JonMyrlennBailey
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consistently gives 60 FPS even when trains are running full speed in line-side camera view, all games settings are maxed out (including anti-aliasing and draw distance) and there is a high density of 3D scenery on the route like 2,000 combined static cars, people, animals, aircraft and trucks within a 5,000 foot radius.
5,000 feet is max draw for TS12.
For Trainz editions I have TS12 boxed, and T:ANE SP1 boxed in mind. My PC should even give that kind of performance
in TMR2017 should I ever decide to venture into it.
I also have a Microsoft flight sim and I play no "shoot-em-up" arcade games of any kind.
It is all about getting the best sound (surround sound 5.1), the least stutter and the best graphics detail:
60 FPS is everything in the gaming world. It is equivalent to "horsepower" in the muscle car world.
Will Intel i5 latest generation suffice or is top-end Trainz performance dependent upon something like an i7?
Will overclocking be a must to get the very best out of Trainz?
I got a quote for a new "gaming PC" from a local computer dealer. He said the advantage of a custom built PC from his shop
is a two-year warranty from the shop and technical support.
He proposed a custom-shop-built machine to me (about $1,200 OTD) that is based on the latest generation of i5 that he
"claims" would easily give 60 FPS on any game out there and still might be "overkill"
for any train simulator. I told him its always better to have too much hardware
gumption than not enough.
He said this proposed rig would be future-proof.
Plain black tower case, no liquid cooling and nothing flashy. Hollywood light shows have no bearing as to whether
my red/gray EssPee loco jitters on the screen or not. I want to see trains rolling along with life-like smoothness and not a light show.
I want to invest my money in the best possible on-screen sim performance.
He said this machine would be only air-cooled and not overclocked.
It would have a 650 watt power supply and a slick new form-factor SS hard drive right on the mobo.
I would hate to spend a lot of money with disappointing results.
I don't want to be handicapped by hardware or OS in anyway.
Perhaps any given Trainz program ever made can even be handicapped by virtue of
software design. But I don't want frame rate or audio performance to suffer
solely on account of the guts (hardware) under the hood (CPU tower case).
I don't want to spend money on a hardware boondoggle also.
In other words, for an extra $1,200 in a new PC investment, my TS12 trains better roll along with no stutter
even through a town with 1,000 3D static automobiles parked nearby.
5,000 feet is max draw for TS12.
For Trainz editions I have TS12 boxed, and T:ANE SP1 boxed in mind. My PC should even give that kind of performance
in TMR2017 should I ever decide to venture into it.
I also have a Microsoft flight sim and I play no "shoot-em-up" arcade games of any kind.
It is all about getting the best sound (surround sound 5.1), the least stutter and the best graphics detail:
60 FPS is everything in the gaming world. It is equivalent to "horsepower" in the muscle car world.
Will Intel i5 latest generation suffice or is top-end Trainz performance dependent upon something like an i7?
Will overclocking be a must to get the very best out of Trainz?
I got a quote for a new "gaming PC" from a local computer dealer. He said the advantage of a custom built PC from his shop
is a two-year warranty from the shop and technical support.
He proposed a custom-shop-built machine to me (about $1,200 OTD) that is based on the latest generation of i5 that he
"claims" would easily give 60 FPS on any game out there and still might be "overkill"
for any train simulator. I told him its always better to have too much hardware
gumption than not enough.
He said this proposed rig would be future-proof.
Plain black tower case, no liquid cooling and nothing flashy. Hollywood light shows have no bearing as to whether
my red/gray EssPee loco jitters on the screen or not. I want to see trains rolling along with life-like smoothness and not a light show.
I want to invest my money in the best possible on-screen sim performance.
He said this machine would be only air-cooled and not overclocked.
It would have a 650 watt power supply and a slick new form-factor SS hard drive right on the mobo.
I would hate to spend a lot of money with disappointing results.
I don't want to be handicapped by hardware or OS in anyway.
Perhaps any given Trainz program ever made can even be handicapped by virtue of
software design. But I don't want frame rate or audio performance to suffer
solely on account of the guts (hardware) under the hood (CPU tower case).
I don't want to spend money on a hardware boondoggle also.
In other words, for an extra $1,200 in a new PC investment, my TS12 trains better roll along with no stutter
even through a town with 1,000 3D static automobiles parked nearby.
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