Hello,I know it is a technical question, but with all the knowledge here I try this forum.If I switch on bloom effect it gives me a great loss of fps.I was wondering. I have a NVIDIA GTX 280. If I change it to a 500 series videocard, does that help getting better frame rates if I want to use bloom effect?I know that fsx is leaning heavily on the processor, but I don't know if the graphical bloom effect is made by the video card.Thanks for helping.Eric

If you upgrade to the Nvidia 5XX series or the 6XX series, the performance jump will be quite large.Also, what CPU do you have? What GHZ are you running at?

If you upgrade to the Nvidia 5XX series or the 6XX series, the performance jump will be quite large.Also, what CPU do you have? What GHZ are you running at?

Have a i7 2600K 4.0ghz. I don't manage to overclock it. A bit to technical :Thinking:Eric

If you upgrade to a GTX 580 you'll notice quite a performance increase, BUT - you'll still have just a big FPS loss with light bloom turned on.By the way, you should at least be able to overclock your i7 to 4.5 GHz, tell me your mobo and I will help you personally mate!

If you upgrade to a GTX 580 you'll notice quite a performance increase, BUT - you'll still have just a big FPS loss with light bloom turned on.By the way, you should at least be able to overclock your i7 to 4.5 GHz, tell me your mobo and I will help you personally mate!

That would be nice. When I'm home I sent you my configuration.Eric

That would be nice. When I'm home I sent you my configuration.Eric

Arjen,Well, here we go.BGP6710J Intel motherboardIntel i7 2500k 3.40 GhzWindows7 64bitnvidia 280 GTX8gb internal memoryI overclocked it to 4.0 Ghz. via the BIOS setting. if I go any higher, the system restart and blocks immediatly saying it has to return to the bios settings.Eric

Don't use FSX's built in bloom if you want that effect - use the ENB series mod (search the file library). Built in FSX bloom sucks down FPS like there's no tomorrow because it does it with the CPU, not the GPU.

Don't use FSX's built in bloom if you want that effect - use the ENB series mod (search the file library). Built in FSX bloom sucks down FPS like there's no tomorrow because it does it with the CPU, not the GPU.

Ryan,Thanks. I will try ENB. There are many version. Do you know if a special version is needed?Eric

Ryan,Thanks. I will try ENB. There are many version. Do you know if a special version is needed?Eric

Ah no need for a version. It works. No fps drop at all, but it isn't as sparkling as the bloom effect in FSX. But it will do.Thanks for helping me out.Eric