What are getting for fps with fms??

[hcarlow]

I just got fms up and running and getting 60 fps , just wondering how much better it can get with me doing some updates on my computer>
Thanks,
Herb

[Kevinator_9]

What do the fps (frames per socond) mean?

[Wyu]

FPS stands for how many times your screen refreshes every second

Say 75-fps stands for 75 refreshes every second

[phildc]

All your eyes and brain need is 20 to 25 fps....

[charlie3]

[SimScale]

I have heard people in other flight sim game forums say the same thing, that the video standard is around 30fps and the human eye doesn't need much more than that to comprehend movement.

But that is if you're just sitting there watching a show. Your eye watches something cruise across the screen or twist, morph..whatever.

When you are interacting with video, more fps will help with finer visuals when two or more objects are moving in opposite directions.

For example.. You are diving down on the enemy and want to fire your guns as they move across your gunsights. At 30fps you see the ground and stationary objects moving across the screen, but the enemy plane may be moving in another direction. Every move that plane makes is exaggerated by the loss of frames in each second.

For fine adjustments (aiming, or landing a heli), those smoother frames will help you with your control.

In FMS, I've been troubled with 14fps in beta 7...but now I enjoy 60-100fps with alpha 8.5.

It is not as much a difference for FMS compared to other 'games' where spiralling down on the enemy or a target gets looking like a slide show at regular movie viewing speed.

SimScale

[bacibear]

I am getting about 140 FPS with Version 2 FMS, but the scenery is not detailed. My graphics card is built into the motherboard. Would upgrading the graphics card increase the resolution of the scenery?