July 15, 20214 yr Most of the the topics I read about hardware upgrades are talking about improvements in FPS, texture and scenery quality. Or, the ability to run at higher options settings. But - the tremendous improvement I have seen is in my control of higher performance / more responsive planes like the P-40 Tomahawk. Prior to the upgrade - I had serious difficulties controlling the heading of the P-40 on the runway as the tail wheel lifted and the P-Factor exerted it's effect. Every takeoff and most landings were a white knuckle experience. Now - with my significant hardware upgrade - the P-40 is easy and fun to fly. I have great control on the runway and in flight. The rudder dance is now just a gentle waltz and not the desperate tango I had been trying. Prior to the upgrade I was using an i3-9100F @4 GHz with 16GB memory and a 4GB EVGA GTX 1650 graphics card. I am now using an i7-9700K @4.6 GHz with 32GB memory and a 8GB RTX 3060 Ti graphics card. With NO changes to the sim options: Flying the P-40 out of KSEE (Gillespie Field, El Cajon, Ca) and into KNZY (North Island NAS, San Diego, Ca) with the pattern taking me overhead KSAN (with LVFR KSAN installed and many local addons including KNZY) my FPS increased from the 28 FPS at KSEE, 18 FPS overhead KSAN, 26 FPS landing at KNZY to 40+ at KSEE, 25 over KSAN, and 35 landing at KNZY. BUT - the P-40 is so much more controllable and responsive! Before the upgrade, at airports with addons, e.g. ORBX or LVFR, the framerate would only drop to the high teens or low 20s but I always felt like I was "behind" the plane and never really had total control in either pitch or speed. Now, after the upgrade - every things works smoothly and I feel in total control. I cannot see any improvement in scenery quality but I was very happy with the quality before the upgrade. I had made a conscious decision to trade higher framerate for higher quality optics and lower FPS. I just did not realize how much the lower frame rate was adversely affecting my control of whatever plane I was flying. Oh Well - even after 30+years with Microsoft Flight Simulators - I can still discover fun new stuff. And - a minor side note: Developer Mode shows me always limited by the Main Thread but it is always Yellow and less than 18ms. The 3060 Ti runs at about 45% to 48% busy while one i7 processor stays at about 95% and the other seven vary between 20% and 50%. Most of my settings are at Ultra and the rest at High. Edited July 15, 20214 yr by TacomaSailor AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D / MSI X870 Tomahawk Mobo / 64 GB DDR5 memory / RTX 4070 Super with 12 GB VRAM / AORUS FO48U 4k display NVMe for Drive C, an NVMe device dedicated to Flight Sim 2024 and a separate NVMe device for Flight Sim 2020 and an NVMe dedicated to 500GB of addons managed by AddonsLinker / 1 GB Comcast Xfinity Internet connection / HP Reverb G2 / Tobii 5 Head & Eye Tracking
July 15, 20214 yr 16 minutes ago, TacomaSailor said: Oh Well - even after 30+years with Microsoft Flight Simulators - I can still discover fun new stuff. Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
July 15, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, TacomaSailor said: The 3060 Ti runs at about 45% to 48% busy while one i7 processor stays at about 95% and the other seven vary between 20% and 50%. Great stuff - enjoy! BTW hopefully you see further improvement to CPU usage in the upcoming update.
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