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DVA3050
Captain, A330-300
Joined on April 13 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
"go fast or go home" Boston, MA USA
306 legs, 893.4 hours
264 legs,
785.7 hours online 274 legs,
793.3 hours ACARS 28 legs,
70.7 hours event 842 legs, 2,782.9 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
February 21 2010 18:03 ET by Michael Schlabowske
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I used to fly FS9 way back in the day and since then have "upgraded" to FSX.. my question is this, without any addons I got great frames (20-30) and 10-15 on vatsim... well since Ive put a bunch of addons to "spice" things up a bit.... I am getting down right aweful frames. ( 6-10 online). well heres my computer specs. what should I upgrade to get the best out of flight sim...... keep in mind I would like to keep my mobo and processor.
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
Intel Q6700 2.66 o/c'd to 3.13
Asus P5N-D Motherboard
6 Gigs Corsair Dual Channel TWINX PC6400 DDR2 800MHz
(2) XFX GeForce 9800GT's in SLi mode
Thermaltake ToughPower 1200-Watt power supply
(2) Samsung SyncMaster 226bw moniotrs
(1) Samsung UN46B8500 Monitor/TV
thanks for the help gang
Michael SchlabowskeCaptain, A330-300
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
February 21 2010 18:15 ET by John Alusik
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Its really the processor thats slowing you down because once you load up a payware aircraft like a PMDG, the panel and all of the simulated systems are more complicated than the freeware a/c which uses up more CPU power, you could probably get a little better performance by upgrading to Windows 7.
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA3050
Captain, A330-300
Joined on April 13 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
"go fast or go home" Boston, MA USA
306 legs, 893.4 hours
264 legs,
785.7 hours online 274 legs,
793.3 hours ACARS 28 legs,
70.7 hours event 842 legs, 2,782.9 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
February 21 2010 18:21 ET by Michael Schlabowske
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so basically build another computer? i don't believe my mobo can handle one of the new chips according to their site.
Michael SchlabowskeCaptain, A330-300
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DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200
Joined on September 19 2004
Triple Century Club
Monterrey, NL Mexico
357 legs, 860.4 hours
72 legs,
132.3 hours online 255 legs,
668.3 hours ACARS 1 legs,
1.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 21 2010 18:29 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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It's weird that you're getting such low frames with that system.
Are you running very high settings? Or do you have too many programs running at the same time?
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
February 21 2010 18:31 ET by John Alusik
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It depends on the socket of the MB, if you can find a better processor that has the same socket than your all set. If something better requires a new motherboard I beileve you can still buy motherboards that support DDR2.
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA3050
Captain, A330-300
Joined on April 13 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
"go fast or go home" Boston, MA USA
306 legs, 893.4 hours
264 legs,
785.7 hours online 274 legs,
793.3 hours ACARS 28 legs,
70.7 hours event 842 legs, 2,782.9 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
February 21 2010 18:35 ET by Michael Schlabowske
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i have a ton of addons, (mostly scenery, dont like flying without the correct looking airports) but even with the sliders going from, say halfway to max, doesnt kill the frames, If I turn it down to next to nothing, i get good frames again. would upgrading to a GTX285 be worth it? or do I stick with my current gfx cards and get a new mobo and chip? I usually run FSX, FScommander, ASX, REX, various addon scenery, last time I check I had about 80-process's running. Should I try windows 7?
Michael SchlabowskeCaptain, A330-300
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DVA3050
Captain, A330-300
Joined on April 13 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
"go fast or go home" Boston, MA USA
306 legs, 893.4 hours
264 legs,
785.7 hours online 274 legs,
793.3 hours ACARS 28 legs,
70.7 hours event 842 legs, 2,782.9 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
February 21 2010 18:40 ET by Michael Schlabowske
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John Alusik wrote:
It depends on the socket of the MB, if you can find a better processor that has the same socket than your all set. If something better requires a new motherboard I beileve you can still buy motherboards that support DDR2.
just looked at what my current mobo can handle, looks like i cant get much better than what I have.....
http://usa.asus.com/Search.aspx?SearchKey=P5N-D
Intel® Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® Extreme / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 Processors
Michael SchlabowskeCaptain, A330-300
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DVA3050
Captain, A330-300
Joined on April 13 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
"go fast or go home" Boston, MA USA
306 legs, 893.4 hours
264 legs,
785.7 hours online 274 legs,
793.3 hours ACARS 28 legs,
70.7 hours event 842 legs, 2,782.9 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
February 22 2010 13:21 ET by Michael Schlabowske
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ok so heres the good news... I updated to windows 7 and got over a 300% increase in frames!!! i have my slider set to 20 and no matter where i go its "pegged" so thats promosing... also I figured I would treat myself and it was time for an upgrade... getting rid of the 2 nvidia 9800gts that are in here and got the XFX Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 1GB XXX Edition, should do the trick for all my gaming needs now..... maybe get and i7 and new mobo soon, well see. Gonna start installing my addons to FSX and see how it goes.... thanks for the help fellas
Michael SchlabowskeCaptain, A330-300
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