July 2, 20223 yr I am planning to switch from p3dv4.5 to 5.3. My PC meets the requirements, except my GraKa. With 4GB it only meets the minimum. Can a 5.3 user give me hope or should I better stay with 4.5? Tks,Peter
July 2, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Pitter said: I am planning to switch from p3dv4.5 to 5.3. My PC meets the requirements, except my GraKa. With 4GB it only meets the minimum. Can a 5.3 user give me hope or should I better stay with 4.5? Tks,Peter v5.3 knocks the socks off v4.5, and is my personal opinion. v5.3 has better memory management, using DX12. Edited July 2, 20223 yr by Sesquashtoo
July 2, 20223 yr With only 4GB of VRAM I wouldn't make that jump. 13600KF - AIO - 32GB DDR4 - RTX4070 - UW1440p GSync - USB DAC - 2TB NVMe - Windows 11 Pro - Gladiator NXT EVO - 1 Gbps Fiber - MSFS 2024
July 2, 20223 yr What are your other specs? Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
July 2, 20223 yr You run the risk of Device Hung error, which has yet to be solved. The ‘fixes’ for this problem do not work for all cases. rgds, JB 9800x3d, ASUS TUF x870, 64GB G.Skill DDR5, MSI Ventus 4080, HP Reverb G2 VR, FlyVirtual.net, Private Pilot SEL rating, subLogic FlightSim 1983 & every release since
July 2, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, Pitter said: With 4GB it only meets the minimum and the minimum is not enough for fun. OS=WIN11 Home, Sim=P3D5 5.3 (P3D4 and FSX for install reasons) Addons=ORBX, ASCA, AS, TOGA and tons of sceneries, aircraft MB=Gigabyte AORUS Z790 Elite AX, CPU=i13900K, Cooling=Be quiet! Pure Loop II FX GPU=KFA2 RTX3090 24 GB, RAM=64 GB DDR5-5600, HOTAS=Logitech G Saitek X52 Pro Visit my website for fixes and addons: https://sites.google.com/view/dans-p3d-mods
July 2, 20223 yr 4gb no way... even my 8gb card is sometimes (or more often) not enough... and to be honest EA is quite nice, but then better use a nice shader in 4.5 and stay out of problems. Cheers T.
July 2, 20223 yr Like others said, I also recommend not upgrading with only 4gb of video ram, but you could purchase a refurbished 1080ti with 11gb for around $300. That's what I have and never had a video memory related problem with P3Dv5. dv Win 10 Pro || i7-8700K || 32GB || ASUS Z370-P MB || NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11Gb || 2 960 PRO 1TB, 840 EVO My Files in the AVSIM Library
July 2, 20223 yr I'm glad I upgraded from v4.5 to v5.3. The performance is much better, and I like the Enhanced Atmospherics, although I don't use the volumetric clouds. Hopefully, the clouds will be improved in future versions. The only downside to v5 IMO is that the vector data in some areas is poor. I'm flying in northern Canada lately and there are many lakes and rivers with improper elevations, creating those ugly artificial "lake mountains" or deep holes. With more accurate addon mesh, the problem is even worse. Maybe LM will fix this stuff in future releases. Dave Simulator: P3Dv6.1 System Specs: Intel i7 13700K CPU, MSI Mag Z790 Tomahawk Motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Video Card, 3x 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2280 SSDs, Windows 11 Home OS My website for P3D stuff: https://sites.google.com/view/thep3dfiles/home
July 2, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, tsochun said: the water in costal areas looks so weird in v5, don't upgrade it You have already made a seperate post about your water problem, to which I have replied. Your image is not typical of P3D5.3 water with normal settings. John B
July 2, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, tsochun said: (screenshot deleted for space) the water in costal areas looks so weird in v5, don't upgrade it Pitter -- ignore that post. He obviously has problems noted in his separate post. But, he didn't provide any basic troubleshooting information.....If you upgrade your video to an 8Gb card (like a used 1080ti as noted above -- which is what I did) you will love 5! Gigabyte x670 Aorus Elite AX MB; AMD 7800X3D CPU; Deepcool LT520 AIO Cooler; 64 Gb G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000; Win11 Pro; P3D V5.4; 1 Samsung 990 2Tb NVMe SSD: 1 Crucial 4Tb MX500 SATA SSD; 1 Samsung 860 1Tb SSD; Gigabyte Aorus Extreme 1080ti 11Gb VRAM; Toshiba 43" LED TV @ 4k; Honeycomb Bravo.
July 2, 20223 yr Like others have pointed out already, if you have a 4GB card it would be better to stick with 4.5. However I do know a few people who use 5.3 with 4GB cards on low/medium settings. On regular usage 5.3 uses around 3-4 GB of VRAM, the extra VRAM that we have is the overhead in case things go out of hand. However the 3-4 GB can easily become 5-6 depending on the aircraft or the airport that you are on. Although if you still want to jump into 5.3, you can get the developer license for a month at $10 (I think its 10 bucks) and try it out first before investing into a academic copy for long term. One month will be more than enough for you to test the sim out. Happy flying!
July 3, 20223 yr In v4.5 my 8 GB 1070Ti would max out it's memory in many instances, particuarly where there was a lot of PBR involved. Once up in the air mem use would drop down to the typical level as shown in the pic (4.5 HF3). I've only just begun to play around with v5 and it as yet doesn't have the expansions my V4.5 has atm, but so far it's been a little higher in mem use. Edited July 3, 20223 yr by Rogen Ryzen 5800X clocked to 4.7 Ghz (SMT off), 32 GB ram, Samsung 1 x 1 TB NVMe 970, 2 x 1 TB SSD 850 Pro raided, Asus Tuf 3080Ti P3D 4.5.14, Orbx Global, Vector and more, lotsa planes too. Catch my vids on Oz Sim Pilot, catch my screen pics @ Screenshots and Prepar3D
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