I ran many iterations of the new "Black Death" track. I found stuttering and pausing was substantially improved.
At 4XAA Application Controlled with Morphological filtering OFF:
Resolution 1920 X 1200, Full Screen
Model Detail, Visual Effects, Damage Decals and Land Shading to High
Texture Quality to Original
Buildings Detail, Land Detail, Forest and Building Amount = Low
No Grass
Shadows and Roads enabled
1.00.14101
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
5766, 217886, 0, 108, 26.463
1.00.14214
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
8465, 214107, 0, 88, 39.536
LGA 775 Intel Q9650 @ 4.00 MHz - 4GB DDR2
ATI HD5870
Win 7/64
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Gunny
The rotary could not re-circulate oil,so it had to dump it out onto the airframe. Castor oil, consequently, covered the entire aircraft after a short time. Even worse, atomized caster oil blew into the cockpit and impregnated the pilot. Pilots needed scarves to clean their goggles and faces. Since castor oil is a laxative, pilots suffered serious consequences after a few hours of flight. But such was the need for maximum power
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