ORIGINAL: da Rock
ORIGINAL: johndou
I was just browsing the KnifeEdge site and saw a post where some of the guys are comparing screen rates. Some of these guys have dual cores and all have 3D video cards with plenty of memory no one is getting decent Frames per Second "FPS" - screen rates. Everyone sets the screen and graphic settings to the highest possible and loads the same plane - (in this case a heli) and the same flying field as well as the same position on the flying field ... for comparison. So far the sampling is : 8 FPS, 11.5 FPS, 12.1 FPS, 5.5 FPS, 21.6 FPS, 12.1 FPS and 5.3 FPS. I'm guessing that you'd have to reduce the graphics considerably to get screen rates capable of flying with. Kind of defeats the purpose of upgrading ... <?>
I would guess that the "no one is getting decent Frames per Second " had not tried both kinds of flying fields. I get lower, lots lower, FPS on one type of flying field than the other. But on the other hand, I'm getting extremely good rates with one type. My bad rates come in about twice what those numbers are you listed. And the good come in way above good rates.
You might want to re-read what I wrote ... this was a COMPARISON, with one specific field, one specific craft (a heli) and all settings set to the highest possible! With that configuration frame rates were not flyable. Essentially indicating that no matter what system you have you cannot utilize the graphics qaulities of the graphics card in your system or the program itself. So, with all of the great improvements in the graphics unless you have a $5000 gaming system your not going to see very much improvement ... Me, I'm not a computer gamer, I fly RC ...
ORIGINAL: da Rock
I just upgraded today. Bought the G4 from K/C Hobby in Archdale, NC at the WSRC Swap Meet for an appreciably better price than Tower's price (and Tower won't have them until middle December). And sold my G3. (good swap meet)
And from what I've seen so far, the upgrade was a very good move. I like to fly my Ultimate in the Alpine Valley. And this Ultimate flies pretty much like my RW one.
Time to go see how other things have changed. And look at painting up an Ultimate to match my WM 46 size.
It's interesting that a lot of people are complimenting KnifeEdge on how well the planes fly, complimenting them on the improved physics ... and KnifeEdge is telling them that there have been
no changes in the physics. So, how can planes fly better if nothing's changed? I think it's the old psychological factor - you paid $200 for this so your brain tells you it's got to be better - even though it's not!
I agree that the upgrade was a good one - or will be a good one once the bugs are worked out and the ground handling is updated to reflect what they've done on the water. I suspect that we'll see that in G4.5 ... I figure that we'll also see a new physics engine coming along pretty soon as well. Which will require another major change and this time none of the Expansion Packs will be supported, resulting in having to replace all of you Expansion Packs and downloaded models ... as well as that new Ultimate paint job. My guess is it'll happen just before the Christmas buying season ...
