I'm not having much success with 2020. I'm running a 4K monitor and I know that has some impact, but blimey, I fail to see why my GPU is stuck at 100% load most of the time. I have hyperthreading turned on. Trying top get smooth performance with frames above 30 is proving a trial. Settings are set at high, with many options switched off. Has anyone any idea why my GPU, especially a 1080ti, is loading out like this?

It will try to run with as many fps as your video card can produce.

I have limited my fps to 30 (via RTSS) and my GPU usage went from 90% to 50%..

2 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

It will try to run with as many fps as your video card can produce.

I have limited my fps to 30 (via RTSS) and my GPU usage went from 90% to 50%..

Hi Bert, hmm, interesting, I could swear blind that I set my monitor to 30Hz and locked frames in the sim to 30, but I can't be 100% sure, as I have been doing a lot of testing with different settings. I will check again tomorrow and follow your suggestion. Many thanks.

I have the same card. Two things that really helped me get decent performance:

1. Limit FPS to 30 using RTSS
2. Setting rendering scale to 80% (highly recommended for 4K monitors)

Apart from that, I’m using a blend of medium and high settings. Getting stable and fluid 30 FPS with decent visuals.

Here are some in-depth guides on MSFS graphics settings:

https://respawnfirst.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-pc-tweaks/

https://www.game-debate.com/news/29393/microsoft-flight-simulator-most-important-graphics-options-every-video-setting-benchmarked

Edited August 25, 20205 yr by flavik77

Fly one of the airliners. Your frame rates will suck, but neither your GPU nor CPU will be fully utilized. 

Edited August 25, 20205 yr by odourboy

enter Bios and enable "Hyperthread"

XMP if available, On your monitor settings check if it has Gsync or Freesync.

If you have a modern TV with HDR, use it, your frames will improve and the looks shadows and lights and colors are a thousand times better than monitor

I have exceptional performance on the 1080ti, running 1080p with 150% render scale. Vsync set to 60. Hovering around 70% usage. 30PS stable even at LAX. Clouds have no perf. impact. Key is not to overload the CPU with Terrain LOD, never ever go past 100.

17 minutes ago, Rockliffe said:

Hi Bert, hmm, interesting, I could swear blind that I set my monitor to 30Hz and locked frames in the sim to 30, but I can't be 100% sure, as I have been doing a lot of testing with different settings. I will check again tomorrow and follow your suggestion. Many thanks.

There has been issues with enabling Vsync and setting FPS to 30 if you have a 30 Hz 4K TV like we do.

Instead enable Vsync and set the FPS to 60 in the MSFS 2020 settings and all is good and it locks at 30 FPS as long as you can hold that many.

My system is a bit more powerful, see signature, but with the appropriate settings your 1080Ti such work.

Good Luck

Joe

For me it was lowering rendering to 80 and enabling in win 10 graphic settings  ( Hardware accelerated GPU scheduling) which needs to be turned on. to get the frames up so I could fly the thing. Originally I was only getting 12fps in 4k now I get between 25 and 35 fps with those changes.

 

 

44 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

It will try to run with as many fps as your video card can produce.

I have limited my fps to 30 (via RTSS) and my GPU usage went from 90% to 50%..

This is actually a good setting to do.  My 2080ti constantly kicks the fans in high gear because it tries rendering the most fps as possible, and is audibly annoying.  I will change to 30fps cap and see if it helps. 

46 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

It will try to run with as many fps as your video card can produce.

I have limited my fps to 30 (via RTSS) and my GPU usage went from 90% to 50%..

What's rtss

Navigate to the flightsimulator.exe executable, right click, Properties, click the compatibility tab. In the lower half of the window under “Settings” put a check mark in the box next to “Disable fullscreen optimizations”. I went from 40 FPS in downtown Chicago on Ultra to between 50-53 FPS in the same location with the same settings. Obviously it’s dependent on hardware, but this one change improved my performance a significant amount 

 

edit :this from another user

 

I run windowed mode not sure if this helps others

Edited August 25, 20205 yr by SirDan

1 hour ago, Rockliffe said:

I'm not having much success with 2020.

You and I both...

6 minutes ago, Jetman67 said:

What's rtss

Rivatuner Statistics Server which is a program that runs outside of the sim and can lock the frame rate to what you want.

1 minute ago, pvupilot said:

You and I both...

Rivatuner Statistics Server which is a program that runs outside of the sim and can lock the frame rate to what you want.

Thanks for that

Why would anyone want to lower their GPU processing from 100% to 50%? 
You pay all that money for a video card, moan for years that sims ain’t taking advantage of it. Then, we get a sim that can use it’s full potential (yes the fan kicks in, it’s designed that way. Noisy? Water cool it) and people are limiting their video cards to 50% usage. 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️