Works fine in 'full screen' mode, sucks in Window mode
First off, thank you for replying, and suggesting solutions. I appreciate it.
The problem was that it took about 2 seconds to draw each frame. Loading airport objects at startup was really slow, too.
After reading another post talking about how on-board sound interfaces can be a problem, I went into town and got a new Creative X-Fi sound card. Did not help.
I reloaded the June version of Direct X 9. Didn't help.
I updated the Catalyst drivers for the ATI card to the latest version, 7.10. Did not help. Ensured that the VGA card is *not* overheating, ie - fan is working, and Catlyst software says that temp is ok.
I used the RealFlight launcher to reload the latest version of G3.5 over top of my install, and it did not help.
After reading your note, I just updated the RealFlight G3.5 graphics settings to turn off Vertical Sync. Did not help.
Went into Catalyst and set everything for 'performance'. Did not help.
However, finally tried 'full screen' mode, and everything is working fine that way. I can even run in 1920x1080 32 bit mode, and it works fine. So, at least I can fly again on this PC.
Does that mean that the drivers and Direct X have a problem talking to each other?
Thank you,
Chris Shaker
opjose said:
Most (if not all) fully compliant DX9 or DX10 cards work just fine with G3.
The problem is that most video cards manufacturers *cough*misrepresent*cough* DX9 compliance or the end users make the mistake of assuming that if they have DX9 installed, that their card is DX9 compliant.
Your Sapphire may need updated ( or older ) revision drivers to work properly with G3.
If it ran before, and now seems to crawl, you may have a video device setting issue... caused by a driver update or even a Windows Update...
It may also be something that may not be readitly apparent to you.
e.g. turning OFF V-sync on your video card is known to improve performance GREATLY.
The problem is that often some of these settings are hidden from the end user.
You may want to try downloading some of the video card tweak utilities to help...
e.g. the ATI video tweakers, etc.
Turn off V-Sync and choose "performance" features for your card.