April 9, 201313 yr While having a morning coffee to sip through, I decided to read through on this forum that great sticky 'FSX hardware and software/tweak guide'. While travelling through the document, I came to realize that I had a number of 'redundant GTX 285' needed entries that, once were gone, and with myself tweaking now for a GTX 680 card, really made FSX shine as 'real as it gets' on the next fire up. I had old entries that were holding or throttling what the GTX 680 card could produce in FPS smoothness and general rendering. So, if you have upgraded, you might want to refresh your read on the sticky, and tweak the fsx.cfg to whatever new hardware CPU/GPU capabilities you have upgraded to... A morning coffee suggestion Mitch
April 9, 201313 yr Hi Mitch; Were the adjustments you made just removing the old card entries or was there more that you did? I recently got a 680 so I'd be interested in what steps you took. Thanks. "I am the Master of the Fist!" -Akuma
April 9, 201313 yr Author Hi Mitch; Were the adjustments you made just removing the old card entries or was there more that you did? I recently got a 680 so I'd be interested in what steps you took. Thanks. Hello! Upon installing the GTX680, I removed the GTX285 card references. Today, this was added, and has produced fluid T.V. like video progression. I am amazed at what a 680 can bring to 'dinner'.... Here's what i did this morning: verbatim. [bUFFERPOOLS] BufferPools=0 (nothing else within this section. I removed other lines I had in this section per GTX 285)<------------Do not add this to the section, only for my posting comment. Don't add to sections, anything with a (........) [Main] FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.12 (lowered this to 0.12 from 0.15) [TERRAIN] TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_TREES_PER_CELL=4500 (see comment below this line) TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_BUILDINGS_PER_CELL=3000 (this will allow you run everything full bore right, looks great within such as ORBX.) LOD_RADIUS=6.500000 ( This setting is for the best eye candy of all. Your 680 can process this to a 'T'. Don't go beyond...or possible O.O.M. snafus. Prior set to 5.500000) [Display] TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=120 (This will allow you the full use of your 2 GB of GPU on-card memory Prior set was a value of 40)
April 9, 201313 yr Author I also thought to report, that I use in nVidia Inspector, the A.A. setting of: 32xS[combined:2x2SSA+8xMS} I also have nVidia's FXAA engaged. I spoke with someone who told me that this nVidia proprietary feature, ticked off inside the nVidia Control Panel, is a post-production polishing of whatever setting you have in nVidia Inspector and does not cancel or compete with that setting. I have tried both on and off, and in my view, it truly acts as a 'polish' of what my above nVidia Inspector setting puts out. It's there to stay. I also acts upon any other game or simulation you have. Mitch Below is my fsx.cfg if anybody is curious, [bUFFERPOOLS] BufferPools=0 [JOBSCHEDULER] AffinityMask=84 [GRAPHICS] HIGHMEMFIX=1 SHADER_CACHE_VERSION=0 SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED_10=1693458432 SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED=1693458432 D3D10=0 TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=4096 TextureMaxLoad=30 NUM_LIGHTS=8 AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=1 AIRCRAFT_REFLECTIONS=1 COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1 LANDING_LIGHTS=1 AC_SELF_SHADOW=0 EFFECTS_QUALITY=2 GROUND_SHADOWS=0 TEXTURE_QUALITY=3 