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Someone sent me a PM wanting to know what Ryan Maziarz changed in my settings that made FSX run so good. He said that his setup was similar to mine, and he was having the same trouble. Although many computers are different, so settings would also be different, I thought I would post the changes that I can remember. Maybe Ryan can jump in at some point when he has time, and add more information. He truly has the magic touch for FSX, but I know that it is not possible for him to tweak everyone's FSX headaches (maybe we can clone Ryan about a thousand times), so maybe posting these changes that he made to my computer would help a few. I know FSX is running amazing for me now. I spend more time now, playing around pushing its envelope, loading different heavy sceneries and aircraft, and flying around while monitoring my "Process Explorer", than anything else. Below is the PM that I wrote back: I am running an i7 3.20Ghz (Sandy Bridge) processor, Nividia GTX670 GPU, 64GB RAM memory. (I have to update that in my profile). Ryan, from PMDG got into my computer with a little software tool, and he was able to change or work my computer like if he was sitting in front of it. One of the things that made a big difference is that he turned off photoscenery that I was not using for a flight. I have almost all of MegaSceneryEarth v.2 releases, and I had them all activated in the library within FSX. He says the FSX will process photoscenery, even if you are not in that area so it constantly runs down FSX resources while you are flying. If I loaded the NGX on a gate at most any airport, I would have an OOM before I pushed back and had used up all of my VAS (Virtual Address Space) for FSX. Shutting off MegaSceneryEarth, that I wasn't using gave me 1 full Gig of VAS, right out of the shoot. Another thing that was a big factor, is that I had my texture max load set to 4026 or something like that. Set it to TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=2048, and use an outside program like Texture Max Load or FSDT's Addon Manager to keep it there. Ryan says that if you set this high, the load on your VAS will increase exponentially, so it would be a huge load. It has made very little difference in the visual quality, yet a big difference in how FSX runs. Last night I loaded the new version of Miami Intl airport that was released by Latin VFR. I also installed "Miami City 2012" by Drzewiesky Design, MegaSceneryEarth v.2 - Florida and 100% AI by MyTraffic. I looked at my "Process Explorer" and was only using slightly over 3Gigs while flying the Carenado CT206H. (Flying the NGX might have been too much). Make sure that you get "Process Explorer" and "Scenery Config Editor v.1.1.1" (Google it for the downloads). Ryan also went into my Nvidia settings through "Nvidia Inspector", and changed some of those settings. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ My Nvidia Inspector settings now are: Antialiasing-Behavior Flags=Treat 'Override any application setting' as 'Application Controled' Antialiasing-Mode=Override any application setting Antialiasing-Setting=8xS [Combined:1x2SS = 4x MS] Antialiasing-Transparency Supersampling=2x Sparse Grid Supersampling Toggle FXAA on or off=On Anisotropic filtering mode=User-defined/Off Anisotropic filtering setting=16x Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias=Clamp Texture filtering-Quality-High quality Texture filtering-Trilinear optimazation=Off Maximum pre-rendered frames=3 