Hi everyone, FSX runs pretty well on my system with settings maxed out. However, I have been finding a few FPS issues in bad weather (at times) and at Imaginesim KLGA. Other scenery addons have good FPS. Could anyone give me some suggestions on whether this system needs to be upgraded or not, or some settings that could be changed? Thanks.System Specs: Vista 64 bit, FSX Acceleration, HP m9500y, AMD Phenom 9750 Quad Core Processor, 8 GB RAM, nvidia geforce 9500

Hi everyone, FSX runs pretty well on my system with settings maxed out. However, I have been finding a few FPS issues in bad weather (at times) and at Imaginesim KLGA. Other scenery addons have good FPS. Could anyone give me some suggestions on whether this system needs to be upgraded or not, or some settings that could be changed? Thanks.System Specs: Vista 64 bit, FSX Acceleration, HP m9500y, AMD Phenom 9750 Quad Core Processor, 8 GB RAM, nvidia geforce 9500

Bad weather adds a lot of cloud layers and thus low FPS. Also add on aiports have a lot more scenery objects and Autogenerated trees around them. Any system can be upgraded for better FSX performance. For example, your video card is really is not ever gonna do a good job of handling FSX. However, before upgrading do few things to see if you get acceptable performance:1- Most important of all the things you can do is to make sure you have Service Pack 1 for FSX installed. In fact install Service Pack 2 which automatically installs Service pack 1. This fix, dramatically improves performance. (If you have FSX: Acceleration installed then you automatically have both service packs installed also. )2-Since you have problem with weather, make sure you keep your cloud distance draw in the setup to minimum which will keep it at 60 miles. (I have a i7 chip at 3.6 ghz with a beefy over clocked 275 GTX and yet I keep the draw distance at minimums, I can't tell much difference when I keep it high anyway.) Also reduce detail cloud coverage density in the setup.3-Consider doing some trade offs and pull back on the sliders that are not important to you. (example: road traffic).

Bad weather adds a lot of cloud layers and thus low FPS. Also add on aiports have a lot more scenery objects and Autogenerated trees around them. Any system can be upgraded for better FSX performance. For example, your video card is really is not ever gonna do a good job of handling FSX. However, before upgrading do few things to see if you get acceptable performance:1- Most important of all the things you can do is to make sure you have Service Pack 1 for FSX installed. In fact install Service Pack 2 which automatically installs Service pack 1. This fix, dramatically improves performance. (If you have FSX: Acceleration installed then you automatically have both service packs installed also. )2-Since you have problem with weather, make sure you keep your cloud distance draw in the setup to minimum which will keep it at 60 miles. (I have a i7 chip at 3.6 ghz with a beefy over clocked 275 GTX and yet I keep the draw distance at minimums, I can't tell much difference when I keep it high anyway.) Also reduce detail cloud coverage density in the setup.3-Consider doing some trade offs and pull back on the sliders that are not important to you. (example: road traffic).

Thanks for the suggestions. If I was to upgrade my computer to get better FPS, what would you reccomend?

Thanks for the suggestions. If I was to upgrade my computer to get better FPS, what would you reccomend?

Your video card. Get a 260 GTX or 275 GTX chip based video card are good match for your CPU. 260GTX should be fine.

Your video card. Get a 260 GTX or 275 GTX chip based video card are good match for your CPU. 260GTX should be fine.

Is my processor ok at 2.40 GHz (it's a quad core-see above post for type)? I don't know much about computers so I'm not really sure what that number means, if its good or bad, or if it can be adjusted. All I know is that I've heard that your FSX performance is heavily dependant on your processor.

Is my processor ok at 2.40 GHz (it's a quad core-see above post for type)? I don't know much about computers so I'm not really sure what that number means, if its good or bad, or if it can be adjusted. All I know is that I've heard that your FSX performance is heavily dependant on your processor.

The processor is not the slowest processor people are running their FSX on, but it sure is not a very fast one either. I doubt you can over- clock (Increasing frequency of the processor) a system built by branded companies such as Dell or HP. So for now the video card is one place you can upgrade to improve things.

The processor is not the slowest processor people are running their FSX on, but it sure is not a very fast one either. I doubt you can over- clock (Increasing frequency of the processor) a system built by branded companies such as Dell or HP. So for now the video card is one place you can upgrade to improve things.

How many FPS do you think upgrading the video card would get me at a place like Imaginesim KLGA with full WOAI traffic in a Flight 1 Super 80 and maxed out (for the most part) settings?