jfim88 Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Hi guys! I use XP to fly helicopters in the past but always use FSX/P3D for airliners. Now i bought IXEG and i'm planning to use only XP. I am in the process of initial setup and plugins install. I have:X-CameraNOAAHeadshakeGizmoIXEGHD Mesh V3Plan to add Skymaxx Pro and Weather Connector. In hardware side:i7 2600k @ 4,6Ghz8GB RAMEVGA GTX770 4GBDedicated OCZ Vertex 4 SSDDo you recommend to lock FPS? And to use Nvidia Inspector? I have latest Nvidia drivers. I'm testing a settings from another user in Avsim, with 1/2 refresh rate in NI and is very smooth. Is better to have more FPS or to lock to 30? Will post in-game setting to receive advice if i need to change any value and also NI settings. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgeiss Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 I have mine locked to 1/2 refresh rate also, and it's very smooth. 30fps is totally adequate for flying, but you might feel the need to unlock your fps when using TrackIR, as higher FPS values can give a more smooth/responsive feel to head movements with TrackIR. That being said, I keep the 30 fps lock when using TrackIR from time to time and it's a.o.k. for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfim88 Posted May 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 I'm testing now with SMP3 and Weather Connector with NOAA. Solid 29-30FPS with IXEG and clouds and smooth like butter. Will continue testing. What are the recommended setting for SMP? Also i noted some fast changes in weather that sometimes produce one stutter when happens. Enviado desde mi iPhone utilizando Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfrankling Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 (edited) Locking to 1/2 of refresh is the way to go if you want total smoothness, having said that, I do not have trackir so I can't comment on it. Regarding SMP and WC, I too have the 1-2 sec pause which brings down my FPS down to 5, have tried everything with no luck, hopefully this will be fixed in the future, if of course assuming the problem lies within the software and not within my hardware which I doubt as everything else runs buttery smooth, it may very well be XP itself. Edited May 12, 2016 by cfrankling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchou Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 I Find SMP good for non airliner business, but when you are up in the sky, I prefer to have clouds as far as possible (if the weather dictates it) and not only a little square around me… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Carter Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Switching Threaded optimization to OFF in Nvidia Control Panel eliminated stutters in my setup. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfrankling Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) Yes, threaded optimization needs to be off in NI, it only creates problems in OpenGL if left on or auto. Edited May 20, 2016 by cfrankling 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broeselmappe Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 What's the equal for AMD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanmancz Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, Jeremy Carter said: Switching Threaded optimization to OFF in Nvidia Control Panel eliminated stutters in my setup. 2 hours ago, cfrankling said: Yes, threaded optimization needs to be off in NI, it only creates problems in OpenGL if left on or auto. Amazing! Thanks guys! I didn't know this but it really helps A LOT ! Edited May 20, 2016 by lanmancz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prattpt6 Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 I get a frame loss when I disable Threaded optimization, 10 FPS atleast... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmbaviator Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 I play on my desktop and laptop but need some setting advice as I have low GPU usage. Laptop: GSync GTX980m@8gb VRAM i7 6700 desktop 16Gb RAM SSD Desktop 4790K@4.6 Ghz GTX980ti 16Gb RAM SSD. i have RWC and Skymaxx Pro but my my GPU is always <60%, i have disable all CPU intensive stuff like static shadows and no water quality. I did a test. clear sky : GPU : 55% => 55+ FPS overcast: GPU: 55% => 30 FPS. i don't understand why my GPU usage is nor increasing when they are no clouds... Doesn't make any sens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchou Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Where do you read gpu usage ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litjan Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 2 hours ago, cmbaviator said: I play on my desktop and laptop but need some setting advice as I have low GPU usage. Laptop: GSync GTX980m@8gb VRAM i7 6700 desktop 16Gb RAM SSD Desktop 4790K@4.6 Ghz GTX980ti 16Gb RAM SSD. i have RWC and Skymaxx Pro but my my GPU is always <60%, i have disable all CPU intensive stuff like static shadows and no water quality. I did a test. clear sky : GPU : 55% => 55+ FPS overcast: GPU: 55% => 30 FPS. i don't understand why my GPU usage is nor increasing when they are no clouds... Doesn't make any sens Clouds, Shadows, objects, car traffic, etc. are all calculated by the CPU in X-Plane - not GPU. Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmbaviator Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, Litjan said: Clouds, Shadows, objects, car traffic, etc. are all calculated by the CPU in X-Plane - not GPU. Jan So buildings, clouds are rendered by the CPU? Edited May 23, 2016 by cmbaviator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchou Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Not rendered, calculated, then the rendering is done by gpu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litjan Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 6 hours ago, Tchou said: Not rendered, calculated, then the rendering is done by gpu. Correct - and usually a modern GPU is yawning and stretching it´s arms while rendering X-Plane - while the CPU is huffing and puffing. The whole simulator is still woefully CPU-bound, even though the team at Laminar has added a lot of stuff for the GPU to do (HDR, for example). However XP10 is still pretty much a legacy, single-core-use simulator that will largely depend on your single-CPU performance in most cases. When I upgraded from a GTX 770 to a 970 I have not gained a single frame per second... Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBird Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 18 minutes ago, Litjan said: Correct - and usually a modern GPU is yawning and stretching it´s arms while rendering X-Plane - while the CPU is huffing and puffing. The whole simulator is still woefully CPU-bound, even though the team at Laminar has added a lot of stuff for the GPU to do (HDR, for example). However XP10 is still pretty much a legacy, single-core-use simulator that will largely depend on your single-CPU performance in most cases. When I upgraded from a GTX 770 to a 970 I have not gained a single frame per second... Jan So this is good news : We XPLANE-users should not be tempted to buy the new GTX 1080 at the first day. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodster Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 7 minutes ago, DocBird said: So this is good news : We XPLANE-users should not be tempted to buy the new GTX 1080 at the first day. .. I'll be the one buying the new gtx 1080 when the custom boards come out. I have a gtx 760 2gb of vram. The 1080 will be a huge step up and incrase the frames a lot lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litjan Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Well, if you are VRAM limited (trying to show more textures than can fit into your GPU´s memory), then yes, a new GPU with more VRAM will help. But so would probably a lower tier GPU (if it had more VRAM)... Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g650flyer Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Some body please post nvidia settings to reduce all jaggies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchou Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 4 hours ago, g650flyer said: Some body please post nvidia settings to reduce all jaggies anti aliasing is your friend in that case, or, play high res on a not too big screen… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmbaviator Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 or invest in a Gsync monitor. I have a gsync monitor on my laptop and I don't have all these jaggies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchou Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Gsync will do nothing about jaggies, jaggies are solved with anti aliasing. Gsync solves tearing issues the same as Vsync except the frequency is not fixed. freesync does the same (but not bind to nvidia). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmbaviator Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 25 minutes ago, Tchou said: Gsync will do nothing about jaggies, jaggies are solved with anti aliasing. Gsync solves tearing issues the same as Vsync except the frequency is not fixed. freesync does the same (but not bind to nvidia). is there an anti aliasing setting in Xplane ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmbaviator Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 14 hours ago, DocBird said: So this is good news : We XPLANE-users should not be tempted to buy the new GTX 1080 at the first day. .. that's right mate, i went from a gtx 970 to a GTX 980ti and no FPS gains, hopefully I don't play only on Xplane10... and I have a 4790k@4.6 Ghz which is the second best CPU for gaming so even with that CPU, there is no point having a GPU above the 970. However the 1070 is good choice if you have to upgrade as it is a cheap as a GTX970 but with thye 980ti performance and over 6Gb of VRAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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