February 27, 201610 yr Yea a SSD makes a high difference in load times I have a dedicated 120gb SSD for my OS I'm booted into windows in about 10 seconds.I also got a 512GB SSD for p3d only Loading p3dv2 before the SSD was super long like 5 minutes now it's about 1 minute with an Orbx region ATP MEL,CFI,CFII,MEI. Type Ratings B-737, ERJ-190,ERJ-170
February 27, 201610 yr If you have high resolution mesh installed, it will increase loading time significantly. The mesh is loaded when the progress bar reaches the 6 percent point. I have FS Global ultimate mesh, and when I was running P3D off of a mechanical HD, the pause at 6 percent was about 2 minutes. Since switching to a Samsung SDD, that time has reduced to about 25 seconds. Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
February 27, 201610 yr Commercial Member For kicks, I timed mine as I read this thread. I have what I would call an average, "middle-of-the-road" system by today's stamdards. Intel 2500K at 4.5Ghz, 32GB RAM, GeForce 780 6GB, SSD for P3D and 7200's for scenery. I load GB's of photoreal with maxed out autogen. It took me 1 minute 16 seconds from pressing the P3D icon (bypassing the setup screen). I'm used to that amount of time so I refill my "cuppa Joe" or check on something else when booting up. 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.
February 27, 201610 yr P3D on a 550 rate SSD around 25 seconds for me 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 •
February 27, 201610 yr Wow. Seems like i need a SSD. It takes 5 minutes first time on my HDD. Michael Moe Michael Moe
February 27, 201610 yr Author Wonderful bits of info people - thanks again. Let me get more specific now. What more enhances performance in the following two scenarios: 1 - OS AND P3D on SSD or 2 - OS on HDD and P3D on SSD In other words, will P3D alone on an SSD be worthwhile? Mario Di Lauro
February 27, 201610 yr Not a super computer, but average i5 - 4670K running at 4.0Ghz, 8gb ram, MSI GTX 780 Factory OC OS on HDD Pr3D, ORBX scenery, & planes on SSD Orbx SCA-Loading KTOA Lancair V2 Loading time = 1 min 16 seconds PC: AMD 9850X3D, RAM 64GB, Geforce GTX 5090 (32GB), MSFS 2020, MSFS 2024, Pimax Super 50PPD, Quest 3
February 27, 201610 yr Author OS on HDDPr3D, ORBX scenery, & planes on SSD Just what I needed to know. Thanks Jeff! Mario Di Lauro
February 27, 201610 yr OS on its own SSD and P3d on its own SSD is the way to go 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 •
February 28, 201610 yr OS on its own SSD and P3d on its own SSD is the way to go David, I agree with you. By the way, what are your computer specs? PC: AMD 9850X3D, RAM 64GB, Geforce GTX 5090 (32GB), MSFS 2020, MSFS 2024, Pimax Super 50PPD, Quest 3
February 28, 201610 yr Depends on the flight. I if i want to fly online I have a modified simobjects.cfg with all AI traffic package enable. If i want to fly offline I use a .cfg with just UT2. That is a 2min. difference. All drives are SSD. The loading times depends on how many simobjects someone has. Menelaos Ladopoulos
February 28, 201610 yr Yes, SSDs make all the difference. KSEA (with FTX ORBX Global active) loads in about 60 secs KVPS loads in about 25 secs Loading time will always be data volume dependent / Sim's settings. First load is usually a tad slower than subsequent loads of the same scenario. Mike
March 2, 201610 yr nm Disclaimer: [email protected] on Asus Maximus X Formula, G.Skill TridentZ RGB 4x8GB 4266/17 XMP, EVGA 2080 ti Kingpin (8400/2160Mhz), Samsung 960 EVO 250GB PCIe M.2 NVMe SSD , 28TB HDD total - 4TB+ photoscenery, Romex Software PrimoCache RAM and SSD cache (must have!), 3x1080p 30" monitors, Samsung Odyssey VR HMD, Pimax 4k & BE HMDs, Samsung Gear VR '17, Homdio v1, Cardboard, custom loop 2x 360x64ML Rads, Thermaltake View 71, VRM watercool, Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut CPU (naked die), Fujipoly / ModRight Ultra Extreme System Builder Thermal Pad on MB VRM. 8x Corsair ML120 (slight positive pressure). 🙂
March 3, 201610 yr I'm just using logic here but I think the OS and P3D should be on the same drive. Why? P3D accesses many files that reside in your C: Users folder and other hidden folders associated with the OS. Why not have them on the same drive? | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
March 3, 201610 yr I'm just using logic here but I think the OS and P3D should be on the same drive. Why? P3D accesses many files that reside in your C: Users folder and other hidden folders associated with the OS. Why not have them on the same drive? 1+ Rich Sennett
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