DVA12146
Captain, B737-800
Joined on April 19 2014
Crozet, VA
24 legs, 55.1 hours
3 legs,
5.6 hours online
23 legs,
52.9 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
July 23 2014 21:55 ET by Benjamin Scheiner
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Hey all, I'm looking for some advice on how to improve performance with FS9. I'm currently running Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit via Bootcamp on a mid-2012 Macbook Pro (retina).
Here are my specs:
Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Nvidia GT 650M
I generally run several addons while flying...
Active Sky Evolution (using REX Overdrive textures)
UltimateTerrain, GE Pro, and Terrain Mesh
Google Chrome (for various charts and the like)
PFPX
EFASS (an electronic flight bag of sorts)
Bandicam (for recording gameplay)
FSinn (for when flying on VATSIM)
From what I've read, it's my understanding that my machine should be able to handle all this without any major frames/performance hit(s). Granted my information is anecdotal (reading various message boards, viewing users' experiences with similar rigs), but I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that my system ought to be able to manage all this.
Just today I overclocked my GPU. Attached are screenshots of my settings.
In addition to that, I also downloaded and installed Razer GameBooster, and distributed FS9's workload across my 8 processing cores.
My performance seems a bit better, particularly when on the ground. I still see the occasional frames-hit, but overall things do seem a bit improved. Furthermore, I find things are relatively smooth for the majority of the time, however when I'm entering a resource-intensive area, I find a take a hit in performance and have a locking/freezing/juttery (for lack of a better term) type of effect. I cannot tell if it's a frames hit, or something entirely different. The framerate will decrease, but the effect is strange. It should be noted that this is worse when recording via Bandicam than when not.
With that said, once I'm immersed within the "dense" area, my frames level back out and seem to do fairly well. It seems to be an issue with the speed at which information is being transferred.
I also find that the performance hits seem to be variable. There is certain scenery that will result in a rather big hit on performance one day, but will have much less influence on performance the next day. Obviously performance depends on weather and other variables, so I don't know if this is relevant.
Perhaps the most interesting thing of all is that I found my CPU and GPU usage never exceeded 50%'ish with all my various addons running, and with Bandicam recording. My GPU usage would hover between 40-50%, whilst my CPU usage would be somewhere around 30-40%, and would spike to 50-55% when entering a more densely packed area. I'm not entirely sure how to interpret this, beyond the fact that it seems my machine isn't being pushed all that hard.
Any ideas? I've tried defragmenting my disk, but it would seem my HD is an SSD, and therefore cannot be defragmented.
My only remaining idea is to re-install FS9 and my addons onto an external SSD which I have. I've heard this improves load speeds and while that's not specifically what I need, I can't help but wonder if my performance hits are the result of slow data transfer. Maybe this WOULD solve my problems after all. I don't know...! but I hope you all can provide some feedback.
Here's a video to give you an idea of how things perform, and what exactly I'm talking about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpGkxn_wYxc
Any/all help and feedback is much appreciated!
Benjamin ScheinerCaptain, B737-800
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DVA9053
First Officer, B727-200
Joined on October 26 2009
Everett Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Pull up!"
Richmond, KY
352 legs, 1,804.2 hours
92 legs,
472.5 hours online
336 legs,
1,744.5 hours ACARS
9 legs,
21.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 26 2014 11:26 ET by Chris Helton
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I have exactly the same system as you except my CPU runs at 2.4 GHz, not 2.3, and my performance is absolutely horrible. I have no idea why either, but I've tried everything from tweaking the CFG to reinstalling my chipset drivers and it just will not climb back up. My performance usually sticks around 19 FPS (!) at Imaginesim KATL with NO AI or weather, and that's on a good day. Could you possibly help me?
Chris HeltonFirst Officer, B727-200
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DVA11021
Captain, B757-200
OLP
Joined on September 13 2012
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Milford, NH
375 legs, 620.5 hours
365 legs,
604.5 hours online
374 legs,
618.9 hours ACARS
21 legs,
51.4 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 26 2014 12:11 ET by Sean Zarella
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wow. i run FS9 across 5 screens using eyefinity, and the Captain SIm 757, with a custom simpit running WIN7 64bit 16gb ddr3 1600 ram, and a 955t black 4 core 4.5ghz overclocked processor, 7970 amd 3gb card vid card and i get 30 fps on ground 50+ fps in air.
with Rex textures, ASE , with all payware airports.
your processor only running 2.3 ghz is possibly why, Throttling the memory, and vid card,
Use this guide.
http://www.flightsimworld.com/forums/topic/28865-fs9-tips-and-tricks/
definitely worked for me.
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DVA11021
Captain, B757-200
OLP
Joined on September 13 2012
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Milford, NH
375 legs, 620.5 hours
365 legs,
604.5 hours online
374 legs,
618.9 hours ACARS
21 legs,
51.4 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 26 2014 12:35 ET by Sean Zarella
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