FsX Bloom on and no frame rate loss!

[Roger]

I haven't had FsX's own bloom on for maybe 2 years as the frame rate hit was great but I decided to give it a go tonight. With the "No bufferpools" tweak and the latest Nvidia drivers I can run Bloom with seemingly no frame rate loss. I'm fixed at 25 fps and in these 2 shots over FTX PNW the lowest fps was 24. Both attempts with Piglet's Peculiars:ernae:
Doesn't work with port-overs so must need native material!


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/bloom-2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/bloom-1.jpg

[Roger]

It's a great effect when it doesn't slow your pc to a slide show.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/bloom-3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/bloom-4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/bloom-5.jpg

[beana51]

.......21213 .ICARUS getting a sendoff on his SOLO flight by DAEDALUS!
However!..No Shirttail cutting for the event!!..I guess thats obvous!!....................:wiggle:

Thank you Sir!....Will at once try this...a great feature often denied us....Fantistic Pics..Cheers!!...Vin!!

[warchild]

That Pasped looks incredible.. :) Thank you ...

[Dain Arns]

Just take the bufferpools line out of the config?

Nevermind, located the information.
No changes for me. (well, maybe....It's late, need to test this more in the a.m.)

[James]

Just take the bufferpools line out of the config?

But what else will that affect? Also, would converting the textures named in the suneffect.cfg file to .dds files help?

[grunau_baby]

Actually I turned my bloom on latelely, too. I do never check my framerates, but - even on my older system - I feel no loss of fps. And I still have the bufferpool entry in my cfg. I am actually afraid removing it might ruin it again, but I will try it out anyway!

Alex

[Daube]

The impact of the bloom depends also if you are in DirectX9 or DirectX10 mode.
In DX10, there is a much smaller impact than in DX9.

[Roger]

The impact of the bloom depends also if you are in DirectX9 or DirectX10 mode.
In DX10, there is a much smaller impact than in DX9.

I'm in DX9 these days, hence my surprise:mixedsmi:

[noddy]

Roger,

What driver are you using?

[James]

The impact of the bloom depends also if you are in DirectX9 or DirectX10 mode.
In DX10, there is a much smaller impact than in DX9.

ahhhh...I'm in DX9. It drops me down to about 3 fps...of course, my rig can barely handle FSX as it is... :gameoff:

[Daube]

In DX9 mode with a GTX480, the bloom effect will eat at least 10 to 15 FPS.
I suppose it might be linked to the NHancer settings as well...

[Dain Arns]

The "No BufferPools" tweak did not work for me.
Too many graphic artifacts, and Bloom cut my fps in half, as usual.
However I found this "RejectThreshold" tweak over on the REX forum, which is a surprisingly good alternative:

http://realenvironmentxtreme.com/forum/index.php?topic=9958.0

I have the same adjustments as the author of that post, and getting 30+ fps in PNW, where I was hitting low 20's, with a lot of detail on.
In addition, I am able to use Bloom as well, with the "RejectThreshold" tweak instead, with just a slight loss in fps.

Thanks for creating this post, Roger.
FSX right now is looking the best it ever has for me!
Happy I can finally use Bloom!:jump:

[grunau_baby]

Well, just tried it: I did feel a slight increase in fps only, but after removing the entry I got the usual gentle stutters when paning in outside view. So this is a no go for me.

Surprisingly Bloom does not effect my fps as much as I feared, so it will stay on I guess, but just don´t need any stutter when admiring my flying skills;)

Still thanks, Roger. It was worth a trial, cause it really slightly enhanced my fps.
Alex

[Roger]

Roger,

What driver are you using?

258.96 from the Nvidia site Noddy.

[Roger]

Well, just tried it: I did feel a slight increase in fps only, but after removing the entry I got the usual gentle stutters when paning in outside view. So this is a no go for me.

Surprisingly Bloom does not effect my fps as much as I feared, so it will stay on I guess, but just don´t need any stutter when admiring my flying skills;)

Still thanks, Roger. It was worth a trial, cause it really slightly enhanced my fps.
Alex

Alex, it almost seems like every individual pc needs it's own custom settings however the new drivers had made a difference in smoothness to my set-up.

[noddy]

Thanks Roger, yep that what I am using, have to give it a go.

[James]

Can I set FSX up so that the only part of the bloom effects are the glints off of the side of the airplanes?

sorry if that was a bit wordy, lol

[Roger]

Can I set FSX up so that the only part of the bloom effects are the glints off of the side of the airplanes?

sorry if that was a bit wordy, lol

Not that I know of James, it's just an on or off switch.

[James]

ok...also, I am somewhat of a newbie at this; but I cannot find the [bufferpools] section in fsx.cfg. Sorry if this is a duh, you idiot question, but is something wrong with the file?

[Roger]

ok...also, I am somewhat of a newbie at this; but I cannot find the [bufferpools] section in fsx.cfg. Sorry if this is a duh, you idiot question, but is something wrong with the file?

James, these are additions to the FsX.cfg and the thread is here http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=34661

But be wary of changing anything. Always make a backup of the cfg.

[Sundog]

Wow, this is amazing. My system is really good and designed for OC'ing by txtnetcop and harleyman, but I haven't OC'ed it yet. I'm somewhat timid in that regard. Not that my system couldn't handle it, but that I would mess something up.

But through all of the links on these config settings, I set the following

[BufferPools]
PoolSize=2097152
RejectThreshold=262144

[display]
texturemaxload=9

All I can say is, "Wow!" I have damn near everything maxed now, with bloom, and flew over my VFR France scenery, no problem. I then loaded FTX PNW, grabbed the Razbam A-7 and flew both NOE and mid alt over it. At mid alt, I had one or two stutters when in external view and panning around, but overall, the difference was amazing. Thanks for posting those pics, as I missed that early post here about it.

[Dain Arns]

Wow, this is amazing. My system is really good and designed for OC'ing by txtnetcop and harleyman, but I haven't OC'ed it yet. I'm somewhat timid in that regard. Not that my system couldn't handle it, but that I would mess something up.

But through all of the links on these config settings, I set the following

[BufferPools]
PoolSize=2097152
RejectThreshold=262144

[display]
texturemaxload=9

All I can say is, "Wow!" I have damn near everything maxed now, with bloom, and flew over my VFR France scenery, no problem. I then loaded FTX PNW, grabbed the Razbam A-7 and flew both NOE and mid alt over it. At mid alt, I had one or two stutters when in external view and panning around, but overall, the difference was amazing. Thanks for posting those pics, as I missed that early post here about it.

I ended up with similar results using those settings.
"RejectThreshold" was a better alternative on my system.
I also locked at 36 fps, up from 24. I've never been able to set it that high.
(I have to lock, helps prevent the microstutters on my system)

[Sundog]

I ended up with similar results using those settings.
"RejectThreshold" was a better alternative on my system.
I also locked at 36 fps, up from 24. I've never been able to set it that high.
(I have to lock, helps prevent the microstutters on my system)

I have my system locked at 20fps. I'm sure I can up it to at least 24fps. Once I OC it, I'm sure it will easily hit 36fps. I just want to wait until I can sit down and really understand everything before I start tweaking. I have so much going on now, it would just be a distraction. Of course, once I actually do it, I'll be thinking, "Why didn't I do this earlier?" :)