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DVA3264
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 22 2006
Century Club
Online Century Club
"Airbus aint so bad!!!" Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
156 legs, 513.1 hours
108 legs,
355.5 hours online 120 legs,
422.1 hours ACARS 6 legs,
31.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 05 2006 05:16 ET by Wayne Aisbitt
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hi, when i come to take off and sometimes land my frame ratesfrop alot and it goes slow. my computer is a powerful machine, and cant understand why it is happening. i dont have the scenery set to high or any of the pother graphics so it shouldnt really happen. it doesnt always happen but sometimes it does, like yesterday out of new york it was really bad, can explain why as my computer is up todate and powerful. im using the level D 767 at the moment and it seems to happen more with this product than my PMDG 737.
any tips, thanks.
Wayne AisbittCaptain, B767-300
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DVA2945
Captain, B737-800
Joined on March 03 2006
CM Spain
70 legs, 100.7 hours
12 legs,
14.6 hours online 64 legs,
94.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 05 2006 08:24 ET by Carlos Gonzalez
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Graffic card drivers maybe?
Carlos GonzalezCaptain, B737-800
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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
September 05 2006 12:56 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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Posting your computer specs could help us to understand better
There's a lot of reasons why that could be happening: too many background processes, scenery complexity, etc etc...
Give us some clues so we can figure it out please.
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DVA3264
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 22 2006
Century Club
Online Century Club
"Airbus aint so bad!!!" Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
156 legs, 513.1 hours
108 legs,
355.5 hours online 120 legs,
422.1 hours ACARS 6 legs,
31.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 05 2006 19:19 ET by Wayne Aisbitt
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my computer is a 2.9ghz pentium 4, 1.5gb ram, 200gb hard drive and have a 512mb graphics card. pretty good. some people seem to say katl does this alot to them and no other airports!!
Wayne AisbittCaptain, B767-300
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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
September 05 2006 19:23 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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Your specs are great!
How about background processes?
AI traffic can hurt FPS a lot too! Especially in big airports.
You might want to check your antialiasing settings in the video card configuration.
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DVA3264
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 22 2006
Century Club
Online Century Club
"Airbus aint so bad!!!" Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
156 legs, 513.1 hours
108 legs,
355.5 hours online 120 legs,
422.1 hours ACARS 6 legs,
31.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 05 2006 19:27 ET by Wayne Aisbitt
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i have no AI traffic, just what ever is on when i have sqaukbox running. i dont even have the settings to high for scenery
Wayne AisbittCaptain, B767-300
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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
September 05 2006 19:30 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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Do you have the latest SB3 version? Online flying makes some damage to some people's FPS (for own experience).
The NY area you talked about is famous in FS for messing with the frames, I suffer from that myself.
And, as Carlos said, check your video card drivers too.
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DVA3264
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 22 2006
Century Club
Online Century Club
"Airbus aint so bad!!!" Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
156 legs, 513.1 hours
108 legs,
355.5 hours online 120 legs,
422.1 hours ACARS 6 legs,
31.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 05 2006 19:33 ET by Wayne Aisbitt
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yeah got the latest SB3, so getting slow frames isnt a problem even if your computer is powerful, how do i check my video card drivers?
Wayne AisbittCaptain, B767-300
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DVA3264
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 22 2006
Century Club
Online Century Club
"Airbus aint so bad!!!" Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
156 legs, 513.1 hours
108 legs,
355.5 hours online 120 legs,
422.1 hours ACARS 6 legs,
31.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 05 2006 19:39 ET by Wayne Aisbitt
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also what other things could be running in the background?
Wayne AisbittCaptain, B767-300
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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
September 05 2006 19:46 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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Depending on what video card you have(nVidia or ATI), go to their website (either www.nvidia.com or www.ati.com) and search the menu bars for drivers downloads. You should see there when were they updated. Installation instrucions should be on the websites.
There could be Antivirus running in the background, other programs you may have installed. Depends on your computer; I have 14 processes running when using FS9. To check them just hit CTRL+ALT+DEL and go to the "processes" tab.
There's a good program to shut down unwanted processes while running FS9, but I don't remember which one is it. Could somebody else enlighten us?
Other than these, I can't think about more reasons why your FS9 could be giving you bad FPS.
Try flying offline in the same area under the same conditions and see if there's still a major FPS hit. If there's not, then it's SB3's fault. If there are still bad FPS, I'd recommend re-installing FS9 from the scratch.
Run a defrag on your disks too.
