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  1. I would buy the 777 IF

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by SqrtOfNegOne

    Let me see if I have this correct...

     

    You really like the 777, enough to threaten buying it, but you insist upon refusing yourself the pleasure of flying it for what is essentially a political reason?

     

    Why not simply move on and enjoy yourself?  Why give them the satisfaction of ruining your day?

  2. 3770K or 3770?

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Haswell is the codename for Intel's next generation CPU architecture.  Along with new CPU architectures typically comes new chipsets for the motherboards built to accommodate the new CPUs.

     

    In a nutshell, the design targets somewhat better performance per clock pulse, lower power consumption, and better integrated graphics.  (For you beer drinkers:  Tastes great, less filling!)

     

    There is plenty to read out there about Haswell, but here are a few  articles to get you started.

  3. GTX 680 or Radeon HD 7970

    in Hardware

    Posted · Edited by SqrtOfNegOne

    I have been using AMD for years and have seen no problem with Xplane  . My current Card is a Gigabyte 7870 OC . They always say that NVidia does OpenGL better but I have never had a problem . May be someone can let me know what I am Missing as far as OpenGL is concerned . As far as I'm concerned AMD works just fine with Xplane .

     

    I am not suggesting that AMD has a "problem" at all, as I have also been using AMD GPUs since early version 8 of X-Plane.  What has been stated often both here and at the .Org is that Nvidia OpenGL driver performance has been proven to be better on Windows machines, and for that reason my next flightsim rig will have an Nvidia GPU.

     

    If the performance of your AMD GPU is meeting your expectations, then by all means, enjoy it!    :)

     

    Edit:  Fixed a couple of typos...

  5. 3770K or 3770?

    in Hardware

    Posted

    The Intel 'K' suffix CPUs are designed to have a fair amount of overclocking headroom, but they are not any faster than the standard CPUs unless you do actually overclock them.

     

    At Newegg, there is a $30 difference between the 3770 and 3770K.  Choose accordingly.

  6. GTX 680 or Radeon HD 7970

    in Hardware

    Posted

    The issues are not necessarily with X-Plane.  It is a driver issue, specifically OpenGL implementation.

     

    The Nvidia drivers have been much better than ATI's for Windows machines.  So, for X-Plane, you would be more satisfied with the performance of the GTX 680.

  13. Borg Collective Ban

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Refreshing!  Resistance is NOT futile!

     

    I am relatively new here myself and have found that the environment here seems to be much less confrontational.  The "Borg" have some very 'angry' individuals posting regularly.  Clearly, they have other personal demons to deal with.  So whatever aircraft or other X-Plane issue they are complaining about is clearly not their biggest problem.

     

    I like this place.

  14. AMD Catalyst 13.1 Release yields 10% improved FPS in X-Plane

    in Software

    Posted · Edited by SqrtOfNegOne

    For those that are running the latest stable release of X-Plane (10.11), there are similar performance improvements as shown below:

     

    X-Plane Version 10.11 (32-bit only)

     

    AMD Catalyst 12.10

     

    --fps_test=1

    FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.3, frames=5351, fps=57.34

          GPU LOAD: time=93.3, wait=6.1, load=6.6%

     

    --fps_test=2

    FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.9, frames=3490, fps=37.16

          GPU LOAD: time=93.9, wait=5.7, load=6.1%

     

    --fps_test=3

    FRAMERATE TEST: time=103.2, frames=1882, fps=18.24

          GPU LOAD: time=103.2, wait=9.4, load=9.1%

     

    --fps_test=4

    FRAMERATE TEST: time=102.7, frames=1912, fps=18.61

          GPU LOAD: time=102.7, wait=6.5, load=6.4%

     

    --fps_test=5

    FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.5, frames=5337, fps=57.09

          GPU LOAD: time=93.5, wait=18.4, load=19.7%

     

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     

    X-Plane Version 10.11 (32-bit only)

     

    AMD Catalyst 13.1

     

    --fps_test=1

    FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.4, frames=5915, fps=63.34        +10.5%

          GPU LOAD: time=93.4, wait=6.1, load=6.5%

     

    --fps_test=2

    FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.9, frames=3899, fps=41.54        +11.8%

          GPU LOAD: time=93.9, wait=5.7, load=6.1%

     

    --fps_test=3

    FRAMERATE TEST: time=97.3, frames=1946, fps=19.99        +9.6%

          GPU LOAD: time=97.3, wait=10.0, load=10.3%

     

    --fps_test=4

    FRAMERATE TEST: time=96.7, frames=2032, fps=21.02        +12.9%

          GPU LOAD: time=96.7, wait=6.0, load=6.2%

     

    --fps_test=5

    FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.4, frames=5865, fps=62.81        +10%

          GPU LOAD: time=93.4, wait=20.3, load=21.8%

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  15. AMD Catalyst 13.1 Release yields 10% improved FPS in X-Plane

    in Software

    Posted · Edited by SqrtOfNegOne

    AMD Catalyst 13.1 is definitely worth the upgrade as it improves X-Plane framerates from 8.4% up to 12.6%.

     

    I arrived at this conclusion after having run the command-line FPS test on XP10.20b11 both with Catalyst 12.10 and 13.1.