Power management mode=Prefer maximum performance Vertical Sync=1/2 Refresh Rate --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- Below is my fsx.cfg minus the long [Trusted] list: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ // This file was tweaked on Jun 29, 2013 at 06:10 GMT using Bojote's automated FSX Tweaking & Tuning Service // Your 'original' fsx.cfg file was backed up at http://www.venetubo.com/fsx/c50cce8baecc8926e47b190564660f20/backup/fsx_bac kup.cfg // This file is optimized as follows: 12 core(s), CPU speed 3, HT 1, GPU 4, PREF 2 // You can visit Bojote's FSX Tweaking & Tuning service at http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.html [DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670.0] Anisotropic=1 AntiAlias=1 Mode=1366x768x32 [bufferPools] UsePools=0 //RejectThreshold=131072 [VirtualCopilot] VirtualCopilotActive=0 [sOUND] AmbientUI=0 AmbientUIMusicVolume=-6.000000 PrimaryDevice={DEF00000-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DDA8F2B5C03} SOUND=1 SOUND_LOD=1 SOUND_QUALITY=2 UISound=1 VoiceDevice={DEF00002-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DDA8F2B5C03} SOUND_FADER1=0.550000 SOUND_FADER2=0.600000 SOUND_FADER3=0.500000 SOUND_FADER4=0.500000 AmbientUIMusic=FSX01 [slewTextInfo.1] AirSpeed=1,5 Altitude=1,3 Heading=1,4 Latitude=1,1 Longitude=1,2 [AContain] LabelColor=FFFF0000 LabelDelay=1000 ShowLabelAirline=0 ShowLabelAirlineAndFlightNumber=0 ShowLabelAirspeed=0 ShowLabelAltitude=1 ShowLabelContainerId=0 ShowLabelDistance=1 ShowLabelFlightPlan=0 ShowLabelHeading=0 ShowLabelManufacturer=1 ShowLabelModel=1 ShowLabelTailNumber=0 ShowLabels=0 ShowUserLabel=0 [ATC] AutoOpenAirTrafficWindow=1 COMM_MSG_AI_ATC_COLOR=FFFF7840 COMM_MSG_ATC_AI_COLOR=FF00FF00 COMM_MSG_ATC_USER_COLOR=FFB6FFB6 COMM_MSG_NONE_COLOR=FFFFFFFF COMM_MSG_USER_ATC_COLOR=FFFFD21B PilotVoice=0 ShowATCText=1 UsePilotVoice=1 [TextInfo.1] AirSpeed=1,5 Altitude=1,3 Heading=1,4 Latitude=1,1 Longitude=1,2 WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6 [AccelerationPack] ControlsFirstRun=0 HomePageFirstRun=0 [iNTERNATIONAL] ASLAT=2 ASLON=1 MEASURE=0 [CONTROLS] Controls_Current=Standard Controls_Default=Standard JOYSTICKS=0 KBDAIL=64 KBDELEV=64 KBDRUD=64 [FACILITIES] CITY= COUNTRY= GTL_BUTTON=1254 STATE= [TextInfo.3] AirSpeed=1,5 Altitude=1,3 FrameRate=2,1 FuelPercentage=2,4 GForce=2,3 Heading=1,4 Latitude=1,1 LockedFrameRate=2,2 Longitude=1,2 WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6 [PointOfInterestSystem] CycleSetting=0 [GRAPHICS] AC_SELF_SHADOW=1 AIRCRAFT_REFLECTIONS=0 AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=0 ALLOW_SHADER_30=1 COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1 D3D10=0 EFFECTS_QUALITY=2 GROUND_SHADOWS=0 HIGHMEMFIX=1 IMAGE_QUALITY=0 LANDING_LIGHTS=1 NUM_LIGHTS=8 See_Self=1 TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=2048 TEXTURE_QUALITY=3 Text_Scroll=1 SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED_10=1693500672 SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED=1693500672 [TrafficManager] AIRPORT_SCENERY_DENSITY=3 AirlineDensity=46 FreewayDensity=20 GADensity=20 IFROnly=0 LeisureBoatsDensity=12 ShipsAndFerriesDensity=13 [DynamicHeadMovement] HeadMoveTimeConstant=1.000000 LonAccelOnHeadLon=-0.020000 LonAccelOnHeadPitch=-0.010000 MaxHeadAngle=5.000000 MaxHeadOffset=0.300000 RollAccelOnHeadLat=0.010000 RollAccelOnHeadRoll=0.100000 YawAccelOnHeadLat=-0.100000 [REALISM] AllowEngineDamage=False AutoCoord=False AutoTrim=False CrashDetection=False