Settings for Railworks

[BNSF650]

Could anybody help me out where 2014 isn't so slow.

[fraserm]

You'll need to supply detailed information about the system you're running on. TS2014 performance is tied very closely to system performance. The kind of information we'd need is the kind of stuff that's in my signature. Very detailed hardware specs. Then we can give you some pointers to try. Nothing, unfortunately, is cast in stone, everything is trial-and-error, but we can probably get you close.

Let us know...

M.

[jwtheiv]

A good starting point is to disable DOF and Bloom and lower water and shadows.

[BNSF650]

Where do i find all my info on this computer?

[peterhayes]

BNSF
Press the windows key plus the R/r key
In the run window that appears type in msinfo32 and hit enter
The system summary tells all about your system
Under components - display - we see what video card you have and how much video ram it has
Under Components Storage drives it tells the size of your HDD and how much free space there is.
These bits of info can tell us a lot about your system and why it may be slow!
Regards
pH

[BNSF650]

System info

Installed Ram-6.00GB
Total Memory -5.49GB
Processor -AMD-A6-3600 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 2100 mhz 4 core

[peterhayes]

BNSF
Not really enough info - sorry.
Which windows version. 32/64 bit
Size of HDD and how full it is or free space left.
The bad news is that your rig may not meet the new specs for TS2014 (see driver manual p76pp) but still try it as you never know with computers.
pH

[BNSF650]

64 Based

Page file space 5.49gb
available memory 8.45gb
total virtual memory 11.0gb
AMD Radeon HD 6530D

Adapter Ram 512.00 Ram

[peterhayes]

BNSF
Your computer is possibly not built to run TS2014 at high settings - it is just not powerful enough according to the latest specs.
The graphics card is "low" end and TS2014 NOW requires (to run it successfully) a memory bandwidth of at least 60GB/sec - your card as far as I can tell has a memory bandwidth of <30GB/sec. You also need between 1 to 2 GB of VRAM on the graphics card (depending on monitor size) but you have ONLY 512MB of VRAM on your card. BTW what is your monitor size?
An inadequate video card = major slow down and errors.
I couldn't get your hard drive size - the reason I was asking if the drive is more than 60% full then it can affect the performance of any game. Over about 80% full and you will see a major slowdown and maybe disk write and read errors. A HDD needs to be defragged regularly (not a SSD).

You possibly have 2 choices - upgrade your rig (video card, cpu etc) - See p76 of the TS2014 user manual or turn the graphics settings in TS2014 to the minimum with TSX off.
Sorry I couldn't be more positive.
pH

[BNSF650]

Well that sucks. What should I do?

[peterhayes]

BNSF
This is what I said:

You possibly have 2 choices - upgrade your rig (video card, cpu etc) - See p76 of the TS2014 user manual or turn the graphics settings in TS2014 to the minimum with TSX off.

plus turn down your monitor resolution.

Perhaps other simmers have some better ideas?
pH

[Chacal]

Do the 2nd option, then turn up graphic options gradually until you reach the limit the computer can handle.
I have an old Nvidia 9800 GTX with 512 MB of Ram and the game plays very well with TSX on and high detail, on a 22" monitor. In a window.

[arizonachris]

There are more than a few threads here in this section about what it takes to run this sim. As pH said, your system just isn't up to it. You still didn't say what size your hard drive is and how much free space you have. Your CPU is adequate, but that video card has to go. If you want to stay with an ATI card, get one in the 7000 range with at least 1Gb of VRAM.

To see info about your hard drive, click on the Start button, click on Computer. It will show all your drives and size and free space.