July 20, 200916 yr With XP and a 8800 card you will have to use the 169.21 driver. I would see the spikes with any drver later than that, with UNLIMITED frames. You can use any of the later drivers and not see the spikes if you use FPS LIMITER and lock the frames at 30.Dave^^^^^ I have found this to be true on my hardware as well (8800GTX), 169.something were golden. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
July 20, 200916 yr Try switching off "Ground Scenery Casts Shadows" and see if that helps. Solved it for me. Regards, BoeingGuy ASUS P5E X38 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.2 GHz on 1600 MHz FSB (400x8) | 4 GB DDR2-800 RAM | EVGA GeForce 8800 GT Superclocked @ 679/979 | 320 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 RPM HD
July 20, 200916 yr Moderator ^^^^^ I have found this to be true on my hardware as well (8800GTX), 169.something were golden.I have 8800 GTS and any driver newer than the 169.21's creates sound problems for me. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
July 20, 200916 yr Yes I have never seen those spikes. Perhaps my virtual memory settings help. I also use the FPSLimiter program, but only when I am going to shoot some FRAPS videos. Otherwise the autogen is sparse and am locked at 24 fps. My specs? 3 yr old Pentium 4, 3.2 Ghz, 1 Gig Ram (matched pair, dual channel) and ATI AGP 512 video card (7.2 driver, Feb 2009). I get 24 fps (locked 24 fps) and when I shoot FRAPS videos (half size, 29.92) I use FPSLimiter and will set to Unlimited to make FRAPS videos. FPSLimiter will prevent the stutters and sound corruption which (without FPSLimiter) I will always get, no matter where the sliders are set. So it's not necessarily the video card drivers that cause stutters or sound corruption. Frame rates are irelevant as long as I get good videos. Works for me.Chuck BNapamule
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