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Only getting 30 FPS

Postby jasotufy2 » Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:46 am

Hey, I havent been playing Flightgear for long but I am getting extremely low FPS when I am playing in any of the 777 Family or the 747. Here are my specs:

Intel i7-4702MQ (4 Cores, 8 Threads) (2.2GHZ)
16GB RAM
NVidea GT 750M

I have no other programs running and I was expecting to get a better FPS from this game, I have turned down many settings but still no result, Help would be appreciated!

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Re: Only getting 30 FPS

Postby PINTO » Thu Dec 08, 2016 8:08 am

...inb4 flightgear isn't a game but a sim

Can you post a screenshot of what rendering settings your using? And your LOD? And are you using basic or advanced weather?
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Re: Only getting 30 FPS

Postby wkitty42 » Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:29 am

excellent questions, PINTO...

FWIW: i have a GT 730 video card and get 20-60 fps with most things turned up in the custom shader settings... i have urban and transition set to about 50% though... LOD is now also must more important than it was previously... some bugs with it have been fixed as well as the formula being refined and cleaned up... it is very easy to have things like too many trees knock your FPS through the floor.. especially if you are trying to look long distances at low altitudes...
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"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
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Re: Only getting 30 FPS

Postby jasotufy2 » Fri Dec 16, 2016 7:00 am

Hey Guys,

Sorry about the late reply I havent had a computer over the last few days because I ran a fresh install on it. Turns out my laptop was only running on halve of its processing power due to some virus I had? I reinstalled windows on it, Got all of the crap that was taking up space on it and now I'm running a solid 120 FPS! Thank you for all the help!,

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Re: Only getting 30 FPS

Postby PINTO » Fri Dec 16, 2016 9:47 am

120fps? Are you running with minimal graphics settings?
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Re: Only getting 30 FPS

Postby Catalanoic » Fri Dec 16, 2016 3:29 pm

120FPS with NVidea GT 750M, really??
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Re: Only getting 30 FPS

Postby sim » Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:59 pm

120FPS with NVidea GT 750M, really??

Really! Almost Catatonic :wink: Catalanoic.
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Re: Only getting 30 FPS

Postby Thorsten » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:21 pm

120fps? Are you running with minimal graphics settings?


With minimal graphics settings, I routinely got 300+ fps on an 8 year old GPU.

It's actually far more amazing that the card doesn't try to throttle to 60 fps (which the old one never did) because it's kinda pointless to produce frames faster than the screen updates - it just generates a lot of heat.
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Re: Only getting 30 FPS

Postby D-ECHO » Mon Dec 26, 2016 5:28 pm

I'm happy when getting more than 20FPS :oops:
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Re: Only getting 30 FPS

Postby wkitty42 » Tue Dec 27, 2016 2:22 am

when i first started, i was quite happy with 10 FPS and a $30US NVIDIA card... then i went a got a $60US NVIDIA card and 20-30 FPS is the norm unless i'm flying a ""heavy"" craft like the 787-8 in FGAddon where 5+FPS is the norm when running with Real Weather, ALS and all shaders except transition (50%) and urban (40%)... even with only 5+FPS, it is still smooth but that's because all the work is being done by the CPU and not the GPU(s)... as such, i have 8 cores @ 4Ghz available but flightgear is not using all of them anyway... i'm sure the craft could use some TLC to update it, the 787-8, to newer tech (canvas screens) and increase its FPS... i see a lot of things like
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along with numerous other errors like referencing non-existent properties for archiving and such... but, over all? 10 FPS is flyable... 30 FPS is nicer... anything more than 60 FPS is pretty much wasted unless you have a ""gaming monitor"" that has a high refresh rate to cut down on ghost images as seen on LCD and LED screens... CRTs are still the best way to go, though ;) :mrgreen:
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Re: Only getting 30 FPS

Postby Captainkool » Thu Dec 29, 2016 2:15 pm

well, I could say that the 777 family really brings the frame rate down. I have been playing flightgear for about a year now, I recently upgraded to 20164.3. Any other aircraft I use, I get more than 50 fps. Now I am happy with 50 fps and I am event happy with 10 fps. I am just here to say that the 777 is so laggy but it is awesome!
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Re: Only getting 30 FPS

Postby nulln » Tue Apr 25, 2017 2:35 pm

D-ECHO wrote in Mon Dec 26, 2016 5:28 pm:I'm happy when getting more than 20FPS :oops:

I'm running flightgear on a ThinkPad x230, and I'm getting some speed out of it. Maybe it's because of some virus you had? Reinstall windows on it, Get all of the crap that was taking up space on it and now you're running a solid 120 FPS! Thank me for all the help!,

I was only joking, but maybe your graphics settings are too high for your computer (I don't even know your specs though, so don't quote me on that)? Try lowering them a bit and see if you can get more speed.
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Re: Only getting 30 FPS

Postby Clive2670 » Tue Apr 25, 2017 7:43 pm

I would be well happy if I could top 30 FPS!! But to quote wkitty42 "even with only 5+FPS, it is still smooth but that's because all the work is being done by the CPU and not the GPU" sometimes when I fly the 777-*** I drop to between 5 to 10 FPS and my flight is smooth and jitter free, But it usually averages between 10 to 25 FPS to which I have no complaints.
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