May 28, 201313 yr This is a forum of my findings with testing FSX and CrossfireX. My system: OS: Windows 7 x64 CPU: i7-980 3.33ghz Ram: 16 GB Sniper 1866 SSD: 250 GB Samsung 840, 2 X OCZ 60 GB HDD: 1 TB Hitachi, 1 Samsung HD105SI CD/DVD Drive: HP CDDVDW GPU: 2 X Radeon HD 7850 2GB OC'd to 1050, 1400 FSX with Crossfire with Bojote tweak tool: Settings: [Graphics] Fram Rate: Unlimited Resolution: 1920x1080 Anisotropic: On Anti-aliasing: Checked Global Texture: Very High Lens Flare: Check Advanced Animations: Check [Aircraft] Default View: 3-D virtual cockpit High Res: Check Aircraft Lights Illum Ground: Check [scenery] LOD: Large Mesh com: 75 Mesh res: 5m Texture res: 15cm Water effects: Low 2.x Scenery com: Extreme Autogen den: Dense Special effects: High [Weather] Cloud Draw: 60mi Cloud Detail: Detaild and maximum Downloads Winds Aloft: Check Rate of Change: Medium [Traffic] All 0 and Labels Off [sound] All 50 Results: Ultra Light and Friday Harbor (in air): 38-60 Ultra Light and Friday Harbor (on ground): 34-50 Ultra Light and KLAX (FsDreamteam {in air}): 30-40 Ultra Light and KLAX (FsDreamteam {on ground}): 25-45 NGX and KLAX (FsDreamteam {in air}): 14-18 NGX and KLAX (FsDreamteam {on ground}): 14-16 Now the major jumps in fps on some results is because I panned around the VC and those were the averages. FSX without CFX: Same Settings and CFG as before. Results: Ultra Light and Friday Harbor (in air): 40-50 Ultra Light and Friday Harbor (on ground): 40-80 Ultra Light and KLAX (in air): 34-54 Ultra Light and KLAX (on ground): 38-60 NGX and KLAX (in air): 20-30 NGX and KLAX (on ground): 25-40 I forgot to mention that I have ORBX, REX Essential, and ASE installed and running while doing these tests.
June 1, 201313 yr Author FSX doesn't use the benefits of dual GPU's. Yes I know that I was just showing my findings.
June 1, 201313 yr Nothing wrong with your findings :-) Looks like good results. Just wanted to mention this as your topic title can be a bit misleading. Sander Rutte
June 1, 201313 yr Author Oh ok and yeah my findings show some crazy results. Having a Overclocked cpu is worse than just leaving it alone from what I've seen also.
June 2, 201313 yr Oh ok and yeah my findings show some crazy results. Having a Overclocked cpu is worse than just leaving it alone from what I've seen also. That must be an anomaly. Overclocking can make a huge difference to frames. My i52500k stock at 3.6ghz gets about 12-15fps with the NGX in Orbx and UK2000 Heathrow. When I clock it to 4.8ghz I get lovely smooth 30fps. FSX is hugely CPU bound. Faster processor = Faster FSX Elliot Westacott
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