Military AI Works

I recently updated my lagging PC to:

Gigabyte S-Series Motherboard
Athlon 64 x2 6000+
PCI-E GeForce 9600GT
4Gb RAM

I still had the odd problems with stuttering, but found it was the graphics card that was sucking all the power from the rest of the machine.
When I updated the power unit from 350W to 500W the machine came alive. No stuttering now, even if I run FS9 with virus checker and defrag in the background.

O.k. It cost a few bob, [pounds sterling], and it does dim the lights a bit when i boot up but in the long run it's the dog's nadgers.
With today's graphics and the cards to go with them it's always worth spending a bit more and getting more power. I never thought the 350w power unit would fail to supply, still you live and learn.

If you don't have a quick PC try logging off and back on as a different user, then you can stop all the services you don't need as well as the network connection and virus checker. This speeds up the system quite a lot.

Tony

aljude wrote:I recently updated my lagging PC to:

Gigabyte S-Series Motherboard
Athlon 64 x2 6000+
PCI-E GeForce 9600GT
4Gb RAM

Nice package - compared to mine
(Laptop, 1.6GHz Intel 945 chipset, 1.24GB RAM, 60GB HDD; flying in Heathrow area the fan is running like a race car engine on a straight track while the AI slows the FPS rate to seconds per frame)

aljude wrote:...and it does dim the lights a bit when i boot up...

But your room will be warmed up in minutes

I had that problem with my laptop cooking it self. Went to PC World spent £20 on a heat sink for a 17" Laptop powers 3 mighty fans off USB. Well worth the money keeps it alot cooler runs alot better.

Mark

If you don't have a quick PC try logging off and back on as a different user, then you can stop all the services you don't need as well as the network connection and virus checker. This speeds up the system quite a lot.

I gave this a try and the computer itself definitely runs much faster. However I saw no improvements in my FPS in FS9, in fact they were actually lower. To me that indicates that my lower FPS are a result of the graphics card and RAM combination and not necessarily CPU speed or memory at this point. But that's good information to know.

I'm just not sure the graphics card has much to do with it. I noticed a huge improvement in fps when I upgraded CPUs and no improvement when I went to a higher-end video card.