April 4, 201610 yr Okay so I've been having serious stutter issues for the past week or so. When flying with any type of clouds my frames would drop considerably. I am using both REX 4 and ASN so i tried turning the settings down for both of them. Nothing changed. Today I installed Nvidia Driver 353.30 as a clean install and deleted my P3D shaders folder. I went and started up a flight at Taxi2Gate KMCO with the QW757 and active sky next weather running. My frames went from 27-31 when sitting on the ground to 48-55 while sitting on the ground and went from around 16-23 fps with massive stutters while flying through or looking at big clouds to not losing any fps. This was just a post to help anyone else having similar problems or people who would maybe like to see fps out of there sim. I'm using P3D v3.1 by the way. Jarad Braddock
April 4, 201610 yr I've had very good luck with the 353.30 driver. But, I haven't tried the newer ones to have anything to compare to. I'm using the "if it doesn't need fixin', don't fix it" rule. I have a 980Ti card. Jeff Jeff Smith System: i9-[email protected]., ASUS Maximus XI Hero MB, 32 GB 3200 Hyper-X RAM, Corsair HX1000i PSU, Cooler Master ML360R RGB, EVGA RTX 3080Ti FTW3, (2) Samsung 860 500GB SSD for Windows 10 Pro and sim, (2) M.2 NVMe 2TB, (2) WD Black 4TB HD for data, Samsung 65" 4K curved monitor @ 30Hz. (Currently running VSync, TB , Unlimited),YOKO+ yoke, VF TQ6+,TPR pedals, Logitech Multi, Switch, and Radio Panels Software: P3Dv4.5HF3 Pro, Ultimate Traffic Live, ASP3D, ASCA, ORBX, Fly Tampa, GSX/GSX2, PMDG, A2A, Just Flight, Milviz, Carenado, Majestic. On other computer: P3D v3.2.3, My Traffic 6.0a, PMDG, ORBX, A2A, Captain Sim , iFly, Flight 1, Flysimware, Just Flight, Milviz, Carenado
April 4, 201610 yr Today I installed Nvidia Driver 353.30 as a clean install and deleted my P3D shaders folder. 353.30 is a pretty old driver. What made you chose that one? gb. YSSY. Win 10, [email protected], Corsair H115i Cooler, RTX 4070Ti, 32GB G.Skill Trident Z F4-3200, Samsung 960 EVO M.2 256GB, ASUS Maximus VIII Ranger, Corsair HX850i 850W, Thermaltake Core X31 Case, Samsung 4K 65" TV.
April 4, 201610 yr Author 353.30 is a pretty old driver. What made you chose that one? gb. I was reading on a form somewhere about someone getting an increase in fps using sli with this driver. I was desperate to fix my fps issues so I tried installing it and voila, all my stutters are gone. Jarad Braddock
April 4, 201610 yr This might be a fake effect, and any other driver might have done as well, it's just the re-installation. One scenario, as an example: You selected a high SGSS AA setting in NI, which gets lost during a driver new installation. This boosts fps, notably in clouds. Kind regards, Michael Intel i7-13700K / AsRock Z790 / Crucial 32 GB DDR 5 / ASUS RTX 4080OC 16GB / BeQuiet ATX 1000W / WD m.2 NVMe 2TB (System) / WD m.2 NVMe 4 TB (MSFS) / WD HDD 10 TB / XTOP+Saitek hardware panel / LG 34UM95 3440 x 1440 / HP Reverb 1 (2160x2160 per eye) / Win 11
April 4, 201610 yr I've just installed 364.72 driver With the previous driver (361 something) I was getting around 30 fps in an add on GA (lancair) now 60-70 fps. I have i5 4690 GTX970 8Gb. This is P3D 3.2 in PNW , REX 4 TD plus ASN but not soft clouds
April 4, 201610 yr I've just installed 364.72 driver With the previous driver (361 something) I was getting around 30 fps in an add on GA (lancair) now 60-70 fps. I have i5 4690 GTX970 8Gb. This is P3D 3.2 in PNW , REX 4 TD plus ASN but not soft clouds I had no idea they had 8gb versions of the 970. I went from 364.72 back to 361.43. At first it seemed like it was better with less loads on the GPU but now I'm considering going back to 364.72. 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
April 5, 201610 yr Are you sure that the weather hadn't changed in the interim and caused less cloud density so you got an FPS boost? I would eliminate variables and run with a stock weather for FPS tests. Also @ what pmb said it's possible Nvidia inspector or something removed the SLI compatibility flags causing the FPS drop and a clean install fixed it? Steve McNitt
April 5, 201610 yr 353.30, great driver for my 980ti card also. been using that pretty long now, no stutter, great performance, overall a great driver. Thumbs up.
