Flyfisher
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16. "RE: Laptops and flight simming"
09-28-02, 20:38z
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>>Flyfisher, I understand that the mobile P4's revert to a >>much lower clock rate when on battery, in order to save >>battery power. >> >>I'd be interested to hear comparative frame rates while >>running the same flight on mains power and on battery >>power. > >Bryn, >I cannot honestly say as most of the time I use it >connected to the mains,however,I'll check it out for you >sometime. > >One problem is that the battery only lasts a short while >when simming at least when running FS2K2 at an increased >sim rate as I did when flying in a 777 from Chicago to >Heathrow.The reason I was using the increased sim rate was >because one cannot use a laptop until at least 10 mins >into a flight and so I had a bit of catching up to >do!That's a pity as it's great fun simming whilst flying >for real. > >Flyfisher Bryn, have checked theframe rates this morning. MSF2K2 Skyhawk at Meigs Mains FPS 20-27 Battery ~29 FlyII Trihawk at Meig's Mains FPS ~34 Battery ~40 FlyII Trihawk at San Francisco FPS Mains ~25 Battery ~34 FlyII resolution 1024X768 Flyfisher
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