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DVA3264
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 22 2006
Century Club
Online Century Club
"Airbus aint so bad!!!" Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
156 legs, 513.1 hours
108 legs,
355.5 hours online 120 legs,
422.1 hours ACARS 6 legs,
31.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 05 2006 19:56 ET by Wayne Aisbitt
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ive got 54 processors running, i dont need them all, but dont no which ones to shut down
Wayne AisbittCaptain, B767-300
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DVA3264
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 22 2006
Century Club
Online Century Club
"Airbus aint so bad!!!" Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
156 legs, 513.1 hours
108 legs,
355.5 hours online 120 legs,
422.1 hours ACARS 6 legs,
31.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 05 2006 19:59 ET by Wayne Aisbitt
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i just did a take off from KATL without SB3 and it was fine, then did a take off from KATL with SB3 on and my frame rates dropped, what can i do to stop this, it never used to do it before
Wayne AisbittCaptain, B767-300
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DVA3264
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 22 2006
Century Club
Online Century Club
"Airbus aint so bad!!!" Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
156 legs, 513.1 hours
108 legs,
355.5 hours online 120 legs,
422.1 hours ACARS 6 legs,
31.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 05 2006 20:31 ET by Wayne Aisbitt
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its not the computer, its the level d 767, on take off out of katl with SB3 on, i had frame rates of 5-7, yet with the PMDG 737 and with SB3 on i had 15-23 framesper second. not alot i can do about that really is there. any suggestions how i can get the level D to work better.
Wayne AisbittCaptain, B767-300
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AFV011
Senior Captain, B777-300
Joined on September 19 2004
GVA 5 Year Anniversary
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"Remember...140, 250, and REALLY FAST" Midwestern United States
394 legs, 606.7 hours
274 legs,
430.6 hours online 86 legs,
126.5 hours ACARS 8 legs,
16.0 hours event 501 legs, 763.5 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
September 06 2006 00:16 ET by Michael Carter
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Hi-end payware aircraft can tax the best of powerful systems. Flying on-line can also drag down powerful systems.
Unless you are running a server, you don't need 54 processors on your powerful system all running at the same time..
Use google to find out what those processors are and what the consequences are of shutting them down. If that doesn't help, you'll have to do what I do and turn your scenery settings down to 50% or lower.
Not much to see at FL350 anyway.
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DVA3319
Captain, B767-300
OLP
Joined on July 09 2006
50 State Club
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Globetrotter
Everett 250 Club
Online Century Club
Quincentenary Club
ZA
538 legs, 1,767.1 hours
138 legs,
350.6 hours online 537 legs,
1,765.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 07 2006 01:09 ET by Mark Friday
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Have a look at these sites they have a few good tweaks to get rid of those unwanted processes:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=13986
http://web.archive.org/web/20041128084144/www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
Hope this will help
Mark FridayCaptain, B767-300
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DVA1385
Captain, B767-300
E-MAIL
Joined on November 09 2003
Century Club
"www.flyaoamedia.com" Western United States
122 legs, 479.3 hours
72 legs,
282.0 hours online 36 legs,
162.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 07 2006 05:03 ET by Chris Palmer
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I find it hard to believe that it would be the Level D 767. The Level-D 767 is known for its frame rate friendliness. Like was said, it happened with squawkbox and didn't without it. It must be SB3. Maybe even consider FSInn, as an alternative to SB3, if you can't figure out the problem.
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DVA2315
Senior Captain, MD-88
Joined on April 30 2005
Long Beach 250 Club
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"www.harborcounty.net" Cypress, TX USA
674 legs, 1,380.9 hours
506 legs,
907.6 hours online 495 legs,
1,029.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 07 2006 22:36 ET by Daniel Shaw
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Maybe try restarting your computer before you start FS. That should end any processes or programs that are running that you dont need.
Daniel ShawSenior Captain, MD-88
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DVA2230
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on March 28 2005
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2,280 legs, 16,607.3 hours
1,760 legs,
12,685.1 hours online 1,390 legs,
10,107.6 hours ACARS 1 legs,
11.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 30 2006 23:34 ET by Isidoro Attie
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Something quite similar is happening to me, but it happened with the 737 (PMDG). I have a P945 3.4Ghtz with dual core, NVIDIA 7900 GTX (512) and 2 GB of RAM. I do have my settings to quite high scenery details but I know my system can handle them (it does without SB3). Ive always been a client for SB3, but any suggestions in changing to FSinni.
