Update: changed latency settings in Nvidia CP to ULTRA et voila, much smoother again!

Not getting any noticeable artifacts in DX12 here which is curious since I only have a 3060 Ti. However I run the sim at 1080p and with an older 3800X CPU so I'm not stressing the GPU that much. Performance is usually limited by the CPU (main thread).

One thing I noticed is that Off-screen terrain pre-caching is even more of a train wreck in DX12 than in DX11. FPS actually dropped to 10-11 FPS at Medium, while panning around. It felt like I was back in FSX. Setting it to Ultra tripled the framerate to over 28-30 in the same area, while only removing 3-4 FPS when looking straight ahead (34 FPS instead of 36).

I also realized that I actually have to use DX12 to fix the random "CTD On Load" at airports like KRNT so any slight reduction in smoothness or quality is really moot. I thought the fix was in SU10 itself but it seems it's only fixed for DX12 pipeline. In DX11 it still crashes about 25% of the time while I haven't had a crash with DX12 yet.

Edited August 12, 20223 yr by JimmiG

Don't bother using DX12 now, just switch to DX11 which currently works much better.

33 minutes ago, MrFuzzy said:

Don't bother using DX12 now, just switch to DX11 which currently works much better.

I would have to agree. Hotter but better. 

23 hours ago, Rene_Feijen said:

Update: changed latency settings in Nvidia CP to ULTRA et voila, much smoother again!

Well... spontaneously not smooth anymore. Stuttering. Waiting for official SU10 I guess.