PS- Modu 82+
CPU- AMD 955BE oc'd to 4ghz
Ram- 8G
GPU- ATI 4670    512mb

I love FSX but there are a few things I"m not happy about. 
The main thing is the FPS.  I absolutely hate stutters and low FPS.  Basically, I always want my FPS to be higher than 30.  60FPS is what I try to shoot for.

In order to get a very smooth feel, I had to lower my settings quite a bit.

Radius- large
Terrain- 75 (Didn't really notice a difference between this and max settings but lowed just incase)
Mesh- 38m (same reason as above)
Texture res- 2m
Water- Lowx2
Autogen- normal
complexity- normal
Cloud draw- 70mi and density slider to max
Cars 2%, boats 2%

My add ons:
FEX- running clouds at 256x256 (still looks MUCH better than fsx default clouds)
Ultimate Traffic 2- Traffic set to 60%
GEX- North America, Europe
UTX- Can, USA, Europe (no fancy stuff that kill FPS checked)
Audio Environment Airliner Edition (more on this later)

So that's how I have it set up in order for me to get consistently smooth fps. 

I fly commercial jets and with these settings I can fly over large cities during a thunder storm and still have very smooth frames.  If I fly in "fair weather", I can have slightly higher graphic settings.
OR, if I fly the Trike or Cessna, I can pretty much max everything out.

I just feel that I should be able to get more with my hardware.  The guy at the aviation shop I frequent told me to upgrade my graphics card.  If I do, I will get the GTX 460.  But like I mentioned above, shouldn't my current set up allow me to run stutter-free at higher settings?

If I was flying small prop airplanes, I can enjoy it at near max settings.  But I prefer the big jets.

Honestly, on several occassions, I have thought about getting FS9.  From what I hear, I should be able to max everything out and fly my big jets at super smooth FPS.  I just can't stand even the smallest stutters in FSX.
The only thing stopping me is when I think about the amount of money I spent on my FSX add ons.  The only thing that would be compatible are my CLS aircrafts which work on both FS9 and FSX.

OK, here's another problem....
I have serious issues with the sound in FSX.  All the default sound work fine, but my add-on aircrafts have problems.  Basically, I get this weird "phasey" effect that's really annoying.  The engine sound just starts to make this "swooshey" sound. 
I have done my research on this and came across a few posts about people experiencing the same problem.  Many say it is the sound cone used in FSX.  Many add on aircrafts use FS9 sound and this is where the problem is.  Not sure if that really is the case.  Nobody seem to know how to fix it.  However, those posts I came across were old.  Did somebody figure this out already? 

This is why I purchased Flight 1's "Sound Environment"  All the sound packages work fine on FSX and I installed their sound on all my add on aircrafts (CLS).  But the program only has a handful of aircraft sound to choose from.

Sorry for the long post.  As you can see, I'm one of the many desperate and frustrated FSX user

FSX, heavy tube, heavy airport and you have an almost for certain performance nightmare.

I just cannot see how someone can have fun landing a heavy at Portland with high settings.

Really those 10-15 fps landing just aren't for me, let alone single digits.

I do however believe flying bushplanes in FSX is a dream, I can fly anywhere and enjoy frame rates smooth & locked at 30.

FSX just wasin't optimized well enough for heavy comercial flights.

Groovin_DC-10 wrote on Oct 2^nd, 2011 at 3:12am:


Why? TV runs at 24FPS, and that doesn't look too bad. I have FSX set at 24FPS and have everything maxed, and it absolutely kicks behind.