No matter what I do, I can't get any fps improvement

[uniquemind]

I can't get any fps improvement when turning down/off any or indeed all the options listed in the options menu now don't tell me......that this requires a restart each time?

I am finding that the further out to sea I go the better the fps........but when it comes to the options nothing affects it at all........which beggars the question "why are they there at all?"........ok for some people it might work but for me none of it makes a blind bit of difference

Now am I missing something here?

I've tried as I've said many times before 10 or more different driver sets and they did'nt help either! if I don't laugh I'll cry

Please someone tell me what the hell I am to do to get better fps? I get 190 on the menu screen........40+ in the Command Room and at present 23 or so on the bridge.

I know my PC is not a top high end mother of all PC's but come on its not that bad either......and please don't suggest an upgrade as:

1 I cannot afford it yet.....another year and a half to go

2 The current system is at the end of the line......ok I could go to an AMD Athlon 3200 (currently have a 3000+XP) but my motherboard can upgrade no further than it is now.........I am no expert and my PC was built to spec by a local chap and a guy who knows his stuff........I don't want to get into a debate about this as its a no no as far as upgrading or a new PC.

The main thing I want to do is get a better fps as do many of you no doubt........but if the options in game do nothing except appear on screen for you to change and yet do nothing to improve matters......then I am at a loss as to what to do.

For now I am out of ideas or things to say........I guess I will have to just "live with it", "like it or lump it"............ say what you will.


Footnote: I thought that this was going to be fixed (I'm sure I read several people saying this, and that is that when I load a game after having plotted my course, the guy says "All stop" I mean for crying out loud, this is starting to take the....... only way to continue is to go into the nav map and then click the button for continue course or whatever..........I am getting so dis-illusioned