would a fiber optic line for internet help?

[peppy197]

I am considering getting fiber optic internet service.

I already have a phoneline broadband that gives up to 2, usually only 1MB/s

 

The optic says up to 30MB/s downloads/

 

Is this worth it?

 

Anyone else notice a great difference?

[01generation60]

Two things happen in tileproxy

One is downloading of JPG's

The other is converting to BMP's

 

You might get very fast on downloads but your computer process might be bog down with converting. upgrading one side wont help unless you get a lighting fast computer to process all that information.

[peppy197]

I have an i5-2500K running at 4.4GHz and 16G RAM, 2G VRam

 

So that shouls be OK

 

So would the optical internet improve loading a great deal to the extent that I could fly without much fuzz?

[GianXXIV]

I have an i5-2500K running at 4.4GHz and 16G RAM, 2G VRam

 

So that shouls be OK

 

So would the optical internet improve loading a great deal to the extent that I could fly without much fuzz?

 

Loading? That has nothing to do with internet connection.

 

EDIT: Sorry, I had in mind the already-downloaded scenery. First, you could try to load locations where tiles have already been downloaded to see if loading times are decent.

[peppy197]

So I guess my best option is to buy Sim-Savvy for 300 bucks

[peppy197]

to see if loading times are decent.

 

They are not that good even in the best areas.

[GianXXIV]

When loading a scenery whose tiles have already been downloaded it takes to me around 40 seconds to load. How long does it take to you?

 

Windows should be tweaked for FSX, did you do that? Also FSX needs an extensive tweaking.

 

A good thing is to allocate the OS & FSX to one disk and TileProxy to another one. If the disk for OS & FSX is composed of a RAID0 array it would be better (If using an SSD, due to its behaviour, the OS should have its own SSD, FSX its own SSD or HDD and TileProxy its own SSD or HDD).

Disabling unnecessary programs & windows services and indexing also helps (and keep TileProxy drive defragmented, unless you have it on an SSD in which case you mustn't).

 

1. Go here for W7 and FSX tweaks: http://www.simforums...topic29041.html

2. When done, this page can tweak your FSX configuration with a tailored calculation (fsx.CFG): http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.html

3. Then, backup the modified fsx.CFG and make this change below its section. Use notepad find function: ctrl+f:

 

[JOBSCHEDULER]

AffinityMask=15

 

 

Then report back please.

[GianXXIV]

Also, disable OS paging file since you've got plenty of memory.

[peppy197]

Most of those things have been previously done.

 

I was wondering if upgrading to an optical fiber internet speedier connection would improve things, and it seems, from answers here, that it would not(?). However, when observing the filling-in of circles on the tileproxy cmd box I notice it takes quite a long time to fill them all in, and that only a resetting of the scenery is effective in completly filling them in. That is why I thought a speedier connection would speed things up. I already have the speediest computer I can afford.

I take it that the filling-in is not solely due to the connection but to the algoryhtmic conversion of jpg to bmp as well

[GianXXIV]

If loading speed is slow at already-downloaded scenarios then a better internet connection won't obviously help.

 

When you load locations whose tiles have already been downloaded, ProxyUser.exe, from what I understand, reads those tiles from the disk, then writes them into ProxyUser.exe memory allocation and then they're transferred to FSX.exe memory allocation.

Furthermore, still in my understanding, .jpg to .bmp conversion happens only in the downloading phase which, apart from being pretty logic, is confirmed by the lack of ProxyUser.exe CPU usage in the already-downloaded environment (and in the "TileProxy Photoreal World" carpet are stored .bmp files only).

Moreover, Internet isn't accessed by ProxyUser.exe.

 

Personally, I don't have any problems with TileProxy at all, and my 40 seconds are acceptable to me.

 

What storage drives are you using and how have you disposed OS, FSX and TileProxy?

Besides, as above-mentioned, try to set AffinityMask=15.

[peppy197]

I am referring to as-u-fly downloading, not offline pre-cached files.

[GianXXIV]

I am referring to as-u-fly downloading, not offline pre-cached files.

 

And I've been referring to offline pre-cached files from the first post to learn a bit more about your machine behaviour and loading times and then troubleshoot. But since you don't need my help, I gladly step aside.

 

Have a good Sunday.