February 26, 201610 yr Hello all, I was just curious: from the start screen in P3D, after choosing your airport and aircraft, how long does it take to load the scenario? I'm asking because it takes me approximately 4 minutes or so. I am not asking how I can improve the load - I just want to know how quickly a super-monster can load P3D? Mario Di Lauro
February 26, 201610 yr uhh I don't know if mine would be considered a "super" machine, but I do have an SSD and it takes maybe a minute. I've got lots of stuff in it though. Ron Hamilton "95% is half the truth, but most of it is lies, but if you read half of what is written, you'll be okay." __ Honey Boo Boo's Mom
February 27, 201610 yr Hello all, I was just curious: from the start screen in P3D, after choosing your airport and aircraft, how long does it take to load the scenario? I'm asking because it takes me approximately 4 minutes or so. I am not asking how I can improve the load - I just want to know how quickly a super-monster can load P3D? I have one of those super computers 22 seconds might be time for an upgrade lol kidding Rich Sennett
February 27, 201610 yr Author I have one of those super computers 22 seconds might be time for an upgrade lol kidding 22 SECONDS!!!!!! That's just plain WRONG!!! But you're right. Upgrade time. uhh I don't know if mine would be considered a "super" machine, but I do have an SSD and it takes maybe a minute. I've got lots of stuff in it though. And I may as well throw in SSD! Hey - thanks guys! Mario Di Lauro
February 27, 201610 yr And I may as well throw in SSD! Hey - thanks guys! SSD will make a huge difference Rich Sennett
February 27, 201610 yr Mine loads in about 30 seconds. Titan X. 128gb.Ram MSI X99 gaming 7 mobo. 1300 w psu use ssd drives. Bill Davis
February 27, 201610 yr Never really thought about it. I just go and mow the garden, or make another cup of coffee..... I'm retired, so time is relative.... Regards Bill i7-3770K 4.2GHz, 16GB, GTX 970 4GB, Win 7 64bit, LG 38GL950G, CH Yoke/Pedals, T.16000M, GenX UK, UK2000 EGGP & EGCC, AeroSoft Gibraltar, FSC 9.5, FSL A320X, 737NGX A318/A319/A320/A321, A2A Cherokee/JF Hawk T1/Dino's EF2000, Iris Grob Tutor
February 27, 201610 yr Hmmm i have my sim+sceneries spreaded over 3 SSD and im often switching scenery.cfgs so loading can take up to 4 minutes in my case. Maybe i can go faster if i would do a clean up Greetz MJ My youtube blog________________________Prepar3D v2.5/v3
February 27, 201610 yr How long is a piece of string ? At San francisco with orbx and all sorts of add ons in play 35-40 secs At Santiago Chile with just Orbx Global and Vector - 17 secs
February 27, 201610 yr Commercial Member My machine is custom built and it loads P3D scenarios in about 30 seconds, give or take. i7 4770K @ 3.5 ghz (factory speed), 32GB ram, GTX 780 factory overclocked TFDi Design
February 27, 201610 yr Author I'm retired, so time is relative.... Interesting blend of responses, string-analogy aside. So I guess it's either upgrade or retire... what to choose... Mario Di Lauro
February 27, 201610 yr .... well to gauge something you need a reference. To load a scenario to compare results requires everybody's P3D install to have the same level of addons sceneries airports and all. Otherwise the figures are pretty meaningless. Hence the well known phrase (in the UK anyway) , 'How long is a piece of string' ...can be any length without more info or a reference...
February 27, 201610 yr The two hardware factors that make the difference is a SSD and your CPU depending on what AM you use. Nothing else matters from the hardware perspective. Shanan ASUS Z170 PRO, I7 6700K @ 4.85ghz (HT ON), ZOTAC AMP EXTREME 1080TI GTX (OC), 16 GB DDR4 G.SKILL TRIDENTZ RGB @ 3230MHZ CL 16-17-17-33 (OC) 4X SSDS : WIN 10 (NVME 960 EVO) + P3D + OTHER GAMES, 2X WD BLACKS RAID 0 + 1 SEAGATE BARRACUDA, CORSAIR AX860i PSU, CORSAIR 760T CASE (BLACK), 27 INCH IPS PREDATOR GSYNC 165HZ 1440p + 24 INCH IPS DELL 1080p, THRUSTMASTER HOTAS FCS THROTTLE + FCS16000M CORSAIR K95 RGB + CORSAIR M65 RGB + CORSAIR MM800 POLARIS RGB, CORSAIR H115i v2, CREATIVE GIGAWORKS 7.1 + ASUS D2X XONAR
February 27, 201610 yr 34 seconds for default scenario: Sandy-E @ 4.6, 50 Gb SSD caching (1 TB WD Black for primary storage) and memory running at 1667. James McLees
February 27, 201610 yr Mine is kind of super, 3 ssd's, 980ti, 4790k at 4.9, and loads in 26 seconds. My traffic 6 dramatically increased load time due to the amount of planes it needs to load up. Used to take half that time. <p>Dassault Falcon, Lear, Embraer and Challenger and Cessna Mechanic.Broadcasting live from former Soviet Missile Silo.Rhys Legge
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