General FSX:SE/system specs

[cbsteven78]

Hi all,
If this is the end of FS9 support, what's the best way to get more fps from FSX? What gets lost by turning scenery complexity down? Little reason for a detailed airport, only to have to lose it all for performance.

What system upgrades would give a good performance increase? Currently on about 15-18 fps at Vienna, so Toronto/Sydney would be a bad idea for now.

Cheers.

Win 8.1 64bit
i7 - 4790
GeForce GTX 750Ti 2GB
16 GB Memory

[george[flytampa]]

In the FSX settings, make sure you turn off Bloom, Ground scenery cast shadows & move the water slider to the middle.

[Lude2Envy]

Hi all,
If this is the end of FS9 support, what's the best way to get more fps from FSX? What gets lost by turning scenery complexity down? Little reason for a detailed airport, only to have to lose it all for performance.

What system upgrades would give a good performance increase? Currently on about 15-18 fps at Vienna, so Toronto/Sydney would be a bad idea for now.

Cheers.

Win 8.1 64bit
i7 - 4790
GeForce GTX 750Ti 2GB
16 GB Memory

What clock speed is your i7 running at. What other addons do you use?

[cbsteven78]

i7 - 4790. So, about 3.7 GHz?

Turned off Bloom and fps doubled. Toronto gives 18 fps, so just about acceptable. Thanks, George.

See if I can get a faster card, without losing my warranty.

[Lude2Envy]

i7 - 4790. So, about 3.7 GHz?

Turned off Bloom and fps doubled. Toronto gives 18 fps, so just about acceptable. Thanks, George.

See if I can get a faster card, without losing my warranty.

If your processor is a K model I would get a good cooler and overclock your CPU to 4.5Ghz if not a little higher. I'm not sure what speeds people are getting out of them but I'm sure they're hitting at least 4.5 since it Turbo Boosts to 4.4. I know the 750Ti isn't the best card out there but I'm not sure how much upgrading it would increase your FPS with FSX.

[Dave_YVR]

The video card is pretty weak considering the awesome CPU.. Overclock the cpu to see some gains out of it.. So many people buying K model cpu's that never overclock them. Follow the herd is such a waste.

[Lude2Envy]

The video card is pretty weak considering the awesome CPU.. Overclock the cpu to see some gains out of it.. So many people buying K model cpu's that never overclock them. Follow the herd is such a waste.

I'm not entirely sure what point you're trying to make, but FSX relies more on the CPU than the GPU.

[Dave_YVR]

Of course it does, but having a lower end GPU doesn't exactly help matters. The CPU makes FSX run well, and the GPU makes it look good.
One of my point's I though was fairly clear was where I said "Overclock the cpu to see some gains out of it.."