whats going on?

[olseric]

Ive got a slight problem here, for some odd reason I get major slowdowns with FS9 when I have alot of clouds, or objects.

I have my FS settings cranked up pretty high (terrain detail, 3D clouds, cloud coverage, etc, etc) and have no problem maintaining at a
bare minimum in heavy scenery 20 FPS+. And your PC is better than mine.

I'm gonna say once again, heat is the issue. What are you getting for a chassis temp as well as a proc temp? Another stick of RAM prolly
wouldn't hurt you any either.

For comparrison purposes, I have AMD Athlon XP 3200+, ATI Raedon 9700 AIW, Soyo KT600 Dragon Ultra Platinum, 1.5 GB PC3200
RAM. My normal operating temps are 29C in case, 39C on die. Highest I've ever seen it with FS running full bore was about 43C on die.