June 24, 20196 yr Performance or frame rate wise, is there a test or easy way to check if FSX is running relatively normal? i.e. no glitch program or addon causing an unusual frame rate drop I know FSXmark07 and 11 exist but they are not realistically feasible since they require a fresh FSX install.
June 24, 20196 yr Administrators The only performance test I can think of is how does it run for you? Are you happy with what you see? 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!
June 24, 20196 yr I don't think such a thing is possible, mostly because the differences between computer platforms is so enormous...CPU, GPU, display, OS, other software etc. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
June 24, 20196 yr Commercial Member It's running properly until you get an error or CTD! 😛 Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!) Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11), EVGA 1300W PSUNetgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displaysFull array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit. Varjo and HP VR headsets for mixed reality.
June 24, 20196 yr Commercial Member You need a baseline for a fresh good install, then a test to see how an altered system works. Use your Ideal Flight monitor to collect performance data and compare results to the modified setups, is the only software I know of for FSX and P3D. Your version requires you load the data into Excel or similar.Look for glitches in the starting phases of the sim. Install a simconnect log and look for problems: Example Simconnect.ini goes in the FSX or P3D Docs folder: [SimConnect] level=Verbose console=0 ;RedirectStdOutToConsole=1 ;OutputDebugString=1 file=C:\Users\Steve\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\SimConnect%01u.Log ;file_next_index=0 file_max_index=9 [Panels] GaugeDevDebug=1 Steve Waite: Engineer at codelegend.com
June 25, 20196 yr Author FSX being what it is, I guessed there was no easy answer but I figure it wouldn't hurt to ask. Since I don't have THAT many addons installed yet, I ended up just running FSXmark11 most of the evening. Best as I can judge, my numbers seem reasonable. I'm re-amazing how the CPU overclocking speed makes such a huge difference. Aside, I sure hope MSFS 2020 comes with a benchmark button.
June 25, 20196 yr Commercial Member I have to study traces and look at more details on a test harness that guarantees repeatability, that's what IF10 does for you. Simple fps records basically pan out around the same, fps is not an indicator of performance capability. Say you get mean 45 fps, then add more shadows and get 35 fps, then go back to original shadows but add autogen. Two different aspects of the PC come into play with those scenarios that are under test. The plan of attack is not straight forward. That's why it's hard to place performance or compare to another PC. But for serious software development it's crucial to know the effects of a simconnect client or scenery additions, aircraft details, for example. Steve Waite: Engineer at codelegend.com
June 25, 20196 yr Commercial Member In this image in Excel, we can see the temperature gradient injected by the weather engine (IF10): Steve Waite: Engineer at codelegend.com
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