HappyFlyingBeaver

I saw very little difference in performance between bone stock P3D and then with Orbx FTXNA PNW SP5 and VanPlus V3. Higher res textures from REX was the biggest hit.

Okay, I'll bite... What the heck is the OMM fix?

You mean Tomo? He's now flying in Africa. No longer at KGA. Only Stephane now, after Jim died teaching a student on floats last week.

I couldn't agree more, Word Not Allowed. Your guide is the bona fide de facto standard for most higher end systems. BP=0 doesn't work for me. In fact, most BP suggestions posted by others didn't do much for me either. I've found a BP of 150000 to 200000 works best for my setup. I don't really understand why, but time and testing have proven it true in my case. You could save me some time rereading things. Question... Do the frame rates have to be internally locked in P3D to 30 for the Vsync to 1/2 refresh rate to be effective?

I noticed a huge difference SLIed to tripple monitors in P3D, compared to FSX. It's P3D4ME forever. I went the GTX 260 x3 route because at the time it was the cheapest. When prices allow, I will go with 2 of something else better. P.S. At one point I was considering going for my UL instructors rating and opening a flight school with the slogan... "Learn how to make a Beaver really soar!"

Getting stutters at 30 and more often when frame rates drop. It's smoother overall when it's locked to 25 target and not Vsynced to 1/2 refresh rate. I HATE stutters.

Good pointer. I've tried it in the past, but not with my present Inspector & cfg settings. I'll internally lock frames to 30 in my cfg and try the Vsync to 1/2 monitor refresh rate in Inspector again.

Actually, I'm quite happy with my graphics cards running a very smooth locked 25 frame rate in P3D. My biggest bottleneck is my CPU running at only 4.0 GHz. When my frame rates drop, MSI Afterburner indicates less GPU usage. GPU core & shader clocks and memory usage stay the same, but temps drop along with GPU usage levels. So it's not my graphics cards, but my i7 CPU being taxed. Bumping my i7 OC to 4.5 GHz is my next project.

I can't seem to stop tinkering with the cfg settings. After rereading yesterday's post, I noticed I had the tml at 512. That was a temp setting I forgot to adjust back to TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=1024, where it usually is. Also, I had the tbm set at 80 which usually sits at TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=40. The one thing that threw me off the most concerning cfg & Inspector settings was trying out tweeks posted by guys like Word Not Allowed and the like, who run fairly high end systems with a single monitor. I have no doubt their tweeks run great on their systems, and I hold these guys with the highest regard and read their posts with the utmost respect, but guys like me with not so high end hardware can spend a lot of time trying their various tweeks with more heartburn being the only thing gained. A good example of this, and one that threw me for quite a while, was the recommended Compatibility and SLI settings in nVidia Inspector for FSX. None of it did anything but slow my system down. I found that setting all the Compatibility to default and SLI to autoselect ran my triple SLIed cards and triple monitors the best. Once that was figured out, then and only then, I had a good base to start from with the cfg tweeks. All us SLIed guys with multiple monitors need to keep in mind that our settings WILL differ from most of what's being posted by those who run single monitors. The higher, the fewer.

