Help with new system...

[Guest]

Hello folks I am new here, great website and super library. anyway, I currently have a PIII 550 with 192M PC133 and an ASUS GF2 GTS, and needless to say, i get a horrible framerate on FS2002. Not only the framerate, but the game's jerky too, guess because of the CPU. with medium and even low settings i get about 10-15fps @800-600. Now i'm going to upgrade to an AMD 2200+ and get an ASUS A7N8X (with nF2) and perhaps 2x256M DDR 333 (since the a7n8x is dual-channel). Folks, do you think that i will see quite a significant improvement? If anyone has a similar rig what fps does he get a maximum sliders and 1024*768? I am going to remain with the same GF2 however, as unfortunately i do not have that much money to spend. :(One last question: Would you suggest DDR 400 instead of 333? I have heard and read that the 333 gives better specs. Please help me. Thanks a lot, I look forward to a smooth FS2002.

[SteveLewis]

I just upgraded from a AMD 900Mhz with 640 Mb of PC133 RAM to a new Pentium P4 2.4 Ghz 512 Mb PC2100 DDR Ram and here's what I experienced: Frame rates before were around 10-12 consistently with some sliders maxed but with no autogen and AI at 33%. I had BiLinear filtering as my only hardware option. I now run in the low 30 fps range (32-33 fps) with everything to the max including Multi textures, anti alaising, etc. I skipped AMD this time (had AMDs the last 3 PCs - 100, 400, 900) due to my desire to be ready for FS2004 (You don't need a P4 for it but, who knows?). I have an Intel mother board (I asked for a ASUS but my builder couldn't get one) and I must say it seems to be extremely stable. So far, I'm very, very happy with my choice. Essentially, I got an entire new box, pwr supply, 80Gb 7200 RPM hard drive, disk drive, etc -- everything but my Soundblaster Live 5.1 card that I moved from the old box -- for around $1,000.

[fbobum]

As it happens, I just upgraded to an AMD 2200, KT7N2(nF2) with 2 x 256 PC2700 DDR; although the video card is a MSI GF Ti4200 128MB. My fps are consistently in the mid/upper 30's. I'm quite pleased with the results.Rick