ORIGINAL: johndou
What I said was that even with a very good computer system you will not be able to utilize the program capabilities ... how could that possibly make the program worthless?? If anything it indicates that you're getting a lot for your money ... just not something that you'll be able to use unless you have a very good "gaming" system. Something that most of us don't have. So, Buy G4, just don't expect it to run it at optimum efficiency on your system.
You've based your conclusions on a very specific selection of the test result that does NOT illustrate the probability for utilization of the program's capabilities.
I have a very good computer system and setup that same test. I got about what everyone who reported in that other thread got. AND THEN I DID SOMETHING. I did it because I'd just been flying off that sucker and having a ball. Only I hadn't bothered to look at the fps readout. The reason I hadn't noticed the readout was because I hadn't seen anything that caused me to question the performance of the program. WHAT I DID was fly the sucker. It flew great. No stuttering, no blinking, just nice flying. But I'd been flying before with the Cub and the PBY. So I went back to them to see if I'd missed something with them and dang......... turns out when they're on the water sitting there, the fps sucks. And don't make a bit of difference.
As for the G4 not operating at optimum efficiency on my system, I'll be stomped flat and rolled in a ball, if I have seen it not operate without anything that seems less than great. As for what the fps says, I'd suggest they have a bug all right. In that fps readout. But truth is, when the airplanes are flying, there is nothing I see to indicate that the specific test does anything other than show some funny numbers that seem to indicate little of value.
If you'd like to test anything, you'd be well advised to use more than one specific test. To draw a conclusion from tests, they should be applicable and extensive enough to exercise the product thoroughly.
Have you actually flown that Bell off that dock? That should tell you whether or not G4 operates up to expectations. And what will tell you isn't the reading of some software, but how the heli flies. I know for a fact that the Cub and the PBY do really good. And I haven't turned anything down yet. Matter of fact, I've turned a couple of default setting up. I didn't even think to look at them when I started using G4 simply because it looked so good from the gitgo I assumed every graphic option must have been maxed. But that test wanted everything maxed so I looked.
Will G4 stress the average system? I don't have one. So somebody else will have to answer that. And when they answer, it would be nice if they'd also report if they can fly that Bell off the dock if only to make that test of some value at all.