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Which uses more resources?

Started by vgbaron, March 04, 2010, 03:44:36 AM

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vgbaron

Hi Tim -

Between satellite view and hybrid view, which uses more resources?

Have run into a strange problem.  System is Q9650 @3.8 - 4G 1700 ram - XP64 GTX280 1G video card - system runs perfectly.

In this scenario - Connected to FSHost multiplayer session, flying default Mooney, Plan-g running with flightplan loaded - running on second monitor to LEFT of main and running TrackIR. Taking of fro Innsbruck in full IFR - in the clouds at 2100feet.

If I have Satellite view running, all is well but if I have hybrid - after about 3 minutes the entire FSX screen gets totally corrupted, bits of spreadsheets, icons, you name it. Only option is to shut down FSX and restart it.

What puzzles me is that it appears that FSX is displaying memory from some old location rather than what it should. I'm assuming that Plan-G is the straw that broke the camels' back, figuratively but does this sound like an over stressed FSX.


Any possibility of a memory leak in Plan-G?

Thanx,

Vic
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tim arnot

Sounds like the gfx card is getting over stressed. Hybrid does use more resources though, since the roads, names etc are a bitmap overlay on top of the satellite image.

Tim. @TimArnot

vgbaron

Ach!  Brain cramp - I meant to say TERRAIN rather than hybrid - so I assume terrain uses more resources than satellite?

Sorry about that.  :(
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tim arnot

Quote from: vgbaron on March 04, 2010, 04:48:34 PMso I assume terrain uses more resources than satellite?

No I don't believe so - they just serve up different tile sets AFAIK. It's only 'hybrid' which adds an extra overlay layer.

Tim. @TimArnot

vgbaron

ok so I have to figure out why terrain crashes and satellite does not.

Or just use satellite :)
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