Taking the P3D Plunge Today

[scottb613 1,188]

Hi Luis,

 

Yeah - sounds like we have comparable systems as well 2700k and a GTX 570 w/2.5GB... Are you running OC ? The Sandy's over clock well and mines been running at 4.5Ghz for years...

 

Loaded P3D, ASN, and REX last night - pretty impressive - going toad FTX and UTX tonight....

 

OBTW: The tail beacon on the Bonanza doesn't seem to work...

 

Regards,

Scott

[Raven9000 272]

I will probably swap my GTX 580 card from 2011 to a GTX 990 since this program does use the GPU more.

WOW! You're gonna use a video card that doesn't even exist in stores yet? Now THAT's cutting edge!

[Luis_KMIA 242]

WOW! You're gonna use a video card that doesn't even exist in stores yet? Now THAT's cutting edge!

980 that is!

Hi Luis,

 

Yeah - sounds like we have comparable systems as well 2700k and a GTX 570 w/2.5GB... Are you running OC ? The Sandy's over clock well and mines been running at 4.5Ghz for years...

 

Loaded P3D, ASN, and REX last night - pretty impressive - going toad FTX and UTX tonight....

 

OBTW: The tail beacon on the Bonanza doesn't seem to work...

 

Regards,

Scott

 

I think Jetline Systems provided me w/ an overclocked system.  I think I found a good balance.  About to go from FlightBeam KIAD to FlyTampa OMDB on PMDG 777.  20+ FPS in cockpit and the visuals of P3D still look richer than FSX. 

[scottb613 1,188]

Hi Luis,

 

Yeah - just bumped my frame rate lock up to 25 - haven't added any airports or planes yet... Loading FTX and UTX as we speak...

 

Regards,
Scott

[Poppet 709]

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

 

Very good post Vic,  Through watching your posts over the last year i aimed for smoothness over FPS and it worked a treat.  I have a powerful system and i still lock my frames at 30/32, i keep my sliders up enough to enjoy the visuals but aim for smoothness all the time 

[dmarques69 316]

One thing for newbies to P3D to be aware of - generally speaking, the lowest slider setting in P3D is about 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

100% correct, I got my smooth at 21 locked FPS, with the sliders at middle/max, and I have a i7 4970k overclocked over a 970gtx also overclocked... the only think that is bothering me is some cloud dissapearing with the last ASN version.

[Luis_KMIA 242]

I got the "a problem caused P3Dto stop working" error halfway through the 777 flight, but I just did a short hop on the 737 with no problems.  I'm sure there'll some teething pains, but I really like the program and got my FPS in the high 10s/low 20s at the FSDT/FlyTampa quaility airports,  These go up quite a bit in the night, so I'll see if thre are any daytime visuals I can still tweak to my liking.

[hychewright 46]

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

Good advice.

[Christopher Low 5,353]

I think that "lowest settings in P3D are equal to the medium settings in FSX" is probably closer to the truth.

[Luis_KMIA 242]

I think that "lowest settings in P3D are equal to the medium settings in FSX" is probably closer to the truth.

Agree!.  They are working very well.

[Luis_KMIA 242]

Almost two weeks into my P3D experience, and my only complaint is why I waited so long to get it.  With med to high display settings it actually has better FPS than my FSX SE in higher settings.

 

I was wondering if anyone knew more about the intricacies of add-on scenery on P3D v3.  Some developers announce when they have new installers for v3 compatibility.  I own a large number of add-on sceneries and have all my FSDT, FlightBeam, and FlyTampa installed and running smoothly since their v3 updates.  Should I wait for my other scenery packages to be v3 ready, or is running them in P3D v3 easier than that?  Just curious.