NormanTaylor

WHY BE RUDE...I posted the pic , it shows a 152 over low laying fog...that does not happen often , so I took a snap and posted only for someone to reply " It Looks LIke its from FS98 " Norn

Well , I think I got the wires crossed here, sorry. With 100 + fps on my system, I don’t need at this time, however I should have set up the post better , first off : Hello all..Tanks for the welcome.... :-) Now Ill explain a bit more , I wish I could write more but work bekons.. I fly a lot on Game spy , and the many , many times Ive been there guys ( and 2 girls ) get real cruddy frame rates . So I helped them with the the areas and points I posted , and they are getting much better frames Per Sec . What spawned that post was the problems so many had while I hosted a fly in for example. **Sawp File Size Should Have Been 25 – 35 GB , not 250 – I was tired & missed that LOL The fella who runs the auto fix em up cfg web site is simply awesome...what intelligence went into the code for that site. One of my friends got about 8 more fps after getting his cfg pimped out there and he stopped running TSR's. , he could get more but he and most that seem lagged out are bottle necked somewhere , and are not geeks like some of us LOL who knows where to look for Bottle Necks. I didn’t mean any harm to anyone by my post and am sorry if I offended anyone. Once again , a bottleneck or lack of decent hardware , and the re sizing of Textures made HUGE FPS differences in that slow n older system a guy I knew was using...I posted my system , and upto + 175 fps , Im ok, and do not need to read a MS Article...Thx tho, I can pass that URL on to a person I know who could use that. The article was a hi ya , I’m Norm..also a puter geek , aviation nut as well....I spend a lot of time flying , and not much time in any forums .ECH0CHOLINKS : FIDONETS about Flight Sim II By Mr Artwick , I have always tried to help , and see from from **SOME** Posts here – perhaps my help isnt wanted , and that’s OK..Ill fly and you folks can help the ones who ask...its my mistake to assume some one was in need of help , when no one is really.. Im sorry , kinda arrogant on my part. Just the same , I thank you and apologize Norman Taylor Not at all...just a typo

I have a nice system , tho never peaked out any of my CFG files , and I have seen Frames anywheres from 85 – 175 PLUS fps. The BIG thing here, a decent system , and a remake of most textures. Microsoft thought every one had a NASA type system, so they made textures 512 x 512 , you can download a free version of replacement textures or make your own. Some I did on my a long time ago ( Around fs 2000 ) , Basically I made the textures 128 x 128 . The time it takes to load 512 x 512 chunk of data and the time it takes to load the same thing only smaller bits of it , was amazing. On to my system: Dual Monitors 22 inch wide screens 2 HD 350 GB + 1 TB ( 1 TB USB Drive at the ready ) 1 GB AT Video Card 8 GB RAM – 1600 MHz Multiple Core 3.4 Ghz CPU Asus Board Saitek Cessna Flight Yoke Saitek Pro Flight 52 Pro Saitek Trim Wheel 50 watt Subwoofer System Sound Blaster Sound Card Saitek Gaming Keyboard Generic Mouse So yeah the system must be half way decent, now it took me a while to build this , all components were not bought over night. A good idea is the web site ( cant find the name or url , sorry ) where you upload your fsx.cfg file, it makes some changes and ya download the newly configured cfg fiile – FREE That alone added a nice speed increase for me. I first got a system in 1976 , I taught myself to program back when , since there was no stores to buy software , I have a good understanding of how programing and general things work. Flight Simulator likes 3 things 1 CPU Speed 2 Video RAM 3 System RAM And not in that order.... Now tweak your system, and do NOT FORGET to defrag using a program that also sorts files , mine is made by O&O ( I think ) , make SURE you have no lil things on your task bar, the more you have well lets put it this way , they are opened programs. They TAKE your RAM away , by disabling them ( Called TSR or Terminal Stay Resident ) they chew bandwidth from your cpu / eat RAM...get rid of them. Do as I have said , not the hardware upgrades but if you do what I said you could be looking at a 10 – 30 fps upgrade . I am writing a program to close all open programs, I hope to release soon. Try your best to get better hardware, buying used isn’t bad make sure its Used not abused . In closing by adding some better hardware over time, make sure you have 250 GB FREE at all times ( Windows – All Versions require swap space of 250 gb .This is a decent amount of space to start with , if you don’t have a large drive, try putting FSX on another drive , keeping in mind all the software tips I gave you. I’ve seen my frames shoot up to 175 Plus...yeah IM happy , now you can be too or at least a 30 % increase ! Good Luck , post here and let me know how it went. Thank You Norman Taylor - Ham Operatror