I just can’t with ChatGPT anymore. I’ve been using it extensively for work, and the time spent chasing / verifying its fake references and just made up info negates any other savings (in my area at least).

1 hour ago, scotchegg said:

I just can’t with ChatGPT anymore. I’ve been using it extensively for work, and the time spent chasing / verifying its fake references and just made up info negates any other savings (in my area at least).

First of all, I really would be thankful for feedback if it actually does good. 

Should have mentioned it in my initial post, but patience is a must when doing this. The reason why my settings went through to a rating of 100 is that those settings have been the result of a few hours in total maybe back and fourth with ChatGPT where I provide information and my own knowledge of the sim and how different settings should be adjusted sometimes due to another factor.

After I had gotten my settings tuned in to the result provided in the post I asked for a template built on our whole dialog where one command was equivalent to everything that I had added while going back and fourth was included in a single sentence, so that is the reason why I actually posted it, because I know that AI is AI and the answers has to be actually be directed by the user asking and was hoping that the analyse from ChatGPT actually would become correct when the template and the same files as I ended with after optimisation and confirmation of a perfect setup gave 100 with the single command and it did so I decided that I had done thourugh enough adjusting of the template that it could be useful for others, but if people tried it and it does not work for them please add a reply so that me and others is aware of it, but when the hope is present that it could work, I wanted to share it with others to give it a go, but feedback is very much appreciated, because I don't want many to try it before someone shared their result and it could end with me being blamed for a waste of time used from fellow simmers when known.

I got a good reply on this template in a group where one wrote that getting MSFS setup in a way where you are satisfied isn't rocket science (think he said FPS cap to -3 below refresh rate, Gsync/vsync on, and prefer maximum performance as a very simple, but actually a setup that should work pretty well for the most since Gsync is used by so many) and I agree to that this Is true if you know your setup and what configuration your system is capable off and have read a few recommendations, so this is more towards those who have such knowledge of the sim that they know when to question the response they get and then lead the AI to in the be fully able to use all the info to analyse the files you provide to your exact setup and finetune it as far as your patience go.

Example from my optimisation where ChatGPT asked me to cap my FPS to 30 in RTSS for 30 in the sim, but that just don't work in MSFS 2020, so from knowledge I had to specify sim version again, the actual FG mod I was using and that FG makes that FPS cap go down to 15 since the sim doesn't respond well to FG (unlike 2024 where a limiter can be set to 30 and being doubled and working as intended and could be why 30 is recommended at first).

 

Edited August 2, 2025Aug 2 by Benjamin H

8 minutes ago, Benjamin H said:

The reason why my settings went through to a rating of 100 is that those settings have been the result of a few hours in total maybe back and fourth with ChatGPT where I provide information and my own knowledge of the sim and how different settings should be adjusted sometimes due to another factor.

...so the guidance you received from ChatGPT is a result of the specifics you fed it, which is biased based on limited tweaks you've found from others and not exactly scientific but based on testing that those folks (and you) have performed on their own unique systems?

You can make ChatGPT agree to pretty much anything. ChatGPT would be useful in this case if it had access to config and performance data from thousands of user's systems. Having access to the MSFS source code and the source code of every addon would surely help as well. But I don't see how this is doing anything other than regurgitating what you've fed into the LLM and then believing it's actually providing something unique when it's basing its responses off a very small data set that you have provided it.

As for access to source code, I'm going to guess that Asobo is feeding their code and performance data into copilot, just as Microsoft is presumably doing for the rest of their products.  None of that data is going to be public, however. And I don't think it's a coincidence that we've been seeing buggier products over the past few years, Win11 24H2 probably being the worst offender. But I'm sure it will get there eventually if there are enough human programmers left to fix the mistakes and coax the AI into fixing its own bugs.

52 minutes ago, Funky D said:

...so the guidance you received from ChatGPT is a result of the specifics you fed it, which is biased based on limited tweaks you've found from others and not exactly scientific but based on testing that those folks (and you) have performed on their own unique systems?

You can make ChatGPT agree to pretty much anything. ChatGPT would be useful in this case if it had access to config and performance data from thousands of user's systems. Having access to the MSFS source code and the source code of every addon would surely help as well. But I don't see how this is doing anything other than regurgitating what you've fed into the LLM and then believing it's actually providing something unique when it's basing its responses off a very small data set that you have provided it.

As for access to source code, I'm going to guess that Asobo is feeding their code and performance data into copilot, just as Microsoft is presumably doing for the rest of their products.  None of that data is going to be public, however. And I don't think it's a coincidence that we've been seeing buggier products over the past few years, Win11 24H2 probably being the worst offender. But I'm sure it will get there eventually if there are enough human programmers left to fix the mistakes and coax the AI into fixing its own bugs.

