This sim is flyable with a "Low Specs PC"

[RE77ACTION]

Originally Posted by pupaxx

I would like your comment to a quick test I made here
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=22665

I experimented various setting how u'll see, I wonder why (from medium settings to high, tested also forest=0) I have near to zero fps improvement.
Is the bottleneck elsewhere?
In this test cpu usage: Cpu1 mostly 70% Cpu 2-3-4- 40-45% more or less
Ram usage 75% more or less
VRam 95-98%
very strange 4me
Cheers

I've done too some testing with my system. I found the CPU a bottleneck in my system while never utilizing a core at 100%. Read my posts (4th post and later on page 5 and 6) http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...t=22155&page=5

In the meantime I've upgraded my system (will later post the results in that thread) with a AMD 1100T processor in place of my old AMD X4 640. The result is that with this processor at least one core is utilized at 100%. In my opinion it is that some processors don't give full utilization in the graph because saturation of certain instruction sets won't translate to full utilization in a graph. However the processor is still fully utilized. Since my upgrade I see also a better utilization of my graphics card.

@RickRuski: Nice to see you have found a good compromise between performance and eye candy on your system. And probably with time it will only get better as the code gets optimized. I also wouldn't recommend overclocking your system if you aren't comfortable with it or have the cash to replace damaged components. However, I have to say that I have never damaged one component in more than ten years overclocking. The only thing is that I probably have worn out some components sooner than I would have without overclocking (due to electromigration). But most of the time components are written of due to technological advances before that happens.

[RickRuski]

I have to admit that there are some settings that I have turned "off" to be able to get reasonable game play. With a low specs system you can't expect to have all settings "on". In the realisim settings the only thing I have "on" at the moment is "vulnerability", also I have "clouds off" (these are a big hit on my system) also I fly "cockpit on" but in "shift-F1" mode (this I find gives me about 5fps extra), if I fly "no cockpit" I can have about a 8---10fps increase. I am still experimenting with "realisim" settings to see what I can have on without to big a fps hit, will post my results.

Hope to have an upgrade to my system in the next 2---3 months but will hold back until further patches have come through, don't know wether to upgrade cpu or graphics first. If I decide on cpu it will mean about a $1000-00NZD upgrade as it will be new M/B,cpu and Ram (probably an i5 or i7 system).

[Rattlehead]

Originally Posted by RickRuski

If I decide on cpu it will mean about a $1000-00NZD upgrade as it will be new M/B,cpu and Ram (probably an i5 or i7 system).

True, but also with newer video cards your PSU might be taking strain. Not necessarily, but it's a possibility, so that might require an upgrade if you switch to a high end video card.

Personally, I'm waiting for AMD's Bulldozer before making a decision. I did earmark the 2500k as the processor for my next upgrade, but since Bulldozer's release isn't far off (according to websites) I think I'll just wait a bit longer and see.

[RickRuski]

Hi Rattlehead,
Yes that is a possibility, I have a 550w ps at the moment and cards that I would go for can be handled by that, if not I will have to bite the bullet. I'm like you, waiting to see what develops with the patches. At least I can get this running with reasonable frame rates at the moment. Will continue to try different settings to gain what improvement I can.

[Thee_oddball]

you guys have to remember something...when the new intel/amd come out this year they wont be cheap!..they will most likley be over $350 not to mention the cost of the board..
i was wrong to tell people earlier to "wait and see"...any of the phenom or I series CPU's will do the job right now and in a year plus when the latest and greatest CPU's come down in price THEN start thinking about an upgrade...unless money is no concern to you.

S!