December 7, 201312 yr Dear readers,I would like to improve my performance for my favorite game: FSX.My system:- Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3 iP55- Intel Core i7 860 2.8GHz 2.5GT/s Box- OCZ 4x2GB DDR3 PC10666 CL7.0 Platin. LV- MSI Videokaart PCI-e GeForce GTX275 Lightning 1.8GB DVI/HDMI- OCZ GameXStream 700W- Samsung 1TB SATA300 32MB, HD103UJRecently, I purchased a Noctua NH-D14 cooler and succesfully overclocked my i7 860 to ~ 4GHz. Still, I am not happy with the FSX performance. I play FSX with a few add-ons, such as: PMDG 737NGX, Ultimate terrain X, Some Aerosoft sceneries as well as the IVAP online multiplayer. Also, I did the standard FSX tweaks ( such as [DISPLAY] TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=40 [GRAPHICS] TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=4096 [Main] FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.15 and more)Current performance: I run FSX at a mega airport with all sliders maxed out (but not slides such as the light boom) at ~ 11- FPS.Goal: I would like to run FSX at a mega airport with all sliders maxed out at ~ 20+ FPS.I have some thoughts how I can improve my performance:1. Buy a SATA6 SSD ( such as the Samsung 840 EVO 250GB). If i am correct, I do also have to buy a new motherboard in order to improve the transfer rate of data.2. I am not sure but my RAM frequency might be a bottleneck (1066MHz), So maybe buy other RAM?Can you tell me if my thoughts make sense and what you think is the bottleneck of my System?Many thanks, Jasper
December 7, 201312 yr An SSD will not help your frame rates at all. If you were to make a single change, I'd recommend something like a GTX 660Ti video card (or perhaps a used 480 or 570). I used to run an i7-975 at ~4.4 GHz, and moving up from a 275 to a 480 made a significant difference. That said, piling a bunch of the latest add-ons in their full glory on to a 3-generation old CPU and mobo is not going to be very satisfying--you have to carefully pick which features mean the most, but you can't run them all on that machine. Regards Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
December 7, 201312 yr Your CPU running at 2.8G doesn't help Your video card is pretty much a minimum these days An SSD isn't the answer for you Higher RAM freq won't significantly help What is your OS?
December 12, 201312 yr TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=4096 too high. Have you done the Bufferpool tweak ? you need it. Reduce the sliders you can not run it with max and expect 25 fps on your system. Ryzen 5 1600x - 16GB DDR4 - RTX 3050 8GB - MSI Gaming Plus
December 12, 201312 yr Agreed with the video card upgrade. Definitely the best upgrade for the money. Otherwise a whole new system would be my next recommendation. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
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