AVSIM Basic FSX Configuration Guide 2.0.0

Hi there, i don't know if it helps but i have noticed that in Windows 10 64 bit the amount of memory for 32bit apps is been reduced compared with Windows 7 (needed near 3.1 Gb of memory to crash "OOM error"). Now crashes around 2.5Gb 2.6Gb.

Regards

Hi there, my System is

Z170 Pro Gaming MB, Intel i7 6700K  OC @ 4.6, Memory 16GB @ 2400, Asus GTX 1080 TI FE, SSD EVO 850 250GB

Windows 10 Pro X64, FTX Global BASE Pack,FTX Global VECTOR, FTX Global openLC Europe, AS16 (Proposed Affinity Mask = 84), REX Essential + Overdrive, GSX, Various Airports. Aerosoft A320/321, PMDG 738/739 and PMDG 744.

Although i followed your instructions regarding FSX settings, especially with PMDG 744 my FPS are between 13-29. Do i miss something or is it normal for my hardware?

Regards.

Jim, thank you very much for your guide. 

now I can enjoy my FSX, I have frames and can read on the status pages what my plane is telling me.

Peter

Thanks for this Guide, I have about 19-27 FPS in Cockpit in my PMDG 747 is that normal for my system? Intel i5-3570K 4.4 Ghz, 16 GB Ram, GTX 1060 6GB, Windows 10 Pro x64. Thanks.

On 12/16/2017 at 5:18 PM, Dio said:

Hi there, i don't know if it helps but i have noticed that in Windows 10 64 bit the amount of memory for 32bit apps is been reduced compared with Windows 7 (needed near 3.1 Gb of memory to crash "OOM error"). Now crashes around 2.5Gb 2.6Gb.

 

Regards

Apologize for late response but Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows 10 provide up to 4GB's of Virtual Address Space for each application.  FSX and P3Dv3 and less, use more than normal because of all of the add-ons.  If your sim is crashing around 2.5 - 2.6GB's then you have a problem with an add-on, not VAS.  For instance, if you have a product not fully compatible with FSX or DX10, it will cause the sim to crash no matter how much VAS you have remaining.

On 1/7/2018 at 12:59 PM, Dio said:

Although i followed your instructions regarding FSX settings, especially with PMDG 744 my FPS are between 13-29. Do i miss something or is it normal for my hardware?

Your system is NOT capable of running FSX with high settings.  If you used my suggestions (fsx.cfg and Nvidia Inspector), your fps will not be high and you may have to lock your FPS to gain smoothness.  You could probably lock your FPS around 25 and have good graphics and an enjoyable flight.  When FSX was first released in 2006, members were extremely happy if their fps exceeded 15 fps and most stayed in the 5-15 fps range but ONLY when they added add-ons.  With your system you can get over 300 fps with the default aircraft and scenery and fsx.cfg settings.  It starts getting bad when installing just one addon and worse when you install two or more.  If you can get a consistent 20 - 25 fps with many add-ons, you are doing well in configuring FSX!

7 hours ago, Almedin said:

I have about 19-27 FPS in Cockpit in my PMDG 747 is that normal for my system?

I would say it is normal.  Anything over 15 fps in FSX and with an add-on like the PMDG 747 is great.  I know everyone would like to have fps steady at 30 fps or higher but that is the exception with FSX.  I have FSX installed on my system (i7-7700K OC to 4.5GHz; GTX 1080TI) and have problems maintaining fps above 30.  For that reason I have only installed the PMDG 737 as I know the 777 and 747 are resource intensive and will not allow me to enjoy my flight experience.  I also have the P3Dv4.2 and use it for my more resource intensive add-ons.  For you system I would lock the FPS at 24 (believe me the flight will be smooth but graphics will not immediately render but this is NORMAL as FSX uses the CPU to run things rather than the GPU).  If you had an application that was programmed to let a sim render textures using the GPU and the CPU to do everything else, you would have an exceptional flight experience with textures rendering almost immediately.

On 3/30/2018 at 4:02 PM, Jim Young said:

I would say it is normal.  Anything over 15 fps in FSX and with an add-on like the PMDG 747 is great.  I know everyone would like to have fps steady at 30 fps or higher but that is the exception with FSX.  I have FSX installed on my system (i7-7700K OC to 4.5GHz; GTX 1080TI) and have problems maintaining fps above 30.  For that reason I have only installed the PMDG 737 as I know the 777 and 747 are resource intensive and will not allow me to enjoy my flight experience.  I also have the P3Dv4.2 and use it for my more resource intensive add-ons.  For you system I would lock the FPS at 24 (believe me the flight will be smooth but graphics will not immediately render but this is NORMAL as FSX uses the CPU to run things rather than the GPU).  If you had an application that was programmed to let a sim render textures using the GPU and the CPU to do everything else, you would have an exceptional flight experience with textures rendering almost immediately.

