FSX-SE How do I get more FPS out of FSX:SE?

[SoloPilot 2]

As the title states, I'm wondering how I can get more FPS out of FSX. Yes, I know that there are several videos out there. I don't want to sacrifice too much airline traffic density. I also don't want to sacrifice much in the way of scenery, but I need something better than what I'm getting right now at busy airports. At an airport such as KJFK, KDFW, KBOS, or KATL, I get about 5-15 FPS in my PMDG 737, and when I'm approaching airports such as these, I often get a message that says that I ran out of memory and that FSX will now quit.

My system specs:

• Windows 10 64-bit
• Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz (quad core, 8x logical processors)
• 8 GB memory
• 1 TB hard drive
• NVIDIA GT 640 with 2 GB video memory

I know that the video card is what limits me. Any advice and tips are appreciated greatly.

[charliearon 3,023]

43 minutes ago, SoloPilot said:

As the title states, I'm wondering how I can get more FPS out of FSX. Yes, I know that there are several videos out there. I don't want to sacrifice too much airline traffic density. I also don't want to sacrifice much in the way of scenery, but I need something better than what I'm getting right now at busy airports. At an airport such as KJFK, KDFW, KBOS, or KATL, I get about 5-15 FPS in my PMDG 737, and when I'm approaching airports such as these, I often get a message that says that I ran out of memory and that FSX will now quit.

My system specs:

• Windows 10 64-bit
• Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz (quad core, 8x logical processors)
• 8 GB memory
• 1 TB hard drive
• NVIDIA GT 640 with 2 GB video memory

I know that the video card is what limits me. Any advice and tips are appreciated greatly.

What limits you is CPU not Video Card.  3.4 GHZ is very tiny for what you are trying to do.  You will need 4.2-4.5GHZ for the performance you are looking for. 

[SoloPilot 2]

2 minutes ago, charliearon said:

What limits you is CPU not Video Card.  3.4 GHZ is very tiny for what you are trying to do.  You will need 4.2-4.5GHZ for the performance you are looking for. 

Oh, I didn't even realize that. What are some steps I can take to make FSX run faster, not run out of memory, and still have decent(ish) graphics?

[charliearon 3,023]

You can check through the AVSIM FSX Config. Guide, but most of those tweaks have been done in FSX-SE. It all boils down to "what you see is what takes up the CPU processing power".  High amount of AI traffic, water settings above 2.0, Excessively high weather and cloud settings, Airport vehicle, car and boat traffic, aircraft labels, Lens flare and light bloom.  These are just some of the things that help to lower your FPS.

If things look fairly smooth, even at the low FPS, then don't let it bother you.

[SoloPilot 2]

Okay, thank you. I’ll have a look at that guide and go from there. 

[Alencp20 0]

hey , you can try using

[Bufferpools]

Poolsize=0

just add it to the top of the  fsx.cfg file ( it work for me I have a graphic card with 8g so I dont know if will work for you)    GPU handle the data instead of the CPU and will not make any reserve for memory                               

Edited March 17, 2018 by Alencp20

[Alencp20 0]

That is weird that you get OOM with fsx steam and your system, Im running a less processor speed than yours (quad  2.7 GHz overclock of curse, but not to you speed ), I do have higher memory GPU than yours , im running world of Ai and make sure I installed them manually and run my traffic at 40% and active sky 2016 and I can maintain 40 + fps in must of my add on airports imaginesim KATL (which is a frame hog) is the worst and can mantain 29 30 fps never had any OOM , I cross my fingers,

I run nvidia inspector and override the anti aliasing of the game which is off 

and unlimited fps in the game shi ....t some time I get 140 fps while in the air

and only tweak in my cfg is the one I give you above

 

I do not own any PMDG

or ORBX,(if you run ORBX that could be a different story) or any PHOTO real mesh nothing like that, just the mesh that comes with the add on airport

but I have

flythemaddog ,qualitywings 757, aerosoft airbus 320, 321

 

You have fsx steam which i have , it already came optimize with most of the tweaks including the HIGHMEMFIX

are you sure you are not running extra program in you computer ?

before launching fsx go task manager and check the CPU usage if it doesn't display 0 or 1 , you have stuff running in the background

[stans 703]

On 3/12/2018 at 4:55 PM, SoloPilot said:

As the title states, I'm wondering how I can get more FPS out of FSX. Yes, I know that there are several videos out there. I don't want to sacrifice too much airline traffic density. I also don't want to sacrifice much in the way of scenery, but I need something better than what I'm getting right now at busy airports. At an airport such as KJFK, KDFW, KBOS, or KATL, I get about 5-15 FPS in my PMDG 737, and when I'm approaching airports such as these, I often get a message that says that I ran out of memory and that FSX will now quit.

My system specs:

• Windows 10 64-bit
• Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz (quad core, 8x logical processors)
• 8 GB memory
• 1 TB hard drive
• NVIDIA GT 640 with 2 GB video memory

I know that the video card is what limits me. Any advice and tips are appreciated greatly.

