posted 03-06- 12:23 PM               

My question is this: would a faster CPU, faster video card and faster FPS make the planes more responsive to joystick input?

posted 03-06- 12:34 PM               

There are 2 rates in SDOE, the video framerate and the simuation rate.

These come up in the sdemon.ini file as
DesiredDisplayRate=XX
DesiredSimRate=XX

This is something I hadn't thought of. The sim rate determines how many times a second the physics are calculated. With a slower CPU and less memory, the chances of reaching the desired sim rate if it's over 10 are greatly reduced. With a beefier computer, this is easier to obtain.

Mine is set at 20. With the problems I've been having with certain aircraft, I think I'll play with this and see what happens, You may want to give this a try too.

It just hit me when I read your post that some of these issues cropped up when I added an extra 128MB of ram to my computer.