Physics rate drop/low frame rate when Reentry and Mach effects show.

[waterlubber]

I'm experiencing some lag whenever I have re-entry heating or mach effects, especially mach. I have an AMD Cape Verde XT (HD 7700) and I finally have the drivers running perfectly.

Does anyone else have this issue, and how can I resolve it? I don't think the card is too weak, it's pretty fast and handles high part counts fine.

[ainurakne]

I have started to notice that too, but only recently, since I started to try out large Mk3 space planes with lots of parts - I never noticed it before with smaller grafts.

(I've got GeForce GTX 560 Ti)

I haven't paid much attention to it, so I am not sure whether it's GPU or CPU, but it seems that one of them chokes because the calculations performed to visualize said effects are very intense.

Sorry, I have no idea how or if this can be solved. Hopefully these effects will be optimized in 1.0.

[waterlubber]

Yes. Is there a way to turn it off? KSP has three different settings menus...maybe a mod?

[Hobbes Novakoff]

Yes. Is there a way to turn it off? KSP has three different settings menus...maybe a mod?

Yes, there is. Just set "Atmospheric Effects" to "Minimal" in the Graphics menu.