefeed back stick

I destudmuffin and clean sweep weekly.  I'm thinking of up grading to a 2 ghz P-IV, will this help or is there something else?  anyone got any more ideas??

[SKurj]

30-40fps seems pretty good for that cpu.

If you have a 64mb vid card you likely can keep it when you upgrade.  You should also consider adding more ram at the same time as well.



SKurj

[spiffykraits]

Nothing wrong with 30-40 fps.  Your eye cannot distinguish anything different above that.  Getting a better cpu has the most impact on fps even with a 64MB card.

[bockko]

I recently upgraded from a p3 866. I had around 40 or 50 until things got busy or close, then it dropped. I suspect you suffer the same hit. While many great aces fly around with similar systems, I think an upgrade to the 2 gig will do you wonders. I am now running a 1.8 gig p4 on a geforce 3 card, frame rates max out at 75 or 85 depending on how I set my resolution. Now, if only I could hit what I aim for!!!! You will see great improvement when things are really busy and you have close contacts or are over busy bases with smoke. ahhhhh, just plunk down the cash

later!

bockk

[STITCH]

Thanks for all the help guys.  I do lose allot of my frame rates in the furballs.  With the CPU so cheap now I'm going to upgrade before the end of the year.