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The Miracle Tweak!!! (not fps limiter)

This is from Nick N fsx config guide..

Bufferpools: Poolsize=xxxxx Which is the bufferpool reserved video memory for scenery geometry around the aircraft. 512 cards really cant make much use of it and should never reserve more than 15MB, 640 cards 35MB and 768 cards 70-80MB. 1GB cards can reserve more. Many find leaving this edit out of the config is the best way to run. You must experiment with this setting to see if it will or will not help.
640MB and above cards CAN take advantage of Bufferpools however do be careful with this edit.
Bufferpools added to the fsx.cfg file can cause scenery 'spikes' even if the card has enough video memory. This edit to the configuration file works for some and does not work for others. If you see strange graphics errors that do not clear up by visually panning around the outside of the aircraft then you should REMOVE the bufferpool entry from your config file.
Do note that with SP2 for FSX running high sliders depending on the drivers may bring on visual graphic 'spikes' from autogen when a flight is first loaded. If visually panning around the aircraft does not clear them, the bufferpool entry should be reduced or removed completely.
 
Question? When messing around with the config. file do I completly have to restart FSX to apply the new changes or will FSX make the changes as soon as I save it .

Jim
 
I think its safest to close FSX, Make your changes, then go test...

I have never done config tweaks on the fly, as I'm not sure if they will take new settings like that...

Just what I do though...
 
harleyman said:
I have never done config tweaks on the fly, as I'm not sure if they will take new settings like that...
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Config tweaks can never be done on the fly.

Constantly reading out values in a config file would add some unnecessary CPU cycles to an already demanding application.
 
Personally, I like to reboot after a config change, but that's just me.

Hitting ALT to get the menu bar and changing settings in the game itself seems no problem but I pause the sim and let it sit for a minute after a change to make sure it takes hold. I firmly believe you can give a computer too many commands too quickly and have the program seize up, I've done it.
 
Well I'm using older drivers (169.45) in Dx9c (gave up on Dx10 as FsXI isn't coming now) and had put up with the v sync tearing so I had nothing to lose.
So bufferpools set to 200,000,000 (were at 70,000,000) and set the frames to unlimited.

He he....bloomin' marvellous on my system and no tearing.
Thanks for the hu Solar Eagle :ernae::applause::engel016:

Asus Maximus mobo,
Q6600 (SLACR) processor overclocked to 3.4 gigaHz,
4 gig DDR3 1.6 gigaHz ram,
Zalman cpu fan,
GF8800GTX vid card,
 
I would highly recommend this tweak to anyone with a similar system to mine or of course Solar Eagle's. At last I can do a clean (non-jerky) pan in vc and fast spot view pans are much less jerky. I'm not seeing spikes or other visual artifacts so I may try upping the bufferpools to 300,000,000. There is no doubt that this tweak works for me exceptionally well in a way that Fs limiter did not.
 
Yep mine did the same as harleyman and RudiJG1... get funny looking aircraft. Piglet! Are you in there? :monkies:

David :wave:
 
Glad too see some are getting good results. Mango said he found a sweet spot with his system using BP of 400MB, and TBM of 40, though he has a 1GB card.
 
SolarEagle said:
Glad too see some are getting good results. Mango said he found a sweet spot with his system using BP of 400MB, and TBM of 40, though he has a 1GB card.
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I have a 1 gig card to but have no stutters to speak of....:applause:
 
Pepere said:
Yep mine did the same as harleyman and RudiJG1... get funny looking aircraft. Piglet! Are you in there? :monkies:

David :wave:
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David, I can get one good flight at this setting (BP=200000000) but then when I try to load another, I get the graphical errors. I then have to restart FSX to load another good flight.

It's annoying but potentially worth it for the improvement in smoothness and lack of spikes and stutters.

Rudi
Abit I35 Pro MB
E6600 Core Duo CPU (oc 3.2 GHz)
4 GB Crucial Ballistix PC2 8500
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX (stock speeds) w/ 768 MB RAM
Corsair 620HX PSU
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Forceware 180.48 video driver
 
Same here Rudi but I don't think i'll keep the pools. My machine runs good for it's age and equipment.. About like me. :caked:

David
 
Same here... I just did a reinstall of FSX and left out SP2, and man its much better all the way around ...Thats confusing to me....


Now I understand why some still use just SP1......wierd...:faint:
 
Just upped BP to 250,000,000 and my video card is still handling it. I might even try updating the Nvidia drivers to see if those 'micro jumps' have gone with this fix.
 
You should be able to loose the jumps Roger with a TBM tweak....


PLUS The more you tax your vid card with bufferpools the more likely you are to introducing stutters...



Bufferpools are mainly for low level stuttering in panning and banking views....
 
Didnt work on my system :( I get the plane bits all over the place problem.

Tried it as low as 150000000 and managed to get one short flight in before the bug bit but there was still a little bit of stuttering just after take off, then it smoothed out.
Also when the graphic bug kicks in my fps go through the floor, 3 to 5 fps

Oh well I'm quite happy with my fps locked to 30 and autogen on dense so no big deal but it was worth a try.
 
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