March 15, 201016 yr Since the CPU is THE bottleneck for FSX performance, how much is gained by throwing money in the pit for faster and more RAM? We "I´ll rather be down here wishing I was up there than be up there wishing I was down here"
March 16, 201016 yr Since the CPU is THE bottleneck for FSX performance, how much is gained by throwing money in the pit for faster and more RAM? We Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
March 16, 201016 yr Author Got a C2D E8600 (headed for a 4 GHz OC) and a superclocked edition of GTX285 1GB.Thanks for the input, sir. "I´ll rather be down here wishing I was up there than be up there wishing I was down here"
March 16, 201016 yr A Core 2 Duo won't be bottlenecked by dual-channel DDR3 1333. Even a Core 2 Quad with a serious overclock won't.
March 16, 201016 yr A Core 2 Duo won't be bottlenecked by dual-channel DDR3 1333. Even a Core 2 Quad with a serious overclock won't.Yeah, I agree. I have new hardware builds on the brain...RegardsBob ScottColonel, USAF (ret)ATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VColorado Springs, CO Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
March 16, 201016 yr Author I could try to OC the RAM then, have the coolers for it.Then what about the amount of RAM, anyone had improvements by going from say 4 to 6 GB?! "I´ll rather be down here wishing I was up there than be up there wishing I was down here"
March 16, 201016 yr Increasing RAM beyond 4GB has no impact on MSFS performance, to my knowledge. I suppose with enough add-ons including some super high resolution terrain mesh scenery you could probably get close though.
March 16, 201016 yr Author Thanks, Tech, I "I´ll rather be down here wishing I was up there than be up there wishing I was down here"
March 17, 201016 yr 8Gb of DDR3 8-8-8-24 1600Mhz Corsair Dominator Ram with the Ram cooler on top of it. Thats max ram on my motherboard to eliminate all doubt if I might of needed more ram. :(
March 17, 201016 yr Increasing RAM beyond 4GB has no impact on MSFS performance, to my knowledge. I suppose with enough add-ons including some super high resolution terrain mesh scenery you could probably get close though.Correct, but when you add lots of aftermarket scenery and mesh and you crank everything up I have used more than 4 gigs. I also noticed that increased the LOD radius in the config beyond 4.5 has an adverse impact on my ram usage. I looked at taskmgr the other day and saw 5.2 gigs of usage. I imagine some of it could have been background stuff at the OS level. Scott KGPI
March 17, 201016 yr Correct, but when you add lots of aftermarket scenery and mesh and you crank everything up I have used more than 4 gigs. I also noticed that increased the LOD radius in the config beyond 4.5 has an adverse impact on my ram usage. I looked at taskmgr the other day and saw 5.2 gigs of usage. I imagine some of it could have been background stuff at the OS level.You should be aware that the taskmanager is in no way a real depiction of what FSX uses. You have to use Process Explorer with the column set to Virtual Size, it will give you the right memory usage FSX is taking. And be aware that FSX *cannot* use more than 4gigs. It will crash if you push it (through LOD radius for example).
February 27, 201115 yr Is it safe to say, though, that FSX **could** use the full 4 GB of RAM if it was available; hence, it makes sense, if building a new system, to have more than 4 GB RAM to give FSX a full 4 and still have memory available for the OS and other applications that support FSX (e.g. REX)?Scott
February 27, 201115 yr Is it safe to say, though, that FSX **could** use the full 4 GB of RAM if it was available; hence, it makes sense, if building a new system, to have more than 4 GB RAM to give FSX a full 4 and still have memory available for the OS and other applications that support FSX (e.g. REX)?ScottCorrect: optimal RAM size for FSX is 6GB on the triple channel system (i7) and 8GB on the dual channel system (i5 and SB)
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