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Many thanks all, this information is very useful! I actually completely forgot I have a second 27" monitor at work which I'm going to borrow and try at home just out of curiosity to see how it affects of performance

ah ok, I know it's cpu intense etc but wasn't sure. I'm very fortunate to of been able to build a dedicated fsx machine. So how Windows handles the 4K wouldn't be much of an issue I guess? There's two reasons I was thinking of triple monitor - field of view - sheer size of what I'm looking at Maybe this could be achieved with a 4K 50" tv then? Or would it have to be a monitor?

Ah excellent thanks, I understand now. Yes that would be the correct resolution. I don't want to change any existing stuff as its not even a year old.. If I plug another monitor into my card and fps are hit then I guess I could get another card and SLI to boos performance? Thanks Eugene, I completely understand where your coming from, I want the most immersive experience. I guess you've been fortunate to experience both. I wonder if the missus will notice the 47" disappear out the front room

I'm also capped at 40 through an external limiter. I've tweaked and tweaked and tweaked the config to get it running really well I'm getting between 20-40 also but smooth as opposed to bouncing all over the place.. Just feeling like I need the next step now.. What do you mean by "It's a lot of pixels, but many claim to run successfully with 6Mp"

Hi all, I'm thinking of going down the triple monitor route.. I'm currently running fsx classic with many many high end addons such as orbx, aerosoft, uk2000 extreme etc. I was hoping for some feedback as it's an expensive venture... Is this going to kill my frames? I don't want to spend £500 on two extra monitors to fly with 10-15 fps My specs are as follows.. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/markwrd1/saved/bsN8TW The monitor I'll be using is an Asus mx279h

