Been simming for a long while now.  Worked through the FSX limitations but stuck with it.  Then I bought into P3D at v1.2 and have moved forward with each release since.  Sure there have been some hiccups but there has never been anything like it.

 

I read the forums daily and all the complaints about frame rates not being high enough even though there is a limit of what the human eye can detect!  My computer easily keeps me between 17-28fps and the program works just fine.

 

My question is this.  Are we hung up on frame rates from FSX days?  Are we hanging on to the supposed need to have blazing fps?  Prepar3d runs fine in the teens.  Maybe, just maybe, it does not need to run at 30 to be good.

 

Think we might just be hanging on to an old concept and missing the fact that this sim really does work well at most any rate??  Try turning off the FPS counter and just enjoy the fact that this is one heck of a good flight simulator for us to enjoy flying with.

 

Try this.

 

Reduce all sliders and while in the air somewhere, away from all autogen and airports, get your frame rate limiter as close to 60fps as you can.

 

The answer to your question whether frame rates are important will become self evident. Specifically, the difference between smooth and fluid.

 

Cheers,

Mark

On my rig P3D is smooth even when FPS is in the teens. I stopped checking FPS a long time ago. If your flights are smooth, and yet you are seeing FPS in the teens, why change anything? Chase the experience and enjoyment, not the numbers. Just my opinion.

 

Todd