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Rob, This describes my situation with ASN 921 and P3Dv3.2 - fresh install with all Orbx regions, airports, global, and vector. Flying the A2A C182, VFR with RTMM in the Pacific NW. With ASN on, I lose about 10 fps and have panning freezes with TrackIR where my view is locked for a second or two. I also have random P3D CTD which are new with this version of ASN. With ASN off and OpusFSI handling the weather, The problems disappear. I love Opus FSI for the cameras, but the abrupt changes in Opus weather decrease immersion. I hope that you and the folks at HiFi are able to sort it out soon. I appreciate all of the help that you give so freely to our community. Scott

Amazing screenshots. More and more XP10 looks incredibly realistic while P3D/Orbx has a more cartoon/artsy appearance. They're both beautiful, but shots like these make me think about jumping back into XP10 with both feet. Scott

It is much easier to do low to mid level overclocking - I've done it for years. And I agree that the real cost in equipment is probably negligible for those of us that keep near the bleeding edge of technology. But again we're talking about really small increases in actual computing power. When CPU clock speeds were lower, overclocking had much more potential gain than it does today. And in those days, the lion's share of the computing power rested on that one CPU chip. But today we have far less to gain in actual clock and bus speed increases relative to the stock speed of the components, and our mighty GPUs carry a big load of the work, particularly in games and simulations. Paying extra for overclock-friendly CPUs, paying extra for cases and fans and powerful air/fluid CPU coolers, putting up with small increases in system instability... all of it seems to be overkill when the actual gains are so small. I OC out of habit and because I enjoy tinkering - I've been building my own PCs for decades. In my experience, it is almost impossible in real world use to tell whether or not I'm using my OC profiles or the default stock profiles. In P3Dv2, with overclocking I pick up about a 5% increase in frame rates which is imperceptible to my eye. The sim is butter smooth regardless. YMMV :-)

A lot of talk about overclocking your CPU. It can be an expensive endeavor (new or additional case cooling, decreased lifetime of CPU and motherboard components) and you're looking at around a 10% gain in CPU speed. Since CPU speed is only one of several determinants of actual computing power, you'll gain less than 10% in game performance. So best case scenario, you may go from 40 to 43 fps. Is that really worth the trouble?

This should help.... http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/92886-orbxlibs-150215-released-features-new-objectflow-dll-patched-ftx-central/

Awesome shots and a beautiful paint job!

Thanks Gregg.... I'll give it a try...

Gregg - how exactly do you do this? Thanks in advance!

Beautiful shots - great mood and lighting! Which F-14 is this?

Have you seen this? It's the best thing going in soaring simulation... http://www.condorsoaring.com/ (the site is down right now (12:57 EST) - not sure why)...

Really enjoying this.... beautifully done!

Number 1 is superb!

+1 Couldn't have said it better!

Awesome - can't wait!

Man what a beautiful set of shots! As I got ready to go out the door for another grinding day at work, your post made me smile and remember what beautiful worlds we live in - virtual and real! Thanks Mitch! Scott