MS Flight Sim X and Vista first Encounter (Frame Rate performance Issue

Anyone Know What's a good configuration for Microsoft flight sim X and vista
and system with 3.7 rating I know 5.0 recommended but it's not gonna happen
for a while I just dumped 500.00 bucks in ram and new video card that meet
the minimal but big airports like Ohare JFK and LAX with a lot going on
frame rate sucks till I get a plane in the air and above 1,000ft then the
frame rate shoots up to 20fps 14 to 20 fps range my local airport small
place I have no issues till I get to large airports. I've messed with things
but I end up losing in something for something else like I can get frame
rate by lowering textures and graphics but then things look crapy then I
crank up to defaults and then frame rate goes to Hell I can't find a happy
Medium It's driving me nuts hundreds dollars spent after all this I'm
thinking I should of gotten a new computer with vista on it.

"Mikro" <mikromike@msn.com> wrote in message
news:114EC9FC-CE06-4D0E-BE92-30EB349189CD@microsoft.com...
> Anyone Know What's a good configuration for Microsoft flight sim X and
> vista and system with 3.7 rating I know 5.0 recommended but it's not gonna
> happen for a while I just dumped 500.00 bucks in ram and new video card
> that meet the minimal but big airports like Ohare JFK and LAX with a lot
> going on frame rate sucks till I get a plane in the air and above 1,000ft
> then the frame rate shoots up to 20fps 14 to 20 fps range my local airport
> small place I have no issues till I get to large airports. I've messed
> with things but I end up losing in something for something else like I can
> get frame rate by lowering textures and graphics but then things look
> crapy then I crank up to defaults and then frame rate goes to Hell I can't
> find a happy Medium It's driving me nuts hundreds dollars spent after all
> this I'm thinking I should of gotten a new computer with vista on it.

Autogen I find is the biggest performance hit. If you're seeing a
performance loss compared to XP it's probably due to some video drivers, do
you have an nVidia card?

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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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I got ATI X1300 512 Gateway Intel 3.66ghz 1gig ram 2 WD hard drives rating
3.7

"Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
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> Like Paul said, the autogen is a big frame rate killer. Try turning that
> down a bit. Also, you can try turning the anti-aliasing and AF down.
>
> With an ATI x850 256MB and a P4 3.4, I get ~10-15 FPS on a big airport,
> sometimes less.
>
> Normally at small airports, I can get ~20-30 FPS.
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
>
> Mikro wrote:
>> Anyone Know What's a good configuration for Microsoft flight sim X and
>> vista and system with 3.7 rating I know 5.0 recommended but it's not
>> gonna happen for a while I just dumped 500.00 bucks in ram and new video
>> card that meet the minimal but big airports like Ohare JFK and LAX with a
>> lot going on frame rate sucks till I get a plane in the air and above
>> 1,000ft then the frame rate shoots up to 20fps 14 to 20 fps range my
>> local airport small place I have no issues till I get to large airports.
>> I've messed with things but I end up losing in something for something
>> else like I can get frame rate by lowering textures and graphics but then
>> things look crapy then I crank up to defaults and then frame rate goes to
>> Hell I can't find a happy Medium It's driving me nuts hundreds dollars
>> spent after all this I'm thinking I should of gotten a new computer with
>> vista on it.

FSX is a hog anyway. Did you have it running under XP before? FSX on max
can barely run on a top of the line PC. Put some addon's in and it is
too slow to play.

What you are seeing is probably normal for your system.


--
Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com


Mikro wrote:
> I got ATI X1300 512 Gateway Intel 3.66ghz 1gig ram 2 WD hard drives
> rating 3.7
>
> "Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
> news:uJ92#95SHHA.192@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Like Paul said, the autogen is a big frame rate killer. Try turning
>> that down a bit. Also, you can try turning the anti-aliasing and AF down.
>>
>> With an ATI x850 256MB and a P4 3.4, I get ~10-15 FPS on a big
>> airport, sometimes less.
>>
>> Normally at small airports, I can get ~20-30 FPS.
>>
>> --
>> Dustin Harper
>> dharper@vistarip.com
>> http://www.vistarip.com
>>
>>
>> Mikro wrote:
>>> Anyone Know What's a good configuration for Microsoft flight sim X
>>> and vista and system with 3.7 rating I know 5.0 recommended but it's
>>> not gonna happen for a while I just dumped 500.00 bucks in ram and
>>> new video card that meet the minimal but big airports like Ohare JFK
>>> and LAX with a lot going on frame rate sucks till I get a plane in
>>> the air and above 1,000ft then the frame rate shoots up to 20fps 14
>>> to 20 fps range my local airport small place I have no issues till I
>>> get to large airports. I've messed with things but I end up losing in
>>> something for something else like I can get frame rate by lowering
>>> textures and graphics but then things look crapy then I crank up to
>>> defaults and then frame rate goes to Hell I can't find a happy Medium
>>> It's driving me nuts hundreds dollars spent after all this I'm
>>> thinking I should of gotten a new computer with vista on it.
>

I just discovered a check box on a ati control center Allow the Application
control video settings it gave me more adjustment room with Microsoft Flight
Sim X on Vista

"Mikro" <mikromike@msn.com> wrote in message
news:114EC9FC-CE06-4D0E-BE92-30EB349189CD@microsoft.com...
> Anyone Know What's a good configuration for Microsoft flight sim X and
> vista and system with 3.7 rating I know 5.0 recommended but it's not gonna
> happen for a while I just dumped 500.00 bucks in ram and new video card
> that meet the minimal but big airports like Ohare JFK and LAX with a lot
> going on frame rate sucks till I get a plane in the air and above 1,000ft
> then the frame rate shoots up to 20fps 14 to 20 fps range my local airport
> small place I have no issues till I get to large airports. I've messed
> with things but I end up losing in something for something else like I can
> get frame rate by lowering textures and graphics but then things look
> crapy then I crank up to defaults and then frame rate goes to Hell I can't
> find a happy Medium It's driving me nuts hundreds dollars spent after all
> this I'm thinking I should of gotten a new computer with vista on it.

I found that by playing with the sliders, I have found a range of anywhere
from 5 FPS to 40+ FPS. Most of that difference is with the traffic settings
and the autogen, however, the traffic settings seem to have a larger impact
on FPS than anything else on my machine. I believe that I've found the
optimal settings on my computer... at Honolulu International, I can fly out
and land at a constant 38-40 FPS, and there is ample detail and "some" AI
aircraft, but no land vehicles.

"Mikro" wrote:

> I just discovered a check box on a ati control center Allow the Application
> control video settings it gave me more adjustment room with Microsoft Flight
> Sim X on Vista
>
> "Mikro" <mikromike@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:114EC9FC-CE06-4D0E-BE92-30EB349189CD@microsoft.com...
> > Anyone Know What's a good configuration for Microsoft flight sim X and
> > vista and system with 3.7 rating I know 5.0 recommended but it's not gonna
> > happen for a while I just dumped 500.00 bucks in ram and new video card
> > that meet the minimal but big airports like Ohare JFK and LAX with a lot
> > going on frame rate sucks till I get a plane in the air and above 1,000ft
> > then the frame rate shoots up to 20fps 14 to 20 fps range my local airport
> > small place I have no issues till I get to large airports. I've messed
> > with things but I end up losing in something for something else like I can
> > get frame rate by lowering textures and graphics but then things look
> > crapy then I crank up to defaults and then frame rate goes to Hell I can't
> > find a happy Medium It's driving me nuts hundreds dollars spent after all
> > this I'm thinking I should of gotten a new computer with vista on it.
>