memphian
08-09-2003, 05:22 PM
As I mentioned earlier in the week, I was thinking about upgrading my computer. I had the following:
ASUS A7A266
AMD Athlon 1.2mhz
384 RAM (PC133)
NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP running the 44.03 drivers
I did a little flying, recorded the frame rates, and then repeated the flights after each change. The flights I took were:
1) Takeoff from runway 36L at Memphis Intl Airport. Once I took off, I banked left and lined up with the grouping of downtown building, and then flew right at the Pyramid.
2) Takeoff from runway 1L at McCarren Intl Airport (Las Vegas). Once I took off, I banked left and aimed for the Statue of Liberty on the strip.
3) Takeoff from runway 3 at Grand Canyon Airport. Flew straight until I was over the canyon itself, and then pointed the nose into the canyon.
Everytime I flew, I was in the Cessna C172SP Skyhawk. Before I took off each time, I reset the weather to "Fair skys". When I took a FPS of the sky, I lifted the nose until there was only sky on my screen. When I looked at the ground, I pointed the nose until only the ground was on the screen. I locked the FPS at 38.
The results were as follows:
Using the above configuration:
Flight 1 Runway 6-7 fps Sky 15-20 Ground 8-10 Downtown 11-13
Flight 2 Runway 7-8 fps Sky 20-22 The Strip 8-10
Flight 3 Runway 11-13 Sky 15-20 Canyon 16-20
Next, I installed the Omega drivers. The results:
Flight 1 Runway 8-9 fps Sky 21-22 Ground 9-11 Downtown 12-15
Flight 2 Runway 8-9 fps Sky 22-23 The Strip 9-11
Flight 3 Runway 21-22 fps Sky 20-22 Canyon 25-26
The next thing I did was remove the 384ram of PC 133 memory and installed a PC 2700 512ram DDR chip. Results:
Flight 1 Runway 9-10fps Sky 24-28 Ground 10 Downtown 16-20
Flight 2 Runway 9-10 fps Sky 24-31 The Strip 10-12
Flight 3 Runway 22-34 Sky 35-38 Canyon 29-35
Finally, I replaced my CPU with an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.01 mhz). Results:
Flight 1 Runway 12-13 fps Sky 36-38 Ground 12-15 Downtown 19-25
Flight 2 Runway 13-14 fps Sky 33-36 The Strip 12-16
Flight 3 Runway 30-33 fps Sky 37-38 Canyon 37-38
I will post screen shots of my display settings once I figure out how to do that. Also, any 38fps may have been higher, but as I said, I had my fps locked at 38. I'll post my opinion of these results next.
Don
ASUS A7A266
AMD Athlon 1.2mhz
384 RAM (PC133)
NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP running the 44.03 drivers
I did a little flying, recorded the frame rates, and then repeated the flights after each change. The flights I took were:
1) Takeoff from runway 36L at Memphis Intl Airport. Once I took off, I banked left and lined up with the grouping of downtown building, and then flew right at the Pyramid.
2) Takeoff from runway 1L at McCarren Intl Airport (Las Vegas). Once I took off, I banked left and aimed for the Statue of Liberty on the strip.
3) Takeoff from runway 3 at Grand Canyon Airport. Flew straight until I was over the canyon itself, and then pointed the nose into the canyon.
Everytime I flew, I was in the Cessna C172SP Skyhawk. Before I took off each time, I reset the weather to "Fair skys". When I took a FPS of the sky, I lifted the nose until there was only sky on my screen. When I looked at the ground, I pointed the nose until only the ground was on the screen. I locked the FPS at 38.
The results were as follows:
Using the above configuration:
Flight 1 Runway 6-7 fps Sky 15-20 Ground 8-10 Downtown 11-13
Flight 2 Runway 7-8 fps Sky 20-22 The Strip 8-10
Flight 3 Runway 11-13 Sky 15-20 Canyon 16-20
Next, I installed the Omega drivers. The results:
Flight 1 Runway 8-9 fps Sky 21-22 Ground 9-11 Downtown 12-15
Flight 2 Runway 8-9 fps Sky 22-23 The Strip 9-11
Flight 3 Runway 21-22 fps Sky 20-22 Canyon 25-26
The next thing I did was remove the 384ram of PC 133 memory and installed a PC 2700 512ram DDR chip. Results:
Flight 1 Runway 9-10fps Sky 24-28 Ground 10 Downtown 16-20
Flight 2 Runway 9-10 fps Sky 24-31 The Strip 10-12
Flight 3 Runway 22-34 Sky 35-38 Canyon 29-35
Finally, I replaced my CPU with an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.01 mhz). Results:
Flight 1 Runway 12-13 fps Sky 36-38 Ground 12-15 Downtown 19-25
Flight 2 Runway 13-14 fps Sky 33-36 The Strip 12-16
Flight 3 Runway 30-33 fps Sky 37-38 Canyon 37-38
I will post screen shots of my display settings once I figure out how to do that. Also, any 38fps may have been higher, but as I said, I had my fps locked at 38. I'll post my opinion of these results next.
Don