Alright guys, hopefully I’m not beating a dead horse here (and hopefully I’m posting in the correct forum). I’ve seen many posts with a similar issue dating back to Oct - Dec of last year, but no solution yet. I’m going to post about it – again – but hopefully as my situation is slightly different, there may be an answer out there somewhere.
So, first off, when I launch the game, it gives me the ol’ ‘system does not meet minimum requirements’ error message. I’m running a GTX 1080, i9 9900k, 16gb gddr4 ram. I definitely meet the min requirements. So, naturally, I figure it’s probably just a bug, and launch the game anyway.
Woof. At 1080p, all minimum settings, ALL online features completely disabled, I’m running a complete slideshow. I mean, 0-1 FPS at least 30% of the time. Completely broken.
So, I start troubleshooting. Task manager reads 100% CPU usage and only 6-12% GPU usage. My integrated graphics are completely disabled on my pc (and I double checked in nvidia control/task manager etc. to make sure it was running on my 1080). I ensured that hyperthreading was enabled in BIOS, and I’m not receiving the ‘limited by main thread’ bug in Dev Mode.
And it gets weirder. When MSFS2020 isn’t the active window, CPU usage plummets to around 50% usage and my framerate skyrockets. Wtf?!?! I have the latest graphics drivers, my CPU isn’t overclocked, my temps are fine, I just don’t have any idea what it could possibly be.
Pretty sure that’s all the information, let me know if I left something out. Dying to get in the skies here, lads. Is there a god? I don’t know.