A quick way to improve frame rates

[G MIDY 101]

I have just found this out especially when using the PSS A320 at Manchester at night that disabling sound by pressing by default "Q". It really does improve framerates i have had boosts of about fps 8 and without sound a +10 increase. My frame rates are unlocked on unlimited.System SpecsAMD Athlon 1.3GHZ processorGeForce 2 MMX256MB RAMDirectx 9a and latest NVidia driversTest done on PSSA320 on outside view BA livery Manchester airport at night so not bad i suppose.RegardsG-MIDY

[Noel 4,502]

Do you have an onboard audio chip? I do, but added an Audigy II ($69 US) and now I don't have the FPS hit like I did formerly. You can also influence how much the CPU is used in audio processing by moving the slider in DirectX Diag (RUN > dxdiag). Less acceleration = less CPU use = less FPS penalty.Noel

[G MIDY 101]

Also you can change the quality within FS by pressing Options > preferences > Sound and change the quality level. This also has a small fps change.RegardsG-MIDYhttp://www.airliners.net/open.file/265713/L/