November 30, 20223 yr 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, 20223 yr by jcomm Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
November 30, 20223 yr 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! 😝 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.
November 30, 20223 yr 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! 😝 🤣 Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
November 30, 20223 yr I have it on since it was implemented and have never looked back. System: I ASRock X670E | AMD 7800X3D | 64Gb DDR5 6000 | RTX 4090 | 2TB NVMe | Seasonic Vertex 1000W I LG Ultra Gear 34 UW I
November 30, 20223 yr 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. Win11 Pro 64-bit, Ryzen 5800X3D, Corsair H115i, Gigabyte X570S UD, EVGA 3080Ti XC3 Ultra 12GB, 64 GB DDR4 G.Skill 3600. Monitors: LG 27GL850-B27 2560x1440 + Samsung SyncMaster 2443 1920x1200, HOTAS: Warthog with Virpil WarBRD base & hegykc MFG Crosswind modded pedals, TrackIR4, Rift-S for VR
November 30, 20223 yr 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, 20223 yr by s0cks
December 1, 20223 yr I enabled it and have used it since the day it launched. I don’t need my GPU spinning up to render a menu.
December 1, 20223 yr Author 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. OS: Win11 Home; Mobo: Asus TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WiFi D4; CPU: Intel i5-12400 (Alder Lake) 4.4 GHzRAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 64Gb (4x16GB) 3600 MHz; GPU: MSI Radeon RX 5700XT [8GB] SSD: Corsair Force MP510 (for OS); 2x 1TB & 1x 2TB Sabrent Rocket Nvme PCIe 4.0 (one for sim, two for addons)HDD: Seagate 3TB (Data); Seagate 1TB (Programs), ASUS TUF Gaming VG32VQ1B Curved 31.5" monitor, 1440p, 38Mbs ethernet Fulcrum One Yoke, Honeycomb Bravo throttle, Thrustmaster Airbus TCA sidestick & throttle, Logitech Pro pedals, Xbox wireless gamepad (1st gen)
December 2, 20223 yr 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. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
December 2, 20223 yr 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. AMD Ryzen R9 9950X3D | Asus Astral RTX 5080 OC | 32 GB DDR5 6000 CL30 | 3440x1440 G-Sync | Logitech Pro Throttles Rudder Yoke Panels | Thrustmaster T.16000M FCS | TrackIR 5 | Oculus Rift S
December 2, 20223 yr 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.
December 2, 20223 yr 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. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
December 2, 20223 yr 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.....
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