08-05-2006 17:45
Hi All,

When in mouselook I get anywhere from 25 fps to 75 fps reliably, smooth movement, good flight etc.

But when I am in normal view the frame rate drops down to 1-3 fps in all but near-empty sims. I get this rate even when I steer the camera off my av onto inanimate objects. I can literally watch the 'basic' framerate meter plummet like a rock when I leave mouselook.

My system is an Athlon XP2400+, 512MB RAM (yes, I know...), ATI Radeon 9800 pro (yes, I know, ATI and OpenGL, but it is still a fair card). All drivers are up to date, HD is defragged, etc.

I guess my questions are:

Anyone else getting this problem?
Any ideas about what - specifically - might be causing it?
Is there a fundamental difference between mouselook and standard view that could account for the difference?

Thanks!

Vonn
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