OMG!

Thank you, AVSIM, for putting the MSFS Tips and Tricks sub-forum...

I am having the most significant yet...OMG!  experience, on day 5 post RTM.

Thank you to the tip'ster that said, you can (I never even touched this...didn't really understand fully what it did...how it worked...BUT I DO NOW!!!!) slide your RENDER scale down from 100 and see pretty serious FPS gains...but...with very little visual degradation that your eye will see.

...was he/she ever right...wowzer!

So...I am running 3440x1440 native, which is about 80 % true 4K, right?  Well around there...and in the settings that I have contributed as try this....try that...I was getting on my system around a constant 27-31 FPS.  

This morning, I dropped my RENDER SCALING down to what I imagine would be around my older 1920x1200 monitor sitting packed away. Non widescreen, around 50/60 scale reduction.

Pressed APPLY and SAVE...and wham bam...my FPS meter shot up to 41-42 (constant),  with flash pops to 48-51 FPS! 42 minus 27 was an OMG---->15 FPS!!!!  I gained over 33 % higher FPS/System output.

For myself, for my eyes...I don't see a tremendous visual difference, between my native 3440x1440 and whatever 50/70 (I have it right now on pause, at 50, with 16AF and 4x4 SS.) translates out to.   So...on day 5 post RTM,  I have full native default ULTRA on...and getting 41-42 in the cockpit, outside camera...and folks...the MSFS world and scenery is down right...always tapped on----OMG!   Happier than a pig in (word not allowed)!!!!!     So  again, a great idea to have the MSFS Tips and Tricks (or whatever it is called..lol) up and running. I read every post...and when I got to the fellow who talked about the 'much mentioned'...(so where was I, when all this much mentioning was going on?!?!?!?) about dropping down your RENDER SCALE for 4K users, to garner on average 10 more FPS with no truly bad visual 'hit'.  So right, and...even for ones with wide screen's...

Day 5, and things just keep getting better and better on the MSFS 'homefront'... 🙂

Back to the flight outta Orbx's KORS, in the Icon A5. ....

Cheers, y'all!

 

I must have posted this 2/3 times now!

Render Scaling is the single biggest setting that will impact your FPS & how crisp the sim looks. Depending on your resolution you may get away with 80-100 and have great FPS and a good looking sim. Whereas I need to set it to around 130-150 to make the sim look good.

Someone alluded to this in a previous post. He indicated that he stopped having FPS issues after lowering the resolution. I think that the existing hardware cannot handle MSFS in 4K. The GPUs are several steps behind, even the 2080ti. I posted a video of someone respectable who ran multiple benchmarks. The 2080ti running MSFS on 4K was getting crushed.  I guess we have to wait for the next generation of GPUs to be able to have the glorious 4K experience.

Edited August 23, 20205 yr by Huascar

7 minutes ago, highflyer2020 said:

I must have posted this 2/3 times now!

Render Scaling is the single biggest setting that will impact your FPS & how crisp the sim looks. Depending on your resolution you may get away with 80-100 and have great FPS and a good looking sim. Whereas I need to set it to around 130-150 to make the sim look good.

Highflyer2020 - Yes, you made this point several times over in previous posts.

49 minutes ago, Huascar said:

Highflyer2020 - Yes, you made this point several times over in previous posts.

Well, I must have been flying...and over the last few days...a post doesn't last 5 minutes on the first page...so, for myself...missed all of 'em...!!!

BTW, while on the topic of a post lasting on first page...I seem er ah..seem to remember, (stroking chin..hmm) all the posts so aggressively stating that I'm an FSX/P3D/XP11 user...and I am NOT, changing up...for I have such a great experience on my present (insert here..) sim...and WON'T be switching at any time soon...or even at all!

OK....ROTFLMAO!

Seems this forum, is a wait-to-find-room-to-post...and I have been monitoring the 'other two' forums...where cob-webs are starting to show on some of the post dates....

Seems to me...90 percent of AVSIM membership, is hanging and posting, well...here.   

My observation anyways...LOL!   "I ain't gonna buy this...,  not me...all you sheep carry on....P3D/XP11 will be the button I'll continue to mash down on...."   Yeppers...I clearly see this by the MSFS forum literally as being a 'lost-in-the-wilderness' posting ghost town'....yep.  😉 

Edited August 23, 20205 yr by Sesquashtoo

57 minutes ago, highflyer2020 said:

I must have posted this 2/3 times now!

