15.03.2010, 20:32
Some of you know me, I am an old hand at this sim and have flown for some 8 years in the Il-2 world and about two years in CFS2. I have been using the same computer for that entire time with the exception of upgrading the video card when Pacific Fighters came out so I could enjoy the water views. I have consistently had frame rates in the 40-60 fps range no mater what the circumstances unless there was a lag issue on a particular server.
I have an older machine yes but it works well with this older programing. Yes I have made significant upgrades to it over the years. Except for the motherboard and case its all replacement parts. Here are my specs:
Windows XP Pro
ASUS MoBo 100 Mhz FSB
SiS chipset
Pentium 4 @ 2.8 Ghz
2 Gb RAM
2 IDE hard drives, each with 80 Gb of storage.
on board sound AND a Soundblaster Live PCI sound card. (one on the MoBo for TeamSpeak, the other for the speakers)
nvidia GeForce 7300GT graphics card running driver version 196.21 WHQL
Now here's the issue:
I launch a flight and get fine frame rates for two minutes or so. Then my second monitor where TS and my bomb sight table are flashes a second and the frame rates drop to 9-12 fps!
I know its not my config.ini since I had fine fps before and I haven't changed it. Yes I double checked that as well. I have upgraded the drivers over several revisions. I checked and rechecked the system services, even reinstalled windows, and nothing seems to clear up this problem! I am left to think that the hardware may be damaged? Temperatures are in the normal range, power levels are still normal as well when I use ASUS Probe to monitor those parameters. What do I do here? I haven't been flying for months now and I am sooo depressed about it.
Thanks guys.
I have an older machine yes but it works well with this older programing. Yes I have made significant upgrades to it over the years. Except for the motherboard and case its all replacement parts. Here are my specs:
Windows XP Pro
ASUS MoBo 100 Mhz FSB
SiS chipset
Pentium 4 @ 2.8 Ghz
2 Gb RAM
2 IDE hard drives, each with 80 Gb of storage.
on board sound AND a Soundblaster Live PCI sound card. (one on the MoBo for TeamSpeak, the other for the speakers)
nvidia GeForce 7300GT graphics card running driver version 196.21 WHQL
Now here's the issue:
I launch a flight and get fine frame rates for two minutes or so. Then my second monitor where TS and my bomb sight table are flashes a second and the frame rates drop to 9-12 fps!
I know its not my config.ini since I had fine fps before and I haven't changed it. Yes I double checked that as well. I have upgraded the drivers over several revisions. I checked and rechecked the system services, even reinstalled windows, and nothing seems to clear up this problem! I am left to think that the hardware may be damaged? Temperatures are in the normal range, power levels are still normal as well when I use ASUS Probe to monitor those parameters. What do I do here? I haven't been flying for months now and I am sooo depressed about it.
Thanks guys.