     

    See below:

     

    X-Plane Version 10.20b11 (64-bit)
     
    AMD Catalyst 12.10
     
    --fps_test=1

    FRAMERATE TEST: time=92.8, frames=5233, fps=56.39
          GPU LOAD: time=92.8, wait=6.8, load=7.3%
     

    --fps_test=2

    FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.0, frames=2801, fps=30.11
          GPU LOAD: time=93.0, wait=7.8, load=8.4%
     

    --fps_test=3

    FRAMERATE TEST: time=94.7, frames=2175, fps=22.97
          GPU LOAD: time=94.7, wait=10.4, load=11.0%

     

    --fps_test=4
    FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.8, frames=2579, fps=27.49
          GPU LOAD: time=93.8, wait=7.4, load=7.9%
     
    --fps_test=5

    FRAMERATE TEST: time=92.9, frames=4998, fps=53.81
          GPU LOAD: time=92.9, wait=13.9, load=15.0%

     
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
    X-Plane Version 10.20b11 (64-bit)
     
    AMD Catalyst 13.1
     
    --fps_test=1
    FRAMERATE TEST: time=92.8, frames=5674, fps=61.13        +8.4%
          GPU LOAD: time=92.8, wait=7.1, load=7.6%
     
    --fps_test=2
    FRAMERATE TEST: time=92.9, frames=3152, fps=33.92        +12.6%
          GPU LOAD: time=92.9, wait=9.8, load=10.6%
     
    --fps_test=3
    FRAMERATE TEST: time=94.2, frames=2390, fps=25.38        +10.5%
          GPU LOAD: time=94.2, wait=13.4, load=14.3%
     
    --fps_test=4
    FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.6, frames=2844, fps=30.40        +10.6%
          GPU LOAD: time=93.6, wait=8.5, load=9.1%
     
    --fps_test=5
    FRAMERATE TEST: time=92.9, frames=5515, fps=59.39        +10.4%
          GPU LOAD: time=92.9, wait=16.1, load=17.3%
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  16. American Airlines New Livery

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    The problem is that more and more composite materials are making their way into aircraft construction.  The 787, for example, is predominantly built of composites.  You simply cannot get that polished look that AA had all these years with it.

     

    The livery change, much to most people's dismay, has become a necessary evil.  I agree with most here the new style leaves a bit to be desired.

  17. Freeware 787-8 project

    in Aircraft Development

    Posted

    Also they grounded the 787's for failures. :o

     

    They [the FAA] grounded them for lithium-ion battery issues.  Most here are likely too young to remember, but the 747 had teething problems as well when it was new back in the late sixties.  Now it has earned quite a following.

     

    Any aircraft that is as radically new as the 787 is going to have some issues.  I have every confidence that Boeing will sort them all out without major incident.

  18. Good quiet and cheap cooller for a and fx 8350

    in Hardware

    Posted

    You'll have to find out for yourself how that 8350 will work for X-Plane.

     

    As for a suitable cooler, it will depend how much you will try to overclock it.  If you need to keep the cooler under $50, you might not be able to overclock it quite as much.  I prefer coolers from Noctua, Phanteks and Thermalright.  Perhaps they will have one that fits your budget.

     

    Good luck!

  19. Good quiet and cheap cooller for a and fx 8350

    in Hardware

    Posted · Edited by SqrtOfNegOne

    Actually it turns out that the amd fx 8350 should have have enough single thread performance since the list you linked might be a bit biased toward intel what I mean by this is note that every intel procesor they test shows it's clock speed well every amd one does not also since I happen to have two computers one which has a 650w power supply, intel i3 quad core @3.4ghz nvidia GeForce gtx 560 1gb, 3tb of hard drive space and 8gb of ram and another computer with a 450 w power supply an amd 8350 8core @3.6 ghz a nvidia 550 ti 1gb, 8 gb ram, and 80 gb of hard drive space and testing showed that the second system could render in blender using cycles faster the the first well doing a more complex model according to your source the first system should have rendered faster

     

    There is no Intel bias for the benchmarks I linked you to.  All CPUs are listed at stock speeds.  You need to understand that Nr of Cores X Clock Speed does not equal work done equally between all CPU architectures.  I have been an AMD fan for a long time (see also my sig) and have learned that the current Intel CPUs get more done per core per clock pulse than AMD CPUs do.

     

    Right now, I'd take the Intel i7 3770K which offers the best bang-for-the-buck, particularly for running X-Plane.  Rendering programs employ far more threads than X-Plane will, and the 8-core FX8350 may very well be fine for that.  That's why I built a quad GTX680 rendering machine for my son (an architect) that renders with 1536 x 4 GPU cores using OctaneRender and V-Ray RT.

     

    Kieran is correct stating X-Plane drives the GPU with one thread.

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  22. X-Plane 10.20 Beta 11 Out now!!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I've got this nuisance with updating my x-plane, I wanted to organise my custom scenery folder a bit better so i renamed all the Aerosoft sceneries by deleting the "aerosoft" part in the beginning so there's only the ICAO code and the airport name, like all my other airport addons. Now everytime i run the patcher, it thinks that i'm missing the AS scenery and redownloads all of them from the server, i guess a solution would be to rename all of them back before running patcher, but i didn't remember what the first part was.. I'm going to write it down now, but would there be any way to ignore the AS sceneries in the patcher so i don't have to download & delete those duplicate folders?

     

    It is best to leave any default files as they are as Laminar will continue to update them.

     

    If you do not want scenery to be used, read this.

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