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@Bert, HT is surely disabled. Actually i have tried both - turning on HT and AM=84, and off HT with AM=14..didnt make any difference... @MarkW, thank you so much for the detailed pointers. Some values i have tried already, but i will give it another shot and report back. Btw, [DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780.0.0] is DX10 setting.. I cannot delete this. (.0 is DX9, .0.0 is DX10)

@mistercoffee1, nowadays, Nvidia drivers allow you to do clean install for upgrade and card changes. I've done driver clean-install several times and wiped NI profiles already. @MarkW, glad to see a Canadian flyer speaking of performance on Canadian airports - I get 11~13fps on default CYYZ at my settings right now. I am so envious of your setup.. for the life of me, I can't figure out what could possibly be wrong. 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After being really tired and away from FSX for few months, I decided to give another shot at this..sadly, things don't seem to get much better. I made following changes: Upgraded Fixer to latest 2.6 Reinitialised fsx.cfg, started with vanilla config and added only most necessary ones I feel (affinitymask, himem) as McLaren suggested Uninstalled MyTraffic and removed all AI Traffic as to eliminate a known variable At this point things didn't change too much either. From here, I tried few different fsx.cfg settings including BP, TBM, and FrameRate Limiter... After all that, I am still about 10 to 13 fps in default KJFK at this settings, using FSX default Ultralight. On downtown manhattan, I can't seem to get over 15fps on default scenery. I've seen from Google searches that people with similar or even less hardware than mine hitting 40~60fps in very busy airspace. I see youtube videos with silky smooth landings on custom NY sceneries with NGX planes with same processor as mine.. I can't seem to get anywhere even close to that kind of performance. Any other idea would be much appreciated... I've run out of Google search results..

(** I can't figure out how to upload an image here... can't seem to find a tutorial either. how do i post something from my hdd? **) Comparing it with my settings, i have almost everything same or similar... in fact at one point i have the exact same setting in that picture. I changed a few settings here and there to experiment, but did not seem to make any difference yet.

OK, before facepalming and thinking "this dude must be noob", hear me out: I've been flightsimming for years and have had long experience with messing with FSX settings and tunes, and I've recently been quite satisfied with DX10 using Steve's fixer. To put some icing on cake, i have just purchased GTX 780 yesterday hoping that i can get some horsepower out of it. Before, i had GTX 560Ti. I think i have a not too bad of a system here, with: - i7 SandyBridge 2600K, OC'd to 4.6Ghz with additional cooling - 16GB high-perf RAM at 2133Mhz (Corsair dominator series) - FSX installed in dedicated SSD - Win 7 Ult 64bit - Single monitor setup, 1920x1200 resolution Software-wise, - DX10 Fixer installed and DX10 enabled - Re-done fresh FSX.cfg with the install of new GPU - Followed all key Nvidia Inspector settings out there, 8X SGSS and 16x AA - Followed all key Dx10 related FSX.cfg tuneups including BP=0 and the whole shabam from this from and many others FSX-wise, - REX Overdrive textures, FTX Global and Vector - Fps locked at 30 - AI traffic at 40% (MyTraffic X) - Autogen "Dense", Scenery Complexity "High" I get beautiful looking scenery and 25-30fps in most non-busy places, but once I get into a busy default airport, FPS just slams down into the ground. I usually test "busy" load using default scenery EGLL and KJFK using the FSX default ultralight plane. Considering what my system is, I would hope that I get at least 15fps or high 10s. I would in fact be happy with 15fps, still very flyable. But I get 6 to 9 fps at most, 11-12 from time to time... and I seriously cannot understand why I get such horrendous performance. The funny thing is, the usual "fps killers" such as AI traffic and 3d Clouds don't seem to be causing my woes at the moment. I removed weather (clear skies), removed light bloom, and even killed AI traffic completely - i STILL get barely 10 fps! 11-12 max. Something doesn't sound right when an empty default airport with no cloud gives you 10fps using GTX780 in DX10...Is there something wrong with default scenery? For example, AI traffic's fps difference is pretty small between 40% traffic and 0%..maybe 2fps? Stormy weather doesn't drop much frames..possibly 2 fps drop at thunderstorm condition. I've tried many different tweaks, such as enabling bufferpools and changing TBM values, to no avail. When I hear about other people getting near 25fps at EGLL using custom photoreal sceneries with full of AI crafts, I wonder what can be wrong with mine? Any advise would be much appreciated....