Help with Trainz performance

[conrail6373]

Here are my system specs:

GA-EP45-UD3P Mobo
Intel Core2 Duo 2.5GHz, able to o/c to 3.2GHz
NVidia 9800GT 1GB Graphics Card
8GB DDR2 800MHz RAM

No matter what settings I have trainz at, it works very poorly. It's choppy, a lot of visual stutter; what is going on?

 

[Sourdough]

Explain more about what settings you've tried....it would make it easier to answer if it is known what you've tried so far....

 

[conrail6373]

Hey Sourdough. I forgot to say that I am using TS2009. I have tried driect x and open gl. No luck. I keep my Resource Cache Size at 2048, Refresh rate normally at Auto, and no Disable Hardware TL. Also, no shadows.

 

[rweber95]

If you want to compare your results with someone else (me ) then start FRAPS, start Trainz Driver, pick a builtin route and session, and after selecting DCC mode, zoom out to max and write down the frame rates for views 1, 2 and 3. Post your results and I'll post mine.

Bob

 

[Dermmy]

If you want a more meaningful comparison, remember this thread?

 

[SuperFudd]

It may not be an FPS problem.

 

[conrail6373]

Okay guys, here is what I got.

I used the Tidewater Point Rail Intro, since the Tidewater never gave me good performance anyway.

In Cab View (1), I got 57 FPS.
In (2) View, I got 27 FPS
In (3) View, I got 28 FPS

Andy

 

[Stagefright]

Cab view: 75-80fps
View 2: 27-47
View 3: 20-35

Max Draw Distance 3000m
Scenery Detail High
Texture Detail High
Anisotropy 1
Compatibility mode disabled

Darrel

 

[Rougespear7mm]

What exactly does "anisotropy" do? I've always kept mine at 16 but I've never known what it does...

Cheers

 

[techni]

What exactly does "anisotropy" do? I've always kept mine at 16 but I've never known what it does...

Cheers

Make the picture with more sharpness look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotropic_filtering

With TS2009 and Windows 7 RC I have the same - only I change it in my AMD/ATI-Driver than I can see the result.

When you want more FPS: Take not the building in routes, build your route by yourself. Then you have much more fps - test it.

 

[JCitron]

Here are my system specs:

GA-EP45-UD3P Mobo
Intel Core2 Duo 2.5GHz, able to o/c to 3.2GHz
NVidia 9800GT 1GB Graphics Card
8GB DDR2 800MHz RAM

No matter what settings I have trainz at, it works very poorly. It's choppy, a lot of visual stutter; what is going on?

What OS are you using?

With 4GB of RAM and a QuadCore 2.66GHZ not OC along with an 8800GTS 640MB video card, I have little or no stuttering using W7 64-bit RC.

I have set my graphics details to the max, I keep my system cool, defrag the hard disk often and ensure that nothing else is running except for my antivirus software. My Resource Cache is set to 1536. I found the setting higher than that did not help the performance for me. In fact the performance was hindered.

John

 

[meatloaf747]

Have you turned off all the unnecessary crap running in the background (that auto-loads at startup) while running Trainz.
Run CCleaner & do a defrag of both C: drive (and the hard drive you have Trainz's on)..
Make sure you have the latest drivers for your video card... http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
Cheers, Mac...

 

[conrail6373]

Meatloaf,
I did do MSConfig, and turn off just about everything. I have an earlier graphics driver because the latest one for my 9800GT will freeze my computer up on startup.

Andy