If your SSD is LESS than 512GB do NOT istall it on an SSD it will NOT be big enough and you are up for a reinstall of EVERYTING within a year.

So, I have it installed on a 120GB SSD... alongside my FSX install on the same SSD... how does it not fit?? Am I defying the laws of reality here???

I think im gonna get some popcorn for the next few threads :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hi guys, thank for your comments, very appreciated.

 

I'd like to purchase Prepar3D 2.2 but first of all I'd like to know if I can run it pretty fine, I don't want to max out all settings, I love IFR flight with PMDG MD11, NGX and AXE.

 

My specs is i7 [email protected] and gtx670 2GB, 6GB ram.

 

In you opinion can I run smoothly Prepar3D 2.2?

 

And what about this items?

 

1) cpu overclock, is it still "mandatory" or can I revert to stock frequency?

2) Ezdok 1.7, does it works? Need I migration tool?

3) tweeking is not mandatory I understand, correct? No one?

4) nvidia Inspector does it work?

5) can I keep FSX and Prepar3D 2.2 on same system and HDD?

6) popping, blurries and stutters are gone completly vs FSX?

 

Thank for help in solving my doubts.

Hi guys, thank for your comments, very appreciated.

 

I'd like to purchase Prepar3D 2.2 but first of all I'd like to know if I can run it pretty fine, I don't want to max out all settings, I love IFR flight with PMDG MD11, NGX and AXE.

 

My specs is i7 [email protected] and gtx670 2GB, 6GB ram.

 

In you opinion can I run smoothly Prepar3D 2.2?

 

And what about this items?

 

1) cpu overclock, is it still "mandatory" or can I revert to stock frequency?

2) Ezdok 1.7, does it works? Need I migration tool?

3) tweeking is not mandatory I understand, correct? No one?

4) nvidia Inspector does it work?

5) can I keep FSX and Prepar3D 2.2 on same system and HDD?

6) popping, blurries and stutters are gone completly vs FSX?

 

Thank for help in solving my doubts.

 

Well you can forget about PMDG for who knows how long...unfortunately. Still no reaction from PMDG with release plans.

My answers:

 

1) yes overclock is mandatory, especially in your case with your CPU

 

2) see here http://forum.avsim.net/topic/426926-p3d-v2-master-compatibility-list/

 

3) yes is correct! My only tweak is affinity mask 255, but I have to check : perhaps it doesen't need it any more

 

4) not yet but it's not important : P3D 2.2 works fine with new nvidia driver , so you can make adjust only internal to P3D

 

5)yes off course you can

 

6) blurries is completely gone !! Stutters : it depends on shadows settings you will use; popping is not a P3D issue but a weather addon issue, however ASN has not this issue

 

Bye

Get the biggest SSD you can afford (since hard drives do have a way of filling up) . . . but you do not really NEED a 512 GB SSD just for P3D.

 

I have the Win 8.1 OC; P3D2.2; FTX Global (full install), FTX Vector (full install); FS Global 2010 (Mesh for all continents installed); ASN for P3D2; a bunch of Orbx airports; 2 A2A aircraft (with Accu-sim);  X-Plane 10 (full Global installed); and a bunch of misc stuff (like MS Office) all on my 512 GB SSD.

 

I still have 273 GB free. 

He apologize to my English, is the translator of google. Consultation is this, had chance to try P3D 2.2 in W7 and if hiso if there W8.1 difference in performance. thanks

Why is overclock mandatory? I have never, ever... and I really do mean ever found a valid reason to overclock a CPU. So... why is it mandatory??

If your SSD is LESS than 512GB do NOT istall it on an SSD it will NOT be big enough and you are up for a reinstall of EVERYTING within a year.

 

I might put the install on a Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB drive then.

So, I have it installed on a 120GB SSD... alongside my FSX install on the same SSD... how does it not fit?? Am I defying the laws of reality here???

 

Not at all. ONLY FSX and P3D does not take up that much space, it´s the add-ons that do. ALL released add-ons from ORBX (for FSX) take up the amount of about 150GB!!!! A few more add-ons and you will very fast bust the space on a 256GB SSD. I wonder what add-ons you have installed on your 128GB SSD with both FSX and P3D on it?

P3D 2.2 may not be perfect, but let's be honest. Any FSX user (and I'm one) criticizing it's state is a bit like an ax murderer calling a petty thief a criminal.

 

I mean, come on. FSX has 100+ page "bibles" written on how to get it perform adequately because it's got so many issues.

With P3D 2.2, turn a few settings down or get a better GPU and go fly (with much prettier visuals as well). FSX has never dreamed of that kind of stability.

