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The reason for this is the RW runway and NAV data changes. In the US theres a few 10ths of a degree in Magnetic shift a year. If you AC has "newer" data than FSX, (or older) its accounting for this shift. A good way to figure this out is look at the RW charts HDG for the ILS and then look in FSX's default GPS for the HDG, if they're different, then autoland gets screwed up.

I've noticed this issue alot too. I see it alot with the default style radios. It acts like its trying to find the LOC "envelope". Its kind of a pain for me too. I do know at one point and time, ( though i cant find the link) there was a sight out there where you could download updated airport data with update freqs. and runway data.

The problem I have is never being able to get the preformance out of FSX or P3D that I get from FS9. I could care less about fancy trees and PMDG awesomenes if I'm flying at 15 FPS...and honestly I'd rather fly than sit here and "tweak" my FSX.cfg file. This thread is hilarious BTW...

Howdy folks, I'm having a new issue that just started recently with ASE weather. I'll be flying along and my clouds just "pop". Let me explain further: I was flying from ATL - SXM. I took off from ATL and the clouds looked good, looked realistic. At about 18000ft AGL, the clouds disappeared for about 30 seconds, then a solid layer of clouds formed under me (@approx, 15000ft). I thought nothing of it. However, I got around northern Florida where some storms were and starting getting some turbulance but the solid layer of clouds remained. I refreshed ASE weather and the clouds changed to a more realistic scene. High stoms, patchy layers below me, NORMAL REAL looking. Then after about 30sec, boom, back to a solid layer @ approx 15000 or so I'm guessing. It continued for the rest of my flight like that, a solid layer even when local stations reported clear skies. Any ideas on this?

This is a tricky topic...for one, what are your settings in FS9? Also what kind of graphics card do you have? Also as Luis asks, what kind of AI are you using. A major cause for FS9 slowdowns are bad texture files in AI traffic. They will really eat up frames. You could have a "local" airline or livery file causing the issue.

Sounds ok...You might get low FPS but its a good budget rig! Get the z87 chip set w/ a better i5. I use a 4670 which from amazon is pretty cheap and worth the $. I think i spent $300 for the Gigabyte MB and CPU.

Hey all, I just wanted some input. I see alot of folks moving to P3D so i have to ask...is it worth it. I have a relatively good system and want to migrate to P3D if its worth it. My only hang up is I have been flying with FS9 forever and I have tons of payware and freeware addons. Can I use these in P3D? Is it stable? ie. can i fly without crashes? Is it visually comparable to FSX? Just want some thoughts and opinions... Thanks in Advance!!

Usually you have to reload them. Most payware have anti-piracy files or roots that will not allow them to work if you move them from their installed folders.

I have a similar set up as you. Actually I have the same processor and mobo. It handles FSX and FS9 amazingly!!! Go for it. The 770 may be a bit much but if your gonna use lots of addon scenery it will work. I got the 560ti and I stay around 40 FPS all the time even in dense scenery. The SSD may be worth it but I dont see any preformance increase with my SSD. Definately stick with Win7. Win8 has a ton of bugs when it comes to FS.

If you want a 737 try the iFly. Its alot more realistic and iFly still supports and sells the 737

For cumuus go to you FS.config file and change cloud coverage density from 8 to...say 50. It makes the cumulus clouds thicker and more realistic.

Do you have AA set in your video card settings? What resolution are you running?

I haven't but that's next on the list of many things to do. It is FSdreamteams JFK scenery tho.

Flex1978 takes the cake!!! Swapped out the gt610 for a XFX radeon 7750HD I had laying around. Steady 45FPS all day long. Maxed out sliders, traffic, addon JFK, ase with REX. Guess a gtx6xx ti on the way

My aa in nvidia inspector is at 4x. That's also with ms. No super sample 2x or so on. AF is set at 8x and no AA in the sim and trilinear on. I ran the display at "native" mode for a while. I had about a 10 to 20 FPS drop. I was getting low teens at JFK with that. Now set at 1200x800 I get 25 or so at JFK. My issue with all this is as I change stuff I get no better results. ie...I changed my scenery sliders all to the middle from the far right. No change in fps. I lowered the traffic settings. No change. But if I change the aa to say 16 or 24x in nvidia I get low teens tops! I'm beginning to think the video card might be the issue....smh. I hope anyway lol.

The 650ti boost looks decent. It isn't 400 bucks either which is a bonus. I'm gonna give it a shot. Will know more tomorrow

Thanks for the reply. I think a gtx650 might work... Maybe...?

What would you suggest?

I guess I cant complain too much. I get the occasional stutters and dips in FPS but never below the high teens. i was just trying to get a feel from other folks about there settings and/or experience. I personally have no AA in FS9, AA in nividia set to low settings and AF set at 4x. However, worth noting is I run my sim on a 55" LED tv. I found out that the screen resolution makes a huge difference. I had it set to the default from my pc to screen at about 1900x1200 or so...turned it down to a medium size in FS9 (say 1300x790) and from nvidia and bam!! 45FPS all the time except at large busy airports. who'd a thought LOL

maybe your detail radius?

My thing is I get a steady 20-30 FPS but none of my hardware is maxing out performance wise. Im running 40% of my CPU, 2-4gb of my ram and 60% of my GPU. I agree with you in preferring crisp, sharp picture tho. Its better that way!!

So I know this may be redundant but I'm having an issue with setting FS9 up on a high end-ish rig. Im getting low FPS with fs9 with add-ons. I keep seeing all these videos of FS9 and fsx with high fps on about the same specs as me. I get about 20-30 fps at an addon airport like JFK and 75% traffic. My main question is what am I doing wrong here? Im running this hardware: Win7 64 22Gb ddr3 ram i5 4670@ 3.4ghz Nvidia GT610 The thing thats odd is I have searched the forums and changed settings according to several different ideas but nothing seems to work. I'm pretty sure my FPS being low has something to do with MY AA/AF settings. Any ideas?