February 17, 20179 yr Hi, Recently I started getting a very strange problem that I never had before. Whenever I am able to see clouds or above/in clouds, I get like a 10 FPS drop. It was fine before I reinstalled my FSX. I run exact same settings as before and use default weather engine. I get about 20 fps on ground but when I'm in air and clouds are visible it drops to like 10 fps. Pls help. Any help would be appreciated. Thx
February 17, 20179 yr Administrators Are you using "Detailed Clouds"? Maybe uncheck that and turn down the cloud draw distance. Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
February 17, 20179 yr Author Before My cloud Drawn Distance was max as well as the density. now I out draw distance less than half way and Density to medium. Much lower settings but fps drop.
February 18, 20179 yr Clouds place a fairly large burden on the CPU. Higher density cloud cover, longer cloud draw range, and higher resolution weather textures all contribute to the load on the CPU. Another factor is the water setting. 1X Low is the fastest, but as you go higher on the water settings, you introduce wave animations and more detail, then the 2X settings introduce reflections, which can really bring down the performance of FSX. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
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