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Re: Low frame rate

Postby Clive2670 » Sat Apr 28, 2018 9:59 am

I also find that ALS improves my FPS as well (I'm running AMD graphics)
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Re: Low frame rate

Postby Thorsten » Sat Apr 28, 2018 6:09 pm

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Motherboard: Intel DP45SG (LGA 775)
CPU: Intel Xeon X5450 @ 3.00GHz (Quad core)
Ram: 8G 1333 MHz
Graphic: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti


This looks decent.

I can add the data point that for the Shuttle, the graphics card is usually not the bottleneck because the systems simulation is fairly CPU heavy (and there's not much scenery in space that demands rendering...)

The above spec is in fact better than on my older computer - which runs the Shuttle with 20+ fps (okay, I have eight cores, but they're slower, and FG isn't good in utilizing multi-cores).

So this is likely some weird config issue.
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Re: Low frame rate

Postby vezza » Sat Apr 28, 2018 8:31 pm

In my case disabling ALS make no difference...
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Re: Low frame rate

Postby legoboyvdlp » Sat Apr 28, 2018 9:21 pm

What about the things I mentioned in my post. It is also worth checking how well eg the c172p runs, or even the UFO?
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Re: Low frame rate

Postby vezza » Tue May 01, 2018 8:36 am

I did a little testing...

1) started at LIPE with aircraft ufo, everything else disabled (ALS, 3D Clouds, etc...) only basic scenery and ambient active --> 60 fps;
2) started at LIPE with aircraft c172p, everything else disabled (ALS, 3D Clouds, etc...) only basic scenery and ambient active --> 30 fps;
3) started at LIPE with aircraft c172p, with 3D clouds and ALS enabled --> 25 fps;
4) started at LIPE with aircraft 777-200LR, with 3D clouds and ALS enabled --> 15 fps;
5) started at LIPE with aircraft Concorde, everything else disabled (ALS, 3D Clouds, etc...) only basic scenery and ambient active --> 3 fps.

don't know if it is reletad but my CPU (intel xeon x5450 quad core) doesn't support HT (HyperThreading)... I suppose my CPU can't do more than this... when fgfs is executed, cpu 1/4 core is always at 100%, gpu goes from 1% to 26%
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Re: Low frame rate

Postby vezza » Tue May 01, 2018 8:41 am

In case 5, enabling ALS, 3D clouds and Particles makes no difference --> always 3-4 fps...
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Re: Low frame rate

Postby Thorsten » Tue May 01, 2018 8:55 am

So you seem to be CPU limited - all aircraft with high-fidelity systems modeling which are computationally rather intensive slow you down progressively. I'm not sure where on the performance scale the intel xeon x5450 quad core is, but yeah, the likely reason is that it's not a gaming-grade piece of hardware which is what you need for the high end of FG.
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Re: Low frame rate

Postby V12 » Thu May 03, 2018 10:15 am

vezza :
What Concorde are You using ? Try this one - https://github.com/BAWV12/Concorde
With Advanced weather ON, AI ON, many clouds, complex scenery I have decent 15 fps. Try use parameters in the launcher, tab Settings :
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--prop:/sim/rendering/multithreading-mode=CullDrawThreadPerContext


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Re: Low frame rate

Postby Burr » Mon May 28, 2018 6:56 pm

I too, have low frame rate issue. Here are my equipment stats:
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Computer type: Tablet
Installation Date: 5/4/2018 12:14:38 AM
CPU
Intel Core i5 7400T
Cores 4
Threads 4
Name Intel Core i5 7400T
Code Name Kaby Lake
Package Socket 1151 LGA
Technology 14nm
Specification Intel Core i5-7400T CPU @ 2.40GHz
Family 6
Extended Family 6
Model E
Extended Model 9E
Stepping 9
Revision B0
Instructions MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Intel 64, NX, VMX, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3
Virtualization Supported, Disabled
Hyperthreading Not supported
Bus Speed 99.8 MHz
Stock Core Speed 2400 MHz
Stock Bus Speed 100 MHz
RAM
Memory slots
Total memory slots 2
Used memory slots 2
Free memory slots 0
Memory
Type Unknown
Size 12288 MBytes
Channels # Dual
DRAM Frequency 1197.1 MHz
CAS# Latency (CL) 17 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 17 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 17 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 39 clocks
Command Rate (CR) 2T
Physical Memory
Memory Usage 36 %
Total Physical 12 GB
Available Physical 7.58 GB
Total Virtual 14 GB
Available Virtual 9.09 GB
SPD
Number Of SPD Modules 2
Slot #1
Slot #2
Intel HD Graphics 630
Manufacturer Intel
Model HD Graphics 630
Device ID 8086-5912
Revision 5
Subvendor HP (103C)
Current Performance Level Level 0
Current GPU Clock 0 MHz
I am running the program (2018.1.1) from the launcher. Rendering is default. Anti-Aliasing is off. I have this statment in additional command line arguments.
/sim/rendering/texture-compression=off
In View, Rendering options , I have everything disabled with the exception of Terrain Textures. Which I have set for Global alternative DDS format.
I have been flying the Cessna C172P. If I am over water, or areas with few graphics, my FPS can be as high as 30 to 40. When I am over land where there are comensurately more objects, it goes as low as 8. Which produces issues when landing. I have tried a few different airports, and the same general performance happens.
Any help would be appreciated!
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Re: Low frame rate

Postby Thorsten » Mon May 28, 2018 7:04 pm

Get a decent graphics card or avoid the C-172p and Europe where the scenery is more demanding.
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Re: Low frame rate

Postby Clive2670 » Tue May 29, 2018 6:27 pm

Burr,With what you have supplied above, just done a general search and it's performance is rated 3 out of 10 generally for "gaming" as it's intergrated and not dedicated. Just for the record I have a laptop (See the general specs' below my signature) and my laptop has a AMD R7-M260 with 2Gb onboard RAM dedicated card alongside the intergrated Intel HD 4400 and the system memory of 16Gb. I am using 2018.2.1 over land (Europe) I class 12 - 15 FPS as good and over water I can get 25 to 29 FPS. So as Thorsten suggests maybe think about at least a laptop that has a dedicated graphics card alongside the intergrated one, Because really and truly no notebook or laptop is "really" a gaming set up just a slightly upgraded version, or better still a desktop with a decent graphics card (minimum of 1Gb of dedicated graphics RAM on the card) otherwise you will struggle
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