I just completed a 3-hour flight from SEQU to TNCM in the Citation X. It was a very beautiful trip with no problems. Using AIG, AS Volanta and FStramp. My Vram never exceeded 90% and my ram stayed around 42 to 50%. The last SU3 update has shown no popup bugs yet. I'm setting up now for a flight with INI A350 from KATL to KLAX which will be the big test for me. Haven't had any problems yet.

5 hours ago, kevinfirth said:

Just think back to billboard rotating clouds in P3D back in yonder times 🤣

Do you miss them Kevin ?  
😁

This update is the gift that keeps on giving- the final release is imminent 

imo 

With this new build, I see much better performance in the Fenix at Heathrow, 60 FPS, but only when departing.

If I use Heathrow as my destination, the FPS drops into the 40's and I have quite bad stuttering. 

 

4 minutes ago, Bunchy said:

With this new build, I see much better performance in the Fenix at Heathrow, 60 FPS, but only when departing.

If I use Heathrow as my destination, the FPS drops into the 40's and I have quite bad stuttering. 

 

Turn on Dynamic Settings before you land next time.  I need to at KSFO.

dd

5 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

Turn on Dynamic Settings before you land next time.  I need to at KSFO.

dd

Dynamic Settings on can mske the textures worse, and also degrade the LOD, even though the target FPS you set is being met. It's a double edged sword.

Edited August 17, 2025Aug 17 by abrams_tank

22 minutes ago, abrams_tank said:

Dynamic Settings on can mske the textures worse, and also degrade the LOD, even though the target FPS you set is being met. It's a double edged sword.

Nothing I notice.  I just want a smooth landing and taxii.

dd

Apparently many users cannot switch in and out of the BETA as fast as I do. So I can compare between the two very easily.

1) in SU3, I cannot complete a single flight without one of 3 issues:

1 CTD. 2 Screen freezes. 3 Or all controllers go dead and do nothing but the screen movement does not freeze. 100% of the time. Every flight. When one of these 3 things happen, high heat comes out of the computer exhaust fan. I don't know for sure if its CPU or GPU.

2) in SU2 None of these issues ever happens. Not once. Not ever.

3) The early SU3 betas did not have this problem. The later versions (about the last 3 versions) always have this issues. Always. Every flight.

If I had to guess, it would be that it's those tricks Asobo is doing with memory management to optimize how memory routines happens. They are now faster, but not very reliable, I am thinking. I never had a single issue with early versions of SU3. 

On 8/18/2025 at 1:00 AM, Sky_Pilot071 said:

Nothing I notice.  I just want a smooth landing and taxii.

dd

With MSFS I get this maintaining sharp textures and high LODs from departure to arrival.

That's the reason why I uninstalled FS2024 for the moment: the compromises to run it without stuttering make it look far worse than MSFS in most circumstances.

3 hours ago, Fielder said:

Apparently many users cannot switch in and out of the BETA as fast as I do. So I can compare between the two very easily.

1) in SU3, I cannot complete a single flight without one of 3 issues:

1 CTD. 2 Screen freezes. 3 Or all controllers go dead and do nothing but the screen movement does not freeze. 100% of the time. Every flight. When one of these 3 things happen, high heat comes out of the computer exhaust fan. I don't know for sure if its CPU or GPU.

2) in SU2 None of these issues ever happens. Not once. Not ever.

3) The early SU3 betas did not have this problem. The later versions (about the last 3 versions) always have this issues. Always. Every flight.

Infuriating!

The fact that others don’t seem to be getting this experience indicates, sadly, that the latest beta has exposed an instability in your particular hardware: not something any of us wants to hear! 😖

FS has always had the potential to reach parts that OCCT etc cannot reach 😕 

1 hour ago, tfm said:

Infuriating!

The fact that others don’t seem to be getting this experience indicates, sadly, that the latest beta has exposed an instability in your particular hardware: not something any of us wants to hear! 😖

FS has always had the potential to reach parts that OCCT etc cannot reach 😕 

OCCT ? Please enlighten us ..

1 minute ago, petejohno1 said:

OCCT ? Please enlighten us ..

One of the better-known stress test programmes. 

2 hours ago, tfm said:

Infuriating!

The fact that others don’t seem to be getting this experience indicates, sadly, that the latest beta has exposed an instability in your particular hardware: not something any of us wants to hear! 😖

FS has always had the potential to reach parts that OCCT etc cannot reach 😕 

Well, if you pass a 1-hour stability test with OCCT, then I'd say with reasonable certainty that the crash is caused by FS and not by hardware. Unless, of course, your PSU is dying and cannot sustain CPU+GPU intensive loads at the same time. But in that case, hard reboots are much more common than CTDs.

12 minutes ago, MrFuzzy said:

Well, if you pass a 1-hour stability test with OCCT, then I'd say with reasonable certainty that the crash is caused by FS and not by hardware. Unless, of course, your PSU is dying and cannot sustain CPU+GPU intensive loads at the same time. But in that case, hard reboots are much more common than CTDs.

I know, you’d think so, right? And yet again and again over the years/decades, FS in its various forms has always managed to stress the components in ways that the tests can sometimes miss … 😵‍💫