IMAGE_QUALITY=0 See_Self=1 Text_Scroll=1 ForceFullScreenVSync=1 [sOUND] AmbientUIMusicVolume=-6.000000 PrimaryDevice={DEF00000-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DDA8F2B5C03} VoiceDevice={DEF00002-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DDA8F2B5C03} SOUND=1 SOUND_QUALITY=2 SOUND_LOD=0 UISound=1 AmbientUI=0 SOUND_FADER1=0.330000 SOUND_FADER2=0.340000 SOUND_FADER3=0.340000 SOUND_FADER4=1.000000 AmbientUIMusic=FSX01 [Display] ChangeTime=4.000000 TransitionTime=4.000000 ActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255 ActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=0,28,140,64 NonActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255 NonActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=24,33,87,64 InfoUpperRightTextColor=255,0,0 InfoUpperRightBackGroundColor=0,0,0,0 InfoLowerLeftTextColor=255,255,255 InfoLowerLeftBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128 InfoLowerRightTextColor=255,255,255 InfoLowerRightBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128 InfoBrakesEnable=True InfoParkingBrakesEnable=True InfoPauseEnable=True InfoSlewEnable=True InfoStallEnable=True InfoOverspeedEnable=True BLOOM_EFFECTS=0 SKINNED_ANIMATIONS=1 TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=120 UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=30 WideViewAspect=True TextureMaxLoad=3 [Main] User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter SimObjectPaths.0=SimObjects\Airplanes SimObjectPaths.1=SimObjects\Rotorcraft SimObjectPaths.2=SimObjects\GroundVehicles SimObjectPaths.3=SimObjects\Boats SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals SimObjectPaths.5=SimObjects\Misc SimObjectPaths.6=ORBX\FTX_AU\FTXAI_AIRCRAFT SimObjectPaths.7=MyTraffic\Aircraft ProcSpeed=8568 PerfBucket=7 Maximized=1 HideMenuNormal=0 HideMenuFullscreen=1 FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.12 [PANELS] IMAGE_QUALITY=1 DEFAULT_VIEW=0 QUICKTIPS=1 PANEL_OPACITY=100 PANEL_MASKING=1 PANEL_STRETCHING=1 UNITS_OF_MEASURE=0 [Weather] WindshieldPrecipitationEffects=1 MinGustTime=10 MaxGustTime=500 MinGustRampSpeed=1 MaxGustRampSpeed=200 MinVarTime=5 MaxVarTime=50 MinVarRampSpeed=10 MaxVarRampSpeed=75 TurbulenceScale=2.000000 WeatherServerAddress=fs2k.zone.com WeatherServerPort=80 WeatherGraphDataInDialog=0 AdjustForMagVarInDialog=1 DynamicWeather=0 DownloadWindsAloft=1 DisableTurbulence=0 CLOUD_DRAW_DISTANCE=3 DETAILED_CLOUDS=1 CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=8 THERMAL_VISUALS=0 Anisotropic=1 [CONTROLS] Controls_Default=Standard Controls_Current=Standard KBDAIL=64 KBDELEV=64 KBDRUD=64 [TextInfo.1] Latitude=1,1 Longitude=1,2 Altitude=1,3 Heading=1,4 AirSpeed=1,5 WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6 [TextInfo.2] FrameRate=1,1 LockedFrameRate=1,2 GForce=1,3 FuelPercentage=1,4 [TextInfo.3] Latitude=1,1 Longitude=1,2 Altitude=1,3 Heading=1,4 AirSpeed=1,5 WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6 FrameRate=2,1 LockedFrameRate=2,2 GForce=2,3 FuelPercentage=2,4 [slewTextInfo.1] Latitude=1,1 Longitude=1,2 Altitude=1,3 Heading=1,4 AirSpeed=1,5 [slewTextInfo.2] FrameRate=1,1 LockedFrameRate=1,2 [slewTextInfo.3] Latitude=1,1 Longitude=1,2 Altitude=1,3 Heading=1,4 AirSpeed=1,5 FrameRate=2,1 LockedFrameRate=2,2 LonAccelOnHeadLon=-0.020000 LonAccelOnHeadPitch=-0.010000 RollAccelOnHeadLat=0.010000 YawAccelOnHeadLat=-0.100000 RollAccelOnHeadRoll=0.100000 MaxHeadAngle=5.000000 MaxHeadOffset=0.300000 HeadMoveTimeConstant=1.000000 [VirtualCopilot] VirtualCopilotActive=0 [uSERINTERFACE] PageID=1 OpenATCOnCreate=0 SHOW_MISSION_CAPTIONS=1 