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Sure, if you're only using MSFS as a bechmark tool.

I bought my 4080S (and 5800X3D) to run MSFS2020 at 60fps capped and with the type of flying I do, I can achieve that. Completely stutter free with a straight line in RTSS (frametime). GPU is at 50-60% and very modest CPU usage as well.

What nonsense! NEVER should you expect nor strive for 100% utilization of neither GPU nor CPU. That's hitting bottlenecks and should be avoided at all cost. You should always take measures to stay below 100%, either by lowering settings, capping your fps or both. You silly people...

Yes, the CPU percentage is an average of all cores. It takes just one of the threads to max out and you're CPU limited, or more preciecly limited by the main thread. That's why more complex aircraft gives your GPU more time to breathe. I'm sure work could be done to utilize all the CPU cores more efficiently, and I'm also sure the devs are looking into this for future updates. At least I hope they are.

If you aren't afraid of browser extensions, I can recommend Dark Reader. Works fine on most websites and you can easily toggle it off for those that don't.

If you're using Addons Linker, make sure all the AIG stuff is active before running the Manager.

I just upgraded from Windows 11 to 10 and couldn't be happier :)

No problems what so ever with this driver for me. I used NVcleanstall to debloat it. I did not install the app, instead I used nvidiaInspector to get DLSS 4 working. (Win 10 & MSFS2020).

Check that your RAM modules are properly seated and in the correct slots. The "Application Error 0xc0000005 (Access Violation)" could mean a problem with RAM.

That's really strange. One would think the GPU can't be bad if that's true. Heaven pushes the GPU to the max.

Download latest drivers, start in safe mode, run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller), disable internet so Windows doesn't fetch driver automatically, start in normal mode, install drivers.

Indeed it does! And checking for updates only took 20 seconds 👍

I could get 2020 to start by disabling my network adapter so that it skips the checking for updates part, then re-enabled it again when the sim loaded. It worked, but going back to the main menu froze everything. MS and a bozo at it again.

They should remove the checking for updates at startup and instead have a notification in-game when an update is released. Why would you need to check for updates every single time you start the sim?! Just stupid.

Works fine here (Finland). There was even a surprise waiting when the sim (2020) loaded. Finally PMDG released the 3.0.108 update for the 737. WOHOO !!!

Best way to analyze your performance is to use MSI Afterburner + RivaTuner with frametime graph on. If you see ANY deviations (i.e. spikes) from a flat line, you have stutters. For 60Hz you'll want to see a flat 16.6ms line. If either GPU or CPU is bottlenecking, i.e. reaching 100%, you'll get stutters. You DON'T want to max out anything. Always leave some headroom. For a 60Hz monitor, your best bet is to use Vsync. You'll feel some input lag, but that's not a dealbreaker for flightsimming. I'm a die hard TrackIR user and need a steady 60fps for ultimate smoothness. My older TrackIR v4 actually only works perfectly at exactly 60fps. So with my 144Hz Gsync monitor I use RivaTuner's frame limiter set at 60, with my monitor always at the default 144Hz. Gsync on. Ultra low latency enabled. Power management = prefer maximum performance. For lowest latency I use "front edge sync" in RivaTuners frame limiter settings. MSFS2020 performs flawlessly like this for me.

You most certainly won't have to. Win 11 can be installed on any PC, just use Rufus to create your bootable USB installer and you'll have options to disable the checks for TPM and secure boot requirements.

I'm dual booting my PC with Linux LMDE 6 (Linux Mint Debian Edition) and Windows 11 24H2. The Win11 install is heavily tweaked, 49 processes at bootup and everything running amazingly well. I use Windows mostly for gaming, and yes, simming of course. I'm learning Linux and so far I'm pleased with how well it works as a desktop OS nowadays. I like how configurable everything is and it feels good knowing I'm not streaming a bunch of personal data to MS, Google and alikes.

Yes that's it. How silly of me 🥴

Should there be 10 different models in the menu? I suspect I have an Issue because I have "ATR 42-600 Highliner 02", "ATR 42-600 Highliner 03", "ATR 72-600 Highliner 02" and "ATR 72-600 Highliner 03". What are these 02 and 03 versions? They seem no different from the normal "Highliner" models. Here's a screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/hl2iE6g

Try limiting your frames to avoid maxing out either CPU or GPU. Try setting your monitor to 60Hz and activate Vsync. You can also try Nvidia reflex to lower latency. Gsync should be enabled. With reflex on you should now be locked to 58. You can also get good use of Frame Generation and have a higher monitor refresh rate. This helps with ghosting while panning around. For this, use the monitors native high refresh rate (if yours is capable). Disable Vsync and reflex. Enable Frame Generation. Use RTSS to lock your framerate to something higher. I lock to 120fps with my monitor at 144Hz. This keeps fps in the gsync range. In RTSS, make sure you have "enable framerate limiter" on and set to "front edge sync". Make sure Gsync is enabled. I have the 5800X3D and 4080 Super and this combo is everything I dreamed of and then some!

I think the Terrain SDK for FS9 has Imagetool included. Just google "fs9 sdk" and you should find a working link.

Awesome scenery there Greg, every FS niner should go get it right away! If you don't have Ultimate Terrain USA and your hawaii area is otherwise unmodified, you will have some default buildings in the water. The instructions mention this as well. There is however a freeware fix to this too, just download and install the following: http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=75408 It's low resolution Hawaii coastlines. Fixes the floating houses and looks much better than default. @gaputz, I noticed two textures (PHJH-8-allpha.bmp and PHJH-9-al;pha.bmp), both 3MB and with those strange names. I guess these are not needed and are leftovers from the design process. Also there were a few .txt and .xml files in the scenery folder, I guess these aren't needed as well. Otherwise all was good and performance (fps) is great, thanks a lot!

Could be that AMD cards do the resizing of textures differently. You might try setting the MIP Mapping Quality to max (8) as I recall setting it to 4 only applied to nVidia cards,but that was a long time ago.

Yes, that's strange. What are your filtering and MIP Mapping Quality settings? Make sure they are Trilinar and 4. Above 4 ususally causes shimmering (not blurries though, hmmm). Also check your anisotropic filtering settings, if you use Nvidia, then (in inspector) it should be set to User-Controlled and 16x. Negative LOD bias set to "Clamp". The problem without mipmaps is the horrible shimmering, looks like the textures are alive and pixels are crawling. That's because the rendering engine has to resize large textures smaller the further away they are, instead of switching to increasingly lower resolution versions (mipmaps). Textures that are always viewed from close up and at the same distance, like the cockpit textures, thus don't need mipmaps. Good luck with the ground textures for the airport!