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Hi everyone,

Just got DCS:FC2 and installed it on two of my computers.
LOMAC runs very well on both of these machines but FC2 is unusable even on the LOW settings.
Only the A10 is flyable, everthing else chokes, very choppy.
DCS: Black Shark is usable on these computers.

I expected decent running on this machine:

Dell vostro 2510, XP SP3, 3 Gb ram, Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS 512 MB dedicated RAM, Intel Core 2duo T5670 @ 1.8Ghz.

Is there a problem with this program or is my machine way too light for this.
I have noticed 2 problems as well:

1) Modify joystick AXIS tune to get deadband and curvature for X,Y, RZ
At flight start Pause/Break key no longer works and machine is locked up, power switch reboot needed.
2) Logitech extreme 3d pro joystick throttle axis not recognized (Z axis), cannot get it
to control throttle, must use keys.

For the little that this offers over LOMAC, and in my case complete unuseability,
I consider this program to be buggy and a waste of my time.
I've removed it until I get a much more powerful machine.

Your machine is definitely under-spec ... it's not the game being buggy, it's your expectations

You need to lower a bunch of settings (in fact, run everything at low) ... the sweet spot for the LO/FC series has always been a 3Ghz processor.

Thank you GrayGhost.

Yes I agree, the fault is certainly mine trying to run on my low spec machine.
I will get a better machine when Battle of Brittain Storm of War releases in 2011.
Anything that runs that nicely should have no problem with FC2.

Best regards

I have not tried BoB, but you're most likely correct. Look for where component prices suddenly 'jump' ... just before the jump is the sweet spot (ie a huge jump between 3.0ghz and 3.3 as opposed to 2.6 to 3.0 for example). You'll get a nice machine buying that way, but it won't hurt if you go closer to the top, either.

IMO, ED needs to optimize their code better because little pauses when explosions go off just ruins the fluidity of their games. And I am talking about all of their titles and not any specific one of them. Well, excepting SU-27 but even that had issues with stuttering back in the day. Just so you know, I have i5 750@3.8ghz, 5870 vid card and 8GB of ram so it is not my hardware that is the culprit.