3/9/21 Update: major, variable persisting fps drops?

[Noel 4,561]

Just curious what percentage of users this has impacted.  I've been very vocal about how trouble-free MSFS has been for me since day 1, but this one brought in random, sudden fps drops, and I'm vsynced to 30hz.

[guenseli 1,606]

I voted and yes, I have also framedrops. 

But a thread with fps drops in its title will attract me, when I have fps drops. Otherwise I would not pay attention. 

Just to make it clear, what result you will get here with this poll. 

[Car147 2,284]

Thought i had cracked it, but sadly back again. all was good for the first part of the flight, then the sudden drop GPU to idle.. and fps 13-18. lasted a good 4-5minutes, but cleared again and no issues on approach or landing.

[Gerwil 177]

I have voted no because I don't have them in a way others describe. I have such a drop at EGLC when i look to the west (GPU comes to a halt), when I look east everything normalizes. But this was worse a few weeks ago before I upgraded my system (from 6700K to 3600XT). In sept/oct. I had something similar at high alt in clouds (10 fps and a resting GPU) during a long period of time. So I am not unfamiliar with this and it's not a completely new phenomenon it seems.

[neucoas 82]

How can I vote on something that has not been released?

[Sigwolf 222]

10 minutes ago, neucoas said:

How can I vote on something that has not been released?

Perhaps because what is being voted upon already has been released (and the poll responses clearly indicate the date in question is US format)?

Edited March 14, 2021 by Sigwolf

[anitelite 41]

Strikes me most everyone is affected to some extent.  I shot an approach into a local Texas airport under IFR conditions using REX weather and it was awful.  So today (a day or so later) I reset the sim to defaults and ran again using the sim weather, not the REX and although certainly not a cure it was hugely better. 

I'm also vsynched at 60 FPS.  But I do hope they can roll back whatever it is that made it generally worse rather than better, for me at least

[ryanbatc 13,016]

It is indeed a mess.  Some of us were chatting about this on WTs discord this morning.  So I took a drone up around EGCC at 1000 agl (approx) and just spun it in circles and watched fps.  40 fps main thread limit, then every min or so.... 16-24 fps main thread limit in red.... then back up to 40.  No clue.

[gore54 73]

I would like to know where the people are flying that have not experienced these sudden drops in fps and gpu tanking. For me it doesnt matter whether your at 300 ft or 39000 ft the results are the same. The problem is location specific because I can go back repeatedly and get the same result with or without anything in my community folder. I fly mostly in the USA and since the last update its a complete mess.

[billkirk888 28]

Many people are having this issue.  Create a ticket with Zendesk.  The more tickets created, the more they will realize how many folks are affected.

[DMullert 216]

I never had any performance issues with any version of MSFS since its launch last year until this very last version.  Now I get solid frame rates in the 40's but stutters galore even though my frames don't dip.  The stutters happen anywhere and everywhere and the issue seems randomized.  I am also suffering from the blackout Garmins since this last version update.

Dennis

[Maxis 1,886]

Your wording in the survey  is off but ill vote that the bug is present and has been present since the UK update. The problem just seems to have expanded more since the Sim update

Ive always flown with either rivatuner or "since February" Radeon performance monitor giving me system performance info during my flights and i noticed the gpu fallout from 100% to 0/5/30/60/80 or whatever random number it pulls it down to accompanied with stutters since that update.

I had also moved to vsync locked at 30 after that update to handle the tearing which was fine as the sim would still go above the 30.

Post the sim update 3 i had an even worse performance hit. But someone mentioned about moving the Vsync lock from 30 to 60 and i tried it and it worked. It however has not fixed the gpu fallout problem from the UK update. Which is what everyone is noticing now so in essence yes im affected.

[Barnes 212]

Generally experiencing very smooth performance with good fps until the stutters set in. At that point the CPU starts to take a beating and the GPU takes a nap while fps drop. After a minute or two, things stabilize and smooth performance returns. This cycle keeps repeating.

Edited March 15, 2021 by Barnes

[marcg11 125]

I got bit bad tonight (I have been off and on but not as bad as tonight)…Flying into LIRQ with a custom airport bought through the marketplace and it was a major stutter fest all the way down on final. The issue is not memory related…When I got to the gate the stutter disappeared. So I went to drone camera…when I went out to the runway the major stutters appeared - when I went back to the gate they disappeared…and so on and so on. It looks like according to the dev mode it was the manipulators (whatever that means).   This is an airport I have flown into without issue previously with the exact same settings prior to the last update....

Once again a disaster filled update…

[Noel 4,561]

No prior ones were disasters for me, but this one has been for sure.  My guess is they will pinpoint the cause and have a hot fix within a day or two because it's affecting so many and is traceable to the one update.