Poor FPS

[mbruun]

I'm sorry if this has been up before, but I thought I'd turn to the best graph forum available for advice ..

I'm getting some really crappy FPS with my new Sapphire Radeon 9800Pro (256mb) card .. Allthough I've only tested it on Flightsim 2004 (which is almost the only game I'm playing) .. I saw the review posted earlier this year about fs2004 where the fps were as high as 60fps) .. I have locked my fps at 25, but the fps jumps between 5(the lowest) and up to 25(where I locked it) ..
I'm running it on 6xAA and 8x AAF with 8Xagp ..

I'm especially having problems with the new detailed clouds .. Only on 40% coverage, tho ..
I haven't turned all sliders all the way to the right either .. :/ (almost, but not all the way)


I really thought this card would be better .. and I'm REALLY hoping that there is something I'm doing wrong so that the graphcard doesn't performe as well as it COULD and SHOULD ..

Specs below ..

Thanks for ALL input ...

-Morten-

Asus A7N8X Deluxe /GD
AMD Athlon XP3200+ 2,2 GHz Barton (400Mhz Bus)
1GB Corsair XMS PRO3200 DDR

 

[spitoon]

What card did you have before??

 

[mbruun]

I had a Geforce4 TI 4800 card .. But, I had a little crash, so I re-installed the entire OS, so there aren't any remains of the nvidia driver on the os..


-Morten-

 

[spitoon]

Ah, that was my point...left over drivers...hmmmm

Do you run any other games?? How about some benchmarks, Aquamark3, 3DMark03??? What kind of scores do you get there.

Just wondering if it is a game specific thing.

 

[mbruun]

Haven't tried any other games with this graphcard yet .. Only tried it on fs2004 .. I've run both 3dmark benchmarks, but the scores aren't all that good .. got some 12000 in 01 and some 4000 in 03 ..


-Morten-

 

[coylter]

LOL 4000

i get 6060 with my system
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=1575584


My own beast: Athlon 2700xp+ (oc: 3200xp+ with 200fsb) , Radeon 9800pro (oc: 410/370) , 512mb ddr400. SO MUCH faster than my last computer (pIII 550......)

 

[cleeve]

Those scores are AWESOME at the image quality level's you're running.

When you're using 6x Antialiassing and 8x Anistropic Filtering as high as you are, you will get a massive performance hit.

Try setting things down a little bit, 4x AA and 8x Ansio. Your FPS will go up. It'll go up even more with 2xAA and 4x ansio.

On a side note, check that review you are talking about that got 60 fps. Chances they weren't running any antialiasdsing at all, probably with reduced detail too.
FS2004 is notoriously hoggish on any system.

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9500 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(hardmodded 9500, o/c 322/322)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>2600+</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 2400+ w/143Mhz fsb)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>4,055</b></font color=red>

 

[mbruun]

Thanks for all input, guys .. Guess I'll try to lower the AA and anis.

Here's the link to the test ..

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031015/radeon9600xt-24.html


-Morten-

 

[shadus]

Also if you aren't running a 3.2ghz p4 with a gig of dual ddr you probally aren't going to get that performance either. Don't turn on the limiting also... that's a bad thing in FS2004.

Edit: also note that the 60+ fps they're showing is at 1024x768 and that is the AVERAGE FPS not the lowest dips.

Shadus<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by shadus on 12/04/03 03:17 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[mbruun]

I AM running a high-end system .. An XP3200+ (barton core @2,2ghz) with 1GB of Corsair memory, in dual mode ..


-Morten-

 

[shadus]

Unless you overclock you won't hit results near that 3.2 p4. The high end axp systems are misrated quite considerably. A 2.8 p4 is the closest comparison to a 3200+.

Shadus