Render Scaling is the single biggest setting that will impact your FPS & how crisp the sim looks. Depending on your resolution you may get away with 80-100 and have great FPS and a good looking sim. Whereas I need to set it to around 130-150 to make the sim look good.

Worked beautifully for me. RS now at 90 but just make sure your AA is set to TAA. That in fact is the recommendation of the developers. 

2 minutes ago, Lenny777 said:

Worked beautifully for me. RS now at 90 but just make sure your AA is set to TAA. That in fact is the recommendation of the developers. 

Thanks Lenny..have that...and I do have my Trees and Bushes set to Medium...but only because I feel that (personally observing) that High and Ultra completely blankets the ground terrain with coverage and simply does not LOOK REAL.  Medium for both, does, in my opinion..I like that you can see fields between all the stands of forests...so I pick up the bonus there...that Medium for both the above, actually suits my 'as real as it gets' to a T.

Edited August 23, 20205 yr by Sesquashtoo

I have all my sliders at 100 and textures all at medium. Perfect blend of quality and performance.

i7 7 series

GTX1070 

32 GB RAM

mike.

2 minutes ago, Sticky said:

I have all my sliders at 100 and textures all at medium. Perfect blend of quality and performance.

i7 7 series

GTX1070 

32 GB RAM

mike.

It's getting better and better for all...as we 'dial in' our systems...:)

If I set it below 100 at 1440 I get more fps yes, but the numbers on the cockpit screens become a bit blurry, not unreadable but unpleasant to look at.
Any solution for this?

6 minutes ago, EmaRacing said:

If I set it below 100 at 1440 I get more fps yes, but the numbers on the cockpit screens become a bit blurry, not unreadable but unpleasant to look at.
Any solution for this?

It seems we all have to dial in...whatever..for I am now at 50 on the R.S. (on my native (3440x1440) and have great visuals, in the cockpit, on instruments, outside......if anybody wants me to post a few 'grab's, I'll be happy to. Now...I am seeing great visuals...at 38-47 FPS.  Done deal! 🙂  This..on a i7-975/GTX 1070/12 GB's of System RAM!   Not spending another dollar to update. I'm now not even sure if I am going to pick up a Xbox X, that I thought I would need to run at the visuals I needed.  Right now, that would only be to have it by the big screen...visuals are fabulous on my PC.

Edited August 23, 20205 yr by Sesquashtoo

You can really tell you never played videogames before, since this is a common feature 😛

And yes, of course reducing the in game resolution means increasing fps and getting a blurred video output. It's exactly how this feature works, @EmaRacing  (btw, we are both living near LIRP it seems! 🙂 )

5 minutes ago, Sesquashtoo said:

It seems we all have to dial in...whatever..for I am now at 50 on the R.S. (on my native (3440x1440) and have great visuals, in the cockpit, on instruments, outside......if anybody wants me to post a few 'grab's, I'll be happy to. Now...I am seeing great visuals...at 38-47 FPS.  Done deal! 🙂  This..on a i7-975/GTX 1070/12 GB's of System RAM!   Not spending another dollar to update. I'm now not even sure if I am going to pick up a Xbox X, that I thought I would need to run at the visuals I needed.  Right now, that would only be to have it by the big screen...visuals are fabulous on my PC.

Please post screenshots...

 

I am on the same resolution as you and with an RTX 2080 Ti and I have it set to 150 to get it looking great!

6 minutes ago, EmaRacing said:

If I set it below 100 at 1440 I get more fps yes, but the numbers on the cockpit screens become a bit blurry, not unreadable but unpleasant to look at.
Any solution for this?

My observation also. I'm using 80 and there is a very slight but noticeable degradation of the screens and panels. You might improve it with stronger anti aliasing, but you may give back the performance gains you achieved... haven't tried that.

50... A non starter for me. Looks like garbage (i.e. looks like HD). Lol

30 minutes ago, Sesquashtoo said:

Well, I must have been flying...and over the last few days...a post doesn't last 5 minutes on the first page...so, for myself...missed all of 'em...!!!

 

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