ShuRugal Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 I've noticed that my frame rate drops enormously on maps with inclement weather. Clear-weather maps i can run just fine at 1440x900 and manage around 12-16 fps. but on a cloudy map, and especially on a rainy one, the dropoff is so bad as to make the game unplayable. I recall reading somewhere on these fora that the engine in BS2 does not make use of both processors in dual-core machines. Is this true? If so, why has this not been fixed? I realize that my laptop is not a high-end gaming power-house by today's standards, but it is still the most powerful machine i have owned by a factor of two or three, and should have no trouble with a program like this. I'd love to buy a new laptop, but doing so would cost somewhere around two to four times my current liquid worth, and as such is a long ways down the road. Is there any setting to tone down the weather effects? I've got everything except screen resolution and cockpit gauges set on minimum settings (and i don't think i'd notice even if i did turn them up, i'm focusing on flying the helicopter, not how pretty everything looks)
StoOopiD Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 So what kind of labtop do u got? what version of blackshark are u running? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Crosshair VIII hero wifi, 3800x w/ Enermax 360 AIO cooler (push-pull), 32gigs DDR4 Ripjaws 3600, Win 10 home on a Plextor PCI-E x4 3gb/s HD, EVGA 2070 Super FTW3 ultra+, Soundblaster Z Rift S, M$FFB2, CH Pro throttle, Saitek pedals BS2, A10C, P51D, SPITFIRE, FC3, Uh-1H, F86, Mi-8MTV2, SA342, MIG21-bis, AV8BNA, F14, F16, FA-18C, SUPERCARRIER
Weta43 Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 As someone who till relatively recently had a fairly middle of the road video card, I'd say that while DCS/FC are generally CPU bottlenecked, full overcast is the exception to this rule if your card's not great. If you're playing SP, you could open the mission in the ME & turn the cloud cover down till you get a playable frame-rate. Cheers.
ShuRugal Posted February 27, 2012 Author Posted February 27, 2012 So what kind of labtop do u got? what version of blackshark are u running? HP DV7t-1000 Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz 4GB DDR2 nVidia GForce 9600M-GT W/512 MB
lanmancz Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 I also notice big fps drop if I run a map with cloudy weather. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Elite, Intel i9 9900K, Fractal Design Kelvin S36, Zotac GTX 1070 8GB AMP Extreme, 32GB DDR4 HyperX CL15 Predator Series @ 3000 MHz, Kingston SSD 240GB (OS), Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2 NVMe (sim), Fractal Design Define R5 Black Window, EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2, Win 10 Home x64, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals, Thrustmaster MFD Cougar Pack, TrackIR (DelanClip), 3x 27" BenQ EW2740L, Oculus Rift S
Slazi Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 If you get the chance to upgrade sometime down the road, don't get a laptop for gaming. The top end ones can do it, but its far more sensible to buy a desktop if you have the space. I live in Tokyo, and I could still fit 2 desktops into my tiny apartment, although my wife wasn't so happy about it. $1400 will build you a really nice gaming PC.
ShuRugal Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 haven't the space and require portability, has to be a laptop.
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