I think I now have successfully set up my FSX in DX10 thanks to Steve's latest fixer and many set up

advices on the web. I have only test flown my NGX in daytime using ASN weather with REX4 texture

and all seems to function well.

 

It's time now to tweak various settings to allow me smooth enough performance since I'm experiencing

low teens in frame rate as I near my Aerosoft add-on airport to land. To this end, I'm taking it step by

step in understanding what to tweak, reading Paul's How-to guide.

 

While I have multiple issues to solve, allow me one question at a time.

 

My understanding from the How-to is that scenery sliders within the FSX will see different results between

DX9 and 10, am I correct? If I was happy with the slider setting in DX9, then I can slide them

a little more to the left in DX10 to achieve the same level of detail in DX10?

The reason why I ask is that my sliders are set exactly the same and if that is leading

to lower frame rate due to more detail in DX10 then I want to pull back on the

sliders in exchange for performance gain.

 

I maybe misunderstanding this, but not sure.

My feeling is to leave your sliders exactly where they were in DX9 - then you have something to compare with (if your memory is good!) while you test other settings.

 

I'd work through Paul's guide a tweak at a time until you have a *smooth and stable* FSX - disregarding framerates for the time being.

 

Only when you're happy that your anti-aliasing is OK, you have no shimmering, no blurries and no excessive stuttering or popping - then start tweaking FSX sliders for frame-rates.

 

Steve has said that the Fixer to nothing to increase framerates as such. What I've found is that the whole process (if done properly) tunes up your system as much as possible - giving you an "apparent" gain. For my part, I gained more in terms of stability and the elimination of OOMs. Performance-wise, my FSX is probably about 20% faster (because of the clean-up) but the graphics are way better than they were.

 

Adam.