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DVA3253
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Posted onPost created on
January 24 2008 00:00 ET by Kevin Jones
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Any recommendations for how to set up my FSX graphics? I am currently getting 15FPS and dropping down 7-8 fps with traffic. Frames are also hit hard in KATL without traffic.
System specs
AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core Processor 2.20 GHz
3072 MB Memory (RAM)
Windows Vista 32-bit
DirectX version 10
256MB Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT
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DVA3512
Captain, B737-800
Joined on September 04 2006
Western United States
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Posted onPost created on
January 24 2008 01:10 ET by Barry Harmon
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First and foremost, go to your graphic settings and change your display from 32-bit to 16-bit at your desired screen resolution. On my system that nearly doubles my FPS. Also do a Google search for "FSX tweak guide" but make sure it's one that was created after FSX SP1 was released. Once you get it tweaked you might be pleasantly surprised at just how good it will perform.
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DVA3253
Captain, B767-300
Joined on June 19 2006
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"Now this is what I am talking about" Pensacola, FL USA
218 legs, 552.8 hours
198 legs,
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January 24 2008 01:28 ET by Kevin Jones
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Could you post a link to the correct "FSX tweak guide"? I am finding many interesting things looking for that.
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DVA1690
Senior Captain, MD-88
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January 24 2008 14:19 ET by Trevor Bair
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Also, I hate to say it because it looks like you've got a pretty nice system, but I think that your video card might be the bottleneck on your framerates in FSX.
TRB
Trevor BairSenior Captain, MD-88
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DVA3512
Captain, B737-800
Joined on September 04 2006
Western United States
54 legs, 146.3 hours
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Posted onPost created on
January 24 2008 19:12 ET by Barry Harmon
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Kevin, if you enter that search phrase in Google it'll turn up a .pdf file first thing. That's the basic guide I used. After that it is simply a matter of common sense and trial and error to see what makes it run better. ALWAYS backup any file you are editing and make sure the backup stays unchanged from the original.
Two other graphics settings you might try is Lens Flare and Light Bloom both turned off. Limit the amount of vehicle, airport vehicle and boat traffic because those eat CPU cycles in a hurry. AI traffic in default FSX is pretty sparse, so changing that isn't going to do much for you. I run a ton of add-on AI, enough so that I've had to drastically reduce the percentage to be able to communicate with the default ATC at all!
With the right tweaks you really can get excellent performance even from a lower end machine. I'm running an AMD Opteron 146 CPU, ASUS A8N-E motherboard, 2GB Corsair ValueRAM, XFX nVidia GF 8600GTS 256MB vid, Win XP SP2, DX 9.0c, latest nVidia drivers. My framerates run from the mid-teens at heavily congested airports to 80+ while at altitude. Your video card should be able to come close to that, because just a couple of months ago I was running a GF7900GT 256MB and getting almost the same framerates I am now.
The only thing I can't address is what affect Vista and DX 10 have on FSX performance. DX 10 features in particular may account for significant FPS, but I really can't say for sure. That's something you'll have to determine for yourself.
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DVA950
Senior Captain, B737-800
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January 25 2008 08:38 ET by Anthony Piasecki
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The Bottle neck is Nvidia, and if you are running FSX SP2 some of the teweaks do not apply anymore. If you remember the days when FS9 came out the same problems existed with Nvidia.
I have a modest machine and I hold 11 on the ground at ATL sometimes 9 with a boot load of addons UTX GEX FEX FSGX ASX, and a few addon sceneries. make sure you have the latest DX X drivers as well. Un fortunately, as stated you have to adjust the sliders to meet the system needs, as well as get rid of any uneccisary programs running in the backround. FSX unlike FS9 is a big resource hog, twice that of FS9.
Anthony PiaseckiSenior Captain, B737-800
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DVA5295
Captain, B737-800
Joined on December 15 2007
Bangalore, Karnataka India
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January 25 2008 22:46 ET by Preetham Kumar
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hope this will help http://ops.precisionmanuals.com/wiki/FSX_FPS_Guide
Preetham KumarCaptain, B737-800
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