shadows off-dubbled my framerate!

[CH_RoadDogg]

Shadows/Grass/Mirror/Higher Resolution are all FPS hogs.

[White Owl]

It all depends on your particular system. Shadows absolutely kill my framerate, and even when I tried playing with them on they looked terrible... flickering, shimmering, fuzzy edged shadows everywhere. On the other hand, I didn't see much FPS drop at all with the mirror, grass, and trees on. Catalyst AI was a problem; turned that off and gained 15 FPS.

[David198502]

i had that flickering too.but i have to admit that it looked better with shadows on.but now im able to play over big cities.its soo much smoother now,that every motion from either my view inside the cockpit,or from other planes look totally different.also the tracers are now much better visible and with a longer range.it just looks more convincing when its about combat.its much easier to aim as well.i just wonder why i believed the manual and let the shadows on all the time.i tweaked around with my settings for days,but never considered to turn the shadows off.trees and grass have only a minor impact on my performance.and i have to confess that i like the grass feature.

[Helrza]

try turning ur land shading down to low as well david, see the difference it makes again

[ATAG_Doc]

Originally Posted by CH_RoadDogg

Shadows/Grass/Mirror/Higher Resolution are all FPS hogs.

+16 yep hogs