Simviation Forum - Why I get 50+ FPS in FSX, and you might not!

Reply #30 - Jan 6^th, 2010 at 2:57am

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I know

I was planning to buy Raptor but for some time now I'm reading around that Black has similar performances because high areal density or something like that. So, I'll probably go with that one, 1,7GB more space Wink

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Reply #31 - Jan 6^th, 2010 at 4:28am

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Good - and you can save some money too!

I've been following this discussion on another forum:

http://forums1.avsim.net/index.phpshowtopic=270561&st=0I

Interesting perspectives I think...

- and here's a test:

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3055/western_digital_caviar_black_2tb_hard_disk...

Maybe I'll get these darn illusive +50 FPS soon.

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Reply #32 - Jan 6^th, 2010 at 4:58am

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RaptorF22 wrote on Jan 5^th, 2010 at 4:04pm:

snippyfsxer wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 6:42pm:

RaptorF22 wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 5:43pm:

I don't quite know how to explain it, but I'm having FSX stop for split seconds and run smooth in between that. How do I fix this?

I think that might be the Hard Drive. Try defragmenting using O&O

I defraged with the default one, is that ok?
It helped, but it's still noticeable.

Do you have Target Framerate set to unlimited? If so, that might be the problem because your FPS are jumping all over the place, so set it to whatever you average is and see if that fixes it.

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Reply #33 - Jan 6^th, 2010 at 5:06am

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Oh yes, I also have target framerate locked at 30, because I get stutters if set to unlimited because this fluctuating thing and i7 (jumping from 20 to 60 for example). When I lock them it's smooth, no stutters.

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Reply #34 - Jan 6^th, 2010 at 9:27am

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Tomaz wrote on Jan 6^th, 2010 at 5:06am:

Oh yes, I also have target framerate locked at 30, because I get stutters if set to unlimited because this fluctuating thing and i7 (jumping from 20 to 60 for example). When I lock them it's smooth, no stutters.

I suspect we probably get similar performance on a single screen, except that my wide angle view costs me at least 10 fps...so in your worst case scenario, with sliders maxxed, if you get about 19, I would get about 10. As a result, I'm running at 50% traffic and very dense autogen (as oppossed to extremely dense), but I do like to have 10% car traffic, because it just is way cool! One of my major performance limiters is my LOD_RADIUS, which I have at 7.5. If I put it any lower than that, it is very noticible and annoying to me...but that probably costs me a dozen frames per second right there. It is just a matter of taste, afterall.
I'm tuned with the Nick guides, but stutters are still the bane of my simulation even when using something like fps_limiter. I'm hoping a hard drive upgrade will fix some of that, but as usual, I'm probably wrong!

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Reply #35 - Jan 17^th, 2010 at 2:04pm

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RaptorF22 wrote on Jan 5^th, 2010 at 4:04pm:

snippyfsxer wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 6:42pm:

RaptorF22 wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 5:43pm:

I don't quite know how to explain it, but I'm having FSX stop for split seconds and run smooth in between that. How do I fix this?

I think that might be the Hard Drive. Try defragmenting using O&O

I defraged with the default one, is that ok?
It helped, but it's still noticeable.

Do you have Target Framerate set to unlimited? If so, that might be the problem because your FPS are jumping all over the place, so set it to whatever you average is and see if that fixes it.

Thanks, that fixed that.
Sorry for the late response, haven't been on FSX or SimV much lately.

Now i just have to wait for my new joystick to come!!!! Angry

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Reply #36 - Jan 20^th, 2010 at 3:39am

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dharris wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2010 at 9:46pm:

Well I have environments, land mesh enhancements hd aircraft and hd clouds and run most settings full right except traffic, half way for those,

32 bit system so no dx10

but she flys smooth as glass.

Am I missing something here? I have a 32 bit OS and DX-10 runs fine. Huh

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Reply #37 - Jan 20^th, 2010 at 5:24am

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You are required to have DX10 or later compatible hardware as well as Windows Vista or Windows 7 to be able to access the Direct X 10 Preview mode in MSFS.

32 bit / 64 bit makes no difference in this regard.

http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/1291fps.jpg

But seriously, try not to aim for super-high framerates because they more often than not can cause the terrain engine to fall behind leading to bad looking terrain. Locking the Frames at 20 to 30 fps might yield a better result.

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Reply #38 - Jan 20^th, 2010 at 2:31pm

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Why I get 50+ FPS in FSX, and you might not!

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LOL

Because I set up my system with low quality settings that makes FSX look like FS9, and! I know nothing about hardware at all!

is what that should say

http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?s=ca9720888c7e01f91424835928d77a01&showtopic=...

http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?s=&showtopic=269002&view=findpost&p=1680900

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Reply #39 - Jan 20^th, 2010 at 2:51pm

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Yeah, you're right, but Mathijs has a profitable software bizness selling "Frame-Heavy" add-ons to FSX-Game-Kids, and he's getting rich, very, very rich... There's the sportscars and the chateau in France and so on and on...

I've been following the discussion over at Aerosoft, and I must admit that I thought this guy had some new and fresh ideas, but to my disappointment I know now what it's all about:

MONEY!

It's a story and show-off to the kids: Look here, with my cheap, old, and "non-tweaked" system I get + 50 FPS!!

Or maybe he's just plain stupid... i7 with this old ATI card, hmmm?

He don't give a R.A. about me, you and every other passionate simmer.

Do you know the story about "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"?

It's European Folklore, and since Mathijs is Dutch and from Dutchland/Holland (it's in Europe kids!) - this piece of lore is most fitting IMO:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin

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Reply #40 - Jan 20^th, 2010 at 3:27pm

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FSX runs fine... the problem
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As Paul Harvey said almost daily for decades:

Now you know.. the REST of the story

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035427/

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Reply #41 - Jan 21^st, 2010 at 2:38pm

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Yep, he was good, I heard him many moons ago while working on a US Air Force base north of the arctic circle... NPR, right?

Been having a little fun over at Mathijs place, but can't post a link, I got banned, LOL!

But somebody has to tell he's wrong.

There was a guy who is scrapping his Nvidia 8800 card and buying this ATI 4650 something...

Did he find an online antiquestore for elderly retired cards!

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Reply #42 - Jan 21^st, 2010 at 4:21pm

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There was a guy who is scrapping his Nvidia 8800 card and buying this ATI 4650 something...

http://www.cultofmac.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DoubleFacePalm.jpg

LMAO.

Maybe he should scrap the 4650 for a 3dfx Voodoo III?

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