thepeted

Well, add on aircrafts don't hurt my FPS too bad in P3D but they're a killer in FSX. Trying to find bottlenecks and tweaking settings can send a person insane so take care! Hope you settle on something you're comfortable with - I'm more on the fence than before about whether to go for one now (but I still prob will!).

No, I'm running at 1920x1080 - only got the one screen at the moment - think 3 would make my radeon melt - hence the interest in the 970! Only other adds-on I didn't mention before that I have were A2A 172 trainer and Rex Essentials + OD. As mentioned autogen is at dense. water, clouds, shadows etc are round about low-medium. 30-40 around LOWI with aa @ 4x MSAA. Are those frame rates you mention above from 5720 x 1080? Its surprising that there is so little difference in FPS between 1 screen and 3 screens for you - its not what I'd expect but I've never tried it! Perhaps your CPU is the limiting factor.

Hmmm, that's intersersting as I would expect changing to 1080p to have a much bigger effect on framerates. Something else might be up. For reference I get 30-40fps bush flying with a radeon 7950 OC (i53750k @ 4.4) with Autogen at dense. That's with FTX scenery. You could try and see if you're GPU is at 100% - I don't know how to do this with nvidia (use radeonpro for AMD) - maybe GPUZ or an MSI too or nvispector? Other things to check would be that you don't have any 3rd party apps limiting framerate or applying any crazy antialiasing like DSR. Also check P3D is set to unlimited frame rate (obvious I know but clutching at straws!). Should say that's 30-40fps at 1080p

hey there, Hi, I have been following this thread as I'm interested in getting in to multi screen for P3D and was targeting a 970 myself. I therefore share your disappointment :(. I was thinking on the lower settings at the very least that 30fps should be achievable. Wonder what the bottleneck is? What happens if you try the 970 on justo one screen ie. At 1080p to see whether it's the resolution that kills it? Are you flying in urban or bush areas, does that make a difference?