Is it really worth overclocking for Fs 2020 ?

[Sunshine13 234]

     Just curious, do u really have to overclock for FS 2020 ?  I know when using FSX, it was all about overclocking.  U can see my specs in my sig.

I only bring this topic up, cause yesterday as I was making a flight from KFLL to KORD, when I was on final, all of a sudden everything came to a hallt, and that was the end of my flight.  Yes, I was , frustrated have heard these stories since FS 2020 came out.

I scratched my head, cursed a few words, I think I have a decent computer, been simming for quite a while,

Anyway, should I overclock, Yes or No  Currently I am overclocking at 4.8ghz

Please give me ur thoughts, now since FS 2020 has been out for about a year and a half.

Edited February 19, 2022 by Sunshine13

[jrw4 626]

Usual steps here are to empty your Community folder of extraneous add-ons, lower your graphics settings, etc., etc., while debugging this problem. I used to overclock my 7700K CPU, but now that MSFS has matured a bit, it's my 1080 GPU that is limiting, while the CPU loafs along. I will eventually buy or build another computer for simming, and I don't plan on overclocking. It's too little gain for too much effort, but I'm sure now that I have said it, others will chime in explaining why I'm wrong. Also, was this an isolated occurrence or does it happen all the time? Every sim I have owned (FSX, P3D, XP, and MSFS) has crashed occasionally, so it's just something I've come to expect. 

BTW, you can use Developer Mode to ascertain what is limiting your framerate. 

Hope this helps, if only to bump your question to the top of the page again. You might want to provide some additional information, like the resolution of your monitor to help others in helping you.

[fppilot 4,407]

1 hour ago, Sunshine13 said:

Anyway, should I overclock, Yes or No  Currently I am overclocking at 4.8ghz

My system specs are below in my footer.  Mine are somewhat less than yours. I am operating totally with SSDs.  I fly at 4K and for the most part Ultra settings.  100 Render,400 Terrain LOD, and 200 Object LOD.  I do not OC.  I fly primarily GA and rarely fly into detailed payware international airports.  I have flown into Chicago with the Dzrew Chicago Landmarks without issues but I believe in-flight I lowered my MSFS res to 1440 as I flew into KMDW, which I have as a freeware addon.  For other reasons (slowing frame rates toward the end of long flights) I have traffic set to off for now.

Edited February 20, 2022 by fppilot

[Los 416]

The developers actually suggest not overclocking either CPU or GPU for better performance…

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016142680-All-versions-How-to-improve-the-performance

 

 

[bean_sprout 1,201]

No.  Let the system decide.

ns

Edited February 20, 2022 by bean_sprout

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

Use to be now not so much these days 

[bbsmitz 132]

I have my 5600x to 4.85 GHz and so far haven't run into many issues.  A crash once in a blue moon with that.  I haven't A/B'd the FPS with the clock at normal, but since the OC is so stable I feel any improvement I am seeing is worth it.  However, I have been unable to get any stable OC on my 3090 (ASUS TUF OC).  Even settings that are rock solid in 3DMark for hours will increase my crashes in MSFS.  I was able to flash it with the Gigabyte Gaming OC bios, so it has a max draw of 370W vs 350W.  However, with my frames capped at 60fps, I'm more or less stable and running at ~330-340W max draw for most flights so I don't even tap into the available overhead usually.

tldr; stable OC with my processor, completely unable to OC with my graphics card.

Edited February 20, 2022 by bbsmitz

[captain420 3,099]

No overclocking here.

[Bdub22 1,628]

There's a known issue about frame loss towards the end of a long trip. It happened to me yesterday in a flight in the FBW KBOS-KLAX. Take off and cruise was totally fine, but as soon as I got below 10,000 - it was a slide show and I have a beefy computer. I know it's not LA because I fly around there all the time as my home airport is KSMO without any issues at all. Hopefully with the upcoming SU8, that'll be resolved. 

[fppilot 4,407]

3 minutes ago, Bdub22 said:

There's a known issue about frame loss towards the end of a long trip.

Interested in learning your traffic settings.  

[AvAngel 306]

My PC is over spec for FS 2020... and the sim doesn't even use half my machines performance and still is somewhat limited... not sure why. 32gb of ram, 2700x, rtx3070Ti and still get 40fps 😄

[fppilot 4,407]

9 minutes ago, AvAngel said:

My PC is over spec for FS 2020... and the sim doesn't even use half my machines performance and still is somewhat limited... not sure why. 32gb of ram, 2700x, rtx3070Ti and still get 40fps 😄

A good deal depends on what you fly, where you fly enroute, where you fly into, and what addons you have in use for that flight, payware and freeware.  It all contributes.

[Bdub22 1,628]

36 minutes ago, fppilot said:

Interested in learning your traffic settings.

Live traffic on that flight, I believe.

[fppilot 4,407]

15 minutes ago, Bdub22 said:

Live traffic on that flight, I believe.

I believe that it has in the past been an issue on flights perhaps longer that 2 or 2.5 hours.  Not certain of the current status of that so making no conclusions.  I for the time being fly with all aircraft traffic set to off. Have not tried any 3rd party traffic. If I recall accurately, some have reported that tuning off MSFS live traffic for a period of time during a flight and then turning it back on might make a difference.  Like clearing some buffer.  Again just reflecting what I have read from others.  All that can possibly be said then is that when over 2 hours into a fight, any step that preserves the flight to its planned end is well worth it.

Edited February 20, 2022 by fppilot

[cianpars 1,184]

A few years back, I could get a 20% performance increase in FSX by overclocking.  Nowadays, the amount of gain from overclocking is not really worth the instability it causes in my experience.  Certainly, I find this to be the case for AMD CPUs and Nvidia GPUs, though I can't speak for Intel users as I haven't bought their stuff for years.

On the other hand, if you like to tinker, modern devices have thermal cut outs which prevent you doing much damage other than throttling your FPS.

I'ma bit wary of overclocking RAM though having had the odd stick go bad as a result in the past and never really noticed any gain in that area.