Is 1.05b slower than 1.4i?

[kamtsa]

Is the new version (1.05b) slower than the previous one or is it just me?

I am flying the Trex 450 3D and the simulator has intermittent pauses.

(display quality is set to low, zero wind and no heli failures).

Kam

[TheBum]

Make sure your antivirus is not scanning in the background. I've had that happen to me and it negatively impacted the performance of Phoenix.

[trickybit]

yeah, I think it's slower. Maybe it's better to fly in fields with no water; haven't fully convinced myself yet.

[TheBum]

True. I hadn't thought about all the extra effects added, which would require more horsepower to processing. You might try turning off/down some of the effects and see what happens (I don't have my computer with me, so I can't tell you what settings are available).

[kamtsa]

[QUOTE=TheBum;495242]True. I hadn't thought about all the extra effects added, which would require more horsepower to processing. You might try turning off/down some of the effects and see w

I set the display quality to low and turned off water affects but it still slow (intermediate pauses). My computer is not the fastest computer in the world (it is a notebook) but I don't remember those issues with 1.04i. My son also mentioned that his 1.05b is slow and has intermediate pauses (different computer, different TX, different Phoenix cable).

Typically I try new software under Norton's Go Back (easy to undo the installation). It was a mistake not to do that with this beta.

Kam

[trickybit]

Yeah, I think it's common that software with a "new rendering model" (my words, not theirs, but probably what's up with the water stuff) has more overhead, esp. since this is an early beta. I hope it's not completely "tuned" yet.

As 3D software evolves, some of us might have to pony up for faster hardware...