No, and I haven't said anywhere that I guarantee this to work for anyone and the template was asked to be created by combining all my dialogue above to a single command that included everything (and what I had corrected with myself) and with possibility to change to other setups. I would never share how if there was something I hadn't a clue about in the settings or completely disagreed with or never seen used with MSFS (I have tried my best without sounding bragging or anything, but I will say I know the sim and other utilities very good).

I am sharing my template for others to test it (I hope we can agree that my result is good), and that was to avoid this that is me having to defend myself just trying to help others until someone either confirms or denies it working with other setups, but it is not fair to be honest when you don't even know if it actually works or not. 

Edited August 2, 2025Aug 2 by Benjamin H

Your PC is quite capable, and it should run Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (MSFS 2024) very well at high to ultra settings, especially at 3440x1440 resolution. Here's a breakdown of ideal settings for a smooth and visually stunning experience, customized for your system:

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✅ System Overview

• CPU: Intel i9-11900KF (8 cores, 5.3GHz boost) – Great for MSFS

• GPU: RTX 3060 Ti – Strong 1440p performance

• RAM: 32 GB – More than enough

• Monitor: 3440x1440 @ 60 Hz – Ultra-wide, immersive

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🎮 Recommended MSFS 2024 Settings

🖥️ Display Settings

• Display Mode: Fullscreen

• Resolution: 3440 x 1440 (native)

• Render Scaling: 90-100 (lower it slightly to boost FPS if needed)

• V-Sync: Off (unless you're getting screen tearing)

• Frame Rate Limit: Off or 60 FPS (if you want smoother thermals and fan noise)

• HDR10: On (if your monitor supports HDR)

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🌤️ Graphics Settings

Setting	Recommended Value	Notes
Global Rendering Quality	High-End or Ultra	Start with High-End; try Ultra if FPS is stable
Terrain Level of Detail	150–200	Improves scenery detail at range
Terrain Vector Data	Ultra	Better coastlines and roads
Buildings	High	Urban performance hit on Ultra
Trees	High	Looks great without a major FPS hit
Grass and Bushes	Medium	Can be lowered if stuttering
Texture Resolution	Ultra	RTX 3060 Ti has enough VRAM (8GB)
Texture Synthesis	High	Helps ground texture quality
Anisotropic Filtering	16x	Sharpens textures at angles
Texture Supersampling	4x4	Optional – can be left at 2x for better FPS
Shadow Maps	1024	2048 if you can spare the performance
Terrain Shadows	512	Optional – 1024 if you prefer realism
Windshield Effects	Ultra	Visual realism without major FPS cost
Ambient Occlusion	High	Slight FPS drop, improves realism
Reflections	Medium or High	High if over water often
Light Shafts	High	Looks good during sunrise/sunset
Bloom	On	Purely visual preference
Depth of Field	Off	Better clarity while flying
Motion Blur	Off	Reduces smearing during fast pans
Film Grain	Off	Improves clarity
Lens Correction	Off	Only useful for cockpit distortion feel
Lens Flare	Optional	Style choice
Volumetric Clouds	High	Major impact on FPS – Ultra can be heavy
Texture Streaming	On	Uses RAM and disk wisely
Online Data	On	Enables photogrammetry and real-world weather

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✈️ Performance Tips

• DLSS/FSR (if supported in MSFS 2024):

  • Set to DLSS Quality if you want a performance boost with minimal quality loss.

• AI Traffic & Real-Time Traffic:

  • Set AI Traffic Density to ~30-50% for balanced realism/performance.

• Photogrammetry Cities:

  • May lower performance in dense areas like NYC or Paris. Turn off in those cases.

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🔧 Optional NVIDIA Control Panel Tweaks

• Power Management Mode: Prefer maximum performance

• Low Latency Mode: On (optional – can reduce input lag)

• Vertical Sync: Let the application decide

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🎯 Estimated Performance (at 3440x1440)

• High-End Preset: ~45–60 FPS

• Ultra Preset (w/ DLSS Quality): ~35–50 FPS

• Cloudy or dense city weather: expect 10–15% FPS dip

1 hour ago, Benjamin H said:

I am sharing my template for others to test it (I hope we can agree that my result is good), and that was to avoid this that is me having to defend myself just trying to help others until someone either confirms or denies it working with other setups, but it is not fair to be honest when you don't even know if it actually works or not. 

Thanks for that, this is a very interesting approach. I pasted my PC-specs into Chatgpt and got the above: sounds a tad optimistic given my specs, but I'll try it out later. 

