> I was talking about this on irc before as well. I am testing stuff on > an older macbook running Ubuntu, and with fg 2.4 I could set the > "enable shaders" master switch in rendering options to off, and > without 3d clouds I got about 25fps, which was ok for testing panels > and developing gauges etc. Whenever I just checked the toggle to > enable shaders, but all sub-options off, my fps dropped to about 4. > > > The recent shader options revamp seems to put me in the "4 fps" mode > even though I set everything to minimal. I wonder what changed there > to hog the GPU performance. Sure, it's an old and crappy i915, but the > change is pretty significant, and the options I am setting are > basically minimal eyecandy to get max fps. Anyone got a clue why this > happens?
I have this problem as well, and have a considerably better card then yours. I've done lots of testing trying to get it better, but I've simply come to the conclusion my card must hate Shaders. We did some testing in the UFO one day, I would get 170 fps on the runway at TNCM, and after enabling shaders/clouds/trees, still sitting on the runway, I would be at 70 fps. Over 70 fps of this was from shaders alone, rest from trees seemingly. In most (nice looking) aircraft this translates to 60+ > <15fps. I wish you luck in your venture but I'm honestly suprised you muster 25 out of the i915 at all. My last desktop was limited to an Intel GMA and I did not have such luck. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
