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Title: Frame rates----HELP!!!!!!!!!
Post by: STITCH on August 31, 2002, 05:49:38 PM
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?? :confused:
Title: Frame rates----HELP!!!!!!!!!
Post by: SKurj on August 31, 2002, 07:54:53 PM
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
Title: Frame rates----HELP!!!!!!!!!
Post by: spiffykraits on September 01, 2002, 11:39:26 AM
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.
Title: Frame rates----HELP!!!!!!!!!
Post by: bockko on September 01, 2002, 05:39:59 PM
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 :D

later!

bockk
Title: Great
Post by: STITCH on September 02, 2002, 12:14:56 PM
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.  :cool: :D