dmrich28 Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Haven't had much chance for much flying and thought I'd visit "my" island.. The other day I tried going down to 1280x800 just to see what difference there is from 1680x1050 It's not too bad (this shot is compressed to jpg which always hurts but I just liked the clouds, sky, water, mountains in background and birds flying in this one. Stupid hobby..I've paid for 1/2 this computer (only had 2 months and already have upgrades in mind I just changed resolutions to see frame increase went from 17 to 38 but think I'll go back again. Leave comments etc as always guys. Thanks, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmrich28 Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 similar shot back to 1680x1050 still in jpg lost frame rate for sure but it is night and day in image quality..I won't ever go back. I'd rather lose the frames (since it's still very flyable 17fps) guess it's time to get a new motherboard (any suggestions) so I can unlock this POS HP board which is my bottleneck. full system Q6600@2.4 (can't o'clock re:HP board) Nvidia gts 8800 640mb 4gb ram vista 32bit dual 22" (one gateway fpd2185w main) (secondary Samsung 216bw) 800 watt Power. here's the original bmp. give me input "pros" thanks, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnip Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Your like me. The only thing lacking is the CPU / MB. My MB will accept a quad core so that is what I'm going to do. Do yourself a favor and do not go dual core. They are OK but having a quad core will be the best bang for the buck. Remember to get as high of a CPU speed as possible ($$$). I run a ASUS P5N-E-SLI board and I absolutely love it. My next upgrade will be to a quad core CPU and another ATI 3870 card to run in SLI. Just my thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ White Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Hey Dave, allow me to guide you over to the thread below where i have answered some similar questions. Hopefully this will be of some help to you! http://orbxsystems.com/forums/index.php?topic=4231.0 Russ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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