Hello Fellow P3Ders, This is my first post here. Allow me to introduce myself. I have been an avid simmer since FS98 and I am happy to say that P3D is so far the best flight sim I've had the pleasure of tweeking to my liking. Even though I'm running it on a middle of the road system... i7 920 OCed to 4.00 GHz (24/7 and rock solid) Win7 64 Triple nVidia GTX 260 SLIed to triple monitors using nVidia Surround ... I am still able to get a very smooth internally locked frame rate of 25 flying around BC, Canada with UtFsxCan, REX2, Orbx NAPNW, and VanPlus V3, with the following Prepar3D.cfg... [bUFFERPOOLS] Poolsize=150000 [JOBSCHEDULER] AffinityMask=14 [Display] ChangeTime=4.000000 TransitionTime=4.000000 ActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255 ActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=0,28,140,64 NonActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255 NonActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=24,33,87,64 InfoUpperRightTextColor=255,0,0 InfoUpperRightBackGroundColor=0,0,0,0 InfoLowerLeftTextColor=255,255,255 InfoLowerLeftBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128 InfoLowerRightTextColor=255,255,255 InfoLowerRightBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128 InfoBrakesEnable=True InfoParkingBrakesEnable=True InfoPauseEnable=True InfoSlewEnable=True InfoStallEnable=True InfoOverspeedEnable=True BLOOM_EFFECTS=0 SKINNED_ANIMATIONS=1 TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=80 UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=25 WideViewAspect=True [Main] User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter, Submersible, ExternalSim SimObjectPaths.0=SimObjects\Airplanes SimObjectPaths.1=SimObjects\Rotorcraft SimObjectPaths.2=SimObjects\GroundVehicles SimObjectPaths.3=SimObjects\Boats SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals SimObjectPaths.5=SimObjects\Misc SimObjectPaths.6=SimObjects\Submersible SimObjectPaths.7=SimObjects\UT2 Aircraft ProcSpeed=11542 PerfBucket=7 Location=1879,173,2921,969,\\.\DISPLAY1 Maximized=1 HideMenuNormal=0 HideMenuFullscreen=1 FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.20 [PANELS] IMAGE_QUALITY=1 QUICKTIPS=1 PANEL_OPACITY=100 PANEL_MASKING=1 PANEL_STRETCHING=1 UNITS_OF_MEASURE=0 [Weather] WindshieldPrecipitationEffects=1 MinGustTime=10 MaxGustTime=500 MinGustRampSpeed=1 MaxGustRampSpeed=200 MinVarTime=5 MaxVarTime=50 MinVarRampSpeed=10 MaxVarRampSpeed=75 TurbulenceScale=1.000000 WeatherGraphDataInDialog=0 AdjustForMagVarInDialog=1 DynamicWeather=0 DownloadWindsAloft=0 DisableTurbulence=0 CLOUD_DRAW_DISTANCE=8 DETAILED_CLOUDS=1 CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=8 THERMAL_VISUALS=0 [DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260.0] Mode=5120x1200x32 TriLinear=1 [CONTROLS] Controls_Default=Standard Controls_Current=Standard JOYSTICKS=1 KBDAIL=64 KBDELEV=64 KBDRUD=64 [TextInfo.1] Latitude=1,1 Longitude=1,2 Altitude=1,3 Heading=1,4 AirSpeed=1,5 WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6 [TextInfo.2] FrameRate=1,1 LockedFrameRate=1,2 GForce=1,3 FuelPercentage=1,4 [TextInfo.3] Latitude=1,1 Longitude=1,2 Altitude=1,3 Heading=1,4 AirSpeed=1,5 WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6 FrameRate=2,1 LockedFrameRate=2,2 GForce=2,3 FuelPercentage=2,4 [slewTextInfo.1] Latitude=1,1 Longitude=1,2 Altitude=1,3 Heading=1,4 AirSpeed=1,5 [slewTextInfo.2] FrameRate=1,1 LockedFrameRate=1,2 [slewTextInfo.3] Latitude=1,1 Longitude=1,2 Altitude=1,3 Heading=1,4 AirSpeed=1,5 FrameRate=2,1 LockedFrameRate=2,2 [GRAPHICS] SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED=236096256 TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=512 NUM_LIGHTS=8 AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=1 AIRCRAFT_REFLECTIONS=1 COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1 LANDING_LIGHTS=1 AC_SELF_SHADOW=0 EFFECTS_QUALITY=2 GROUND_SHADOWS=0 TEXTURE_QUALITY=3 IMAGE_QUALITY=0 See_Self=1 Text_Scroll=1 [DynamicHeadMovement] LonAccelOnHeadLon=-0.020000 LonAccelOnHeadPitch=-0.010000 RollAccelOnHeadLat=0.010000 YawAccelOnHeadLat=-0.100000 RollAccelOnHeadRoll=0.100000 MaxHeadAngle=5.000000 MaxHeadOffset=0.300000 HeadMoveTimeConstant=1.000000 [VirtualCopilot] VirtualCopilotActive=0 [ATC] ShowATCText=0 AutoOpenAirTrafficWindow=0 UsePilotVoice=0 PilotVoice=0 [uSERINTERFACE] SHOW_MISSION_CAPTIONS=0 PAUSE_ON_LOST_FOCUS=0 PROMPT_ON_EXIT=0 SITUATION=C:\Users\Chris\Documents\Prepar3D Files\Scout over Mission.flt Map_Orientation=2 MUTE_ON_LOST_FOCUS=0 [PointOfInterestSystem] CycleSetting=0 [sOUND] PrimaryPlaybackDevice={9C98AC05-F44D-43B5-BEFD-51CD6C5407E8} VoicePlaybackDevice={9C98AC05-F44D-43B5-BEFD-51CD6C5407E8} VoiceCaptureDevice={DEF00003-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DDA8F2B5C03} SOUND=1 SOUND_QUALITY=2 SOUND_LOD=0 UISound=1 SOUND_FADER1=1.000000 SOUND_FADER2=1.000000 SOUND_FADER3=1.000000 SOUND_FADER4=0.750000 [sCENERY] LENSFLARE=0 DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1 IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5 [TrafficManager] AirlineDensity=100 GADensity=100 FreewayDensity=5 ShipsAndFerriesDensity=10 LeisureBoatsDensity=10 IFROnly=0 AIRPORT_SCENERY_DENSITY=1 [TERRAIN] LOD_RADIUS=5.500000 MESH_COMPLEXITY=100 MESH_RESOLUTION=22 TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=25 AUTOGEN_DENSITY=1 DETAIL_TEXTURE=1 WATER_REFLECTION_DETAIL=2 WATER_REFRACTION_DETAIL=4 ENABLE_BATHYMETRY=0 WATER_CLARITY=30 [AContain] ShowLabels=0 ShowUserLabel=1 ShowLabelManufacturer=1 ShowLabelModel=1 ShowLabelTailNumber=0 ShowLabelDistance=1 ShowLabelAltitude=1 ShowLabelAirline=0 ShowLabelAirlineAndFlightNumber=0 ShowLabelFlightPlan=0 ShowLabelContainerId=0 ShowLabelAirspeed=0 ShowLabelHeading=0 LabelDelay=1000 LabelColor=FFE8E811 [iNTERNATIONAL] ASLAT=2 ASLON=1 MEASURE=0 [REALISM] PFactor=1.000000 Torque=1.000000 GyroEffect=1.000000 CrashTolerance=1.000000 General=1.000000 UnlimitedFuel=False AllowEngineDamage=True TrueAirspeed=False AutoCoord=True RealMixture=False StressDamage=True GEffect=True ManualLights=True GyroDrift=False CrashWithDyn=True CrashDetection=True OnCrashAction=0 AutoTrim=False [sIM] SYSCLOCK=0 [sTARTUP] DEMO=0 STARTUP_DEMO= LoadWindow=1 [FACILITIES] COUNTRY=Canada STATE=British Columbia CITY=Surrey GTL_BUTTON=1355 [Misc] Com_Rate=7 [FlightPlanMap] LineWidth=2 [MULTIPLAYER] condAccoutPassword=0 VoiceVolume=1.500000 nVidia Inspector is set to default everything except... Antialiasing - Mode = Override any application setting Antialiasing - Setting = 4x Multisampling NVIDIA Predefined FXAA Usage = Disallowed Anisotropic filtering mode = User-defined/Off Anisotropic filtering setting = 16x Texture filtering - Quality = High Quality Frame Rate Limiter = Off Vertical Sync = Force On That's about all there is to it. Granted, the frame rate does drop down to the low teens flying over the heavily populated area of Vancouver, but for the most part, BC & P3D is a frame rate friendly paradise. The plane I fly the most is ACA Scout (RealAir) with the windows open at around 2000'. The ACA Scout for FSX/P3D is the closest model I've found to a genuine RANS S7. In real life, I live in the Fraser Valley, BC. I have a 1985 Spectrum Beaver RX550 that I fly out of King George Airpark, in Surrey, and I soon hope to buy and fly a RANS S7 Courier. Until then, and probably even then, I will spend countless hours blissfully flying low & slow in P3D. At any rate, I am always browsing thru the various flight sim forums for useful tidbits, so if you have any pointers for me (and others like me), please chime in. Thanks for the good times. The higher, the fewer.