PAUSE_ON_LOST_FOCUS=0 PROMPT_ON_EXIT=1 Map_Orientation=2 ShowAllACPaintSchemes=1 SelectAircraftManufacturer=All SelectAircraftPublisher=All SelectAircraftType=All DisplayFuelAsWeight=0 [ATC] ShowATCText=0 COMM_MSG_NONE_COLOR=FFFFFFFF COMM_MSG_ATC_USER_COLOR=FFB6FFB6 COMM_MSG_USER_ATC_COLOR=FFFFD21B COMM_MSG_ATC_AI_COLOR=FF00FF00 COMM_MSG_AI_ATC_COLOR=FFFF7840 AutoOpenAirTrafficWindow=1 UsePilotVoice=1 PilotVoice=0 [PointOfInterestSystem] CycleSetting=0 [sCENERY] LENSFLARE=1 DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1 IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5 SmallPartRejectRadius=1 [TrafficManager] AirlineDensity=30 GADensity=16 FreewayDensity=20 ShipsAndFerriesDensity=50 LeisureBoatsDensity=0 IFROnly=0 AIRPORT_SCENERY_DENSITY=0 [TERRAIN] TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_TREES_PER_CELL=4500 TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_BUILDINGS_PER_CELL=3000 LOD_RADIUS=6.500000 MESH_COMPLEXITY=100 MESH_RESOLUTION=25 TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=29 AUTOGEN_DENSITY=5 DETAIL_TEXTURE=1 WATER_EFFECTS=7 SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT=10 [AContain] ShowLabels=0 ShowUserLabel=0 ShowLabelManufacturer=1 ShowLabelModel=1 ShowLabelTailNumber=0 ShowLabelDistance=1 ShowLabelAltitude=1 ShowLabelAirline=0 ShowLabelAirlineAndFlightNumber=0 ShowLabelFlightPlan=0 ShowLabelContainerId=0 ShowLabelAirspeed=0 ShowLabelHeading=0 LabelDelay=1000 LabelColor=FFFF0000 [iNTERNATIONAL] ASLAT=2 ASLON=1 MEASURE=0 [REALISM] PFactor=1.000000 Torque=1.000000 GyroEffect=1.000000 CrashTolerance=1.000000 General=1.000000 UnlimitedFuel=False TrueAirspeed=False AutoCoord=False RealMixture=False StressDamage=True GEffect=True ManualLights=True GyroDrift=False CrashWithDyn=True CrashDetection=True AutoTrim=False [sIM] SYSCLOCK=1 [sTARTUP] DEMO=0 SHOW_OPENING_SCREEN=0 STARTUP_DEMO= LoadWindow=1 [FACILITIES] COUNTRY= STATE= CITY= GTL_BUTTON=1247 [Misc] Com_Rate=7 [FlightPlanMap] LineWidth=2 SHOW_AIRPORTS=1 SHOW_VORS=1 SHOW_NDBS=1 SHOW_APPROACHES=1 SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=1 SHOW_VICTOR=0 SHOW_JET=0 SHOW_AIRSPACE=1 SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1 SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1 SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1 SHOW_DATATAGS=1 SHOW_TERRAIN=1 show_waypoints=1 show_airways=1 show_markers=1 show_volume_boundaries=1 show_ac_twr=1 TriLinear=1 [RWW_WEATHER_MAP] SHOW_AIRPORTS=0 SHOW_VORS=0 SHOW_NDBS=0 SHOW_APPROACHES=0 SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=0 SHOW_VICTOR=0 SHOW_JET=0 SHOW_AIRSPACE=0 SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1 SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1 SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1 SHOW_DATATAGS=1 SHOW_TERRAIN=1 [FSDREAMTEAM] AntiPopUp=30 AltitudeCull=1 [MAPVIEW_MAP] SHOW_AIRPORTS=1 SHOW_VORS=1 SHOW_NDBS=1 SHOW_APPROACHES=1 SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=0 SHOW_VICTOR=0 SHOW_JET=0 SHOW_AIRSPACE=1 SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1 SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1 SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1 SHOW_DATATAGS=1 SHOW_TERRAIN=1 show_flight_history=1 [DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680.0] Mode=1920x1200x32 Anisotropic=1 Anisotropic=1 [MULTIPLAYER] condAccoutPassword=0 VoiceVolume=2.000000
April 9, 201313 yr I started to notice the ifly virtual cockpit has lost alot of FPS, down to 20 or so. Im gonna try this tonight. Thanks! Kacper Nowotynski