Thank you very much for your help, I was work around this days with FSX SE tweaks and nVidia Inspector and now my PMDG 747 v3 works at stable 28-30 FPS. I think this is a good result for my system. 

Here some screenshots with FPS counter:

Yes, nice graphics!  Thanks for sharing.

4 hours ago, Almedin said:

PMDG 747 v3 works at stable 28-30 FPS

What scenery?

5 hours ago, trisho0 said:

What scenery?

Default Scenery

10 hours ago, Almedin said:

Default Scenery

What airport and runway?

2 hours ago, trisho0 said:

What airport and runway?

LYPG Podgorica Airport in Montenegro, Runaway 36. Im also using a REX 4 Texture Direct Enhanced Edition Steam DLC and I don't have any scenery. I'm buying only the Airplanes for FSX SE. Scenery is not important thing to me. :)

2 hours ago, Almedin said:

LYPG Podgorica Airport in Montenegro, Runaway 36. Im also using a REX 4 Texture Direct Enhanced Edition Steam DLC and I don't have any scenery. I'm buying only the Airplanes for FSX SE. Scenery is not important thing to me. :)

I did test PMDG 747 v3 in FSX Acceleration in LYPG rwy 36 and at all views I had consistency 58.5 - 59.8 FPS

I don't have FSX SE but fs9 and P3Dv4.1 in the same machine. I don't have REX. So, I think you may get higher FPS for FSX.

Why does my FSX crash when I turn on Preview DirectX 10? 

On 12/8/2018 at 9:18 AM, fuchsia21 said:

Why does my FSX crash when I turn on Preview DirectX 10? 

I agree you should post in the CTD or DX10 Forum with more details.  If you have an add-on aircraft or scenery NOT compatible with DX10, that might create a crash but there are many other factors that need to be looked at.  If you post in the CTD Forum, try to give us a Event Viewer report about the crash or use the AppCrashView App.

Is this guide no longer available?

(I have no clue how long the message at the top saying the link is broken has been there)

On 4/30/2017 at 1:20 AM, Zatoichi said:

Good stuff.

I bought the original version for my Trash 80 in 1980 - Sublogic (Before MS acquired them) - $25 on cassette tape.

Banking left.

It was a 6x6 grid.

Then it duplicated although you saw no graphics until it was a full 36x36. Take off, fly North and eventually you emerged south of your takeoff point.

Fantastic !!!   Good old times!   Nice to see how it evoluted in a few 40 years....

Hello evryone and hope all are safe.

I'm still running Windows XP and using Microsoft Flight simulator 2004 but when I tried to reinstall FSX twice i got at the end an error message... Error 1603 ... don't know what to do to install it I istalled it on my PC before no problem but now I get that error message at the end of the FSX intalation twice already...

here is the link below for the FSX error message...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/b1rvxXdXoabUQaNx8

well i have figured out my previous problem when installing on my windows xp computer FSX . before like i said on my previous post everytime I tried ti install FSX i got error 1722.

So I openned my C drive then Programs then Microsoft games and then removed and deleted all folders that said FSX. once done I emptied my recicling bins.

I whent to Microsoft.com and in the search bar I wrote ... fix for FSX error 1722

Microsoft then gave me the solution ... https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/error-1722-when-reinstalling-flight-simulator-x-de4cfd63-4900-874d-5fc5-020555e62be2

I fallowed all the directions given by Microsoft on how to fix the error 1722.

i downloaded the fix, open and unzipped the file and then i had to open my ms dos program as per microsoft and fallowed the intructions given by Microsoft on what to write in my ms dos window.

Once all the above was done then I tried once again to install FSX on my pc. I noticed that at the beginning of the ins tallation of FSX where it says,,, regestering installation  was fast and didn't take 20 minutes like before it was quite fast. I waited for FSX to install and once it was done I had no error messages and I was also able to register FSX right away and I'm flying in my FSX once again. 🙂 🙂

I hope this may help any one having the same problem I had 🙂

Ari

Hi, would it be possible for the author of this manual to please message me privately? I have a bit of a complicated issue with blurry textures that I haven't been able to solve so far. Thanks in advance!