Optimize windows 10 for P3D v4

[reecemj 146]

What did you do to get windows 10 to run well with P3D v4? This rig is just for simming. What did you turn on or off tweak this or that? May be you just let win 10 do its thing. I want to know.Thanks for you help.

[Slayer 190]

OS tweaks hardly have an impact on the sim that would be noticeable anyways. If you run a quad core you could try shutting off unneeded programs. You can also try running it in gaming mode but again hardly any diff on my rig.

[reecemj 146]

Thanks Steve am just starting to learn win 10. I'll give the gaming mode a try. 

[vortex681 806]

On a well-specified system gaming mode will probably not make much of a difference. It apparently works best on older systems which struggle with modern games.

[Dave_YVR 968]

Just leave Windows the way it is.

[reecemj 146]

Leave it the way it is what I'm hearing the most. Thanks y'all.

[G-RFRY 1,708]

Even now I still disable program start-ups in task manger, updaters and programs I do not need running in the background this will drop the number of background tasks, I would stop Cortana and even delete her if I could MS won`t let me I don`t talk to the misses so she says why would I talk to a PC.

Ray Fry.

[lownslo 592]

About that Windows 10 Gaming Mode... https://www.techpowerup.com/236977/microsoft-acknowledges-gaming-performance-issues-under-win-10-creators-update

Greg

[banananav 0]

Thanks Ray

Chris

PS: I think you’d fit in very well with the BBMF Friday Volunteer Guides Team !

 

[Cayenne 14]

1 Turn off system sounds and all sounds (muting doesn't count)

2 Turn off screen saver, only use blank screen or off

3 turn off background image, only use solid color

4 Set windows to prefer "optimize for Performance"  

5 Turn off disc Indexing 

6 Turn off system recovery

7 Do NOT use an Anti virus EVER!! Do not surf Porn, password crackers, free music/ movie/ software sites (Pirating) and You will be fine  !!!!caveat emptor!!!! Avoid surfing the internet on a Simming rig, when you do only visit reputable flight sim sites! 

8 Turn off anything/ everything running in the background unless Windows or Simulator needs it

9 Do not ever install ANYTHING that is not related to the Simulator

10 Buy a high powered rig! Flight simulators are the single most power hungry piece of software ever created for the PC

11 NEVER EVER let children "play" or surf on your simming rig!!! children can trash a system faster than anything I have ever seen! But by all means let them explore Flight simulation if they seriously want to learn aviation, supervise and guide them......

I have been simming for 37 years, started on a Timex Sinclair and flew FS when Bruce Artwick still owned it (Sub Logic)

Warning! AT YOUR OWN RISK ONLY.... 

Oh Yea! never ever use Windows web browser ie: Internet Exploder except to download a different browser....

Edited June 23, 2019 by Cayenne

[Boomer 1,619]

+1 on don't let children touch your simming rig, they will quickly destroy it...NOBODY touches dad's simming rig, EVER.

[Luke 782]

7 hours ago, Cayenne said:

1 Turn off system sounds and all sounds (muting doesn't count)

2 Turn off screen saver, only use blank screen or off

3 turn off background image, only use solid color

4 Set windows to prefer "optimize for Performance"  

7 Do NOT use an Anti virus EVER!! Do not surf Porn, password crackers, free music/ movie/ software sites (Pirating) and You will be fine  !!!!caveat emptor!!!! Avoid surfing the internet on a Simming rig, when you do only visit reputable flight sim sites! 

8 Turn off anything/ everything running in the background unless Windows or Simulator needs it

9 Do not ever install ANYTHING that is not related to the Simulator

10 Buy a high powered rig! Flight simulators are the single most power hungry piece of software ever created for the PC

11 NEVER EVER let children "play" or surf on your simming rig!!! children can trash a system faster than anything I have ever seen! But by all means let them explore Flight simulation if they seriously want to learn aviation, supervise and guide them......

You're probably better off ignoring most of these suggestions.

Definitely #7... unless you don't surf any sites with Ads on them. 😄

Luke