So, Nehalem is OK?

[SPUDLEY1977]

Hey FLEAFLY,
Your wish is my command.
Unfortunately I have deleted the Kamikaze.trk as well as all other tracks with exception of the BD track. I cannot locate it on the CD's and will not reinstall just to do so. If you can show me where I can just DLD it I would be happy to do so and perform the test for you. NO COST!

PEACE

[Flyby]

Fleafly? Uh well..nevermind.
Flyby out

[SPUDLEY1977]

OK,
Running Kamikaze on 4.04M with the following results:

ALL settings MAXED, including Landscape = Perfect:
Primarily 60 FPS +/- , a few drops to 37 with the lowest FPS circa 1:4x where it reads 25 FPS once or twice.

All settings MAXED, except Landscape = EXCELLENT:
(I prefer this setting since on Perfect the water and reflections really look a bit surrealistic and thus detract from my visuals)
Primarily 60 FPS +/-, with the lowest FPS again circa 1:4x where it drops to 41.

Hope this info is useful.

YOURS TRULY TESTPILOT

[Flyby]

Spudley, you are indeed a test pilot. Thanks fo rgoing through the trouble, man. Your rig shows how far things have come since the days of Kamikaze chugging down to 7 fps on my defunct system. I don't recall the time events you quoted, but I'll say that towards the end of the track is where I saw the lowest fps, when the Zero was crashing the carrier, iirc. That explosion was an fps-killer. So yes, your test was useful to me, TESTPILOT!
thanks!!
Flyby out

[alert]

Just came along to this little but neverthless telling snippet from Oleg's room:
"There will be many surprises in time. Like with Il-2 we put in engine many things that will be open later later depending of middle PC power on the market.
With 4.09 we will stop any work with Il-2. Really we did it already... just waiting finalization of new maps."
So it indicates, that highpowered Nehalem/extreme quad edition PC might be just waste of money and SoW "entry level" rig beased on DualCore Exxxx will be more then enough for decent gameplay and even the most powerful quad wont be enough when all those "thing are open later".

[Flyby]

Originally Posted by alert

Just came along to this little but neverthless telling snippet from Oleg's room:
"There will be many surprises in time. Like with Il-2 we put in engine many things that will be open later later depending of middle PC power on the market.
With 4.09 we will stop any work with Il-2. Really we did it already... just waiting finalization of new maps."
So it indicates, that highpowered Nehalem/extreme quad edition PC might be just waste of money and SoW "entry level" rig beased on DualCore Exxxx will be more then enough for decent gameplay and even the most powerful quad wont be enough when all those "thing are open later".

So I've been selling blood and robbing beer trucks for nothing?! Or maybe I just need to curtail my money-making duties until those "things" are opened later.

[SPUDLEY1977]

http://techreport.com/articles.x/15818/6

FLY: Some interesting comparisons, granted they did't test a flight sim like LOCKON or IL-2. THought you might find them useful.

PEACEs