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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

Posted onPost created on February 21 2010 18:03 ET by Michael Schlabowske

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 smile

Michael Schlabowske

Captain, A330-300

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

Posted onPost created on February 21 2010 18:15 ET by John Alusik

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 Alusik

Captain, B767-300

Posted onPost created on February 21 2010 18:21 ET by Michael Schlabowske

so basically build another computer? i don't believe my mobo can handle one of the new chips according to their site. frown

Michael Schlabowske

Captain, A330-300

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

Posted onPost created on February 21 2010 18:29 ET by David Eugenio Gomez

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?

David Eugenio Gomez (DVA1933)

Posted onPost created on February 21 2010 18:31 ET by John Alusik

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 Alusik

Captain, B767-300

Posted onPost created on February 21 2010 18:35 ET by Michael Schlabowske

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 Schlabowske

Captain, A330-300

Posted onPost created on February 21 2010 18:40 ET by Michael Schlabowske

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 Schlabowske

Captain, A330-300

Posted onPost created on February 22 2010 13:21 ET by Michael Schlabowske

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 Schlabowske

Captain, A330-300

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