Absolutely, that's what this tight-nick community is and should be all about IMO. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59304607/Photo%2031-10-2015%2C%2019%2056%2010.jpg Phone videos again, but you should all get the general idea.. Fellow simmers, I am one happy bunny - Again thank you all for your input and assistance The flight from Bristol EGGD - Schiphol EHAM was a massive success all round.. Minimal very distant blurries and fantastic solid FPS around 40fps and one of my setup just for a laugh https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59304607/Photo%2031-10-2015%2C%2020%2012%2044.jpg FSX CONFIG [AContain] LabelColor=FFFF0000 LabelDelay=1000 ShowLabelAirline=0 ShowLabelAirlineAndFlightNumber=0 ShowLabelAirspeed=0 ShowLabelAltitude=1 ShowLabelContainerId=0 ShowLabelDistance=1 ShowLabelFlightPlan=1 ShowLabelHeading=0 ShowLabelManufacturer=1 ShowLabelModel=1 ShowLabels=1 ShowLabelTailNumber=0 ShowUserLabel=1 [ATC] AutoOpenAirTrafficWindow=1 COMM_MSG_AI_ATC_COLOR=FFFF7840 COMM_MSG_ATC_AI_COLOR=FF00FF00 COMM_MSG_ATC_USER_COLOR=FFB6FFB6 COMM_MSG_NONE_COLOR=FFFFFFFF COMM_MSG_USER_ATC_COLOR=FFFFD21B PilotVoice=0 ShowATCText=1 UsePilotVoice=1 [bufferpools] UsePools=1 Poolsize=2000 [CONTROLS] Controls_Current=Standard Controls_Default=Standard KBDAIL=64 KBDELEV=64 KBDRUD=64 [Display] ActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=0,28,140,64 ActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255 BLOOM_EFFECTS=0 ChangeTime=4.000000 InfoBrakesEnable=True InfoLowerLeftBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128 InfoLowerLeftTextColor=255,255,255 InfoLowerRightBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128 InfoLowerRightTextColor=255,255,255 InfoOverspeedEnable=True InfoParkingBrakesEnable=True InfoPauseEnable=True InfoSlewEnable=True InfoStallEnable=True InfoUpperRightBackGroundColor=0,0,0,0 InfoUpperRightTextColor=255,0,0 NonActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=24,33,87,64 NonActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255 SKINNED_ANIMATIONS=1 TextureMaxLoad=30 TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=80 TransitionTime=4.000000 UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=0 WideViewAspect=True RUNWAY_LIGHTS_SURFACE_SCALAR=0.50 RUNWAY_LIGHTS_VASI_SCALAR=0.75 RUNWAY_LIGHTS_APPROACH_SCALAR=0.50 RUNWAY_LIGHTS_STROBE_SCALAR=0.75 [DynamicHeadMovement] LONACCELONHEADLON=0 LONACCELONHEADPITCH=0 ROLLACCELONHEADLAT=0 YAWACCELONHEADLAT=-0 ROLLACCELONHEADROLL=0 MAXHEADANGLE=0 MAXHEADOFFSET=0 HEADMOVETIMECONSTANT=0 [FACILITIES] CITY= COUNTRY= GTL_BUTTON=1232 STATE= [FlightPlanMap] LineWidth=2 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SimObjectPaths.3=SimObjects\Boats SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals SimObjectPaths.5=SimObjects\Misc SimObjectPaths.6=SimObjects\IVAO_MTL User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.15 [MAPVIEW_MAP] SHOW_AIRPORTS=1 SHOW_AIRSPACE=1 SHOW_APPROACHES=1 SHOW_DATATAGS=1 SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1 show_flight_history=1 SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=0 SHOW_JET=0 SHOW_NDBS=1 SHOW_TERRAIN=1 SHOW_VICTOR=0 SHOW_VORS=1 SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1 SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1 [Misc] Com_Rate=7 [PANELS] DEFAULT_VIEW=0 IMAGE_QUALITY=1 PANEL_MASKING=1 PANEL_OPACITY=91 PANEL_STRETCHING=1 QUICKTIPS=0 UNITS_OF_MEASURE=1 [PointOfInterestSystem] CycleSetting=0 [REALISM] AutoCoord=False AutoTrim=False CrashDetection=False CrashTolerance=0.000000 CrashWithDyn=False GEffect=False General=1.000000 GyroDrift=False GyroEffect=0.000000 ManualLights=False PFactor=0.000000 RealMixture=True StressDamage=False Torque=0.000000 TrueAirspeed=False UnlimitedFuel=False AllowEngineDamage=False [RWW_WEATHER_MAP] SHOW_AIRPORTS=0 SHOW_AIRSPACE=0 SHOW_APPROACHES=0 SHOW_DATATAGS=1 SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1 SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=0 SHOW_JET=0 SHOW_NDBS=0 SHOW_TERRAIN=1 SHOW_VICTOR=0 SHOW_VORS=0 SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1 SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1 [sCENERY] DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1 IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5 LENSFLARE=0 MAX_ASYNC_BATCHING_JOBS=3 SmallPartRejectRadius=0 [sIM] SYSCLOCK=0 [slewTextInfo.1] AirSpeed=1,5 Altitude=1,3 Heading=1,4 Latitude=1,1 Longitude=1,2 [slewTextInfo.2] FrameRate=1,1 LockedFrameRate=1,2 [slewTextInfo.3] AirSpeed=1,5 Altitude=1,3 FrameRate=2,1 Heading=1,4 Latitude=1,1 LockedFrameRate=2,2 Longitude=1,2 [sOUND] AmbientUI=0 AmbientUIMusic=FSX01 AmbientUIMusicVolume=-6.000000 PrimaryDevice={DEF00000-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DDA8F2B5C03} SOUND=1 SOUND_FADER1=0.810000 SOUND_FADER2=0.800000 SOUND_FADER3=0.800000 SOUND_FADER4=-0.000000 SOUND_LOD=1 SOUND_QUALITY=2 UISound=1 VoiceDevice={DEF00002-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DDA8F2B5C03} [sTARTUP] DEMO=0 LoadWindow=1 SHOW_OPENING_SCREEN=1 STARTUP_DEMO=0 [TERRAIN] AUTOGEN_DENSITY=3 DETAIL_TEXTURE=1 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Sorry I've not had a chance to get on since earlier in the week.. Having conducted brief tests earlier in the week... Yes image quality has improved, loading time has improved, autogen popping has improved, general sim smoothness has improved. Absolutely over the moon with the response and help from the community. When I'm back home tonight I will post my cfg for all to see, hopefully it may help others Hi fppilot, as included in my post above

Huge increase in FPS performance!!

great, thanks all

Hmmmmm difficult to tell, blurries seemed to be less but glitching on what i can only assume is asset loading increased... I think I will run it though on Friday Im going to conduct an hour flight at 212 and the same flight again at 84

Will try it now and let you know

Hi All, I was thinking of purchasing P3D V3 (historically im FSX) but i was wondering if P3D requires tweaking like fsx does? I'm currently in the process of tweaking FSX and have a very informative thread running in the FSX forum that lots of members have been very helpful with but Im thinking of getting P3D too

Seems to give me a decrease in FPS

Thanks - I'll try these now as im testing as we go

and after changing bufferpools to [BufferPools] UsePools=1 Poolsize=8388608 RejectThreshold=126976 however, it does appear that i get better FPS with [bufferpools] UsePools=1 Poolsize=2000