>I already have my own frame rate booster. It's called a new>system. Details as follows.>>Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 O/C'd to 3.2 Ghz>Thermalright XP-120 cooler>Asus P5W DH Deluxe MB>2 GB Kingston PC6400 HyperX Ram>Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900XTX video>S-ATA hard drives>SB Audigy2 sound card>>This new system runs FS9 maxed with FS genesis mesh(9, 38 and>76m) and 3rd party addons at a fluid 30fps(locked) and it>never dips below this. I haven't tried it unlocked as it's so>fluid right now. Even when using the LDS767 with Lago Rome>2004 which brought my previous setup to its knees this new>system doesn't budge from 30fps.>>Now with FSX Beta3(yes I'm a valid tester)this new system is>giving me 30-40 fps with all but the following maxed. Water>effects reduced to High1x as this is what's eating frame rates>badly. No shadows on own aircraft. AI airliner traffic at 60%>and civil traffic at 20%. All ground traffic at 50%. Mesh at>38m. Ground textures at 60cm. The lowest frame rate I had was>20-24 at EGLL sitting on the runway.>>I know I'll be upgrading the video card due to DX10 but that>won't be for a while if I'm getting performance like this>already.>>>Cheers,>>John>John,It looks like so far you got a winner.By the way, can you please make me a favor posting some Beta 3 screenshots (in the screenshots forum) about Chicago downtown and surrounding from your system?Antecipated thanks!dito

John, How do you know that your motherboard would accept the DX10 card?The only reason I am not building anything now is... because when DX10 is announced they might say... they need their compatible chipset in the motherboard...and what notManny

Like other's have said no frame Rate booster utility needed if you use common sense and the sliders. Even in the demo you can adjust FSX to run on almost any computer that people are using with FS9.From what I have seen in just the Demo this is the best FS yet for just plain fun and ease of use.

"Like other's have said no frame Rate booster utility needed if you use common sense and the sliders. Even in the demo you can adjust FSX to run on almost any computer that people are using with FS9."Well, with almost zero Autogen, my system runs "good" but that's less than desirable for my taste. Sure, in many ways I am new to these things. So perhaps someone other than I could do "magically" with my computer and be really satisfied.

So is anyuone using FS98 with an AMD, say 4000. What FPS are you seeing. I mean if we all stay 5 years behind, won't we all have 100 FPS. I plan to keep FS9 and get the fastest computer in about a year with the X-treme video card and see what I can get.JimCYWG

>John, >>How do you know that your motherboard would accept the DX10>card?>>The only reason I am not building anything now is... because>when DX10 is announced they might say... they need their>compatible chipset in the motherboard...and what not>>MannyHi Manny,The motherboard has nothing to do with DX10 compatability. DX10 is linked to Windows Vista software and the graphics card hardware. As long as the DX10 card is a PCI Express card then there is no problem as the MB chipset has nothing to do with DX10.Cheers,JohnBoeing 727/737 & Lockheed C-130/L-100 Mechanichttp://www.sstsim.com/images/team/JR.jpg

Hi Dito,I don't usually post screen shots but I'll see what I can do for you tomorrow.Cheers,JohnBoeing 727/737 & Lockheed C-130/L-100 Mechanichttp://www.sstsim.com/images/team/JR.jpg

>With brilliant minds out there and the advancements of>technology, a framerate boosting utility for FSX shouldn't be>an unattainable dream - it could be in works somewhere and>comming soon near you and me!i hope you have been around FS long enough to comprehend that "lollers" of what you just posted..........

I think I've found an acceptable compromise, one I'm prepared to accept at any rate.Graphics Target frame rate: 14 Global texture resolution: HighScenery Terrain and water Level of detail radius: Medium Mesh complexity: 90 Mesh resolution: 10 m Texture resolution: 60 cm Water effects: Low 2.x Scenery Objects Scenery complexity: Very dense Autogen density: Dense Special effects detail: HighWeather Global settings: Medium Low Visual settings Cloud draw distance: 60 mi/96 km Cloud detail Cloud coverage density: MediumI've got a 3.2 P4, 1 Gig RAM, and a Radeon 9550SE.I'll get a DX10 rig next year, but in the meantime 14 FPS gives me plenty of fluidity, and I get all the autogen I could wish for.Mike.

>So, whats the point of this post?My thoughts exactly!Timhttp://members.chello.nl/t.westnutt/realair.gif

And, of course, the ultimate frame rate booster...Go to your local airport and get your license.Or, if you can't do that watch all the airplanes land and take off.Sorry, couldn't resist ;)Thomas[a href=http://www.flyingscool.com] http://www.flyingscool.com/images/Signature.jpg [/a]I like using VC's :-)

>Hi Dito,>>I don't usually post screen shots but I'll see what I can do>for you tomorrow.>>Cheers,>>John>>Boeing 727/737 & Lockheed C-130/L-100 Mechanic>http://www.sstsim.com/images/team/JR.jpgBless your heart, man!dito

>i hope you have been around FS long enough to comprehend that>"lollers" of what you just posted..........Please go ahead. In one of my posts above I said just the opposit.dito

>>So, whats the point of this post?>>My thoughts exactly!>>Tim>>>>http://members.chello.nl/t.westnutt/realair.gifThe good discussion it has generated as seen above. Someone new like myself can surely profit from the insightful knowledge of others who are kind enough to understand and willing share their nuggets of wisdon with others like myself.dito

Ture. Fortunately I did just that two years ago.Don't be sorry, and don't resist:) Andy 'Jammer' Simmons.