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DVA6823
Captain, B737-800

Joined on December 28 2008
Everett 500 Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

MI USA

1,129 legs, 1,773.3 hours
24 legs, 38.0 hours online
1,050 legs, 1,643.7 hours ACARS
1 legs, 2.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 19 2012 19:16 ET by Michael Winks

Sorry if this has been asked...
I am trying to determine if I will get better net performance on my hard drive speed if I use my SSD in SRT mode -- or -- just use the SSD for my OS and popular programs. I have 1TB HDD and 64G SSD. 1. Should I use part all of the SSD as SRT cache, 2. Partition the SSD, with let's say 32 G for SRT cache and 32G for OS, 3. Or forget the SRT and just use the full SSD for OS and popular programs?

Michael Winks

Captain, B737-800

DVA9540
Captain, DC-6
OLP

Joined on March 01 2011

"aut viam inveniam aut faciam"
Twin Falls, ID USA

68 legs, 98.3 hours
51 legs, 68.8 hours online
65 legs, 95.2 hours ACARS
3 legs, 4.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 23 2012 07:42 ET by David Seeber

SRT works with a HDD, it uses the SSD as a buffer and data flows more quickly.

David Seeber

Captain, DC-6

Posted onPost created on January 25 2012 06:54 ET by Michael Winks

True. So I am trying to determine if I would be better to put Windows 7 on the solid state drive which will leave about 30 GB for other programs and use the HDD for storage. I am thinking I can not fit both Windows and FSX on the 64 GB SSD and still have some breathing room. The other option is to setup the SSD with Smart Response Technology, use 32 GB for that cache and put all the programs on the HDD. Windows will be slower than option 1, but maybe the others like FSX will benefit.

Thanks for the response David.

Michael Winks

Captain, B737-800

Posted onPost created on January 27 2012 13:31 ET by David Seeber

What I'd do....

64GB SSD - Operating System
1 TB HDD - Storage

AND

120 GB SSD - FSX/Add-Ons/Rise of Flight/Lock-On, etc.

My set up is like this: (no SRT...couldn't afford it yet.)

i7 990x Overclocked to 4.1 Ghz, Corsair H60 Liquid Cooling (*never gets above 60C)
Gigabyte G1.Assassin Moherboard
24GB RAM 1680Mhz
120 GB SSD - O.S.
1 TB HDD 7200RPM, Sata3
GTX580 Classified Video Card

I get 100fps with ORBX Pacific NW, using Add-On aircraft.

My windows experience score is 7.8

Just my .02

David Seeber

Captain, DC-6

Posted onPost created on January 27 2012 23:33 ET by Michael Winks

Nice setup... I like the additional SSD option.
Right now, I have windows 7 and FSX on the 64 GB SSD and there is not enough room. Next, I'll save for the 120 GB SSD and move FSX over.
The rig I just build is i7 2600K, not overclocked yet. Same H60 cooling system, 16 GB mem, Radian 6870, etc. By the way, which options settings lets me view the fps on screen in fsx?
Thanks

Michael Winks

Captain, B737-800

DVA8752
Captain, B767-300

Joined on January 01 2010
50 State Club
Triple Century Club

Sedalia, CO

338 legs, 1,236.8 hours
31 legs, 181.3 hours online
37 legs, 232.7 hours ACARS
2 legs, 8.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 28 2012 00:36 ET by Brandon Howell

Shift+Z twice

Brandon Howell (DVA8752)

DVA5656
Captain, B757-200

Joined on February 08 2008
Everett 500 Club
Online Six Century Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Two Million Mile Club

"||||"
Atlanta, GA USA

1,428 legs, 4,795.2 hours
629 legs, 2,134.7 hours online
1,316 legs, 4,471.3 hours ACARS
13 legs, 27.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 29 2012 13:03 ET by Alex Dean

David Seeber wrote:

I get 100fps with ORBX Pacific NW, using Add-On aircraft.

My windows experience score is 7.8

Just my .02

I'm sorry but i just don't believe that. Pics for proof please.

Alex Dean

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on January 29 2012 13:34 ET by David Seeber

Yeah, it's true...how do you do a screen shot? I had to spend about an hour tweaking the N-Vidia settings to get it to work like this. Smoothest ride I've ever taken. FPS jumps around a little, between 90-100 fps is usual. Only 1 processor core is being used by FSX, a least it looks that way. There was a great article last year on how to increase you frame rates just by changing some settings. It was in PC pPilot I think. With my old computer (Intel core duo, 2.4Ghz, 8GMRAM, Dell mobo) I was getting about 25-30 fps until I tried the tricks they recommended, afterwards, I was getting around 45-50 fps....just by manipulating some settings.

David Seeber

Captain, DC-6

Posted onPost created on January 29 2012 13:44 ET by David Seeber

Ok, I got a screen shot, how do I post a PIC? (BTW its only 98 FPS, I had trouble clicking on the image at teh exact moment it goes over 100, but it does!!

David Seeber

Captain, DC-6

DVA2192
Senior Captain, A320
OLP

Joined on March 14 2005
50 State Club
Million Mile Club
Flying Colonel
Online Fifteen Century
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Long Beach 500 Club

Attleboro, MA USA

1,703 legs, 3,149.7 hours
1,635 legs, 2,989.8 hours online
1,667 legs, 3,076.4 hours ACARS
3 legs, 5.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 29 2012 13:59 ET by Richard Walsh

David you may get high FPS in the air at cruise but on the ground you aren't. A flight you did from SEA to PDX averaged 17.8 fPS. That would include ORBX I suppose. People get confused and find their highest FPS and say that is what they get. ACARS detects it and is in the log book.

Richard Walsh

Senior Captain, A320

Posted onPost created on January 29 2012 14:15 ET by David Seeber

Richie, Sorry, but you're WRONG> Just to make sure we're talking about the same thing: FPS=Frames Per Second...mine is just as high on the ground. I don't know about ACARS, it actually SUCKS in my humble opinion. Its so full of bugs that I have a hard time using it. I don't know how it records FPS either, but Shift-Z tells me I'm getting 80-100 fps all the time. Also, my ACARS flight wasn't using the same aircraft. At the time I got the high FPS, I was in a Flight1 Cessna 172. I have screen shots, and I can clip the text, so I'm confused. High FPS on the ground isn't so important to me, since I spend most of my time flying. Also, the SEA PDX was on the old computer....

David Seeber

Captain, DC-6

Posted onPost created on January 29 2012 14:19 ET by David Seeber

The old computer died in 9/2011...I built this one to fly Microsoft Flight, (And of course FSX). In a recent flight I got 45.7 FPS ACARS rating...is that good? My actual indicated FPS was higher. jus for fum, I'm going to turn DOWN all the sliders and see what king of FPS I get then (indicated by shift-z in FSX I'll let you know how it goes.

David Seeber

Captain, DC-6

Posted onPost created on January 29 2012 14:51 ET by David Seeber

245-275 fps turned down.

David Seeber

Captain, DC-6

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