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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 29 2009 18:29 ET by John Alusik
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Just got a new AMD Phenom II 955 today. Now i can use my PMDG on high settings at 27 fps with REX and not even have my computer break a sweat. Now I want to use FSX instead of FS9.
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA1038
Captain, B737-800
E-MAIL
Joined on January 12 2003
Century Club
"Celer, Silens, Mortalis" Summerville, SC USA
169 legs, 1,008.2 hours
56 legs,
288.5 hours online 25 legs,
221.2 hours ACARS 1 legs,
5.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 29 2009 18:33 ET by Kevin Cornish
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John, a word of caution. If you're getting 27 FPS using FS9 and PMDG, that'll drop to about 10-15 in FSX. FSX is VERY system intensive, until I tweaked it, I was getting about 2 FPS, once I tweaked it, I averaged 5. Just don't be supprised to see a drop in FPS.
EDIT: Oh, thats a great shot too, btw.
Kevin CornishCaptain, B737-800
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 29 2009 18:42 ET by John Alusik
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That picture is FSX and the 27 frames is in FSX.
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200
Joined on September 19 2004
Triple Century Club
Monterrey, NL Mexico
357 legs, 860.4 hours
72 legs,
132.3 hours online 255 legs,
668.3 hours ACARS 1 legs,
1.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 29 2009 19:21 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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Nice! What was your last processor then?
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 29 2009 19:45 ET by John Alusik
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An AMD x2 5600 dual core 2.9 ghz and the Phenom is stock 3.2 and hasnt been overclocked
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA1038
Captain, B737-800
E-MAIL
Joined on January 12 2003
Century Club
"Celer, Silens, Mortalis" Summerville, SC USA
169 legs, 1,008.2 hours
56 legs,
288.5 hours online 25 legs,
221.2 hours ACARS 1 legs,
5.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 29 2009 22:48 ET by Kevin Cornish
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John Alusik wrote:
Now I want to use FSX instead of FS9.
Sorry. Thought from what you said, you were using FS9.
Kevin CornishCaptain, B737-800
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DVA7035
Captain, B757-200
Joined on February 22 2009
Century Club
Online Century Club
50 State Club
"2010 CHAMPION CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS" Midwestern United States
121 legs, 211.6 hours
100 legs,
181.3 hours online 117 legs,
207.0 hours ACARS 11 legs,
29.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 30 2009 00:08 ET by Malcolm Anderson
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I wish my FSX ran that well with add ons
Malcolm AndersonCaptain, B757-200
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 30 2009 11:28 ET by John Alusik
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I did another test in the daytime and i don't get quite 20 FPS on the ground, but it is pretty darn close. The CPU load is what it was when I took the daytime picture. Now I just have to figure out how to let AMD overdrive overclock my CPU then I'll be all set.
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA7373
Captain, B757-200
OLP
Joined on May 31 2009
"Howdy" Southeastern United States
72 legs, 187.6 hours
32 legs,
85.4 hours online 67 legs,
153.2 hours ACARS 2 legs,
3.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 30 2009 13:09 ET by Nicholas Taylor
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!!! What are your REX settings?!
Nicholas TaylorCaptain, B757-200
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 30 2009 15:06 ET by John Alusik
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they are the highest settings meant for a multi-core system
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA7373
Captain, B757-200
OLP
Joined on May 31 2009
"Howdy" Southeastern United States
72 legs, 187.6 hours
32 legs,
85.4 hours online 67 legs,
153.2 hours ACARS 2 legs,
3.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 30 2009 16:32 ET by Nicholas Taylor
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John Alusik wrote:
they are the highest settings meant for a multi-core system
I mean the themes.
Nicholas TaylorCaptain, B757-200
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DVA5151
Captain, B777-200
Joined on October 29 2007
B757 100 Club
Online Triple Century Club
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Six Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Fly Delta Jets!" Columbia, SC USA
688 legs, 2,401.2 hours
352 legs,
1,024.5 hours online 684 legs,
2,394.0 hours ACARS 8 legs,
18.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 30 2009 17:06 ET by Chuck Dreier
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I'd be interested in the REX settings as well. I'm still using the default clouds with FSX and am reluctant to use REX for fear it'll slow things down and I'm not sure the trade-off will be worth it.
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DVA7373
Captain, B757-200
OLP
Joined on May 31 2009
"Howdy" Southeastern United States
72 legs, 187.6 hours
32 legs,
85.4 hours online 67 legs,
153.2 hours ACARS 2 legs,
3.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 30 2009 17:22 ET by Nicholas Taylor
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Chuck Dreier wrote:
I'd be interested in the REX settings as well. I'm still using the default clouds with FSX and am reluctant to use REX for fear it'll slow things down and I'm not sure the trade-off will be worth it.
REX for FSX improves FPS because it uses DX5 optimized clouds instead of the default 32-bit textures.
Nicholas TaylorCaptain, B757-200
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 30 2009 18:32 ET by John Alusik
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I just used a random theme and i have changed it since then.
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA7922
Senior Captain, MD-88
OLP
Joined on November 04 2009
50 State Club
Online Century Club
Triple Century Club
Globetrotter
"Student Pilot: "Um, Your controls."" Dallas, GA USA
384 legs, 1,292.5 hours
128 legs,
221.9 hours online 382 legs,
1,281.7 hours ACARS 18 legs,
40.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 01 2010 08:06 ET by Charles Carter
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I use the textures from REX and it seems to greatly improve my performance as well. I loaded the textures from REX into FSX, but I don't use REX for anything else. I use ASA for the weather conditions.
Charles CarterSenior Captain, MD-88
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