FSX Tweak Guide (Links)

[SirBenn21]

Here is a link to guides that could improve your FSX PERFORMANCE

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/ya...1197380641/1#1

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...ml#Post2487217



Ben

[txnetcop]

By the way, I think Nick Needham is one very smart man and knows not only FSX but sytems as well. So I appreciate you showing his expertise here.
Ted

[Bjoern]

Umm, Ben, the links are actually exactly the same, the only difference being that I've wrapped up Nick's posts with a "how to".

[FLighT01]

By the way, I think Nick Needham is one very smart man and knows not only FSX but sytems as well. So I appreciate you showing his expertise here.
Ted

I agree, not only was I able to wring the last drop of performance out of my old AMD box with FSX, I learned a lot about computers and how they operate as well... I still have a lot more to learn but Nick_N's writings are well worth the read. My new Intel box incorporates a lot of his suggestions around building a dedicated rig for FSX and I am not disappointed in the performance I'm getting.

[Bjoern]

Nick is a great guy, but make sure what you say when he's around, especially when giving out advice. He can explode faster than a hangar filled with TNT and a smoking mechanic. :costumes:

[SirBenn21]

Umm, Ben, the links are actually exactly the same, the only difference being that I've wrapped up Nick's posts with a "how to".

Ye I know, but I thought they belonged in this section of the forum.

[klemay]

Hi all,

Hey I'm wondering, how many of these tips and tricks specific to FSX are to be used with SP2/Acceleration?

Thanks!

[txnetcop]

Very few if your rig has the horsepower. HighflightSimulations will charge you $10..0 to set an FSX config and I gotta tell ya from what I have seen you can do better on your own
Ted

[orionll]

Here's a thread at the FSWC Forums in which Paul Wheeler has added links to all of Nick's guides: http://www.fswaterconfigurator.com/f...hp?topic=266.0

Our all knowing sim guru at FSWC, Nick Needham, has written several great guides for setting up your system. I thought I'd post them all here in one place where they are easy to find.

DEFRAGGING AND SYSTEM SETUP GUIDE:

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/ya...num=1208959973

FSX.CFG SETUP TIPS:

http://www.simforums.com/forums/foru...=149676#149676

NHANCER SETUP GUIDE:

http://www.simforums.com/forums/foru...=156769#156769

NICK'S THOUGHTS ON RAM:

http://www.simforums.com/forums/foru...=160112#160112

You can get a 30 day trial copy of O&O defrag v8.6 here...

http://www.oo-software.com/home/en/d.../oodefrag86pro

[Bjoern]

Didn't know about that NHancer guide to be honest. Thanks for the link, Orion!

[michael davies]

Is anyone else having problems with O&O usage as detailed in the help links above ?, I run it and it stalls on the file c:/system volume/trackinglog, I've left it 30mins sitting on that one file, theres no CPU activity, just sits there. Win XP has no issue defragging but I'd like to get O&O working, its the trial version I'm using right now.

Best

Michael

[txnetcop]

Unlike Nick I am not a fan of O&O for everyone while it is extremely powerful it is also very quirky if you new to defrag setup. Some motherboard chipsets react badly to it. Even if you use msconfig to do the hard implanted setup it can still be very quirky. Ultimate Defrag for payware and IOBit for freeware has proven to be the best for FSX and FS9 for people who do not custom defrag.

Also be careful if use ATI video cards using Nick's guides. Other than that I think his guides are excellent. As for the ATI Catalyst knowing how to set it up will keep you from getting weird shimmering and artifacts or use ATI Tray Tools and just download the drivers only for ATI w/o Catalyst. If you are running a DX9.1 video card I would not use any of the newest ATI Drivers stop at 8.4. Remember too that FSX does not use OPEN GL but if you use Force vertical sync you will want to use triple buffering.
Ted

[Bjoern]

Michael, I know that problem from Vista and (somehow) write-protected system files. You could try to run O&O as administrator.

XP and O&O work perfectly together though.

[michael davies]

Unlike Nick I am not a fan of O&O for everyone while it is extremely powerful it is also very quirky if you new to defrag setup. Some motherboard chipsets react badly to it. Even if you use msconfig to do the hard implanted setup it can still be very quirky. Ultimate Defrag for payware and IOBit for freeware has proven to be the best for FSX and FS9 for people who do not custom defrag.

Also be careful if use ATI video cards using Nick's guides. Other than that I think his guides are excellent. As for the ATI Catalyst knowing how to set it up will keep you from getting weird shimmering and artifacts or use ATI Tray Tools and just download the drivers only for ATI w/o Catalyst. If you are running a DX9.1 video card I would not use any of the newest ATI Drivers stop at 8.4. Remember too that FSX does not use OPEN GL but if you use Force vertical sync you will want to use triple buffering.
Ted

Ted, indeed I think your right. I set O&O to run whilst I went out for a company Xmas meal, on my return ( 5 hrs ) it had completed the SPACE defrag so it seems one must be patient and let it run its course !.

I've tried many things to keep a clean OS over the years yrs I tend to take all new methods with a pinch of salt, nearly 90% of what Nick recommends I already do or have done with good results, so some of what he writes is in good faith, the rest is down to subjective assessment, it may work for some, it may not work for others.

Thanks for the tip on FSx using Direct 3D, that'll help with setting up the graphics card, I'm using Catalyst 7.3 so will try 8.4 at some stage.

Kindest

Michael

[icarus]

I'm using Catalyst 7.3 so will try 8.4 at some stage

catalyst are at 8.12