59 minutes ago, Ricardo41 said:

 

Your PC is quite capable, and it should run Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (MSFS 2024) very well at high to ultra settings, especially at 3440x1440 resolution. Here's a breakdown of ideal settings for a smooth and visually stunning experience, customized for your system:

 

58 minutes ago, Ricardo41 said:

Thanks for that, this is a very interesting approach. I pasted my PC-specs into Chatgpt and got the above: sounds a tad optimistic given my specs, but I'll try it out later. 

Thanks a bunch to both of your replies, highly appreciated both. Possible to upload a new result with using the setup I added as a reply since I couldn't edit my first post? To compare with those settings you posted now when you attach the files mentioned in the template. I just tried uploading images of both my NVCP profile and image of my RTSS MSFS profile and settings in the setup menu and asked for optimized MSFS just by using that in a 100% generic way. From the usercfg.opt settings uploaded with my templatewhat my template I only had to make TWO corrections to match what my sim settings the template rated perfect when uploaded (I use TAA not DLSS, and this is up to the user anyway) and asked about was an opinion on LLM and if ultra could work with the setup and got an opinion on that since my sim is set to Ultra in the template uploaded file and it was tighter than using On, but if working it was only positive, but this is a setting with so many opinions so this is a setting that can be difficult to understand. As I have replied to numerous people, I would never have made the post if I did not believe at all it would work, so please try it before going towards me and just conclude it to not be a valid approach.

I also asked about back edge sync and asked if it is best to use when the setup I nukems dlss-fsr3 mod/vsync and fixed refresh monitor and got a response that at least for me seemed very sensible. Be precise in what FG you are using and terms is important, but see the images below and I hope an open minded approach can be used by those who just denies it working straight away, and that you try it out for yourself.  
 

I would really like to get my initial post edited since it is my reply below that is the template, and I can also add in this method where only the usercfg.opt and images of RTSS and NVCP would do just fine. Can a moderator make it possible for me?
 

Command 

This gave me settings only two corrections away from my uploaded usercfg.opt (I am using TAA and LLM Ultra and if it works well then you get an even more stable frametime and FPS). During my work with this I got presented with comparison graphs with On and Ultra and the difference was actually quite a bit, but it needs precise settings to work well since it is so tight. 
 

Here is in regards to back edge sync (which I rarely see being used and therefore was sceptical to, but it works well) and what answer I got. 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 2, 2025Aug 2 by Benjamin H

Hi,

With those settings, how is your GPU and CPU temperature?

Thank you

 

 

1 hour ago, John Fields said:

Hi,

With those settings, how is your GPU and CPU temperature?

Thank you

 

 

Due to me having to cap my FPS since it is only 60hz and screen tearing if I don't the temperatures are very good, and with FG the CPU renders 30FPS and the GPU 30FPS and that isn't a big task for my system so they have lots of headroom as you see in the FPS devmode display.

I guess the results would be based on flying a less complex stock aircraft without any addon scenery or airports.  I have a pretty decent rig optimized for msfs and can only use one or two ultra settings - Take my addons away and I'm sure I could get a lot  more performance.

It's interesting to read peoples experiences on this thread, but I do wonder what kind of system you would need to run the sim on ultra settings overall.

On 8/1/2025 at 9:00 AM, St Mawgan said:

I asked ChatGPT to make me an image of a typical flight simmer. Not very flattering I'm afraid!

I love that picture ! 👍

cheers 😉

3 hours ago, cianpars said:

I guess the results would be based on flying a less complex stock aircraft without any addon scenery or airports.  I have a pretty decent rig optimized for msfs and can only use one or two ultra settings - Take my addons away and I'm sure I could get a lot  more performance.

These are the settings I run with the Fenix and complex sceneries and the sim at steady 60 all the time. 2080Ti/2560x1440@60Hz Fixed Refresh/vSync/7800X3D/32GB DDR5 6000Mhz. 
 

TLOD 50-400 from 300 feet up to FL150

OLOD 200-20 from 1000 up to FL100

 

 

 

 

Edited August 2, 2025Aug 2 by Benjamin H

I just uploaded a couple of minutes of video from my sim to try show actual smoothness in the sim, and this is basically all set up perfectly towards eachoter. 

Have a look and see for youself how good this has been tuned and see just how the numbers are in realtime and using a demandiing scenario. 

 

A little follow up from me in this thread that got a somewhat expected different opinions as replies, but this is the state of my sim as of now, and I have at least gotten a good amount of help by using AI to get the extra few percent of performance out of my setup. Good knowledge and a well running sim as a base is important of course when doing this, otherwise the replies would be very generic as many of you stated, but I have fed the AI with all the information needed to get good tips for my unique system.

