22 hours ago, Nyxx said:

With fps unlimited setting FFTF at 0.01 am not sure what effect trying to manual add a value is going to have. Sounds like a conflict of interests. I would delete it all together if your setting unlimited.

Interesting that simply setting inspector to 30 ment you did not need VSync and triple buffering. I personally would set 30.5, reasons are above. 

I might give inspector a try and just use FPS set to 24.5.

I used to have my .CFG without FFTF, only recently I made these tests, which seemed to make things a little bit better (or maybe just impression).

Locking to 30 seems good to me since it spikes everywhere anyway (even beyond that value), so I suspect it won't make a difference whatsoever.

Setting 1/2 refresh rate in nVidia inpector does not work in P3D v4..... as it doesn't work with Windowed applications.

On 21/03/2018 at 3:37 PM, Gabe777 said:

Setting 1/2 refresh rate in nVidia inpector does not work in P3D v4..... as it doesn't work with Windowed applications.

LM ever rationale'd as to why they ended up with the real fullscreen simulation?

Edited March 24, 20188 yr by Wanthuyr Filho

1 hour ago, Wanthuyr Filho said:

LM ever rationale'd as to why they ended up with the real fullscreen simulation?

https://prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6312&t=13850&sid=6b689e432e1d88b0e41fa20d57521134

gb.

Hey guys,

i´m experiencing the same issue with low frame rates and high gpu load.

When i fly the PMDG 747 everything is smooth and also the GPU runs at max 90% when i´m at an airport.

In the Maddog the GPU load starts directly with 80% and after short time it reachs the 100%.

I have normal settings no HD textures, my graphic card is a GTX 970.

Edited March 25, 20188 yr by Burning Daylight

On 24/03/2018 at 9:07 PM, Wanthuyr Filho said:

LM ever rationale'd as to why they ended up with the real fullscreen simulation?

Lol - best not to ask questions when it comes to flight simming - or indeed, about computers in general !

If it works, praise your God.... if it doesn't... go and make a cup of tea !

 

Regards

 

19 hours ago, Burning Daylight said:

Hey guys,

i´m experiencing the same issue with low frame rates and high gpu load.

When i fly the PMDG 747 everything is smooth and also the GPU runs at max 90% when i´m at an airport.

In the Maddog the GPU load starts directly with 80% and after short time it reachs the 100%.

I have normal settings no HD textures, my graphic card is a GTX 970.

So on balance, should I leave this for a while and get the PMDG 747 instead ?

I'm flying the Maj Dash 8 at the moment..... virtually impossible to get below 60 fps !!!

Got a feeling this may annoy me. I'm in a good place at the moment and really do not want to be annoyed. And this thing is like 60 GBP.

It's Easter next weekend, and 60 bucks gets a really massive Turkey ! May be better than spending it on this "Turkey" ???

As much as I love the Maddog (had the Coolsky in FS2004), I may wait for Leonardo to get their act together.

Thanks for the info guys... will watch with interest.

Edited March 26, 20188 yr by Gabe777

The MadDog is a great addon and FPS are good and steady. I don't know why you think they should get there act together it runs really well. The only warning is DL, I don't use them as I fly day time only. But I did test the FPS hit on the MadDog at KIAD (flightbeam) on runway 30 at night , FPS set to unlimited for the test. No lights 64-68 FPS all taxi lights and landing lights on 18 fps(I do use SSAAx4), Turn one set of and around 25-27. So atm DL and taxi/landing lights have a huge impact but apart from that its a bit lower than the NG on FPS but it's no problem running this great addon.

I have the 747v3 and Personally I would take the MadDog all day long. It's a lot cheaper also. Far more fun. I much prefer the 777 over the 747 for a huge aircraft.

Edited March 29, 20188 yr by Nyxx

Hey Guys,

even after the update it´s not flyable for me. The GPU runs at least at 90%, but most of the time it runs at 100%. Every other Plane doesn´t push up the GPU like the Maddog. I only have around 20 Frames with the Maddog and therefore a lot of stutters. With the PMDG 747 and 777 the Frames around 30 and it´s really smooth. To be honest, for me it´s not a solution to switch of all the light features. By the way, i run the medium settings with DL. My card is a Nvidia 970GTX OC Version. My settings in P3D V4 are in the mid range, so i´m not a high end settings guy who is wondering why P3D runs at low frames. It´s well balanced between performance and visual quality. Is there somebody who have a good idea or a solution for my problem, i also want to enjoy the plane like all others are already doing.

