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Help and Support Forums => Help and Training => Topic started by: Yarbles on July 23, 2007, 03:54:43 AM
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I have a Holiday/Vacation coming up with my delightfull Wife, brother in law and our children coming up and will be away from AH listening to him babging on about his divorce and her moaning about him. Kids are great though.
As relief from all this concentrated domestic intamacy can anyone suggest books they have read that have helped them with their fighter skills and how demanding / accesable both in obtaining and reading they have been.
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Best frame rate I ever get is 14 and average isw about 7. Iam ordering a new graphics card do you think think a higher frame rate will help with wsuccess on the MA?
THANKS CHAPS :aok
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Yarbles, as a fellow low framer I have to say a resounding YES! I fly between 25-40 fps and it's terrible. I'm saving now for a full upgrade. The recommendations on the home page are very inaccurate. Good luck.
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What spec system do you have at the moment?
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I think the card is only 32 but have bought an upgrade to 256.
The processor is 2300 MHZ and RAM IS 512.
It is a businees computer and a bit light in the graphics so I am hoping to get more FPS. What do you think I will get with the new card and what should I be aiming at?
By the way someone please reccomend a book fast as I am away in a week and will need to order.
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Book: Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering by Robert Shaw
It's the bible of the cartoon & RL air world.
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up the ram to 1 ghz , and a good to high end 128,265, or 512 card will work.
stay away from the 200 cards AE: 5200,9200/6200,x200/7200 << these are bottem end cards that dont perform well in games.
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1GB of RAM will definitely help, but right now his largest crippling hardware is that archaeic video card. Even going up to an FX5600 (a crappy card by all rights) he will gain an immense boost in performance.
Adding to what Roscoroo said,
Ignore all 6000 cards before 6600, all 7000 cards before 7600, all 8000 cards before 8600, and you should be okay.
For ATI fans, go 9600, X800/850, X1600/1650, X1950 and nothing in between. Note that an X1550 is not close to an X1600 in performance. Quite annoying how they do that.
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Originally posted by Max
Book: Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering by Robert Shaw
It's the bible of the cartoon & RL air world.
Book arrived today and am looking forward to reading it:aok
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Originally posted by Roscoroo
up the ram to 1 ghz , and a good to high end 128,265, or 512 card will work.
stay away from the 200 cards AE: 5200,9200/6200,x200/7200 << these are bottem end cards that dont perform well in games.
Had already bought a 5200 (not sure it is the same one) but it is a major improvement at least doubled frame rate. Max is now about 50 and minimum about 9 fps. (used to be in the range 4 to 16)
What sort of frame rate is possible?
I will stick with what I have for the moment as the improvement is already great but for the future with my set up is it better to upgrade the card again or improve something else?
The processer is 2300 ram is about 500 and I have a 19 inch flat screen. My internet connection is 8mb max.
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Not sure if this book fits the bill or not.
Lately I've been working on a book called, "The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign" by Lundstrom. You can pick it up on Amazon.com.
It will not necessarily help you fly better. However, it relates the air war over Guadalcanal during WW2 blow by blow, so if you're looking to read about dogfighting, this has all the detail you could want.
It's not everybody's cup of team, it is really detailed, but it's good reading for when you're in the mood to fly around, but can't fly.
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Originally posted by Yarbles
Book arrived today and am looking forward to reading it:aok
A bit of advice -- Shaw is a great book, but not an easy read. (Don't believe me? Check out the appendix before you get started!) I have had it for years, and havent even waded through the parts that directly affect AH. It is great, but VERY information dense.
So I'd recommend you have a flexible attitude to reading it. Don't feel bound to plow all the way through chapter 1 before going to chapter 2! (Don't miss the pilot quotes he inserts all over -- some real gems there) Get the ideas early on, and learn the terminology he uses. Once you get to the bits about basic flight maneuvers, lead turns, and principles of 1 v 1 engagements, take plenty of time and reread sections as necessary. The illustrations are absolutely great; but it helped my visualization when I snitched a couple of my kid's 1" toy planes and taped them to straws so I could work the moves out myself.
Its a great book, but its not a page turner. Just be aware that if you're looking for escape, you might want to check one of these out too:
Allied Fighter Aces: The Air Combat Tactics and Techniques of World War II (http://www.amazon.com/Allied-Fighter-Aces-Techniques-Greenhill/dp/1853675873/ref=sr_1_1/103-1813282-2435032?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185397636&sr=8-1)
Luftwaffe Fighter Aces: The Jagdflieger and their Combat Techniques (http://www.amazon.com/Luftwaffe-Fighter-Aces-Jagdflieger-Techniques/dp/1853675601/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-1813282-2435032?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185397845&sr=1-1)
These tell the stories of some aces, and illustrate the tactics they often used to get the most out of their particular aircraft.
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yes, I agree with all of the above.
I haven't read all of Shaw either. I use it as an armrest though, so that perhaps I can get some info through osmosis.
Definately not the book to read cover to cover for simple entertainment.
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Originally posted by Yarbles
Had already bought a 5200 (not sure it is the same one) but it is a major improvement at least doubled frame rate. Max is now about 50 and minimum about 9 fps. (used to be in the range 4 to 16)
What sort of frame rate is possible?
I will stick with what I have for the moment as the improvement is already great but for the future with my set up is it better to upgrade the card again or improve something else?
The processer is 2300 ram is about 500 and I have a 19 inch flat screen. My internet connection is 8mb max.
mine runs 85 fps with a 9600pro , i'll dip down to 39-45 fps in super heavy furballs over cv flak from hell fights but thats about it .
as long as you stay 25-30 fps and above then you should be fine . just beshure you have good airflow in your case ,as for most 5200's dont have a fan and this game will heat them up.
a optimized set up will normally run at monitor refresh ,AE: 85 hz /85 fps in no traffic . lcd monitors are different and alot of them drag fps down because of there higher screen resolutions.
