23 minutes ago, Greg073 said:

Shockingly, I have found that my system runs BETTER in MSFS at Ultra settings!  When I go medium or high-end, it stutters like crazy.  I haven't the slightest clue why but I am not complaining!   Loving the sim now that I've found this.  Uninstalled P3D and X-Plane 11.  No going back now.

i7-6700K/RTX 2070 Super

My potato defaulted to medium, but I tried high and dropped one setting (Don't remember the name) from 100 to 90. , Now the system runs smoother. 

No 4k scenery here, but I have much better visuals and smoother sim than I ever had with FSX or PP3d 4 or 5.

 

6 hours ago, Sesquashtoo said:

Folks,  suggest you fly MSFS at HIGH, but with putting both the OBJECTS and TERRAIN sliders to full right, or 200%. 

This is now how I run MSFS:   Default HIGH, but with four  custom settings...both the TERRAIN and OBJECT sliders at full right or 200 %.  The A.F.  from 8 to 16, and Terrain Shadows from 512 to 1024.  That will give you kick-butt graphics...and the same for FPS  obtainment, and smoothness of animation performance.  Truly it is a Set n' Forget...after that..no more fooling around...just fly, and be amazed at what's under your wings...

Then press APPLY, and SAVE,  and you have a custom setup that will give you great FPS performance, BUT...will give you what most would look for, wishing to run ULTRA...the most complicated and fullest rendition of terrain and auto-gen/forests upon it.  My suggestion will do that for you.

Thx for the suggestion...but what resolution?

3 hours ago, jabloomf1230 said:

I assume that you mean the Render Scaling slider at 80%. 🙂

80% causes artifacts (marching ants) around the edge of the G1000 in the Baron. Goes away at 100% (default). Didn't try any other settings.

Great tip. FPS with Ultra settings is 25-30. With what you recommend the FPS is 34-40 and I can't tell the difference in how it looks. (1920x1200).

Awesome tip. Thanks!!

I'm not convinced the various settings are all just placebo.  I swear I tried High End and Ultra, and mixed, and 80% resolution scaling and always had around 30-40fps.  I'm not sure what's going on.  I have a 9700K/2080Ti at 4K and no matter what I do, I can't get the FPS over about 40.

What's particularly odd, is that my FPS in the cockpit are lower but my GPU is working less hard... like 70% (CPU is like 50%).  It's like there's something bottlenecking the cockpit, and it's not my computer.

Some sliders might not drop FPS but they might make your GPU sweat.

Hmm, what do you know about that... a sim that actually USES the GPU so when you spend gobs of money on a new GPU, its actually worth it. 

 Hmmm I might have to tweak this a bit.  Just tested a C172 G1000 from KSEA to KPAE around 2500 feet no weather and with bone stock High + 16 aniso I avg 50fps.  Making these changes I ended up just over 40.  Totally usable, but I'd like to leave headroom for addons and stuff down the line.  The culprit seemed to be the terrain detail slider though doing the biggest chunk.  If I set to 150 I dropped only about 3-4 fps.

 

27 minutes ago, reignman40 said:

Some sliders might not drop FPS but they might make your GPU sweat.

Hmm, what do you know about that... a sim that actually USES the GPU so when you spend gobs of money on a new GPU, its actually worth it. 

You're not kidding, I hit 75C+ a few times on my CPU and mid-50's on my GPU all are under water.  I definitely need that second rad, or I'll have to resort to running my Folding @ Home fan profile while flying.  Coolant temp was easily as warm as after a few hours of running folding.

8 hours ago, Richard Sennett said:

Hi Buddy hope all is well

Hi Richard...dealing with some 'medical issues of an Old Fart'...but thankfully, there's light at the end of the tunnel..and it doesn't seem to be the train's front headlight!...(large smile).  Really enjoying MSFS, as it is...so if it gets groomed along the way...only a win/win! 🙂

3 hours ago, tangerine said:

Thx for the suggestion...but what resolution?

I'm running 3440x1440 (a Dell wide-screen) or I guess almost 4K

Edited August 21, 20205 yr by Sesquashtoo

2 hours ago, W2DR said:

Great tip. FPS with Ultra settings is 25-30. With what you recommend the FPS is 34-40 and I can't tell the difference in how it looks. (1920x1200).

With my mucking around to almost drive me to a third beer...that's what I pretty much found.  The only difference (which was nothing on the ground...) was that in full Ultra, you get a little more defined edge to the clouds..but for the FPS hit..not enough for myself to even consider it.  With my thread suggested settings, I see what I call, darn near, or who knows(?!?) full Ultra representation below my wings and at taxi...but no hit to my FPS.  So that was the reason that I suggested my findings... and I run at 3340x1440 on a Dell U3415W wide body.🙂

Edited August 21, 20205 yr by Sesquashtoo

7 hours ago, RXP said:

And if you run in 4K, use TAA at 80%. Almost no visible loss (very minor) but significant boost in the FPS (at least with a 2070S).

I'll give that a try as well...for mine is HIGH default as I type this...

2 hours ago, Virtual-Chris said:

I'm not convinced the various settings are all just placebo.  I swear I tried High End and Ultra, and mixed, and 80% resolution scaling and always had around 30-40fps.  I'm not sure what's going on.  I have a 9700K/2080Ti at 4K and no matter what I do, I can't get the FPS over about 40.

What's particularly odd, is that my FPS in the cockpit are lower but my GPU is working less hard... like 70% (CPU is like 50%).  It's like there's something bottlenecking the cockpit, and it's not my computer.

On my system, from Default Ultra...to my 4 custom setting modified High,  I harvest about 7-9 FPS per flight session.  On my system, that is almost 27 percent FPS improvement.  I can replicate that drop in FPS, anytime I merely default to Ultra.

20 minutes ago, Sesquashtoo said:

Hi Richard...dealing with some 'medical issues of an Old Fart'...but thankfully, there's light at the end of the tunnel..and it doesn't seem to be the train's front headlight!...(large smile).  Really enjoying MSFS, as it is...so if it gets groomed along the way...only a win/win! 🙂

Yah Buddy well Im not getting any younger also - glad to hear your ok my Friend - nice talking to you 🙂