Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
Intel DG33BU motherboard with Intel Graphics 1920x1200 With desktop effects enabled, Flightgear appears on a vacant part of the screen, not at 0,0. But there is no title bar. Turning off desktop effects allowed GlightGear to run with title bar. However, maximizing FlightGear results in a painfully refresh rate. FlightGear on FC8 with the 9600GT and Nvidia beta driver gives a good experience maximized with desktop effects enabled. I would say the Intel driver and/or the integrated graphics just don't have the performance to run FlightGear at 1920x1024. Hence the desire for more performance.
Yeah I definitely wouldn't expect it to run well at that resolution. Doesn't that game have a fullscreen mode with an adjustable resolution you can set in the config? With an integrated graphics chipset I would try 1024x768 and then adjust the quality settings down as well. You're just not going to get performance with a shared memory integrated chipset that you'd get from something slower but dedicated.
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