So is $35.95 worth it?  I use a sophisticated finance program and produced a report to tell me what I have spent on "Hobbies:flying" since 1/1/2012"?   After relocating from the USA west coast to the USA east coast I purchased a new system in August 2011.  In January 2012 I installed FSX and started building my FSX simulator environment (I had reverted to FS9 on my previous system as it could not effectively handle FSX). Since January 2012.  Over that time span I have invested $3,529 in flight simulation.  FSX, plus add-ons.  About 33% of that on flight sim related hardware, 33% on scenery (the bulk of which is photo-real), and 33% on either add-on aircraft or avionics.  (BTW, the least of all my investment has been in add-on aircraft, where end user support trails end user license agreement terms (EULA) by a light year).  (BTW: the best of which has been the add-on avionics).

 

$35.95?  That's right at 1% of what I have spent in 2 1/2 years.

 

I fully understand and agree with the complaints about the scope and duration of this product's demo period.  That is a poor marketing decision.  But in regard to a purchase decision this is a no brainer!  I have spent tens of hours attempting to follow all sorts of suggestions and guidelines to improve FSX performance.  What is an hour of time worth?

3. Not sure there's a way to implement this, but here it goes anyway: Detect a GPU bottleneck (high AA settings + clouds) situation to keep FA from trying to get frames back by reducing terrain loading in that case.

 

This! I tried the demo but quickly ran into this issue. At least two thirds of the time (about 100% of the time outside airports) my low frames are due to cloud AA, so that when using this tool I end up with blurries for no good reason.

Hi,

 

Anyone using the Adaptive Vsync in Nvidia Control Panel ? I have been using it without FA but not sure if it can handle it.?

 

Guide for FSUIPC automatic FA.EXE  please :-)?

 

Thanks

Michael

What I have no clearly understand is this: if I set my worst sceario with minimum lower acceptable fps then is better to use this configs for all phase of flight and/other (best) scenarios or may I have to configure FA for every flight.

 

For example I've seen that during cruise fps I can get more fps than lower limit, may I have to up this limit to best value?

Hi,

 

Anyone using the Adaptive Vsync in Nvidia Control Panel ? I have been using it without FA but not sure if it can handle it.?

 

Guide for FSUIPC automatic FA.EXE  please :-)?

 

Thanks

Michael

 

Why would you want to use adaptive Vsync when you can get triple buffered Vsync in full screen mode and in windowed mode?

 

What I have no clearly understand is this: if I set my worst sceario with minimum lower acceptable fps then is better to use this configs for all phase of flight and/other (best) scenarios or may I have to configure FA for every flight.

 

For example I've seen that during cruise fps I can get more fps than lower limit, may I have to up this limit to best value?

 

If I got it right, here's how I think it works

 

The worst case scenario is supposed to to be the most demanding airport you might fly to at any time, not the most demanding stage of a given flight.

Example:

 

1. A flight from an airport in the middle of nowhere where you get 30 FPS, arrival at JFK where you get 20 FPS. While cruising you may very well be above 60FPS.

2. the next day you fly from the same 30 FPS airport to your most demanding airport in FSX where you get say 12 FPS.

 

If you set your target frame rates to something like 25 min / 40 max, you'll get good texture loading and 30 FPS on departure on day one. Then while cruising, with little workload on the CPU, FA should be able to get your sim locked at the 40FPS max, with maxed out terrain loading (because it can do 60 FPS no problem, let alone 40) enjoying crisp textures and a smooth experience. Finally, on arrival, FA will try to keep 25 FPS @ JFK where you usually had 20 FPS, sacrificing some texture loading but probably looking good enough.

 

Problem is day 2. With a minimum target of 25 FPS, when you fly somewhere you normally get 12 FPS, you're asking FA to get you twice as many FPS (the minimum 25 FPS target), and that's likely going to look like a blurry mess.

 

So you set your minimum target (in the FA GUI) based on your worst performing situation in FSX.

Best scenarios (cruising) should hit your maximum target (the one you set in FSX before starting FA) and would act as a limiter and if not set unrealisticly high, also max out texture loading at that stage

 

 

Guide for FSUIPC automatic FA.EXE please :-)?

 

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/445641-fsx-fiber-accelerator/page-23#entry3026838

Trouble is and I have re installed and tested again Fibre is causing my system to run at the lower frame rate.

 

FSX at 40 FSPS at 30 but frames drop below the 30 and at one point whilst flying the AXE the rate drop to 14.

 

Plus other say do not watch frames look how smooth it is...well it is not taxiing is a stutter fest....

 

Without FPFS and a full reinstall of Nvida drivers to clear anything. Back to 30 drops to 28 now and again.

 

Want it to work have tried but alas for me no so uninstalled and shelved for this time being.

 

All the best

EDIT: interesting to see such a hot topic and lots of interest when I've been repeatedly TOLD that FSX is as smooth as glass ... hmmmm

 

Actually I thought that it was the P3D'ers who have always been saying that P3D v2 had been smooth as glass for them since launch day in November! :rolleyes:

 

(And woe to you if you posted that you might have a problem!)

