August 20, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, HC1Gunner said: I have a 1TB SSD dedicated to Flight Simulators “rolling cache”. I’ve only been to (4) small airports, no cities near them, and my 1TB drive is already full. I planned on staying near an airport doing training, honing my flight skills, was hoping to store most of the local scenery. I did this because Comtrash, my provider, has me on a 1229GB monthly cap, and I have to watch my data usage, as I could easily go over every month. No one knows yet how much streamed data the sim sim is going to use. The rolling cache file appears to be a random-access data file, so even when empty of data, it will be the size you set it up to be. IOW, just because it's showing 1TB size doesn't mean there's 1TB of data loaded in it. My cache was set up to be 100GB, showing as exactly 100GB in use since right after I first set it up, and the data usage tracker in the sim (General -> Data) is showing I've used a total of 3.3 GB, and I've been dropping in all over the place to see what various places look like. You can also set a data usage warning and a hard stop threshold for the sim, and tailor which day of the month it automatically resets itself. 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
August 20, 20205 yr Author My monitor is 2K, so 2560 x 1440 is my native resolution, with my monitor @ 144 Hz (w/G-sync). I don't run FPS overlays all time, just when I get anew title, and I trying to tweak it. So if your running FS at a lower resolution, can't really compare to a system running FS at 2560 x 1440. I wasted 150GB just on having to do a second download / install, just to get FS properly installed. Data usage wise, I've already tweaked all those settings. Edited August 20, 20205 yr by HC1Gunner
August 20, 20205 yr 4 minutes ago, HC1Gunner said: My monitor is 2K, so 2560 x 1440 is my native resolution, with my monitor @ 144 Hz (w/G-sync). I don't run FPS overlays all time, just when I get anew title, and I trying to tweak it. So if your running FS at a lower resolution, can't really compare to a system running FS at 2560 x 1440. I hear you, I am using a projector, it is 4k but not Native 4k. However, on my setup - I don't think it is worth going to 2560x1440, though I haven't tried because my cabling which goes through an HDMI jack will not allow it. I'd have to move the PC into the home theater room to attempt it, though the in-wall cabling will support 2560x1440 at 30hz but not at 60hz. 30hz doesn't look right on a projector, too much flicker. Edited August 20, 20205 yr by SceneryFX AMD 5800x | Nvidia 3080 (12gb) | 64gb ram
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