MSFS Low Power Mode - who uses it?

[jcomm 5,930]

1 hour ago, cianpars said:

At 30 fps my fan runs at 30% but at 60 fps it runs at 80% to 90%.  30 fps is sufficient for flight simming in my 30 years of experience.

I think movies only run at about 25 fps 

In MSI profile I set power and temp to 50% ( the lowest that can be set there ).

In game I have Vsync active, 1/2, so I get 30fps in MFS most of the time and my GPU fans and temps never got to the levels they used to specially when I was running X-Plane, which was a big fan and temp crusher... Never had such overhead put on the GPU / CPU with MFS though.

Edited November 30, 2022 by jcomm

[Luis Hernandez 570]

I do use it. No need to make the GPU work hard while browsing the menu or Marketplace.

12 hours ago, 109Sqn said:

Now if only Asobo could drop my fan speeds that low during flights...!😁*

It's just the engines! As real as it gets! 😝

[jcomm 5,930]

2 minutes ago, Luis Hernandez said:

I do use it. No need to make the GPU work hard while browsing the menu or Marketplace.

It's just the engines! As real as it gets! 😝

🤣

[Ixoye 1,821]

I have it on since it was implemented and have never looked back.

[Lange_666 167]

Have it on too again after a reset to default set it back to off causing the GPU go nuts while in the menu.
For me the high GPU usage in the menu / marketplace is just a bug. It shouldn't go that high for a nice render image behind a menu.

[s0cks 116]

10 hours ago, tup61 said:

Used it but it didn't make a difference AT ALL. Afaik it should also lower usage whenever you pause the sim (to the menu)? My fans keep blowing with and without this settings. I might give it another try though...

What DOES really help me whenever I need to pause the game is to click on SAVE FLIGHT (or whatever the option is called): as SOON as the menu opens in which I can select a folder to save the flight to (at which point I do NOT actually save the flight: I just keep that window open) ALL my fans go silent... Really completely silent!!! So whenever I need to pause the sim for a longer period I always 'save' it: I just keep that window open until I return to the sim after which I click on CANCEL and proceed the flight. This is the ONLY way to pause the system wiithout my fans blowing themselves crazy.

Now... what really bugs me is WHY OH WHY can the sim 'cool down' a 100% when I have that save window opened and not when I simply pause the sim...??? Clearly something happens in the background as soon as you open that window so WHY can't Asobo make the same thing happening whenever I simply pause the sim...???!!!

Because we still live in an age where most people really don't give a toss about energy efficiency. I do the same as you when pausing for a bit. Sometimes I think of all the people leaving their long haul flight running while they are afk - I'm sure Asobo could introduce some sort of low power mode for these peeps to switch to when afk. I did hear that running in windowed mode and minimizing reduces cpu/gpu usage, so that might be an option for afk pilots. But a lot of people don't seem to think twice about drawing 600w+ for hours on end while they're not even at the computer so who knows...

Edited November 30, 2022 by s0cks

[DaWu 779]

Most useless feature ever 

[FlyingGoose 405]

I enabled it and have used it since the day it launched. I don’t need my GPU spinning up to render a menu. 

[109Sqn 1,562]

On 11/30/2022 at 10:37 PM, DaWu said:

Most useless feature ever 

Please share your insight. I'm sure we'd all be fascinated why you have that opinion.

[Fielder 3,673]

I believe in using the tool of reason instead of emotion. 

1 Compared to all the other electrical consumption in a typical household, computer fans power usage means almost nothing.

2 Heat inside the computer is my enemy. A whooshing white noise is not my enemy. Therefore I have  my fans set to run fast at all times.

[Republic3D 1,232]

Thanks for the tip!

The first thing that breaks on a GPU are often the only moving parts, the fans. 

No need to have it go full blast while in the menu.

[FlyingGoose 405]

3 hours ago, Fielder said:

I believe in using the tool of reason instead of emotion. 

1 Compared to all the other electrical consumption in a typical household, computer fans power usage means almost nothing.

2 Heat inside the computer is my enemy. A whooshing white noise is not my enemy. Therefore I have  my fans set to run fast at all times.

It’s not the fans that are consuming the power. It’s the 250-300 watts my 3090ti burns just to render a menu. 

[Fielder 3,673]

4 hours ago, FlyingGoose said:

It’s not the fans that are consuming the power. It’s the 250-300 watts my 3090ti burns just to render a menu. 

Aha, I didn't think of that... now I understand.

[Ricardo41 5,949]

On 11/30/2022 at 10:05 AM, cianpars said:

At 3 30 fps is sufficient for flight simming in my 30 years of experience

Lemme me get some popcorn ready.....