January 24, 201610 yr First, this is what works for me on a [email protected], GTX 780 with 6GB. Type of flying, PMDG NG/777, Q400. Addons always used. ASN TrackIR EZCA I always fly into and out of pay-ware airports. ORBX=Global, Vector, OLC. Nothing else. Lets Start with P3D Settings. The only thing to note here is I now have water set to OFF(you might like it you might not? try it and see! If your flying over land you don't need anything else really!) Vector uses over 300mb of VAS and for the type of flying I do I only have the below turned ON and it saves VAS and stutters etc. Now this is how I make P3D 3.1 run as smooth as can be from me. There is a guy called Steve W ( Steve Waite) and if you want to know about Affinity masks then all you need to know is what he says. With my CPU and with HT ON I now use AM 116 (AM is the only config tweak I use now) Open Task Manager Ctrl+Alt+Delete Then press Task Manager Have a look down the list for P3D, right click and click on "Set Affinity" and you will see this, this shows what cores P3D is going to use. One you have P3D running press Alt+Enter (not full screen) then open Task Manager. As before scroll down and fine TrackIR, I want this as smooth as possible (30 FPS and no stutters) As before, find it in the list but select "Set Priority" and set like this. Then as above "Set Affinity" like this. Its now only using the cores NOT used by P3D Now set ASN and EZDC "Set Affinity" the same way, DONT change "Set Priority" leave as default "Normal" Now you have set everything to use the cores P3D does not use, leaving P3D in peace. Am not saying this is best and it might not even work for you, but it sure does for me and hopefully the reasons why are easy to see. Like always it's finding what works for you. Enjoy! David Murden. MSFS • Fenix A320 • PMDG 737 • MG Honda Jet • 414 / TDS 750Xi • FS-ATC Chatter • FlyingIron Spitfire & ME109G • MG Honda Jet • • Fenix A320 Walkthrough PDF • Flightsim.to • DCS • A10c II • F-16c • F/A-18c • F-14 • (Others in hanger) • Supercarrier • Terrains = • Nevada NTTR • Persian Gulf • Syria • Marianas • • [email protected] All Cores HT ON • 32GB DDR4 3200MHz • RTX 3080 • TM Warthog HOTAS • TM TPR • Corsair Virtuoso XT with Dolby Atmos® • Samsung G7 32" 1440p 240Hz • TrackIR 5 & ProClip •
January 24, 201610 yr Just so I have this correct, do you go into the task manager before each session and set those processes' affinity? [email protected] - ROG Strix Z790-E - 2X16Gb G.Skill Trident DDR5 6400 CL32 - MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X - WD SN850X 2 TB M.2 - XPG S70 Blade 2 TB M.2 - MSI A1000G PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold PSU - Liam Li 011 Dynamic Razer case - 58" Panasonic TC-58AX800U 4K - Pico 4 VR HMD - WinWing HOTAS Orion2 MAX - ProFlight Pedals - TrackIR 5 - W11 Pro (Passmark:12574, CPU:63110-Single:4785, GPU:50688)
January 24, 201610 yr Hi David. have you tried this setup with HT off? There is a problem with VAS as i recall it with it on. Michael Moe Michael Moe
January 24, 201610 yr Author Just so I have this correct, do you go into the task manager before each session and set those processes' affinity? Yes that's right Hi David. have you tried this setup with HT off? There is a problem with VAS as i recall it with it on. Michael Moe Yes and I prefer HT on Michael. I have No problems with VAS even flying into EGLL (aerosofts) from e.g Copenhagen. David Murden. MSFS • Fenix A320 • PMDG 737 • MG Honda Jet • 414 / TDS 750Xi • FS-ATC Chatter • FlyingIron Spitfire & ME109G • MG Honda Jet • • Fenix A320 Walkthrough PDF • Flightsim.to • DCS • A10c II • F-16c • F/A-18c • F-14 • (Others in hanger) • Supercarrier • Terrains = • Nevada NTTR • Persian Gulf • Syria • Marianas • • [email protected] All Cores HT ON • 32GB DDR4 3200MHz • RTX 3080 • TM Warthog HOTAS • TM TPR • Corsair Virtuoso XT with Dolby Atmos® • Samsung G7 32" 1440p 240Hz • TrackIR 5 & ProClip •