P,s. When you read Shaw its best to take it in chunks ... or during throne room sessions :rolleyes:
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In Pursuit,,,,Johan Kylander
Best book I have seen on the actually nuts and bolts of flying online!
It is available in a PDF format free
Mulligan
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Heres the link to in pursuit:
http://web.comhem.se/~u85627360/
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Originally posted by Roscoroo
mine runs 85 fps with a 9600pro , i'll dip down to 39-45 fps in super heavy furballs over cv flak from hell fights but thats about it .
as long as you stay 25-30 fps and above then you should be fine . just beshure you have good airflow in your case ,as for most 5200's dont have a fan and this game will heat them up.
a optimized set up will normally run at monitor refresh ,AE: 85 hz /85 fps in no traffic . lcd monitors are different and alot of them drag fps down because of there higher screen resolutions.
P,s. When you read Shaw its best to take it in chunks ... or during throne room sessions :rolleyes:
How much would you have to pay for a 9600 pro?
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&N=2000380048&PropertyCodeValue=696%3A9640%2C696%3A9639&page=1&bop=And (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&N=2000380048&PropertyCodeValue=696%3A9640%2C696%3A9639&page=1&bop=And)
this will give ya a ball park on prices .
These are all good Agp cards
id look at 9600pro/xt , 9800 pro/xt , x800 , 1650 pro/xt,1900/1950
6800 's , 7600,7800,7900
any of these cards coupled with a 2.0 ghz cpu and 1 gig of ram will run AH with most settings close to maxed out ... (this will vary with monitor type and screen resolution)
Note; for a budget upgrade on a older pc under 2.0ghz the ati 9550 256 card is a declocked /relabeled 9600pro ,and this card runs AH decently .
there are also some other cards that work good .... but they are what we call "one off" cards and there oddballs with a short production .
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Yarbles,
I know its probably a little late, but I just finished reading "An Ace of the Eighth" by Norman "Bud' Fortier. There's not much on tactics in there but it was a very good read from the point of view of a Jug and Mustang pilot.
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Originally posted by Yarbles
Book arrived today and am looking forward to reading it:aok
As someone said, look for In Pursuit. There is a free .pdf version that someone else posted a link to and a bound book version that has illustrations and some added content.
Another good book is Every Man Is a Tiger: Mock Combat Techniques for Light Aircraft. Like In Pursuit, it has very good descriptions of the various ACM maneuvers written in easy to understand layman terms. It also has a nice write up on the Cloverleaf, so I highly recommend this book to fellow P-38 drivers just for that reason alone.
ack-ack
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Have 2GB memory now and would like to up grade my 5200 card but the big challenge is PCI slot and the best I have been able to find is 5200 card. Does anyone know if I can do better than this with existing set up. (pROCESSOR IS 2.8)
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Another thing that most dont realize when you upgrade your vid card you need to make sure your power supply will handle it. Otherwise you will end up burning up the powersupply. Alot of prebuilt computers come with a weak powersupply that cant handle even the lowest end of the 256 vid cards. It may not burn the Powersupply up right away but will eventully eat it up(ive had it happen to me) i put a 5700LE 256meg vid card in my old computer and ended up haveing to replace the powersupply after about 2 months due to the over draw on it.
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Originally posted by Yarbles
Have 2GB memory now and would like to up grade my 5200 card but the big challenge is PCI slot and the best I have been able to find is 5200 card. Does anyone know if I can do better than this with existing set up. (pROCESSOR IS 2.8)
Be careful about slot types, theres a diffrence between PCI and PCI-Express. Theres other types as well but these seem to be the most popular anymore, most of the newer cards are PCI-E. So when ordering a new videocard make sure your motherboard has the proper slot type or your going to be sadly disspointed when the videocard won't fit into the slot. And as Reeb said watch your power supply, the newest videocards are eating up ridiculous amounts of power these days to where people are soon going to need two.
Anyways hope my little rant was of some use.
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Read "Nanette" by Edward's Park about his P39 flying in the Southwest Pacific early in the war.
Guppy35 is a direct reference to my all time favorite fighter pilot book and Corky carry's on the tradition in his approach to AH. Guppy is a 38 pilot in the book who tries to drink himself home and instead gets 5 kills and becomes an ace, hating it the entire time.
It's not about aces but about the other guys who also flew and fought, half scared out of their wits half the time and just hoping to do the job and get home.
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If money isn't an issue, I'd really suggest getting a PCI-E motherboard, the cards you can get will be much better in comparison to PCI.
As for frame rate, I'm not sure if theres a cap or not, I get 200 in slow sectors but I've never really seen higher than that.
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You may also want to try FSAutoStart. It shuts down all unnecessary programs and services before kicking off AH2.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/FSAutoStart.shtml
Works well for low-end machines.
Also for the 5200Fx you have, you may want to try the NGO optimised nvidia drivers
http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=Files&go=cat&dwn_cat_id=10
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Originally posted by Capz
As for frame rate, I'm not sure if theres a cap or not, I get 200 in slow sectors but I've never really seen higher than that.
:mad:
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Originally posted by Capz
If money isn't an issue, I'd really suggest getting a PCI-E motherboard, the cards you can get will be much better in comparison to PCI.
As for frame rate, I'm not sure if theres a cap or not, I get 200 in slow sectors but I've never really seen higher than that.
If your getting a 200 frame rate, then you don't have VSYNC set to "on" or "always on" ... which is not good.