Even the framerates in the video, were not as smooth as the results I get in FS9.
The video on Youtube is encoded at 25 fps, regardless on what framerate the FSX PC was running at. Which means, on top of not being the real frame rate, it will look jumpy without perfect synchronization between the gaming frame rate and the video encoding framerate, which is the case here. And, there's probably the overhead due to fraps, or whatever they use to capture the video.
So, it's always wrong to judge smoothness from a video, both when it's good and when is not so good.
That's why, instead of spending time creating videos, we prefer to give freely downloadable Trial versions of the scenery.
Virtuali,
You're right, and I see your point. Even my FS videos on YouTube, there is a huge difference. Even when FRAPS is running/recording in FS, my FPS drops slightly down as the CPU has to process the extra workload. And you are also right, Youtube limits the frames for better download/buffering speeds. Thus, the frames must be much better then what we saw in the first video indeed.
James,
I'd really love to see those specs... Of cource, I assume, that is only the airport scenery he displayed. If I add my FSGlobal, ActiveSky, UT, FS Elemental, Instant Enhancer, GE, and Pro mesh/terrain scneneries then that may put a huge dent in the FSX works as well. All these programs plus highend sceneries like FSDT KJFK, FDC, FS Passengers, and highend aircraft like my CS or PMDG aircraft still gets me the average of 35-50FPS in FS9. But would these results still yeld with that guys specs in FSX?
So James, in that second video, who knows what other FS addon programs were running? But for what it's worth, I was very impressed with what I saw minus the stuttering or maybe that was the iPhone... I look foward to your new rig specs, video and screenshots.
I have the $2000 on hold till January. which I have been sitting on for a year now. If I don't see any hardware impressive enough by Jan, that $2000 is going toward my new rims on my Passat and FSX will have to wait till 2011. Of cource, assuming there will be affordable rigs bad@$$ed enough by then...
newmanix