15 replies to this topic

[Matthew Hillyard]

What are your specs and how does fs2004/fsx run?

I play fsx on

Windows 7 Ultimate
i7 2600k @ 5.1ghz
8Gb Corsair Vengeance
KFA2 GTX580 1.5Gb

Here are some of my videos






You can view the others from my channel

Addons I use are:

PMDG 737-800NGX
UTX
REX2
GEX
AES
EZDOK
Full UK2000 Airport Collection
VFR UK (turn it off if not doing VFR and use GEX and UTX instead)
Shockwave 3D lights

Settings all maxed out and everything ticked apart from light bloom

How does it run?

The most frames I had are 800fps+ with everything maxed out over Alaska (using REX and Cessena 172)

But realistically I get around 40-50fps on ground at heathrow extreme and about 80-90fps in the air and around 120 to 150 over ocean(using all addons listed above)

Without any addons I get around 90fps at heathrow 180 in the air and 220-260 over ocean, again maxed out

What's yours like?

Edited by Matthew Hillyard, 04 February 2012 - 09:41 PM.

[Dave James]

Specs in my sig Matthew.

Runs very smoothly, FS9 maxed out with Wilco 733 for example:

UK2000 50-70 FPS
Default Sceneries 90-130
Cruise wavers around 180-200

Regards

[Nathan Donnelly]

Woooow, if you hadn't of paused it or gave a commentary, I would have thought it was real. :O

[Scott Diamond]

What's the obsession with having such high frame rates? Why not lock them at 25/30fps and give your processor a rest? If 25fps is good enough for films then it's good enough for you playing FSX.

[Tomer Oszlak]

FS9 (not very good my computer is to slow dont know why)
INTEL I5 2500
4GB RAM
GIGABYTE GTX570

[Samuel Towler]

FS9.. 40 ish FPS
Specs:Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit,Intel Core I3 CPU 550@3.20ghz 6GB RAM, 1TB Hard drive

[Gerard Marley]

FSX, No AI Traffic, PMDG 737NGX
UK2000 Airports 7-15fps, Cruise 20-25fps

Win7/64, 4GB, GTX460, Q6600 @3.1ghz
UTX, GEX, REX, UK2000

Need a faster computer .....

[Matthew Hillyard]

Scott Diamond, on 04 February 2012 - 11:18 PM, said:

What's the obsession with having such high frame rates? Why not lock them at 25/30fps and give your processor a rest? If 25fps is good enough for films then it's good enough for you playing FSX.

I only like playing the games it was meant to be played, also, if my pc can do it, why not let it?

Edited by Matthew Hillyard, 05 February 2012 - 08:35 PM.

[Dave James]

Mine are locked at 30 - was just itemising on performance for the OP

[Scott Diamond]

Matthew Hillyard, on 05 February 2012 - 08:35 PM, said:

Scott Diamond, on 04 February 2012 - 11:18 PM, said:

What's the obsession with having such high frame rates? Why not lock them at 25/30fps and give your processor a rest? If 25fps is good enough for films then it's good enough for you playing FSX.

I only like playing the games it was meant to be played, also, if my pc can do it, why not let it?

The less work your PC has to do for best performance the better - I don't personally understand the whole flurry around 100fps since there is no noticeable difference between that figure and 30fps.

[Daniel Eamon Brennan]

Matthew Hillyard, on 05 February 2012 - 08:35 PM, said:

Scott Diamond, on 04 February 2012 - 11:18 PM, said:

What's the obsession with having such high frame rates? Why not lock them at 25/30fps and give your processor a rest? If 25fps is good enough for films then it's good enough for you playing FSX.

I only like playing the games it was meant to be played, also, if my pc can do it, why not let it?

I agree with Scott - there's very little perceivable difference in the motion play from frame-to-frame, so what's the point? It just seems a huge waste of processing power and an overkill.

[Adam Arkley]

The human eye sees at (on average) 28 fps. Whats the point in drawing at 987234987239847 fps if you can't bloody see it?

[Dean Preece]

The human eye does not have a 'frame rate' as such. It sees through a continuous 'flow' of light, so the argument of how many FPS is good enough is rather more complex.

I quite like the explanation here: http://www.100fps.co..._humans_see.htm

Edited by Dean Preece, 05 February 2012 - 09:51 PM.

[Simon Plant]

I'm not sure what the fuss is with actual FPS either. When I started out here I had a nasty old pc that did 9-12fps :( and that was with all sliders on the left. To be honest, it wasn't the FPS that did my head in, it was the stuttering/hanging mid flight or on approach that wound me up :(

I recently upgraded and now have the following spec:
i7 2600K @ 3.5GHz which the Asus Mobo O/C's to 4.5Ghz on demand.
(This is water cooled by a Corsair H80 and therefore idles at 19c and I've never seen it go above 40c)
NVidia GTX580
16GB DDR3 dual channel 1600Mhz Corsair Vengence RAM
with Windows on a Corsair 120gb SSD and and FSX on a 1TB Seagate Sata thing.

While I can't tell you the FPS. I can tell you that with everything maxed out, Rex2 overdrive, UTX, GEX, many many airports, extra sceneries etc and mainly flying the PMDG 737 NGX its a wonderful experience :) Smoooth as silk, no stuttering, and looks gorgeous (even with 3 virtual cockpits running - 1 per monitor).

[Adam Arkley]

SIXTEEN GIGABYES!

YOU HERO!!

[Simon Plant]

massive overkill :) but for the sake of £80 it didn't seem worth staying with 8.

Besides, its not just an FSX box, its used for video and photo production (well, it is now :-) ).

Si