what overhead

[Edders]

what cpu / grafics overhead does this sim have I currently use reflex and my machine (which aint slow) cant run anything other than reflex, I want my mp3's in the background.


Edders

[3dbasher]

my pc's 3 year old spec onboard graphics 3.06 celeron 700 and something meg of ram and it runs pheonix and media player simutainously with no problems no stuttering... i do keep it clutter free though

[Disc]

ooo

er shame they don't make the Mac version with system specs like that to runa sim I'd have no problems neither would any Mac thats 4 years old to now.

[Disc]

Graphics chip maker ATI Technologies has released HLSL2GLSL, an open source application designed to help programmers convert graphics code optimized for Windows’ DirectX 9 Application Programming Interface (API) to OpenGL, which is used on the Mac. Binaries for Mac OS X and Windows are available for download.

High Level Shader Language (HLSL) was developed by Microsoft to enable programmers using its DirectX API to develop complex graphical effects. Its OpenGL equivalent is GLSL, and this application enables developers to translate HLSL shaders into GLSL instead. The software generated either GLSL 1.10.58 desktop OpenGL shaders or ES SL v1.00 embedded OpenGL ES shaders.

Many Mac OS X programmers already working on Mac games or cross-platform conversions already have home-rolled tools in their own libraries that provide them with the ability to convert DirectX code into OpenGL code. Commercial products exist that do the same. But ATI is offering this software — released earlier this month as version 0.9 — to further assist programmers who want some help.

The download includes documentation and a library file, along with a standalone command line application that converts snippets of HLSL code into GLSL instead.

[Dedcalm]

Surely all the Sim's are affected in the majority by GFX card, just like all OpenGL/DirectX games. My 6600GT 256DDR3 which is about 2-3 years old can run Reflex at 1024x768x32 with no problems at all. It almost manages 1280x1024x32 but is a tiny bit jerky which makes is pointless for flight training.
I am running an Athlon64 3000 which again is almost 3 years old and by no means leading edge. That said you cant expect good results running modern software on out of date machines... (not that work seem to know this )

[Ade_Law]

my pentium 3000 with 512 ram and a radion 9600 pro with 256 on it runs phoenix great. Its always 2 years old.

Ade

[Kwickkwack]

I run a Dell laptop with 512mb ram, 1.7 pentium M processor and run at 1024x 768 at 32bit colour, and reflex runs fine with that,
good enough for me to keep creashing, i mean lerning anyway