October 4, 201411 yr The performance section of the learning guide says that the P3D v2 now takes advantage of all available cores, so is there any reason to add the affinity mask line to the p3d.cfg file anymore? - Bill Magann
October 4, 201411 yr I added it (2.4) because the core utilization was mostly on core 0; the rest of them were dawdling along at 15-20%, so I figured why not? Using AM=255 for 4 cores/4 threads and am seeing much better balance and performance. You might give it a try and see what happens for you. cheers, Greg i7-9700K, MSI Z370, PNY 4070 Super, GTX 750Ti, 32GB GSkill, 43" curved Samsung, 32" BenQ, 11" LED, RealSImGear GTN750, Win10, P3DV5.4/P3DV6 and MSFS, several GoFlight modules, Saitek radio, Brunner CLS-E NG Yoke, Virtual Fly TQ6.
October 4, 201411 yr I didn't think it did..until i saw someone recommend it for scenery loading.so i set it at 15(used to use 14 in fsx)and i saw a noticeable improvement. so for the time being i'm going to leave it in. steve REX SKYFORCE 3D steve howlett
October 4, 201411 yr I tried a couple of days ago AM=244 for a quad core with HT on and DID notice a difference in performance/smoothness in 2.4 Dragos I9-13900K/ Gigabyte RTX 4090 Gaming OC/ Aorus Master Z790/ Kingston 64GB@6000Mhz DDR 5/ 2TB nvme 0.2 Samsung 980 PRO/ Deepcool LS720
October 4, 201411 yr Author One thing I notice is that people are still using different settings. I guess that debate will never end! I had mine at 254 in the past. I enjoy playing around with this stuff almost as much as the actual "flying". Almost. - Bill Magann
October 4, 201411 yr does P3D take advantage of Hyperthreading...i don't think it does,FSX definitely didn't. steve REX SKYFORCE 3D steve howlett
October 4, 201411 yr does P3D take advantage of Hyperthreading...i don't think it does,FSX definitely didn't. steve And speaking of which, what would be the optimal setting for an I-7 2600 K? Chas My first sim flight simulator Take a ride to Stinking Creek! http://youtu.be/YP3fxFqkBXg Win10 Pro, GeForce GTX 1080TI/Rizen5 5600x OCd,32 GB RAM,3x1920 x 1080, 60Hz , 27" Dell TouchScreen,TM HOTAS Warthog,TrackIR5,Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals HP reverbG2,Quest2
October 4, 201411 yr And speaking of which, what would be the optimal setting for an I-7 2600 K? Chas Holy Grail right here - follow this and you will be a happy camper - have not tried it in 2.4 yet http://forum.avsim.net/topic/444793-one-tweak-to-rule-them-all-how-to-set-affinity-mask-correctly/?hl=affinity+mask This is what I used for 2700k - worked great going to try it now see what happens [JOBSCHEDULER] AffinityMask=244 You place this at the very beginning of your cfg file Well after placing AM in there is a slight stutter noticed and cooling fans ramped up more than usual - so getting rid of it - P3D cfg file should be virgin at least in 2.4 Rich Sennett
October 4, 201411 yr Author After inserting it back into my config file my cooling fans went nuts. I guess it was doing something! I didn't notice any increased stutter. - Bill Magann
October 4, 201411 yr Holy Grail right here - follow this and you will be a happy camper - have not tried it in 2.4 yet http://forum.avsim.net/topic/444793-one-tweak-to-rule-them-all-how-to-set-affinity-mask-correctly/?hl=affinity+mask This is what I used for 2700k - worked great going to try it now see what happens [JOBSCHEDULER] AffinityMask=244 You place this at the very beginning of your cfg file Well after placing AM in there is a slight stutter noticed and cooling fans ramped up more than usual - so getting rid of it - P3D cfg file should be virgin at least in 2.4 hmmmmm....I wonder....if you might be throttling....I know I am....but that means a major OH on the Case/MOBO...the 2600K has a LOT of head room I am not using....also thinking of upgrading RAM to faster/more....whatdiyathink?... Regards, Chas My first sim flight simulator Take a ride to Stinking Creek! http://youtu.be/YP3fxFqkBXg Win10 Pro, GeForce GTX 1080TI/Rizen5 5600x OCd,32 GB RAM,3x1920 x 1080, 60Hz , 27" Dell TouchScreen,TM HOTAS Warthog,TrackIR5,Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals HP reverbG2,Quest2
October 4, 201411 yr hmmmmm....I wonder....if you might be throttling....I know I am....but that means a major OH on the Case/MOBO...the 2600K has a LOT of head room I am not using....also thinking of upgrading RAM to faster/more....whatdiyathink?... Regards, Chas If its not throttling without it in why put it in - as for ram I would get corsair vengeance platinums - I have them and they are awesome Rich Sennett
October 4, 201411 yr Author I've read that faster memory speed helps cure the stutters. Do you think that is true? - Bill Magann
October 5, 201411 yr It gave me +5 fps in CS777 for my old system from 13 to 18 FPS. However, for newer systems it is probably not so important.
October 5, 201411 yr I was wondering about the same and some other things : HT on or Off ? AM line in the cfg file or not ? AlwaysFullLoad=1 yes/no ? 5950x3d 5.4-5.7 GHz - Asus ROG 870 Crosshair Apex - GSkill Neo 2x 24 Gb 6000 mhz / cas 26 - MSI RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC - 1x SSD M2 6000 2TB - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 1Tb - Corsair 5400 case - Corsair 360 liquid cooling set - 3x 75’ TCL tv. 13600 6 cores @ 5.1 GHz / 8 cores @ 4.0 GHz (hypterthreading on) - Asus ROG Strix Gaming D - GSkill Trident 4x Gb 3200 MHz cas 15 - Asus TUF RTX 4080 16 Gb - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 2TB - 2x Sata 600 SSD 500 Mb - Corsair D4000 Airflow case - NXT Krajen Z63 AIO liquide cooling - FOV : 200 degrees My flightsim vids : https://www.youtube.com/user/fswidesim/videos?shelf_id=0&sort=dd&view=0
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