7800 GS & Flight Sim 2004

Ok thanks for the advice

"Dan" <dannot DeleteThis @shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> FS2004 is mainly CPU dependant not GPU dependant. Having said this though
> there are still some tweaks that one can do to get better performance.
> Check out the forums at www.avsim.com and www.flightsim.com these will
> definitely get you going in the right direction.
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> "Graham" <graham.me(nospam)@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>> Anyone using the Gainward GeForce 7800 GS 512MB card with FS2004?
>>
>> I just bought this card but am not getting as good a frame rates as
>> hoped, on the ground at a busy airport it can drop to 5fps! Is that
>> acceptable or are there setting somewhere I can tweak?
>>
>> I am new to this so go easy on me
>>
>> Thanks for any advice
>>
>> Graham
>>
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"Graham" <graham.me(nospam)@btinternet.com> writes:

> I just bought this card but am not getting as good a frame rates as hoped,
> on the ground at a busy airport it can drop to 5fps! Is that acceptable or
> are there setting somewhere I can tweak?

I am getting 18-20 fps with a 6800GS and all graphic settings set to
maximum quality and density, and all high-quality options turned on.
The CPU is a 3.0 GHz Pentium P4.

Flight Simulator doesn't really put much of a load on high-end
graphics cards. Most of the load is on the CPU of the system.
Upgrading video cards improves things a little bit, but far less than
it does with many other video games that make heavy use of advanced
graphics cards.

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Hi there

I am running a 3.0 GHz Pentium P4 but don't get frame rates like that. Have
you adjusted any settings from default? I did find a load of suggested
display settings on a forum but couldn't find where these were to change. I
looked in the nVidia control panel but couldn't see them?

Thanks


"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Graham" <graham.me(nospam)@btinternet.com> writes:
>
>> I just bought this card but am not getting as good a frame rates as
>> hoped,
>> on the ground at a busy airport it can drop to 5fps! Is that acceptable
>> or
>> are there setting somewhere I can tweak?
>
> I am getting 18-20 fps with a 6800GS and all graphic settings set to
> maximum quality and density, and all high-quality options turned on.
> The CPU is a 3.0 GHz Pentium P4.
>
> Flight Simulator doesn't really put much of a load on high-end
> graphics cards. Most of the load is on the CPU of the system.
> Upgrading video cards improves things a little bit, but far less than
> it does with many other video games that make heavy use of advanced
> graphics cards.
>
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"Graham" <graham.me(nospam)@btinternet.com> writes:

> I am running a 3.0 GHz Pentium P4 but don't get frame rates like that. Have
> you adjusted any settings from default?

I turned on all the fancy video enhancements I could find in the
simulator (shadows, reflections, "ultra high" detail and quality,
etc.), mainly to see how slow the simulator would run. To my delight,
it still maintains 20 fps in virtually all situations. And this is at
1600x1200 pixels, 32-bit color.

I haven't changed much of anything in the nVidia settings. The card
idles at about 47° C, and gets up to about 56° C in Flight Simulator
(the shutdown temperature is 125° C).

Flight Simulator 2004 actually has faster frame rates than FS 2002, as
far as I can tell. FS 2002 would bog down with all the graphics eye
candy turned on; FS 2004 does not.

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I have this card but not tried it on fs2004 yet. I think that motherboards
can be a part of the problem my Gigabyte m/board died recently & i replaced
it with another brand of the same spec but a different chipset. Now my
overall graphics has really took a dive, almost as if i have fitted a really
out of date card like a GF ti4800 etc.

Frame rate is hopeless & stutters like mad. I am now in the process of
getting the exact same board that died so i will be back to excellent
performance.
"Graham" <graham.me(nospam)@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone using the Gainward GeForce 7800 GS 512MB card with FS2004?
>
> I just bought this card but am not getting as good a frame rates as hoped,
> on the ground at a busy airport it can drop to 5fps! Is that acceptable
> or are there setting somewhere I can tweak?
>
> I am new to this so go easy on me
>
> Thanks for any advice
>
> Graham
>
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Reinstall Graphic drivers with newest version. In your desktop settings
leave them as default. If that doesnt help, reset your bios settings on your
mother board using the jumper or in the bios it self. If that doesnt help,
Look for a tweak guide for FS. Thats all i can think of so good luck.


"Timelord" <nobodyhere RemoveThis @nospam.com> wrote in message
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>I have this card but not tried it on fs2004 yet. I think that motherboards
>can be a part of the problem my Gigabyte m/board died recently & i replaced
>it with another brand of the same spec but a different chipset. Now my
>overall graphics has really took a dive, almost as if i have fitted a
>really out of date card like a GF ti4800 etc.
>
> Frame rate is hopeless & stutters like mad. I am now in the process of
> getting the exact same board that died so i will be back to excellent
> performance.
> "Graham" <graham.me(nospam)@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:ws2dnf2y_dTaSzLZRVnyig@bt.com...
>> Anyone using the Gainward GeForce 7800 GS 512MB card with FS2004?
>>
>> I just bought this card but am not getting as good a frame rates as
>> hoped, on the ground at a busy airport it can drop to 5fps! Is that
>> acceptable or are there setting somewhere I can tweak?
>>
>> I am new to this so go easy on me
>>
>> Thanks for any advice
>>
>> Graham
>>
>
>
>
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I did get another gigabyte mainboard with the same chipset & it now works
just fine.
"James" <air_jimmy.DeleteThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Reinstall Graphic drivers with newest version. In your desktop settings
> leave them as default. If that doesnt help, reset your bios settings on
> your mother board using the jumper or in the bios it self. If that doesnt
> help, Look for a tweak guide for FS. Thats all i can think of so good
> luck.
>
>
> "Timelord" <nobodyhere.DeleteThis@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>>I have this card but not tried it on fs2004 yet. I think that motherboards
>>can be a part of the problem my Gigabyte m/board died recently & i
>>replaced it with another brand of the same spec but a different chipset.
>>Now my overall graphics has really took a dive, almost as if i have fitted
>>a really out of date card like a GF ti4800 etc.
>>
>> Frame rate is hopeless & stutters like mad. I am now in the process of
>> getting the exact same board that died so i will be back to excellent
>> performance.
>> "Graham" <graham.me(nospam)@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:ws2dnf2y_dTaSzLZRVnyig@bt.com...
>>> Anyone using the Gainward GeForce 7800 GS 512MB card with FS2004?
>>>
>>> I just bought this card but am not getting as good a frame rates as
>>> hoped, on the ground at a busy airport it can drop to 5fps! Is that
>>> acceptable or are there setting somewhere I can tweak?
>>>
>>> I am new to this so go easy on me
>>>
>>> Thanks for any advice
>>>
>>> Graham
>>>
>>
>>
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