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My computer barfs at FSX

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Helldiver

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I have an Intel Dual 3.4 GHz computer with 4 GHz of RAM
I’m using an egva overclocked GTX 560 video card. The Power Supply is an honest 850-watt unit. The resolution is 1280X1024. I don’t alter any settings and I use no tweaks.
Why is it that I can only get 10 FPS and it’s loaded with jaggies? I would like to think that FSX would do better than that in it’s native state.
It seems that I have spent a lot of time and money chasing after the elusive Frame Rate Fairy.
Does anyone have an easy to implement solution for this problem?
 
Did you install FSX service pack 2 or Acceleration. Knowing if you have the original, SP1, SP2 or Accel version will help others to diagnose the issue.
 
HellDiver I can't understand with that system you have, that you are only getting 10FPS I know te latest nvidia drivers were problematic so that may be one thing but what I'd do is download Nvidia inspector to get rid of the Jaggies then run that tool from the tweek thread that rewrites your fsx.cfg for your system settings, that does help get more frames, I also use a program called gamebooster pro which diverts all CPU power to fsx at the click of a button which makes a big difference, I would post links hut I'm on my Iphone at the moment, hope some of this info help mate!
 
I do have sp1 and sp2 plus accleration. I have defragged the hard drive. Run a virus checker and Optimizer. So I know it's clean. I will try some of the things suggested. Thanks a lot.
 
I tried Jesus's veneturbo and what I got is blagked out windows and blank instument.s Got rid of that and put in the Game Booster and Nvidia Inspector. Tweaked everthing up 20% and ran FSX. The jaggies went away but the frame rate suffered. This C-47 is running now between 5 ad 8 FPS. See attached
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I don't know what addon that is but is it native FSX? FS9 portovers always give you less FPS.

Most people use Nvidia Inspector along with Jesus Altuve's tweaks.
 
I don't use any tweaks no nhancer, inspector etc...
Just FSX + Accel and the latest nvidia drivers installed by the win7 update.
Although the various tweaks might produce a slightly better framerate, FSX +Accel without any tweaks should give you a much higher framerate.
There might be a basic problem here.
What are your traffic, visibility and graphics settings?
BTW, is that Orbx PNW in your C-47 screenshot?
High AI traffic settings, plus flying in the vicinity of Seattle, plus a FS9 portover plane will reduce fps a lot!
What fps do you get with the standard C-172 at e.g. KSAN?
 
Helldiver, show us your actual game settings please.
Also, insert in your FSX.cfg the tweaks for limiting the amount of autogen, in the [TERRAIN] section (you have to add those lines, they don't exist per default):
TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_TREES_PER_CELL=800
TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_BUILDINGS_PER_CELL=300
 
Bob, put your AI slider back to 0 and check what happens. When your framerates improve, you can try to put it in "low" position and see whether framerates are still acceptable. (I prefer to start with simple things, instead of starting with complex tweaks).

For those who didn't recognise the C-47, its Manfred Jahn's free FSX native model.

Cheers,
Huub
 
The scenery is the default Friday Harbor. Now I don't know about doing anything about the FSX.cfg or setting my "AI sliders back". I more or less take FSX as given.I have cut down the number of airplanes. Not into jets, helicopters or tube liners. I'm like Orville and Wibur, tt's got to have a propellar in order to be a real airplane.
I will try the nhancer and see what it will do. Thanks a lot.
 
Bob, removing aircraft won't help. Microsoft Flight simulator is and always has been a graphical nightmare. FSX is just the tenth episode.

I can't make it easier than than below.

Click on setting in the opening screen and move the "traffic slider all the way back to the left And check whether this improves the frame rates.

Huub

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Just a random thought but is anything else running on your computer when you run FSX? My PC is lower spec than that and I get much better frame rates without any tweaks, I pretty much installed it, added Acceleration and off I went.
Most settings sliders are around the 3/4 mark, again I just let FSX sort it self out.
I'm just wondering if FSX is actually the issue, or just a symptom of something else?
Next time you run FSX bring up the task manager with Ctrl+Alt+Delete and see how many Processes you're running (not Applications, the next tab along).
 
What is the exact CPU name? If it's really just a Pentium @ 3.4 GHz it's an old CPU and even though it's at 3.4 GHz it's old architecture and not really fast enough.
 
I ran Cntrl/Alt/ Del and there wasn't anything else running. The CPU never got baptised so I never gave it a name. It's a Dual, that is, two 3.4 GHz running at the same time.
Now I set the Aircraft and the Traffic down to zero and I picked up some speed. It now runs between 9 and 10 FPS but it is still jerky. It just seems it should behave better than it does in this sytem.

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HD, try a few different settings for the max framerate.
My computer doesn't do well at unlimited fps, but not at 20 fps either. With my old videocard I would get 13 fps when I set the slider to 20, but if I would set it to 24 it would give me close to 24 fps. Anything higher and it would get jerky.
No idea why it does that, but limiting the frames to 22-24 fps gave me the best results.
 
I've tried everything offered with no difference. In fact, the jaggies are back. How does one set his FPS rate?
 
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