I'm relatively new to the FSX World but am a pilot.

My PC has an i5 @ 3.0 with 8GB memory. Video is an Nvidia 210 with 1GB RAM. My motherboard won't let me overclock (P8 H61-M).

I've gone through this forum and the T7 Introduction and with FSX set at Medium Low and the recommended tweaks from the Introduction I can get about 16FPS with fair weather at VHHH. This drops to around 12FPS if I add bad weather in FSX

Right now I don't have any add on's but would like to add some traffic and weather and ATC. I'm not that bothered about fancy looking airports other than having realistic Gate positions.

My questions are: 1) leaving the processor as it is, will I get any significant improvements by upgrading the video to say a GT 780? and 2) What gain would I get with an i7 @ over 4.0?

Many Thanks.

 

Chris Stanley

 

Sorry, I'm on W7 Ultimate 64 bit.

Edited September 14, 201312 yr by funkyhut1

Are you  running FSX on the windowed mode? assuming you have indeed applied the suggested settings and tweaks. The only thing I can think of would be the mouse cursor. Apparently its presence on your fsx screen affects FPS. There is a slight difference on most other airplanes but on my 777 I noticed a huge difference. By moving the cursor down to my task bar I get nearly double the frames I was getting before. Try it out.

I think processor is ur bottle neck.

Everyone is saying that for FSX fast CPU is more important than GPU

I think processor is ur bottle neck.

Everyone is saying that for FSX fast CPU is more important than GPU

Nah it must be balance too. You can have the best cpu but your video card is the bottleneck not much ofa improvement.

With the nvidia inspector tweak, your gpu will take some burden off your cpu. Which is very important 

My PC has an i5 @ 3.0 with 8GB memory. Video is an Nvidia 210 with 1GB RAM.

 

Hi Chris,

 

i also use a I5 @3.3, 8GB RAM, together with a Nvidia Geforce GTX550 TI 1GB RAM on W7 64bit... i also did many fsx tweaks (be carefull some are good some could break the 777), most important are autogen tweaks and unlimited frames in fsx options (in my case). you can also try to reduce all your fsx default textures using a tool or replacement set... also very important could be your water setting slider but take into account that every system is different.

 

using the 777, i mostly have frames between 25 up to 60, depends on altitude and addons etc...

 

i agree, the CPU ist most important for FSX, but in your case it seams your GPU to be the bottleneck.

 

 

JG

Thank you!

I'm now up to 19 - 28 which is great. I'm not into the eye candy but trying to learn to do things right.

Much more tweaking and following the advice plus accepting that the Nvidia 210 with 1GB RAM was probably the bottleneck, I went for a small upgrade to a GTX 630 with 2GB and now, with FSX maxed out all round, I'm getting a steady 30-40 FPS with the i5 percentage seldom over 85% and the GPU at around 50%. VAS is around 2GB and steady and both the NGX and the 777 are smooth as silk.

I've got FSX on Unlimited and am limiting on the GTX to 50.

Even at VTBS with its notoriously "heavy" scenery add on I'm getting no worse than 21 FPS. I'm getting 30+ around VHHX with the Fly Tampa add on and magnificent views of Hong Kong from the CH hold in the T7.

Rock On into a flying retirement!

Thanks again for the advice and help!

...you realize we`re in a real plane right ? ...yea, but this is so much cooler ! ^_^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuZC8l2rQZ4

 

 

 

JG