Simviation Forum - FSX FPS problem

Feb 10^th, 2010 at 2:07pm

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I was wondering if anyone had some insight on a problem i am having. When i do a fresh install of FSX on my comp i get good framerates with high settings (approx 25-30. i have it locked at 30) Now after about a week or two of flying my framerates drop to around 3 and stay there. I have not tweaked anything to cause the change and for the life of me i cant figure out why it works great and then a few weeks pass and i fire up FSX load a free flight and i stay at 3 FPS even if i crank every setting down to minimal. Here are my computer specs:
Manufacturer: Dell Inc. (optiplex 745)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4030MB RAM
Hard Drive: 250 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO Fatality
Monitor: 42" LCD TV
Sound Card: SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer [CCE0]
Speakers/Headphones: Logitech 5.1 surround/ Sony Dynamic Stereo Headphones
Keyboard: Logitech wireless
Mouse: Logitech wireless
Operating System: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (5.2, Build 3790) Service Pack 2 (3790.srv03_sp2_gdr.090805-1438)

any help would be appreciated. on a side note last night i installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 bit and im going to reload FSX and see if this still happens after a week or two of playing.

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Reply #1 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 5:25pm

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FPS slider locked?

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Reply #2 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 8:29pm

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yes i have it locked at 30, and have also tried unlimited but to no avail. I have no idea why it acts the way it does. i wonder if there is an FSX file Cache somewhere that needs to be cleaned every so often

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Reply #3 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 9:43pm

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ryanbrown321 wrote on Feb 10^th, 2010 at 8:29pm:

yes i have it locked at 30, and have also tried unlimited but to no avail. I have no idea why it acts the way it does. i wonder if there is an FSX file Cache somewhere that needs to be cleaned every so often

Yeah, I'd try de-fragging the drive it's on. Undecided

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Reply #4 - Feb 11^th, 2010 at 1:54am

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Hmmm...

Dell?

2.4 Ghz CPU?

9600 GSO?

A 42 " TV?

I'm surprised you get this off the ground in the first place!

I have no other advise than turning down your settings, and turn up the CPU and card...

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Reply #5 - Feb 11^th, 2010 at 1:26pm

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well after installing FSX with windows 7 my frames are now jumping while sitting on the runway from 30 down to 3, then back up to 30 and then back down. When i get home tonight i think i will try installing FSX on my spare hard drive and see if i cant tweak around with the fsx config file and see if i cant figure this out. Thanks for all the suggestions so far. Thai09 yea i know my system isnt all that great but it use to run really well and just craps out all of a sudden. Once i get this worked out i will post with what changes i had to make

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Reply #6 - Feb 11^th, 2010 at 1:59pm

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Amazing IMO you can/could run it!

Why don't you try the FPS Limiter tool to get a more balanced FPS?

http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=30564

Have a look at Nick's install advise here at Simviation and Simforums.

Good luck...

Must look awsome on a 42" screen!

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Reply #7 - Feb 11^th, 2010 at 2:14pm

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Thai09 wrote on Feb 11^th, 2010 at 1:59pm:

Amazing IMO you can/could run it!

Why don't you try the FPS Limiter tool to get a more balanced FPS?

http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=30564

Have a look at Nick's install advise here at Simviation and Simforums.

Good luck...

Must look awsome on a 42" screen!

Thanks Thai i will give the limiter a shot, yea i already have that guide saved in my favorites for easy reference. Its an outstanding guide that i believe everyone should use. Im also going to try the Nvidia nhancer he suggests using. Yea that 42" LCD looks amazing flying in FSX everything is so big, bright and crystal clear. I bought it at Target for $538 including tax

it was a good deal i couldnt pass up. Thanks for the tips btw

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Reply #8 - Feb 12^th, 2010 at 11:43am

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On my old computer, I noticed that if you plug in your controller before you start up you computer, if gives you a jump. Btw, try running in high priority mode. Go to task manager, show processes from all users, right-click fsx.exe, hover over priority and click high. Gives me a nice boost.

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Reply #9 - Feb 13^th, 2010 at 4:39pm

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Tomcat5 wrote on Feb 12^th, 2010 at 11:43am:

On my old computer, I noticed that if you plug in your controller before you start up you computer, if gives you a jump. Btw, try running in high priority mode. Go to task manager, show processes from all users, right-click fsx.exe, hover over priority and click high. Gives me a nice boost.

Thanks for the info ill see if this helps

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Reply #10 - Feb 15^th, 2010 at 10:05am

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well thank you everyone for your help. I formatted both my drives and installed windows 7 on the 250gb hard drive and FSX on the 80gb hard drive. i followed Nicks advice to the T. I guess because i didnt re-boot between the FSX and FSX accel. install that caused the problem. I took my time installing it and now its running at 30FPS (its locked at 30) with Active sky X running and also running REX. Thanks for all the pointers and yea it looks AMAZING on my new LCD TV.

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