Just did a small benchmark running AutoFPS, Fenix, 3rd party demanding scenery in the UK and a departure up to FL250 where TLOD is at 400. VRAM had a healthy 1.3GB buffer at its minimum and these numbers should be an indication of how stable things run now. dlss-to-fsr mod in use and limiting FPS via RTSS front edge sync. The Reflex limiter hammers my mainthread so sometimes RTSS struggles to hook properly to my sim due to front edge in use combined with the mod and I have to restart to stabilize frametimes, but with a clean sim that starts in about a minute its well worth the wait. 

01-10-2025, 15:32:26 FlightSimulator.exe benchmark completed, 44326 frames rendered in 739.984 s
                     Average framerate  :   59.9 FPS
                     Minimum framerate  :   59.7 FPS
                     Maximum framerate  :   59.9 FPS
                     1% low framerate   :   59.5 FPS
                     0.1% low framerate :   59.2 FPS











Numbers are equal to this at all stages of a flight.

Edited October 2, 2025Oct 2 by Benjamin H

On 7/31/2025 at 7:40 PM, Benjamin H said:

I hope this could be helpful to others and that many results are posted as replies below. ChatGPT has gotten me and my setup to the most ideal level it has ever been, and the process has actually been very fun and interesting. 

Would recommend everyone who seeks a simulator that is optimized in a perfect way for their setup to give this a go in ChatGPT. I had to make quite a few replies with me adding additional images etc, but asked to get a single command that would make only one single command necessary to get their whole setup evaluated and afterwards perfectly tuned in so others could try it in a very easy way. 

Here is my entire chat from the start, and that can of course be used as well since the template doesn't include everything I finetuned together with ChatGPT, so this could also be a template to use if you wan't to go the entire way with your setup and its potential. This goes down to capping your FPS in RTSS at a 3 decimal level.
https://chatgpt.com/share/688c2f05-d9cc-800d-82d9-bf5976a56665

One Command Template

"I want to optimize MSFS for a [V-Sync / G-Sync / No Sync] setup at [Hz] Hz, targeting [FPS] FPS with [DLSS3 FrameGen / DLSS2 / TAA] on a [GPU model] and [CPU model]. My monitor resolution is [Resolution] @ [Hz] Hz. I use [RTSS / In-game limiter / none]. I will upload:

- UserCfg.opt

- FlightSimulator.exe.cfg

- NVIDIA Profile Inspector (.nip) file

- RTSS screenshots (global/app/setup)

- In-game graphics settings screenshot

- (Optional) Global/Config/NVCP text files

Please analyze the full setup, validate sync + frame pacing, generate FPS/frametime graphs (320s), compare LLM On vs Ultra, and give me a full performance rating, latency diagram, and setup summary others can follow."

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Example of my system and what I could have used to avoid many additional replies

"I want to optimize MSFS for a V-Sync setup at 60Hz, targeting 59.94 FPS with DLSS3 FrameGen on a 2080 Ti and 7800X3D. My monitor resolution is 2560x1440 @ 60Hz. I use RTSS. I will upload: UserCfg.opt, FlightSimulator.exe.cfg, NPI .nip file, 3 RTSS screenshots, and my in-game graphics screenshot. Please analyze full setup, validate pacing, generate graphs, compare LLM On vs Ultra, and give me a full summary and rating."

I hope this could be useful and would be interesting to see what others get as a reply and if the score isn't where you would have liked what ChatGPT suggests to change straight away or after a reply with something like "To get this as ideal as possible for my setup, what do you recommend me to change?".

To give proof of it actually working perfectly, I will post my result from the sim as the first so that there is 100% truth in this. This is as perfect as it can get for my setup. 

 

i've done a VR flight the same exact way at least a dozen times the last 2 weeks and go 33fps on the ground and up to 38 up higher (Never flying above 4000 feet). I have never seen it above 33 on the ground (LECU Asobo bespoke airport). 

I did the ChatGPT thing, only I just gave the AI userCfg.Opt and not the other 2 files (I didn't have time). I booted up the same old familiar flight and now I was at 44 on the ground! I got up to 48 in the air during the flight to LEMD (a nearby Asobo bespoke airport). And get this: The AI had set my VR visual settings higher (not lower). If I flew higher I would probably get in the low 50s fps. I'm pretty sure this is the best flight I ever had in VR visually.

Pimax Crystal Light set at 90% full resolution pixels.

4070 gpu

5800X3D cpu.