VISTA AND FS9

"767 pilot" <767 pilot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> DOES ANYBODY HAVE THIS PROBLEM? installed Windows Vista Home Premium
> patched
> fs9 ,addon planes really slow frame rates about 4 to fps. yes, i have run
> as
> admin and turned off windows areo. tryed old and new video drivers.
> however
> if i pause the sim i can see 25 to 42 fps with moving spot plane views.
> video card is a sapphire 9600 xt raideon over clocked to 527mhz. i think i
> need a new video card cause its only 128mb. i think a 256mb would solve
> this,
> does anybody agree.
>
> machine specs are 2.0 ghz amd athlon and 1 gb of corsair ram 80gb h/d
> xp everything runs good about 25 to 42 fps.
> i think i could get this with vista

----- Original Message -----
From: "767 pilot" <767 pilot@discussions.microsoft.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:34 AM
Subject: VISTA AND FS9

> DOES ANYBODY HAVE THIS PROBLEM? installed Windows Vista Home Premium
> patched
> fs9 ,addon planes really slow frame rates about 4 to fps. yes, i have run
> as
> admin and turned off windows areo. tryed old and new video drivers.
> however
> if i pause the sim i can see 25 to 42 fps with moving spot plane views.
> video card is a sapphire 9600 xt raideon over clocked to 527mhz. i think i
> need a new video card cause its only 128mb. i think a 256mb would solve
> this,
> does anybody agree.
>
> machine specs are 2.0 ghz amd athlon and 1 gb of corsair ram 80gb h/d
> xp everything runs good about 25 to 42 fps.
> i think i could get this with vista

Video card while old is OK for this game, I think. It's possible that
running Vista with all it's bells and whistles is slowing it down. Turn off
all the visual enhancements, Aero, etc. Make it look like Windows XP mode.
(Which I see you did)
Take off the video card overclocking, ya never know, it could be causing a
problem. One option under Compatibility is "Disable desktop composition". I
don't know what it does, but it fixed a problem with another game I was
having. (Oblivion)

I'd tell you to upgrade your RAM, but you might as well wait an get a new
CPU, RAM, Mobo (New CPU/Mobo will more than likely mean you'll need DDR2
ram, so hold off if you can)

I don't think more RAM on your video card will make a huge difference. If
you upgrade your video card after you get your new cpu/mobo/ram, then your
card will probably start at 256Megs, and if you upgrade your other parts you
can move into the PCI-E interface instead of buying another AGP card. Not
that you can't get a good AGP card now a days, but...

For this game I think you're just going to have to tweak until it gets to a
level that works. Some views might not work as well as others and that's
probably just Vista.

I'd say upgrade to FSX, but that'll probably run worse.

If I were to suggest 1 upgrade I'd start with RAM or the Video card. 2 Gigs
ram, or a video card like a Geforce 7 series or ATi x1600'ish card.

Good luck,
Andy