A "K" series CPU with at least 4 cores and capable of running all 4 cores at 4 GHz, an aftermarket CPU cooler so you can overclock it, and an Nvidia graphics card that has a model number that ends in "70" or "80".  FSX needs lots of processor speed and Nvidia cards with model numbers ending in "40" or "50" are entry level cards that struggle with higher anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, and high resolution settings. 

As for the OOM error, highly detailed and sophisticated aircraft such as the PMDG 737 consume a large chunk of memory.  Add in AI, high scenery settings, add-on airports, weather, and you very quickly use 4GB of RAM or more.  Unfortunately, FSX and FSE-Steam are 32-bit programs, so 4GB of RAM is all it will ever be able to use.  PrePar3D version 4, which is based on FSX, does utilize 64-bit architecture and is not limited to 4GB of RAM usage.

[SoloPilot 2]

On 3/18/2018 at 7:14 AM, stans said:

A "K" series CPU with at least 4 cores and capable of running all 4 cores at 4 GHz, an aftermarket CPU cooler so you can overclock it, and an Nvidia graphics card that has a model number that ends in "70" or "80".  FSX needs lots of processor speed and Nvidia cards with model numbers ending in "40" or "50" are entry level cards that struggle with higher anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, and high resolution settings. 

As for the OOM error, highly detailed and sophisticated aircraft such as the PMDG 737 consume a large chunk of memory.  Add in AI, high scenery settings, add-on airports, weather, and you very quickly use 4GB of RAM or more.  Unfortunately, FSX and FSE-Steam are 32-bit programs, so 4GB of RAM is all it will ever be able to use.  PrePar3D version 4, which is based on FSX, does utilize 64-bit architecture and is not limited to 4GB of RAM usage.

So basically, my only option is to spend some money on computer parts?

[charliearon 3,023]

1 hour ago, SoloPilot said:

So basically, my only option is to spend some money on computer parts?

I think that old equation applies here....Want more= spend more.

[SoloPilot 2]

5 hours ago, charliearon said:

I think that old equation applies here....Want more= spend more.

True... I just need to figure out a way to fly without my computer running out of memory, because I enjoy flying in the PMDG 737 but I also want to fly in and out of airports such as Atlanta, Boston, and Los Angeles.

[cmpbellsjc 2,960]

2 hours ago, SoloPilot said:

True... I just need to figure out a way to fly without my computer running out of memory, because I enjoy flying in the PMDG 737 but I also want to fly in and out of airports such as Atlanta, Boston, and Los Angeles.

Spending more money won’t eliminate the out of memory situation, that will only be resolved by settings and what you have installed.

You haven’t told us what settings you are currently using but I can tell you that I run a modest system (2700K at 3.85ghz, 8GB RAM, GTX670 4GB, Win 7 64bit) and have all the PMDG planes, countless addon airports (FSDT, Flightbeam, FlyTampa, LatinVFR, etc), WOAI cargo + UT2, ORBX stuff, UT USA/Eu, bunch of photoreal scenery and I’ve configured it to maintain at least 25 FPS or higher at all addon airports and never run out of memory. I don’t use any addon sky, water or scenery textures larger than 1024 and am careful about settings (no road traffic, no boats, no airport vehicles as most addon scenery provides that).

If you post your settings and addons we can give more info on what to turn off/down that can help you get more FPS and not run out of memory. 

Since I started FSX in 2009 I’ve only had one OOM and it was due to the first release of the PMDG NGX that had an issue that was later fixed in a service pack. Aside from that one time, I’ve never had another out of memory situation.

[stans 703]

15 hours ago, SoloPilot said:

So basically, my only option is to spend some money on computer parts?

There is an old saying in the high performance car world.  Speed costs money, how fast can you afford to go?

 

7 hours ago, SoloPilot said:

True... I just need to figure out a way to fly without my computer running out of memory, because I enjoy flying in the PMDG 737 but I also want to fly in and out of airports such as Atlanta, Boston, and Los Angeles.

Atlanta, Boston, and Los Angeles are big cities, lots of buildings and scenery, that means lots of autogen buildings in FSX.  That really eats up memory.  Add in AI, especially surface vehicles, then maybe some live weather and you can quickly use up the 4 GB of RAM that FSX uses.  Turn off surface traffic, move the sliders for autogen to the left, turn off shadows, turn off moving jetways and see how it performs.

[Boomer 1,619]

IMHO you are seeing the frustrating limits of what 32 bit FSX can do for you, hence why I have switched to 64 bit P3dV4.

[cobalt 798]

On 3/12/2018 at 5:42 PM, charliearon said:

What limits you is CPU not Video Card.  3.4 GHZ is very tiny for what you are trying to do.  You will need 4.2-4.5GHZ for the performance you are looking for. 

    I strongly disagree. 3.4 GHZ is certainly not "very tiny". I have an Alienware X51 computer with an i7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz processor, Windows 7, a GEX 1060 video card, and I run FSX (with a wide range of high-definition scenery) with almost all sliders maxed out except water (which I have at mid-high). I experience smooth performance with FPS ranging from 50 to above 100 outside a few high-density airports, and even in those places I see FPS >20 in most cases. You absolutely do NOT need 4-5 GHZ to have good to excellence performance.