I switched to a 40" 4K monitor (3840x2160) with two 1070's in SLI - no longer use any AA - system locked at 20 - pretty much stays there even in heavy clouds. Currently running 3 cloud layers and 1024 textures. Edges and lines look great and I see no shimmers.

 

 

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Okay... I also have 4k at 3840x2160 on a single 980Ti... will see what things look like without AA and lock at 20. Thanks for the tip.

Update:  Solid undercast enroute from SFO to HNL with excellent frame rate... using MSAAx2 and frame rate lock of 20, there's NO perceptible change in frame rate with the clouds. Thank you so much.

Dan, what did you do to recover your frame rates back? I hope it's not over the ocean that you see this jump. Because that would explain it.

Dan, what did you do to recover your frame rates back? I hope it's not over the ocean that you see this jump. Because that would explain it.

It is oceanic but my frame rate drop also would occur over ocean, it made no difference.  I turned MSAA down from x8 to x2 and made sure the NVidia Control Panel was set to use application settings, and I changed frame rate lock from 32 to 20. The difference is surprising, I'll be sure to test it over land as well.

 

My system is i7-6700K 4.7 GHz on liquid with DDR4 at 3300 Mhz and a 980Ti driving a 40-in 4K Samsung TV.

It is oceanic but my frame rate drop also would occur over ocean, it made no difference.  I turned MSAA down from x8 to x2 and made sure the NVidia Control Panel was set to use application settings, and I changed frame rate lock from 32 to 20. The difference is surprising, I'll be sure to test it over land as well.

 

My system is i7-6700K 4.7 GHz on liquid with DDR4 at 3300 Mhz and a 980Ti driving a 40-in 4K Samsung TV.

Wow, I thought I was loving life with my 1080p 42" Sharp TV! You are living the life simming in 40" 4k!