Edited April 30, 20188 yr by Burning Daylight

On 4/30/2018 at 9:53 AM, Burning Daylight said:

Hey Guys,

even after the update it´s not flyable for me. The GPU runs at least at 90%, but most of the time it runs at 100%. Every other Plane doesn´t push up the GPU like the Maddog. I only have around 20 Frames with the Maddog and therefore a lot of stutters. With the PMDG 747 and 777 the Frames around 30 and it´s really smooth. To be honest, for me it´s not a solution to switch of all the light features. By the way, i run the medium settings with DL. My card is a Nvidia 970GTX OC Version. My settings in P3D V4 are in the mid range, so i´m not a high end settings guy who is wondering why P3D runs at low frames. It´s well balanced between performance and visual quality. Is there somebody who have a good idea or a solution for my problem, i also want to enjoy the plane like all others are already doing.

Are you using RealLight and Dynamic Lights?

Yes, i do. And it works quite well on other planes, except Real light of course, because they don´t have it.

1 hour ago, Burning Daylight said:

Yes, i do. And it works quite well on other planes, except Real light of course, because they don´t have it.

Check your Vram usage, Maddog + DL on could be too much for your GPU, it has 4GB Vram, right? I had this problem too with the Maddog with my old card. I upgraded to 1060 6GB and Maddog is now my best performing complex airliner(well, only Majestic Q400 performs better, but that is another story). Except Maddog, i use PMDG 737, 747 and FSL A320. 

If this is the problem, you can only upgrade your GPU or turn down P3D settings when using Maddog, and DL would be the first on my list

For reference, with a GTX 1080 (non-Ti), PMDG 73/74/777 DL work fine on my system, but I easily go from 35-40+ FPS to low teens with the Maddog.  If you're going to upgrade your video card for purely the Maddog, just a data point to take into consideration.

On 3/29/2018 at 10:37 AM, Nyxx said:

The MadDog is a great addon and FPS are good and steady. I don't know why you think they should get there act together it runs really well. The only warning is DL, I don't use them as I fly day time only. But I did test the FPS hit on the MadDog at KIAD (flightbeam) on runway 30 at night , FPS set to unlimited for the test. No lights 64-68 FPS all taxi lights and landing lights on 18 fps(I do use SSAAx4), Turn one set of and around 25-27. So atm DL and taxi/landing lights have a huge impact but apart from that its a bit lower than the NG on FPS but it's no problem running this great addon.

I have the 747v3 and Personally I would take the MadDog all day long. It's a lot cheaper also. Far more fun. I much prefer the 777 over the 747 for a huge aircraft.

So is the fps issue with this addon, just the dynamic lighting ? It seems to hit all addons and I have it off, period !

I am thinking of getting this now, but does the true glass and light in the vc work ok without dl switched on ?

 

I use the pmdg stuff ok, and have a 7700k and 1080 8gb gpu. Will I be ok with this, if i have dl off.... which i do ?

The true light is what appeals to me the most, versus the Flight1 Super 80, which is very old, but has stellar fps performance.

 

Thnx for any info.

 

Edited November 16, 20187 yr by Gabe777

On 5/2/2018 at 8:10 AM, lodestar said:

 Maddog is now my best performing complex airliner(well, only Majestic Q400 performs better, but that is another story)

Which begs the obvious question: why don't all developers use this "external NASA-designed" engine, that for me, gives FPS performance, equal to that of default aircraft, in the Dash 8 - which imo, is not far off PMDG in terms of both systems fidelity and graphical niceties ?

It beggars belief, that no-one else is using it ?

It seems that the most intelligent designer currently, other than Majestic, is Sean with his DA62 (Vertx) .... at least he has created a '3-D version' of the G1000 gauge so that it runs amazingly well.

If we had more imaginative approaches to developing, we wouldn't be having this same conversation, over and over again.

Do you really think that - as an example - the new ATR from a well known developer, currently being developed, will be using this NASA engine ? Not likely .... I have no doubt it will run even worse than all the appalling ones we already have.

Dynamic lighting, True Glass, PBR blah blah ....  equals 20 fps in a busy airport.

Something has to give. What was it Einstein said, about doing the same thing over and over again ?

Developers - try a different approach and people might actually buy your stuff...... !

Rant over.

Edited April 11, 20197 yr by Gabe777