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

[Mikro]

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.

 

[Paul Smith]

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.
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[Dustin Harper]

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.

 

[Mikro]

I got ATI X1300 512 Gateway Intel 3.66ghz 1gig ram 2 WD hard drives rating
3.7

 

[Dustin Harper]

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.

 

[Mikro]

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

 

[Guest]

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.