n00b needs help: few performance diff. between low and high

[palvas]

My specs are in signature: usually i make 40 fps on the channel and 26 on ground,with stuttering ecc.
With settings in VERY LOW ,shadows,trees and buildings off,i don't notice any important difference: 50 on water and 34-30 on ground,stuttering always present (sometimes less,sometimes more. FPS number very confusing: it goes from 30 to 11). It's not a complaining/rant.
I tried everything (ini,epilepsy filter thing,aero thing ecc.). People and friends with worse pc than mine make 70 fps on water on high.
I have the impression that i've missed something ? PC specs too low ?

[Ataros]

Do you have 1gb vram at least? You will have stutters till you overclock to at least 3.5 Ghz imho 2.8 is slooooow to process all the load. Buy a good cooling system and do it.

Try my settings and a link in my sig first though.

[tf_neuro]

I would suggest, don't look at the raw numbers. A game can be smooth and enjoyable at 15FPS, or sluggish and stutterish at 50... I mean FPS is one indicator, not a goal. Your goal should be a smooth playable game, regardless of FPS.

That being said, the problem may be the video RAM on your card. I have 460GSX with 2GB of memory and my game is playable at medium settings (except trees and buildings, low)

FPS can vary from 14/17FPS parked on the ground, up to some 40+ FPS flying over the ocean. Flying low over land it usually goes up and down between 16 and 25.
Some would say that those numbers are low (they are, the cause is Triple Head) but I find my game smooth and enjoyable, so I guess 16/25FPS can be good enough, at least on some systems. What im trying to say is don't look at the FPS... at least don't look *only* at that, but focus on smoothness and playability instead.

[Helrza]

Ive posted 3 things for u to try mate. Working well for me atm

Chuck ur res down to 1280x800 and turn on AA x8

Replace these in your config.ini mate

[rts]
tickLen=30
ProcessAffinityMask=15
maxTimerTicksInRealTick=20
; 0 - not use, 1 - show cursor and not capture, 2 - not show cursor, and capture
mouseUse=2
; 0 - not use, 1 - use if hardware exist
joyUse=1
; 0 - not use, 1 - use if hardware exist
trackIRUse=0
DisableIME=0
culture=en-GB

[rts_mouse]
SensitivityX=1.0
SensitivityY=1.0
SensitivityZ=1.0
Invert=0
SwapButtons = 0

[rts_joystick]
FF=1

[core]
RandSeed = 0
TexQual=3
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=0
Shadows=0
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
LandShading=0
LandDetails=0
Sky=3
Forest=2
VisibilityDistance=4
LandGeom=2
DrawCollisions=1
Water=-1
Effects=2
EffFlags.Light=1
EffFlags.SpriteRender=0
Grass=-1
CordEffect=1
UseFog=0
UseLandCube=1
UseLandConnectedObject=1
LinearObjectManager=1
Roads=1
Sun=1
Clouds=1
EffFlags.LightSpritesProj=1
ShadowMapSize=5
TexFlags.AsyncLoad=1
TexFlags.ShowTexture=0
SimpleMesh.SWTransform=0
SimpleMesh.QuadTreeClip=1
SimpleMesh.InstancingHW=1
EffFlags.LightContextSprites=1
CloudsFlags.Detailed=1
TexFlags.CreateHDR=1
Decals=2
EffFlags.SWLight=0
TexFlags.CockpitOnePass=0
MegaTexture=0
TexFlags.Reflection=0
RenderTargetQual=3
MSAA=4
MeshStatics=2
MeshStaticsDetail=0
SimpleMesh.QTNoCompose=0
MeshFirstLod=0
MeshShowLod=0
SpawnHumans=0
TexFlags.FastTransparency=1

And chuck these settings in your nvidia control panel mate.

http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab26/Bazwell/nvidia.jpg

Also, disable clouds in your realism settings.

Let me know if it helps :)

[palvas]

Thanks to all of you :) i'll try the ini first and maybe tomorrow i'll try to overcloack with the help of a friend :)