Big FPS drop withFSX Night Textures

[Flaps30 3]

Hi Guys,For the most part FSX is running pretty well for me on a new system. I am averaging upper 20's to 30 with the FPS limiter set at 30. I have applied most of NickN's settings as well as using Bojote's tweaker. I have an 17-920 overclocked to 4.0, and a GTX 275 - 1792 mb card also overclocked.While sitting on the runway at San Jose Intl., in the PMDG NGX, I am showing around 20 FPS during daytime. As soon as I switch to night, the FPS drops to 10 instantly. Ultimate Traffic is set to about 15%, and road traffic is about 10%. I also have Flight One's UTX and GEX. Any ideas how to get my FPS up? Thanks, Tom

[ryanbatc 12,836]

Are you using the street lights in Ultimate Terrain? Those hit fps sometimes in big cities.

[Flaps30 3]

Thanks Ryan,Yes, I think I am. I can definitely say things look quite brite and realistic. Tom

[ryanbatc 12,836]

They look cool but I don't use them for that reason.

[PIC007 82]

Thanks Ryan,Yes, I think I am. I can definitely say things look quite brite and realistic. Tom

UTX shows you how bad a performance hit is for each option, the night lighting in UTX is a huge hit.

[OzWhitey 3,353]

I use the street lights from utx but not the ?traffc lights (the second option under night lighting). Gives me acceptable frames and still looks pretty.

[Flaps30 3]

Thanks guys. I'll give that a try. Tom