just wanted to share that the guide with recommened settings at https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/how-to-graphics-settings-and-performance-guide-8-18-2020/132407 helped me to achieve great performance - for both visuals and performance - on my rig, key may have been to actually DEactivate v-sync (which I set to 20-30 before) but now the sim with real world weather is amazingly smooth at mostly high setttings with no stutters at all (except first few seconds when new flight loads)

my config

i5-2500k overclocked to 4,0

MSI 1660 Super Gaming X

Asus P8Z77-M

8GB Ram

When I deactivate v-sync, both my cpu and gpu work at 100% all the time.

@DAD do you mind posting your settings?

Thanks!

Edited October 2, 20205 yr by Ricardo41

well I want them at 100%, anything less would be wasted...

which settings do you mean? I chose those graphics settings as recommended in above post, besides that I am running MSFS full screen @ 1600x900 if that helps

18 minutes ago, DAD said:

well I want them at 100%, anything less would be wasted...

You never want any cpu core at 100%. That will create stutters...You want them at 95% or below.

GPU, yes. 

1 hour ago, DAD said:

just wanted to share that the guide with recommened settings at https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/how-to-graphics-settings-and-performance-guide-8-18-2020/132407 helped me to achieve great performance - for both visuals and performance - on my rig, key may have been to actually DEactivate v-sync (which I set to 20-30 before) but now the sim with real world weather is amazingly smooth at mostly high setttings with no stutters at all (except first few seconds when new flight loads)

my config

i5-2500k overclocked to 4,0

MSI 1660 Super Gaming X

Asus P8Z77-M

8GB Ram

Yup, Vsync is broken, it locks fps at 20. i disable it and lock fps at 30 with the Nvidia driver.

They missed mentioning a few things like higher building settings increase draw distance as well as add detail to more distant buildings (minimal effect on close ones though).

 

However overall a good guide.

I have adaptive vsync set in the nVidia driver which limits me to 30 FPS, this is less stuttery than the Vsync in MFS settings

@Dad :

Thank you, interesting link / information. I also disabled Vsync and got much better results, almost no more frame drops !
I do not know why I did not try to disabled this setting before, I tried many others.

2 hours ago, DAD said:

amazingly smooth at mostly high setttings with no stutters at all (except first few seconds when new flight loads)

If you don't mind me asking, do you have the simulator installed on an SSD and if yes, do you also have the pagefile on the SSD? I have 8GB RAM too but the simulator on an HDD, and while flying in larger airports and cities I'm getting massive I/O stutters.

actually installed on an good old HDD so same as yours. Did not try something like NY yet or other bigger hubs, tbo, but Orbx LOWI, Aerosofts EDLP or FSD's Key West work all great w/o any stutters

19 minutes ago, DAD said:

actually installed on an good old HDD so same as yours. Did not try something like NY yet or other bigger hubs, tbo, but Orbx LOWI, Aerosofts EDLP or FSD's Key West work all great w/o any stutters

Thanks for the report. I guess my HDD is just getting old then (it's been working non-stop for 10 years after all).

Which GPU do you use? My system was made back in 2008 but once I replaced the old 560TI with the 1660S I was able to see - not a surprise - big improvements in FPS. So, obviously CPU is not the biggest driver or rather bottleneck with my 12 year old i5 which I now overclocked to 4Ghz, saving me some time to update the complete PC sooner or (now) later. Immersion is great and I couldn't be happier. So a nice i7 with 32gig RAM are my straw for enabling ultra but since my monitor can run 1600x900 max any 4k setting is ruled out anyway

Dude add some RAM its cheap!

2 hours ago, DAD said:

Which GPU do you use? My system was made back in 2008 but once I replaced the old 560TI with the 1660S I was able to see - not a surprise - big improvements in FPS. So, obviously CPU is not the biggest driver or rather bottleneck with my 12 year old i5 which I now overclocked to 4Ghz, saving me some time to update the complete PC sooner or (now) later. Immersion is great and I couldn't be happier. So a nice i7 with 32gig RAM are my straw for enabling ultra but since my monitor can run 1600x900 max any 4k setting is ruled out anyway

The GTX 750, and you are right that it hammers old GPUs way more than old CPUs, as mine is 10 years old too at this point but not getting stressed at all. My GPU can pump out around 20-25 FPS at low settings, but in really dense areas the RAM and VRAM are getting maxed out and the HDD is getting extremely stressed, and as a result the I/O stutters can make the experience unplayable. At moderately populated areas, it is possible to create a manual cache on my SSD and almost completely remove the stutters, but I haven't been able to make areas like Seattle and London playable. Too scared to try New York at this point.

I can really recommend the MSI 1660 super gaming x. Extremely silent, actually I cannot hear it under load, does not need too much power and is not too expensive.  You replaced my old card and ready to go. No new PSU or MB required. Highly recommended