flightsim frame rate problem

Eddy Berlage · 06-18-2009, 06:00 PM

All worked fine, then a problem as follows:
Frame stutter? occurs as frame rate drops from say 30 fps to 10. This occurs every few seconds. Any suggestions where to look for this. I am using a GeForce 7900GS graphics card. It is evident on both flightsim programmes FS9 and FSX, I therefore suspect that it is a hardware problem.Any suggestions will be most welcome.

Sven2157 · 06-23-2009, 08:01 AM

TURN DOWN YOUR GRAPHIC SETTINGS!

You are overloading the living crap out of that card. The "stutter" occurs when the system is trying to display too much; thus the drop in FPS. Between the processor and video card, the two can't handle the load you have set.

Try this....

Go into settings and in the middle window of FSX, click on the "Custom" button. Set everything to "LOW". Fly for a bit. If the problem is gone, there you go! If not report back here....

If it IS gone, then slowly ONE BY ONE turn your settings back up, A LITTLE AT A TIME! When it starts to "stutter" again, turn something back down. On lower end Video Cards, you sometimes (almost always) have to choose between quality or quantity.

So... Do you prefer a smooth graphics flight? Or more realistic/detailed scenery?

Sven2157

Mcninjaguy · 06-23-2009, 04:47 PM

3 years ago a 7900GT was still a top notch graphics card but now current GTX 260's and ATI 4850's are around 4 times faster than your current card. Games that were coming out just a couple years ago could barely keep up with the hardware now its the opposite where hardware can far surpass what a game needs to play it.

Sven2157 · 06-23-2009, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mcninjaguy

3 years ago a 7900GT was still a top notch graphics card but now current GTX 260's and ATI 4850's are around 4 times faster than your current card. Games that were coming out just a couple years ago could barely keep up with the hardware now its the opposite where hardware can far surpass what a game needs to play it.

Very well said....

Sven2157

**Lord Sirian** · 06-24-2009, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mcninjaguy

3 years ago a 7900GT was still a top notch graphics card but now current GTX 260's and ATI 4850's are around 4 times faster than your current card. Games that were coming out just a couple years ago could barely keep up with the hardware now its the opposite where hardware can far surpass what a game needs to play it.

Oh I don't know about that, wait 'til Crysis 2 comes out!

But yeah, basically, turn down the graphics settings and see how you go.

Good luck.

06-18-2009, 06:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Eddy Berlage Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1 OS: win xp	flightsim frame rate problem All worked fine, then a problem as follows: Frame stutter? occurs as frame rate drops from say 30 fps to 10. This occurs every few seconds. Any suggestions where to look for this. I am using a GeForce 7900GS graphics card. It is evident on both flightsim programmes FS9 and FSX, I therefore suspect that it is a hardware problem.Any suggestions will be most welcome.

06-23-2009, 08:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sven2157 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 284 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System	Re: flightsim frame rate problem TURN DOWN YOUR GRAPHIC SETTINGS! You are overloading the living crap out of that card. The "stutter" occurs when the system is trying to display too much; thus the drop in FPS. Between the processor and video card, the two can't handle the load you have set. Try this.... Go into settings and in the middle window of FSX, click on the "Custom" button. Set everything to "LOW". Fly for a bit. If the problem is gone, there you go! If not report back here.... If it IS gone, then slowly ONE BY ONE turn your settings back up, A LITTLE AT A TIME! When it starts to "stutter" again, turn something back down. On lower end Video Cards, you sometimes (almost always) have to choose between quality or quantity. So... Do you prefer a smooth graphics flight? Or more realistic/detailed scenery? Sven2157

06-23-2009, 04:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: flightsim frame rate problem 3 years ago a 7900GT was still a top notch graphics card but now current GTX 260's and ATI 4850's are around 4 times faster than your current card. Games that were coming out just a couple years ago could barely keep up with the hardware now its the opposite where hardware can far surpass what a game needs to play it.