Hey everyone,

I noticed that lately my FSX performance has decreased to the point where I think a reinstall is in order for sometime in the near future. I keep my system healthy of any viruses/malware/spyware with NOD32 and Spybot Search&Destroy as Nick suggests, keep the drives defragged and clean, and have stable, overclocked hardware working well.

Lately my perf has dropped and I've tried checking to make sure to overclocks were still there, scanned for viruses/malware, and defragged the drives to make sure everything was clean. None of this helped. After a little thinking, I blame it on my hard drives. I'm running the OS and FS9 on and older SATA drive with 16MB cache I believe, 250GB with about 100GB left, and my FSX drive is the new 150GB VelociRaptor which only has less than 60GB free.

Could the hard drives indeed be the reason for my drop in performance or is there any other reason of which I am unaware? I'm thinking of getting a 300GB VelociRaptor for FSX, putting FS9 on the 150GB VRaptor, and getting a newer, bigger SATA II drive for the OS, all during the summer.

Any thoughts, comments? Thanks!

Andy




Asus P6T Deluxe
i7 920 @ 3.8ghz
6GB DDR3 1600
GTX 260 @ 670/1444
PC Power&Cooling 750W PSU
VRaptor for FSX (150GB)
SATA I 250GB for OS/FS9

Performance as in what? Frames?

just under 60GB is pushin it but I dont see any significant frame loss from that especially on a Vrap

I would say its possible some perf from a crowded drive may be creeping in but if this is some kinda constant lower FPS gripe I dont see that being the center of such a problem

uninstall a big addon like all the FTX stuff, defrag and see what happens.. dont assume anything but if it gets better or is fixed its either the addon you removed or the space at that point but I hafta question frame issues with a Vrap and 60GB free

Maybe its time to let FSX build a new CFG? Just a guess.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc957625.aspx


I would say you either have a clocking issue or somethin goin bad

It can be from defective memory, improper voltages, heat, defective hard drive, corrupt OS files from clocking too high


That Vrap @ 60GB freespace is not causing a frame loss

I thought you were running new hardware and a 920 i7?

Is this error seen over and over or only once?

It has only appeared once but it was weird because I haven't had any problems with anything since I got this system. It's no big deal, I just wanted to know what could have caused the error, but it hasn't reappeared so no worries with that.

I reinstalled FSX and have only installed REX and FTX and performance is still the same as before. I found that a little weird. The system wasn't like this before so I don't know what's going on with it, but I can settle with FS9 until I get those new drives and reinstall the OS and everything.

I think the system reload is the best way to go here.. but please make sure you reinstall everything UNCLOCKED and on correct default BIOS settings..

Clocking is LAST



It is possible something in the clock at one point partially corrupted the OS system files and perf has dropped. I have seen that many, many times over the years.