MS Flight Simulator 2004 60 fps requirement

What is the minimum notebook video card and CPU speed required to play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight at 1280 x 800, 4x FSAA with all details at max, 60 FPS at ALL time including high density cities.

 

Um I dont think it exists. A large portion of FSX is cpu power you pretty much need a quad core, and very few notebooks have them.

60FPS is just unrealistic I think for a notebook, besides FSX is best enjoyed with a big screen & joystick and those are more suited for a desktop.

 

its a flight sim. you dont need 60fps all the time, and you won't get it anyway.

i think you have unrealistic expectations as well. i think what you really want is a sharp looking smooth running FS experience?

 

Actually, this is FS 2004, the older one. Since it is older, I should be able to get constant 60 FPS with current notebook hardware, is it not?

 

Even then, you don't need 60FPS. 30 would do the trick for pretty much everything except FPS, and even then...

 

anything above ATI X1600 will do, I used to get that kind of fps on my macbook pro.

 

i seriously doubt that a macbook pro will get 60+ fps at all times at 1280x800 w/ 4x aa and max details, even in FS2004.

granted, i don't have fs2004, but i still bet it won't happen. it will almost certainly dip into the 30's in dense cities and such. not that anyone would notice unless you were specifically looking for it with a frame rate counter (its flight simulator, 30 fps is FINE)

if you want to never dip below 60 FPS, you really need to be looking at a desktop 8800GTX level or above. your average framerate will be much higher than 60 fps, but even then i would suspect that you might dip down into the 40 fps range for a moment every now and then...

 

why do I need to lie? its not like I can get any benefits. and I did it in 1440x900 btw.

 

I'm not saying you are a liar. I think you maybe just didn't look closely enough. He wasn't trying to get gameplay at or above 60fps (which, on its own, is totally believable)

from what he said, it sounds like he was looking to run fs2004 so that it doesn't even dip below 60fps in the most extreme situations.

i can't imagine that it would run without dips below 60 fps on my 8600m gt.

i'm going to have to go and test this now. i think i have an old copy of fs2004 somwhere...

 

what Masterchef is saying is right, the dude wants to run the game More than Flawless.

 

Actually at the kind of resolution he is asking the 8600m gt don't have any problem staying in the 60s, you just need to tweak your fs9.cfg. Dense cities don't kill the fps in fs2004; 100% 3d clouds with overcast weather do. Maximum autogen density in fs2004/fs9 == medium low autogen density in fsx.

 

I missed where you said FS 2004, that was my oversight. Everybody always talks about FSX

I have no idea the requirements on that one, I just know FSX is very demanding.

 

on fsx, even 8800 GTX level cards can't bust out max settings at high res. i think the 8800 GTX gets less than 30 fps at max settings and 1280x1024

fs9 is more lenient, but you still can't get a permanent 60+ at 1280x800 and max settings with an 8600m gt. i don't even think you can do it with a desktop 8800GTX. (again, not general framerate, we are talking the lowest dip here)

 

I will tell you what i get in FSX masterchef341.
1680x1050, all high graphic, 70% traffic, 2xAA, 40-50fps when taking off from JFK
I suggest you try FS2004 on your macbook pro, because you will be seriously surprised.

 

I probably don't have any opinion, since I don't play those games. But it can't be that hard to get minimum 60 FPS can it? It seems like a much older version of the game, so hardware nowadays shouldn't have much trouble hitting those specs.

 

You are making a very wild guess there.

8600M GT GDDR2, taking off @ LGA, all settings Ultra High, 1280x800x32, lowest peak was 40fps while taking off. Once over New York it was getting 55-70fps and a stable 60fps when I locked it.

I'm not going to guess on what an 8600M GDDR3, or an 8700M, or even an 8800M can do because I don't own such cards, however, I do expect them to get much better results.

Picture shows lowest fps I got:

 

Did you over rotate on that picture ? Do you use a tweaked cfg?

 

shhhh, your gonna let my pax know how bad of a pilot I am

And yeah, I do use a tweaked cfg. I pretty much followed the Tips and Tricks guide from flightsimworld.