April 5, 201610 yr I'm getting ready to go with a 980Ti SC SLI setup and was wondering if the 353.30 would be considered as good as or better than the newer drivers for SLI. It works great in my single-card setup. Thanks, Jeff Jeff Smith System: i9-[email protected]., ASUS Maximus XI Hero MB, 32 GB 3200 Hyper-X RAM, Corsair HX1000i PSU, Cooler Master ML360R RGB, EVGA RTX 3080Ti FTW3, (2) Samsung 860 500GB SSD for Windows 10 Pro and sim, (2) M.2 NVMe 2TB, (2) WD Black 4TB HD for data, Samsung 65" 4K curved monitor @ 30Hz. (Currently running VSync, TB , Unlimited),YOKO+ yoke, VF TQ6+,TPR pedals, Logitech Multi, Switch, and Radio Panels Software: P3Dv4.5HF3 Pro, Ultimate Traffic Live, ASP3D, ASCA, ORBX, Fly Tampa, GSX/GSX2, PMDG, A2A, Just Flight, Milviz, Carenado, Majestic. On other computer: P3D v3.2.3, My Traffic 6.0a, PMDG, ORBX, A2A, Captain Sim , iFly, Flight 1, Flysimware, Just Flight, Milviz, Carenado
April 5, 201610 yr I'm getting ready to go with a 980Ti SC SLI setup and was wondering if the 353.30 would be considered as good as or better than the newer drivers for SLI. It works great in my single-card setup. Thanks, Jeff I do not recommend that driver. 364.72 is the way to go. Here's my firestrike extreme results, they speak for themselves: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/8102650 David Graham Google, Network+, Cisco CSE, Cisco Unity Support Specialist, A+, CCNA
April 5, 201610 yr Thanks, David. I'll check it out. Jeff Jeff Smith System: i9-[email protected]., ASUS Maximus XI Hero MB, 32 GB 3200 Hyper-X RAM, Corsair HX1000i PSU, Cooler Master ML360R RGB, EVGA RTX 3080Ti FTW3, (2) Samsung 860 500GB SSD for Windows 10 Pro and sim, (2) M.2 NVMe 2TB, (2) WD Black 4TB HD for data, Samsung 65" 4K curved monitor @ 30Hz. (Currently running VSync, TB , Unlimited),YOKO+ yoke, VF TQ6+,TPR pedals, Logitech Multi, Switch, and Radio Panels Software: P3Dv4.5HF3 Pro, Ultimate Traffic Live, ASP3D, ASCA, ORBX, Fly Tampa, GSX/GSX2, PMDG, A2A, Just Flight, Milviz, Carenado, Majestic. On other computer: P3D v3.2.3, My Traffic 6.0a, PMDG, ORBX, A2A, Captain Sim , iFly, Flight 1, Flysimware, Just Flight, Milviz, Carenado
April 11, 201610 yr With my 760, I confirm that reverting to 353.30 has increased performance, especially when VC view is aiming at dense clouds (ASN/RexTD). Not by 20fps as OP, but I keep a solid 28/30fps. A keeper for me. -Jerome "In thrust we trust"
April 11, 201610 yr With my 760, I confirm that reverting to 353.30 has increased performance, especially when VC view is aiming at dense clouds (ASN/RexTD). Not by 20fps as OP, but I keep a solid 28/30fps. A keeper for me. I have to try that out by my self. Currently on the latest driver (364.72) and performance, especially with dense clouds, is rather poor. Brynjar Mauseth
April 11, 201610 yr You will see this kind of hallelujah post from someone every time there is a new driver version. This has been the case for every driver version in every version of P3D/FSX/FS9 for about ten years now. In about 99.9999999999% of the cases where someone installs a new graphics driver and gets a massive FPS boost though, it's because some settings have been reset to default values and/or that some really terrible old cache files have been cleaned up. The graphics drivers are already optimized to the extreme and the likelyhood of a huge FPS boost from one driver to another is close to zero.
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