CrashTolerance=0.000000 CrashWithDyn=False GEffect=False General=0.000000 GyroDrift=False GyroEffect=0.000000 ManualLights=False PFactor=0.000000 RealMixture=False StressDamage=False Torque=0.000000 TrueAirspeed=False UnlimitedFuel=True [Weather] AdjustForMagVarInDialog=1 CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=8 CLOUD_DRAW_DISTANCE=4 DETAILED_CLOUDS=1 DisableTurbulence=0 DownloadWindsAloft=0 DynamicWeather=0 MaxGustRampSpeed=200 MaxGustTime=500 MaxVarRampSpeed=75 MaxVarTime=50 MinGustRampSpeed=1 MinGustTime=10 MinVarRampSpeed=10 MinVarTime=5 THERMAL_VISUALS=0 TurbulenceScale=1.000000 WeatherGraphDataInDialog=0 WeatherServerAddress=fs2k.zone.com WeatherServerPort=80 WindshieldPrecipitationEffects=1 [Misc] Com_Rate=7 [Main] HideMenuFullscreen=1 HideMenuNormal=0 Location=163,-7,1203,771,\\.\DISPLAY1 Maximized=2 SimObjectPaths.0=SimObjects\Airplanes SimObjectPaths.1=SimObjects\Rotorcraft SimObjectPaths.2=SimObjects\GroundVehicles SimObjectPaths.3=SimObjects\Boats SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals SimObjectPaths.5=SimObjects\Misc User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter ProcSpeed=8212 PerfBucket=7 [Trusted] [TextInfo.2] FrameRate=1,1 FuelPercentage=1,4 GForce=1,3 LockedFrameRate=1,2 [uSERINTERFACE] Map_Orientation=2 OpenATCOnCreate=0 PAUSE_ON_LOST_FOCUS=0 PROMPT_ON_EXIT=1 PageID=1 SHOW_MISSION_CAPTIONS=0 SITUATION=FLIGHTS\OTHER\FLTSIM SelectAircraftManufacturer=All SelectAircraftPublisher=Unknown SelectAircraftType=All ShowAllACPaintSchemes=1 DisplayFuelAsWeight=1 [sIM] SYSCLOCK=1 [Display] ActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=0,28,140,64 ActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255 BLOOM_EFFECTS=0 ChangeTime=4.000000 InfoBrakesEnable=True InfoLowerLeftBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128 InfoLowerLeftTextColor=255,255,255 InfoLowerRightBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128 InfoLowerRightTextColor=255,255,255 InfoOverspeedEnable=True InfoParkingBrakesEnable=True InfoPauseEnable=True InfoSlewEnable=True InfoStallEnable=True InfoUpperRightBackGroundColor=0,0,0,0 InfoUpperRightTextColor=255,0,0 NonActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=24,33,87,64 NonActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255 SKINNED_ANIMATIONS=1 TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=40 TextureMaxLoad=30 TransitionTime=4.000000 UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=0 WideViewAspect=True [JOBSCHEDULER] AffinityMask=1344 [slewTextInfo.3] AirSpeed=1,5 Altitude=1,3 FrameRate=2,1 Heading=1,4 Latitude=1,1 LockedFrameRate=2,2 Longitude=1,2 [PANELS] DEFAULT_VIEW=0 IMAGE_QUALITY=1 PANEL_MASKING=1 PANEL_OPACITY=100 PANEL_STRETCHING=1 QUICKTIPS=1 UNITS_OF_MEASURE=0 [sTARTUP] DEMO=0 LoadWindow=1 SHOW_OPENING_SCREEN=1 STARTUP_DEMO=0 [slewTextInfo.2] FrameRate=1,1 LockedFrameRate=1,2 [TERRAIN] AUTOGEN_DENSITY=3 DETAIL_TEXTURE=1 LOD_RADIUS=4.500000 MESH_COMPLEXITY=100 MESH_RESOLUTION=25 SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT=2 TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=29 WATER_EFFECTS=4 [sCENERY] DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1 IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=4 LENSFLARE=1 MAX_ASYNC_BATCHING_JOBS=3 SmallPartRejectRadius=4.0 [MULTIPLAYER] condAccoutPassword=0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope that this helps you. My FSX is now running so good that I'm having a very hard time doing anything else but flying my computer. It is truly amazing. Bob