Im also planning to ré-install FS9 from scratch if nothiing else works....(its a brand new PC and it has its hard drives quite defragmentedd.....
Suggestions and advices on achieving a better FR are welcomed....
CHEERS...
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DVA3355
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on July 19 2006
Online Century Club
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181 legs,
715.0 hours online 1,891 legs,
8,382.8 hours ACARS 18 legs,
67.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 01 2006 00:24 ET by Daniel Hodnik
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Didn't read the whole thread but -
54 processes is alot if that is at startup.
My FS2004 drive on startup has only 23 processes going when I boot. When flying I have about 29 including fs9, rc4, as6 etc.
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DVA2230
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on March 28 2005
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2,280 legs, 16,607.3 hours
1,760 legs,
12,685.1 hours online 1,390 legs,
10,107.6 hours ACARS 1 legs,
11.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 01 2006 04:11 ET by Isidoro Attie
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Ok....41 Processes....(is this too much)?
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DVA3355
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on July 19 2006
Online Century Club
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"guiding you home..." Denver, CO USA
1,959 legs, 8,711.6 hours
181 legs,
715.0 hours online 1,891 legs,
8,382.8 hours ACARS 18 legs,
67.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 01 2006 09:24 ET by Daniel Hodnik
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Isidoro -
While it may not be too much, it may be a sign that you have spyware/malware lurking on your computer..
Not saying these processes are killing your frames - but I would look into it.
When was the last time you reformatted?
Is this a dell by any chance?
Dan
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DVA2230
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on March 28 2005
Globetrotter
Everett 1500 Club
Online Fifteen Century
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Bi-Millennium Club
Eight Million Mile Club
"Come Fly with me!....." Álvaro Obregón, D.f. México
2,280 legs, 16,607.3 hours
1,760 legs,
12,685.1 hours online 1,390 legs,
10,107.6 hours ACARS 1 legs,
11.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 01 2006 12:08 ET by Isidoro Attie
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Daniel.
No, its not a Dell. Its a custom made PC with Windows Media Center (which I hate and cant wait for Vista to upgrade, I should´ve gone with Win XP).
I now got it down to 37 (running msconfig and desabling some icons at startup that I KNOW are not important for the computer to work)
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DVA3355
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on July 19 2006
Online Century Club
Flying Colonel
Everett 1500 Club
Four Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"guiding you home..." Denver, CO USA
1,959 legs, 8,711.6 hours
181 legs,
715.0 hours online 1,891 legs,
8,382.8 hours ACARS 18 legs,
67.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 01 2006 14:13 ET by Daniel Hodnik
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That's a start - but again not admitting that changing your startup will effect your frames, but it's worth a shot.
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DVA3512
Captain, B737-800
Joined on September 04 2006
Western United States
54 legs, 146.3 hours
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Posted onPost created on
October 01 2006 19:46 ET by Barry Harmon
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Look for a program called KILLITALL with a Google search. Simple little program that looks at every running process and turns off the ones not necessary for your OS to run. You can tell it which ones you want left on, such as firewalls and antivirus software and the like, but anything it can kill, it will kill.
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DVA600
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 13 2002
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"Flying Is Life" Ponte Vedra Beach, FL USA
124 legs, 250.2 hours
118 legs,
239.6 hours online 37 legs,
67.6 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 01 2006 22:15 ET by Jeffrey Gerbert
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I am having the same problem,I have a 3.2 P4 with 1 gig of ram and a 70GB HD with 23% in use and set a page file on my 2ed HD and bought a new ATI 1600 video card with 512mg ram on it.I am running FS9 and with default 172 getting frame rates of 10-11fps and with the Level-D 767 6fps at default KSEA.I have shut eveything down and defraged the c:drive and reinstalled FS9 and still get same frame rates.I can't understand whats going one with this computer?
JeffG
Jeffrey GerbertCaptain, B767-300
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DVA3448
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 16 2006
Century Club
Online Century Club
"Git 'er done!" Eastern Canada
102 legs, 313.5 hours
100 legs,
310.1 hours online 90 legs,
259.2 hours ACARS 1 legs,
13.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 02 2006 10:10 ET by Ian Hunter
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install the latest 767 service pack, i believe it's 3. then go to your sb3 settings and make sure that the aircraft distance is set to 10nm, if you set it farther it takes up alot of sys resources to no end because sb only shows u aircraft within 10nm anyways. also if you are using a weather prog like Activesky, disable the sb3 weather. also i think there is an aircraft refresh slider you can tinker with.
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