J Bickhard wrote:
> Needless to say, my computer isn't bleeding edge. 800MHz PIII with
> ~700MB RAM, ATi Radeon 7200 32MB video card. I can run flightgear, but
> it's like watching a slideshow (a very realistic slideshow,
> nonetheless). Is there some way that I can get FG running at an
> acceptable speed on this computer (don't say upgrade ;-))? I'm
> replacing the mobo with a pentium 4 pretty soon, 3.9GHz, but I would
> like to know if I can get it working with what I have.
>
I'm guessing you have Windows, 'cause ATI hasn't been Linux
friendly for some time. But I, too, am running the tail-skid of
computers around here. I get what I get from trades, risking
broken/smoking parts and the kindness of strangers.
The P3 might not be as much a problem as the video card; FG is very
visually oriented. That P4 should be more than enough; try to get the
best card you can afford to fit the AGP (or hope against hope) PCI
Express card that comes on it.
And you might lean the direction of Nvidia; that's a card that can
work in both environments. You'd be surprised what you can do when
you're not swatting bugs. Seriously; I started in CP/M, then DOS, then
all the Windows versions. After setting it up configuring FG the way I
like it, I'll never have to take a machine in to get a flush-n-fill.
And it still has everything else I need like OpenOffice and all that.
Should you get interested, try out Ubuntu's Karmic. (9.10) it's
still new, so the repos are really busy. But it's so simple; so
uncomplicated- so soild. And it does a great job of running FG!
How many FPS are we talking about?
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