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Is anyone here in a similar boat?
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Yep, except mine leaks even worse than yours.
You may not believe this, but I've a single core P4 2.4GHz / NVidia GeForce 7600GS / 2 GB RAM rig here and even have DCS:BS (
http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/ ) running pretty well now. The secret? Tweaking the hell out of the pooter, OS (WinXP SP3) and the game all, and that includes downsizing most textures etc. to 128x128 or thereabouts.
The downside is the sim looking pretty rudimentary - and I still get some stuttering etc. every now and then of course - but that's OK in a proper study simulator like the Shark IMHO... and as a byproduct my SH3/4 now runs like a mofo on crack too
Will post BS screenshots with the FPS counter on if you like - am getting over 100 FPS in outside camera views sometimes now, and a steady 30ish in the cockpit most of the time
So yah, it's doable with an old rig (within sensible limits of course) if you're willing to live with the inevitable tradeoffs in visual quality methinks.