Hi there, Curtis Olson wrote: > On 12/11/06, Bil Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> For an unexplained reason, it's working better now. >> Athlon 3700+ 1 Gig hz 1 Gig memory, with onboard ATI >> Radeon XPress 200 video, yields about 9 frames per sec >> with the C-172. Yeah, I probably should get a better >> video card in there (It's only money, right?). What >> kind of rate should I be targeting? > > I know there are a few people who refuse to run nvidia cards because they > don't make their drivers open-source, but I have had good luck through the > years with nvidia so I've stuck with them.
Those people are entitled to their opinion, despite how silly it is.... :-) Like Curt I've used nvidia ever since I discovered that the PC couldn't actually look like it did on the TV game adverts unless I had a piece of extra hardware in it. I've no complaints, other than the pro-OSS Richard Stallman clones should just get over it, and leave the rest of us to our high quality 3D... :-) > I'd be targetting 60fps for the best visual quality. Actually you'd > like to > be able to do much higher than that, but then sync to the vblank signal. > That way you run at a solid/consistant 60hz and your system has some built > in extra capacity so if you load up the scene in some situation, there's > less of a chance you'll drop below 60 hz. 60fps? Wow, I'm lucky to get 30-50fps, although I am running at 1600x1200 or 2048x1536 on a 22" with a refresh rate of 85Hz. If I run at lower resolutions it looks too blocky on a screen that size! :-( My prefered resolution is 1600x1200 with FSAA set to 4x9-tap Gaussian, anisotropic set to 8/16x, and texture sharpening on. That makes for a smooth appearance, yet not too slow framerate on my NV6800GS... Kind regards, Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
