December 11, 201510 yr Last night I bought and downloaded P3D and the P3D-compatible PMDG 737/777 plus ASN. Installing later today. Looking forward to the new experience and would welcome any tips based on your experience. My current system is five years old but runs FSX SE on Windows 10 extremely well with the programs I mentioned already installed. Cheers! LUIS LINARES Processor: Intel Core i9 6700K 9900K (5.0 GHz Turbo) Eight Core; CPU Cooling: NXXT Kraken X62 280mm CPU Liquid Cooler; System Memory: 64GB Corsair DDR4 SDRAM @ 3200 MHz, RGB; Graphics Processor: 11GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, GDDR6, Primary Drive: 2TB Samsung 850 Pro Solid State Drive (SSD)
December 11, 201510 yr Dont aim for FPS, aim for a smooth sim, and start off low on the sliders and work your way up until your happy. Adam
December 11, 201510 yr Hi Luis, Ditto - and I'm going straight from a hardcore FS9 user - to P3D - bypassing FSX completely. Plan on working the install when I get home tonight... Good luck... Regards, Scott
December 11, 201510 yr Commercial Member "The force awaits....." You mean "The Force Awakens", ha! :smile: Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!) Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11), EVGA 1300W PSUNetgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displaysFull array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit. Varjo and HP VR headsets for mixed reality.
December 12, 201510 yr Moderator Last night I bought and downloaded P3D and the P3D-compatible PMDG 737/777 plus ASN. Installing later today. Looking forward to the new experience and would welcome any tips based on your experience. My current system is five years old but runs FSX SE on Windows 10 extremely well with the programs I mentioned already installed. Cheers! I'm interested to see how it runs in your older rig with the NGX and T7. I'm considering trying it, but I'm on an 2700K with a GTX670 2GB. I'm not worried about my CPU clock speed, but worried about my 2GB GPU holding me back. The only thing I'm really interested in running 3xtra that FSX doesn't have is cloud shadows and VC shadows. All the other shadows I can live without. What are your computer specs that you running P3D on? Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
December 12, 201510 yr Author After installing in this order: P3D, SimConnect, Active Sky Next + SP4 beta to enable P3Dv3 functionality, then PMDG 737 and 777, I get between 15 and 20 FPS in the virtual cockpit on a very cloudy day at LAX with relatively max sliders. I'm still playing with sliders. I will probably swap my GTX 580 card from 2011 to a GTX 990 since this program does use the GPU more. I'll keep playing around with the settings. . No crashes of any type so far. Thanks for the comments. LUIS LINARES Processor: Intel Core i9 6700K 9900K (5.0 GHz Turbo) Eight Core; CPU Cooling: NXXT Kraken X62 280mm CPU Liquid Cooler; System Memory: 64GB Corsair DDR4 SDRAM @ 3200 MHz, RGB; Graphics Processor: 11GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, GDDR6, Primary Drive: 2TB Samsung 850 Pro Solid State Drive (SSD)
December 12, 201510 yr Author I'm interested to see how it runs in your older rig with the NGX and T7. I'm considering trying it, but I'm on an 2700K with a GTX670 2GB. I'm not worried about my CPU clock speed, but worried about my 2GB GPU holding me back. The only thing I'm really interested in running 3xtra that FSX doesn't have is cloud shadows and VC shadows. All the other shadows I can live without. What are your computer specs that you running P3D on? i7-2700K CPU @3.50 GHz, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX 580 (rig bought from Jetline Systems in 2010) LUIS LINARES Processor: Intel Core i9 6700K 9900K (5.0 GHz Turbo) Eight Core; CPU Cooling: NXXT Kraken X62 280mm CPU Liquid Cooler; System Memory: 64GB Corsair DDR4 SDRAM @ 3200 MHz, RGB; Graphics Processor: 11GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, GDDR6, Primary Drive: 2TB Samsung 850 Pro Solid State Drive (SSD)
December 12, 201510 yr My advice, install one or two add ons at a time and note the effects. Load a whole bunch of things at once, and something goes awry, it can become difficult to find out what is causing the problem.
December 12, 201510 yr Author My advice, install one or two add ons at a time and note the effects. Load a whole bunch of things at once, and something goes awry, it can become difficult to find out what is causing the problem. That's the plan. I really like it so far and I'll eventually find the visual/performance balance I want. LUIS LINARES Processor: Intel Core i9 6700K 9900K (5.0 GHz Turbo) Eight Core; CPU Cooling: NXXT Kraken X62 280mm CPU Liquid Cooler; System Memory: 64GB Corsair DDR4 SDRAM @ 3200 MHz, RGB; Graphics Processor: 11GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, GDDR6, Primary Drive: 2TB Samsung 850 Pro Solid State Drive (SSD)
December 12, 201510 yr Commercial Member P3DV3 SP1 is due out later this month (last I heard), I'd wait until it was released as it MAY require a re-installation. Dave Hodges System Specs: I9-13900KF, NVIDIA 4070TI, Quest 3, Multiple Displays, Lots of TERRIFIC friends, 3 cats, and a wonderfully stubborn wife.
December 12, 201510 yr Author P3DV3 SP1 is due out later this month (last I heard), I'd wait until it was released as it MAY require a re-installation. Good to know, thanks LUIS LINARES Processor: Intel Core i9 6700K 9900K (5.0 GHz Turbo) Eight Core; CPU Cooling: NXXT Kraken X62 280mm CPU Liquid Cooler; System Memory: 64GB Corsair DDR4 SDRAM @ 3200 MHz, RGB; Graphics Processor: 11GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, GDDR6, Primary Drive: 2TB Samsung 850 Pro Solid State Drive (SSD)
December 12, 201510 yr I have a i7 920 OC at 3.5 ghz, 24gb DDR3, and 2 GTX 660Ti's and I luv P3D. Way better that FSX. If my rig can run it at get 35fps coming into Heathrow with the PMDG 777, I'm sure yours can. Joseph Rogg, Jr Proud Supporter of AVSIM, PMDG, P3D, XP, and others in the FS Community . Flight simming since A2FS1 Flight Simulator (on an 8 bit comp) using 140k micro disks. For those of you who don't know what they are ask your parents :) Praying PMDG brings MD-11 to P3D v4 (7 years and counting) Will be a PMDG customer for life if this happens!
December 12, 201510 yr Moderator One thing for newbies to P3D to be aware of - generally speaking, the lowest slider setting in P3D is about equal to the highest setting in FSX. So if you slam the sliders full bore - expect a slide show. Best recommendation is to accept the P3D default settings and fly with them for a while to get a feel for the sim and then make small adjustments as you go. When you get the right balance between CPU/GPU you'll know it. Don't chase FPS, go for smooth operation at whatever FPS you get. Vic RIG#1 - I9 14900K MSI Pro z790 RTX 5070Ti 40" 4K Monitor 3840x2160
December 12, 201510 yr I'm considering taking the plunge and getting p3d v3 as well. My only concern are the reports of poor AA and shimmering, and having to offset this issue with 4x SGSSA causing a hit on fps with dense clouds. Is this still the case?
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