I seem to remember them working when I did the update from 2.1 with FSX still installed along with its Simconnect versions. When i blew away FSX and installed the full 2.2 along with reinstalling the latest FSuipc the button that allows you to start the macro creation from the buttons tab was gone.

FSuipc logs show that the macro interface could not be found, it also stated that sim1 could not be patched for the Dynamicfriction Lua so it does look as if some offsets have changed.

No doubt Pete dowson will sort it when he returns from holiday , LM really should have him on the payroll

Good thing Pete is on his own payroll.  

 

 

Hi guys, thank for your comments, very appreciated.

 

I'd like to purchase Prepar3D 2.2 but first of all I'd like to know if I can run it pretty fine, I don't want to max out all settings, I love IFR flight with PMDG MD11, NGX and AXE.

 

My specs is i7 [email protected] and gtx670 2GB, 6GB ram.

 

In you opinion can I run smoothly Prepar3D 2.2?

 

And what about this items?

 

1) cpu overclock, is it still "mandatory" or can I revert to stock frequency?

2) Ezdok 1.7, does it works? Need I migration tool?

3) tweeking is not mandatory I understand, correct? No one?

4) nvidia Inspector does it work?

5) can I keep FSX and Prepar3D 2.2 on same system and HDD?

6) popping, blurries and stutters are gone completly vs FSX?

 

Thank for help in solving my doubts.

In my case, and many others that have commented in the forums, performance is better in P3D so you P3D will very likely run better than FSX currently does.

 

Regarding overclocking, it is not mandatory, but you will see better results that if you do not. One benefit with P3D is performance gets better based on your video card.  Your current card is pretty good and you should see good results in P3D.  Whenever you upgrade your card or go SLI, your performance in P3D will get better, whereas it would not make much difference in FSX.

 

I have not had to do any tweaking in v2.2 and it runs better than FSX and better than v2.1.

 

The bottom line for me is I knew that I would eventually get P3D so I got it and still kept FSX on my system.  I realized that it is not a sin to have both FSX and P3D, although I rarely use FSX now and when I do, I have to say that it really looks like technology from the last decade.  Best of luck to you.

I might put the install on a Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB drive then.

 

Tha would be a good idea. I have one 3TB HD designated ONLY for FS and add-ons.

 

 

Also an SSD will NOT give you ANY better perfromance att all, only a few seconds for loading the sim,

 

Honestly, that's all I was hoping for.  I get tired of waiting for the restarts.  Maybe I won't have to do it as much in P3D, though.

 

Gregg

If your SSD is LESS than 512GB do NOT istall it on an SSD it will NOT be big enough and you are up for a reinstall of EVERYTING within a year.

That's a bit of a stretch recommendation unless you really know what someone is going to do w/ their machine.  I have full installs of FSX & P3D on a single 500Gb SSD--it's less than half full.  This includes all of the following:  

• FTX AUX, All FTX US regions in FSX, and AUX, PNW & NCA in P3D
• Hi res mesh in both sims
• All the PMDG stuff in FSX, plus another 5 or so plane addons
• 3 plane addons in P3D
• REX E+ & REX Texture Direct
• 6 or so add-on airports in FSX, just 2 so far in P3D

I am going to clear out FSX soon, and will pick up huge space from that.

 

You also have to consider what's on the rest of the SSD.  I swear by this approach if you have a single SSD and a few old or new HDDs:

 

1. Put OS & P3D on your fast SSD--can't beat load times!  Won't go back!  Don't use this drive for anything else!  Don't even web surf on it--no Office, no other games, no nada!  This way you can keep an ultra lean install, no need for antiviral software, etc
2. Use your Win install disk and create a second install--I like doing this so both installs are unaware of each other--I change boot ups w/ the F8 key at boot time.  Use the second install for everything else.   I have FarCry 3 on that drive--amazing game it's been awhile since I bought one of these FPS's and it's very well done!   You will download software to the second drive, and install into your SSD sim installations from that download drive.  Again, keeps everything squeaky lean.   
3. Bonus:  when you clone/image your SSD it's a complete standalone solution.   You will not see appreciable differences in any aspect of performance over putting OS and sim on separate SATA 3 SSDs--Windows is doing very little, and due to the nature of SSDs you will not have issues w/ competing access on the single SSD.

FS Dream KDFW

Presumably with the "default" runway textures? I never understood why the p3d 2.X compatible version of this FSDT offering was able to custom texture all ground surfaces except the runway. I've asked this on the FSDT forum at got a rather convoluted explanation.