April 9, 201313 yr Author I started to notice the ifly virtual cockpit has lost alot of FPS, down to 20 or so. Im gonna try this tonight. Thanks! I just posted my entire fsx.cfg file with only lines that nobody else would use on their system deleted. The rest can be used, if you are interested in what you see. I run this .cfg on an i7-975 overclocked to 4.02GHz / EVGA Signature Plus (backplate) GTX 680 (factory overclock settings) combo
April 9, 201313 yr Moderator Mitch, you missed a few things market in RED in your "scrub". Not sure if these will make any difference though, but they are entries that are not normally in those areas. [FlightPlanMap]LineWidth=2SHOW_AIRPORTS=1SHOW_VORS=1SHOW_NDBS=1SHOW_APPROACHES=1SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=1SHOW_VICTOR=0SHOW_JET=0SHOW_AIRSPACE=1SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1SHOW_DATATAGS=1SHOW_TERRAIN=1show_waypoints=1show_airways=1show_markers=1show_volume_boundaries=1show_ac_twr=1TriLinear=1 [DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680.0]Mode=1920x1200x32Anisotropic=1Anisotropic=1 [Weather]WindshieldPrecipitationEffects=1MinGustTime=10MaxGustTime=500MinGustRampSpeed=1MaxGustRampSpeed=200MinVarTime=5MaxVarTime=50MinVarRampSpeed=10MaxVarRampSpeed=75TurbulenceScale=2.000000WeatherServerAddress=fs2k.zone.comWeatherServerPort=80WeatherGraphDataInDialog=0AdjustForMagVarInDialog=1DynamicWeather=0DownloadWindsAloft=1DisableTurbulence=0CLOUD_DRAW_DISTANCE=3DETAILED_CLOUDS=1CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=8THERMAL_VISUALS=0Anisotropic=1 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
April 10, 201313 yr Author Mitch, you missed a few things market in RED in your "scrub". Not sure if these will make any difference though, but they are entries that are not normally in those areas. Thank you very much for taking the time to highlight those three entries. I figured out why each of them was there. This afternoon, I cranked on DX10, and because nVidia Inspector only puts out for DX9, I went in-game and clicked on Trilinear. I then also tried out Anisotropic. Unclicked DX10 preview, and dropped out of FSX. Those entries were generated in that restart cycle. I had deleted the second card reference that DX10 writes to the .cfg, but did not delete the A..A. lines below each one, as I did not clue in that they were part of that DX10 write-in. They are deleted now, and once again, thanks for the FYI!!! Mitch
April 12, 201313 yr Author Just did my first overclock session with the EVGA Precision X overclock module software on my EVGA Signature SC Plus 2 GB Part Number : 02G-P4-2685-KR and here is what my settings are, with results: Power Target: 120 % GPU Clock Offset: +100 Mem Clock Offset: +60 Fan curve: default setting of AUTO With the exact unaltered .cfg file that I have posted in this thread, and with also, the A.A. setting within this thread, I now get constant 29-30 FPS in ORBX scenery as well as other purchases. I am simply amazed by the 680's performance and graphic output. The card still stays at the top of the 'green' graphics display for temperature. I have vsync set in nVidia Inspector as ADAPTIVE and at the rate of 1/2 my monitor's refresh rate of 60 Hz. So too is the internal FPS cap in FSX, set to 30. I will stay with this overclock setting that is giving me an easy 1.2 GHz Boost Clock rate when the card auto steps into this mode. Also, even at this overclock, up from the already default overclock that was set from the factory, the fan on the 680 can't even be heard! I thought to share my usage experience for those that might be interested.
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