Re: [Flightgear-devel] Shaders and ATI Radeon HD 4670

[Jari H. <ja...@fl...>]

On 2011-06-25 16.06, Vivian Meazza wrote:
> The most _likely_ cause is the ATI Radeon HD 4670/256 MB VRAM. The GeForce
> 8600M GT is known to be better at handling shaders. 256 Mb VRAM is in both
> cases a bit small for FG nowadays. There are other possible contributors to
> a low framerate - AI traffic is one.
>
> 60 fps could be a maximum if you are using this option -
>
> --prop:/sim/frame-rate-throttle-hz=60
>
> It might well be on by default.

I am not using the frame-rate-throttle option but I tried it with a 
lower limit. This will naturally decrease the frame rate so it seems 
like 60 is a limiting number.

I have to decide if the 3D clouds are worth a graphics card upgrade. 
Thanks for the response.

Jari