January 24, 201610 yr Thanks for the post, these kinds of posts are very informative. I run with HT off, but I totally forgot about setting the priority to 'High' before flying. I think that there is a .bat file we can create to have P3D start in a higher priority than normal. I just can't remember how to do it. Did it for FSX and it worked very well. I'm running the same CPU, but have better results with HT off. I tried AM=116/85/84, but none seemed to do it for me like HT off with no AM. Andrew F.P. "That's when I realized, I'm not real; God just imagined me." - Eyedea
January 24, 201610 yr Author I did not say set P3D to High. Its default. Only TrackIR. Also this is not relying on just a AM tweak. It's about kicking everything of the cores used my P3D and the AM. David Murden. MSFS • Fenix A320 • PMDG 737 • MG Honda Jet • 414 / TDS 750Xi • FS-ATC Chatter • FlyingIron Spitfire & ME109G • MG Honda Jet • • Fenix A320 Walkthrough PDF • Flightsim.to • DCS • A10c II • F-16c • F/A-18c • F-14 • (Others in hanger) • Supercarrier • Terrains = • Nevada NTTR • Persian Gulf • Syria • Marianas • • [email protected] All Cores HT ON • 32GB DDR4 3200MHz • RTX 3080 • TM Warthog HOTAS • TM TPR • Corsair Virtuoso XT with Dolby Atmos® • Samsung G7 32" 1440p 240Hz • TrackIR 5 & ProClip •
January 24, 201610 yr Heya David, Interesting. Just an FYI: You can also invoke Task Manager by hitting CTRL+SHIFT+ESC. If you use Process Lasso it will *permanently* assign core affinity for any process. Lots of ways to get creative around here! John Howell Prepar3D V5, Windows 10 Pro, I7-9700K @ 4.6Ghz, EVGA GTX1080, 32GB Corsair Dominator 3200GHz, SanDisk Ultimate Pro 480GB SSD (OS), 2x Samsung 1TB 970 EVO M.2 (P3D), Corsair H80i V2 AIO Cooler, Fulcrum One Yoke, Samsung 34" 3440x1440 curved monitor, Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant, Thrustmaster TPR rudder pedals, Thrustmaster T1600M stick
January 24, 201610 yr Author Nice info John. David Murden. MSFS • Fenix A320 • PMDG 737 • MG Honda Jet • 414 / TDS 750Xi • FS-ATC Chatter • FlyingIron Spitfire & ME109G • MG Honda Jet • • Fenix A320 Walkthrough PDF • Flightsim.to • DCS • A10c II • F-16c • F/A-18c • F-14 • (Others in hanger) • Supercarrier • Terrains = • Nevada NTTR • Persian Gulf • Syria • Marianas • • [email protected] All Cores HT ON • 32GB DDR4 3200MHz • RTX 3080 • TM Warthog HOTAS • TM TPR • Corsair Virtuoso XT with Dolby Atmos® • Samsung G7 32" 1440p 240Hz • TrackIR 5 & ProClip •
January 24, 201610 yr Heya David, Interesting. Just an FYI: You can also invoke Task Manager by hitting CTRL+SHIFT+ESC. If you use Process Lasso it will *permanently* assign core affinity for any process. Lots of ways to get creative around here! I second on Process Lasso, using it since many years.
January 24, 201610 yr Interesting post David, I will look at giving it a try when I have a chance. Thanks for sharing the information. \Robert Hamlich/
January 24, 201610 yr I did not say set P3D to High. Its default. Only TrackIR. Another way is right click on trackir desktop icon => properties => shortcut and add this line in target : C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /high TrackIR5.exe. TIR will start on high priority everytime. Intel Core i9 13900K, NVidia RTX 4090 FE, Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB@6000MHz, Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe M2, Asus OLED PG42 UQ
January 24, 201610 yr Commercial Member If I use Process Lasso do I still have to set AM in P3D config? Paul Grubich 2017 - Professional texture artist painting virtual aircraft I love. Be sure to check out my aged cockpits for the A2A B-377, B-17 and Connie at Flightsim.com and Avsim library
January 25, 201610 yr "If I use Process Lasso do I still have to set AM in P3D config?" Negative Hans Soule
January 25, 201610 yr And yet Another way is to use SimStarter. This is a fantastic piece of sofwares and I believe a new version soon will also set the affinity mask of each program it starts in conjunction with the sim.
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