FPS Low in Career. Latency is 700ms

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

When in career mode fps drops to 2 FPS

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

everytime

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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  1. Start MSFS 2024

  2. Select Career Mode

  3. Select a mission

YOUR SETTINGS

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What peripherals are you using:

Honeycomb throttle quadrant rudder and yoke

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card

Nvidia 4080 HTX

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?

MEDIA

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That laptop is simply too weak for gaming at 4K. Try 2K with DLSS Performance or FULL HD instead.

I can’t repro this issue. Career Mode and missions work normally for me without any FPS drops.

Ryzen 7 9850X3D, RTX 5090, 64GB DDR5, 4K, TAA, FPS max 72.

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Additional screen shots

Additionally there is no FPS problem in Free Flight

Everything used is straight out of Marketplace

If any addons (Marketplace, community), have you tested with all of them disabled ?

No add ons at all. Want to stay stock as possible

Device name Marks_ASUS
Processor Intel(R) Core™ i9-14900HX (2.20 GHz)
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.6 GB usable)
Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU (12 GB)
Intel(R) UHD Graphics (128 MB)
Storage 212 GB of 1.86 TB used
Device ID A872AE89-1C40-451B-ACE7-C2B9AF4B33EE
Product ID 00342-21265-19178-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

Edition Windows 11 Home
Version 25H2
Installed on ‎3/‎27/‎2025
OS build 26200.9457
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.360.0