I have finally completed the Trainz 2009 visual and performance tests with the new GTX295 Video co-op card. Here are the results with a fresh clean Xp Pro sp2 and default install of Trs2009 & no added content from the download station, just the Trs2009 default dvd install with no Sp1 for the first tests.
Kind of slow content draw in, Trees looked good and no apparent masking of the close by telephone poles. As I proceded down the track everything seemed to be very smooth until I turned up the draw distance about half way then the scenery went back to the old way of herky jerky movement. Frame rates dropped like a hot potato in the hand, Bummer.
As I went ahead and tried the cab view mode it went back to very smooth again, but the set draw distance was gone. went back out of the cab view and the draw distance was back and a big frame rate hit was obvious. Then all of a sudden the trees went to bad masking the close by telephone poles. Trees and smoke from factories that were in the distance would completly cover up the Close by telephone poles that again looked very badly and ruined any kind of realizism.
I installed the Sp1 and nothing changed for the visual effects and frame rate hit from any kind of draw distance that was increased. Draw in of content was much faster than without Sp1. There is no powerful video card in the world that will fix this because it is a Trs2009 programing problem.
I even enabled the GTX295's SLI and no increase in performance or smoothness.
I am dissapointed.
I hope that the Trainz team will fix these problems with service Pack2, Mainly the Trees and smoke and steam that washes through to frontal objects.
System is a Phenom 4x 955 quad core clocked at 3.4ghz, with 3gbs usable memory, 1100 watt psu, 4 raptor hdds in raid 0, GTX295 Co-op video card.
Kind of slow content draw in, Trees looked good and no apparent masking of the close by telephone poles. As I proceded down the track everything seemed to be very smooth until I turned up the draw distance about half way then the scenery went back to the old way of herky jerky movement. Frame rates dropped like a hot potato in the hand, Bummer.
As I went ahead and tried the cab view mode it went back to very smooth again, but the set draw distance was gone. went back out of the cab view and the draw distance was back and a big frame rate hit was obvious. Then all of a sudden the trees went to bad masking the close by telephone poles. Trees and smoke from factories that were in the distance would completly cover up the Close by telephone poles that again looked very badly and ruined any kind of realizism.I installed the Sp1 and nothing changed for the visual effects and frame rate hit from any kind of draw distance that was increased. Draw in of content was much faster than without Sp1. There is no powerful video card in the world that will fix this because it is a Trs2009 programing problem.
I even enabled the GTX295's SLI and no increase in performance or smoothness.
I am dissapointed.
I hope that the Trainz team will fix these problems with service Pack2, Mainly the Trees and smoke and steam that washes through to frontal objects.System is a Phenom 4x 955 quad core clocked at 3.4ghz, with 3gbs usable memory, 1100 watt psu, 4 raptor hdds in raid 0, GTX295 Co-op video card.
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