This! I tried the demo but quickly ran into this issue. At least two thirds of the time (about 100% of the time outside airports) my low frames are due to cloud AA, so that when using this tool I end up with blurries for no good reason.

 

FSPS Feature Suggestion: (if possible)

 

Add a check box. Add an altitude inputbox next to the check box.

 

With check box unchecked, Fiber would work at all times.

With check box checked, Fiber would only work BELOW the user typed in altitude.

 

Thought is to have Fiber only working when in demanding situation, on take off and approach. Usually too busy pushing cockpit buttons during these 2 time to look out the window anyway.

He is pre-occupied with frame rates. It isn't about frame rates, it's about smoothness. I have no problems with lower frame rates, which is what I get with FA, but I am well put out when I get jerks and stutters, and so far FA seems to remove them quite well. You have to be less ambitious with the settings.

 

Pete

 

This comment is the one that almost all users refuse to acknowledge and has been preached by many and ignored by most. The almighty FPS is put on a pedestal and used to determine if a system is bad, good, or great. If people could get over FPS and more on smoothness it would reduce posts on this site my a large percent. Hopefully this comment, coming from someone of your stature in this community, will finally sink in.

But turning FA off doesn't restore the FSX internal values that FA has been manipulating, so the results you get depend on what it did last not on what it might do next.. So there's no point in turning it off and comparing results without restarting FS too. I hope this might be changed in a later version. (Froogle wasn't even on version 1.1 I noticed).

 

Also, it needs optimizing. He's clearly not done that. He set arbitrary numbers, what 30 and 35? That's all wrong. The lower frame rate should probably be lower and the upper frame rate certainly much higher. Mine are 28 and 58. The upper frame rate can be well above what you really want or expect. Both numbers control what FA s doing. The instructions are quite clear and should be followed, but then you can experiment a little especially with the upper limit. I found that the lower one is best adjusted exactly as it says, till you don't see 'unlimited' being set by FS too often (use Shift+Z for that, not FRAPS of course).

 

Although, as I said,  mine are set to 28/58, the actual frame rates in my worst case scenario are 16-31. Before FA they were 18-35 (with FS set to unlimited). But the FA results are better because without FA it is very noticeably jerky. With FA it's pretty smooth. Nice, in fact. ;-)

 

Pete

 

A very key point. Well said.

Adaptive Vsync can be used icw FSX FA , but you have to set it right to get it right.

Otherwise use Standard Vsync on or even off.

 

On my system I use it : in Windows I have set the monitor freq to 50 , in NVI 1/2 refreshrate and in FSX I use 25 fps.

FSX FA is set to 18. 

 

But, I have 2 different fsx.cfg files : one for Sunny weather and the other for cloudy weather ( multiple layers , overcast ect ).

The Sunny weather version has water set to 2x Low and the cloudy weather to 1x Low.

Using 3+ cloud layers on a 3 monitor view setup icw photo scenery and very detailed airports will get my system down to 8-12 fps if I have set water to 2x Low.

Using 1x Low they stay above 20.

 

When using FSX FA my lower framerates are 20-25% higher. And on the framerate range from 18-25 the sim is more fluid with FSX FA then without it.

A framerate set to 25 icw freq set to 50 is a smoother sim for me than a framerate set to 30 icw freq set to 30.

But that is caused by my res of 5920x1080 and very detailed scenery. 

 

A Fs friend of mine had blurries when using FSX FA and not without it.

After having tested several setting scenarios my conclusion was that he had his settings to high.

Without FSX FA he did not have blurries but he had small stutters.

With FSX FA he had a totally fluid sim, but after 5 minutes with multiple cloud layers and detailed scenery bit by bit his scenery became blurry.

Fps changed from 30 to Unlimited. The framerate he had when flying where down to 16 without FSX FA , but when using FSX FA they remained above 20.

 

By settings the car traffic + aircraft traffic slider a little back and the cloud drawing distance 20 mls less to 60 , the sim stayed sharp and fluid.

Adaptive Vsync can be used icw FSX FA , but you have to set it right to get it right.

 

I really don't want to derail the thread, but still wonder why you guys run adaptive vsync.

 

You mean this?

Sorry but i just bought it and already i am in the league for a uninstall.

 

I have better performance with my old setup using unlimited FPS and Adaptive Vsync with latest drivers from Nvidia. Better FPS and crisper terrain .

 

So is there a possibility for a refund or can you sell your license?

 

Michael

Sorry but i just bought it and already i am in the league for a uninstall.

 

I have better performance with my old setup using unlimited FPS and Adaptive Vsync with latest drivers from Nvidia. Better FPS and crisper terrain .

 

So is there a possibility for a refund or can you sell your license?

 

Michael

 

Why would you buy it then? Also can I have your loot?

Sorry but i just bought it and already i am in the league for a uninstall.

 

I have better performance with my old setup using unlimited FPS and Adaptive Vsync with latest drivers from Nvidia. Better FPS and crisper terrain .

 

So is there a possibility for a refund or can you sell your license?

 

Michael

Why didn't you try the 5 X 1 hour demo?