FPS did not improve but VRAM usage did however this could be as a result of some of the assets being cached - not really sure to be honest. I can now at least enable Frame Generation on TAA with the extra VRAM headroom.
MSI Afterburner disabled - Frame Generation OFF
MSI Afterburner disabled - Frame Generation ON
MSI Afterburner affect mostly AMD CPUs, Intel not so much!
I have heard about an utility called Intelligent Standby List Cleaner, which have installed. It supposedly clears RAM memory when reaching a preset level. Could it help reduce stutters?
Merry christmas everyone! I coundt find if this issue was fixed but i have the exact same problem as the first post (and there are now 2000 answers to this post). After a few seconds in the sim, the preformance goes to Narnia.
Ill leave my specs up aswell. Hoping to return to this amazing sim soon.
Happy Holidays and a great 2025 for all!
Did you also disable HPET (High Precision Event Timer) in Windows Device Manager?
I have HPET disabled, and ISLC running. I’m not claiming it’s a ‘magic bullet’ but my sim runs very smoothly. I’ve suggested it as a troubleshooting step a few times for those who are having memory-related problems.
I’ve been using Afterburner for years. No impact on my system performance at all that I can see.
CAVEAT: in the settings for Afterburner, there are several options and toggles that CAN affect performance on certain hardware combinations. I’m not at my PC right now to dig them out and try to explain, but going from memory, there are options to set polling rate (that is, how often Afterburner collects data to display the stats you’re collecting); to enable or disable low-level hardware monitoring (which can cause issues on some systems); and to enable/dsable certain statistics from being collected. Bear in mind that the OSD we’re all used to seeing up in the corners of the screen are usually just a subset of all the data which can be collected. The more stats being monitored and tracked, the more impact Afterburner may have. It’s worth digging into those options to verify you are only monitoring what you need, and checking polling rate, etc.
I saw a YT video showing how unticking GPU Power Monitoring in MSI Afterburner solved his microstuttering problems.
The bug is related to monitoring your gpu power. If you are it takes a bit off the top but really kills the 1% lows.
Described in detail w/ stats here.
Yep, that’s the video.
Thanks for linking it.
both gave the same result. I know my Nvidia GTX1650 graphics card doesnt work with dlls, but amd fdr made it run smoother before all patches, afther the last patch it looked like the pic. Before the first patch i had no issues with this to be honest. After the .27 patch this started a bit and the .28 patch made it even worse. After the release i had some issues with some stuttering, but more how i like to call it program errors. Like weird atc and glitches like opening the settings while flying made me loose a instant 10 fps each time. But after the last patch fs2024 just became unplayable with the gpu and cpu performing (according to the developer mode fps tracker) alsmost a quarter over their size. And all just one stutter galore. My GTX graphic card doesnt work with DLLS or AMD FDR but before the patches it made the sim run smoother. As i said, time for a new computer i think. MSFS2020 runs like a clockwork now.. even smoother then it did before 2024 was released, so that is also a weird coincidence for me
question to the community, is it too risky to buy a used gpu? is there anyway to know if it was toasted mining crypto? because of course all the sellers will say what?? absolutely not! no way
what say ye?
Nowadays GPU acceleration for crypto-mining isn’t such a thing anymore since the crypto-mining algorithms were changed to something like “proof of work” which killed GPU clusters overnight.
I bought myself a Radeon RX-68000 with 16 gigs of (DDR6?) VRAM several years ago when the crypto-bubble burst. Apparently someone had bought an entire boat-load of these cards, planning to Go For The Glory in crypto-mining - and rapidly discovered he had several hundreds-of-thousands of USD invested in video cards he couldn’t use.
At the time, (several years ago, perhaps before Covid?), here in Russia this particular card - brand new - was something like $700+ USD, (in rubles of course!) and other video cards (by NVIDIA) were well north of $1,000 USD. I was able to pick one up that had apparently never been opened, (you can tell when a box has been opened), for less than $300 from this guy.
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Since I don’t know what or whom you’re dealing with, I can’t offer you specific guidance other than the fact that crypto-mining isn’t all its cracked up to be anymore - at least from the GPU perspective.
Any purchase of anything used requires a bit of due diligence, regardless of what it is.
If I were to buy a GPU that is genuinely used, (assuming it works and doesn’t have an existing guarantee), the first thing I’d do is replace all the thermal pads and heat-sink compound.
Other than that, I don’t know what to say.
I don’t use any GPU monitoring so Afterburner hypotheses is not applicable to me.
After 1 hour of flight or so, when I’m about to land my sim begins to stutter and my frames drop considerably.
I hope when Asobo addresses the VRAM issue, it will also fix it.
I think we all know to some degree of certainty what the cause of your FPS drop is.
Will it be fixed? I hope so. People with 8GB VRAM should not have to run this sim @ 1080p with Low graphics settings to overcome poor DX12 memory management .
I’m sure it’s quite frustrating. The Afterburner idea was a bit off-topic, as it was intended more for those users with good FPS who are having microstutters.
Its not a big deal to buy a mining card. Its hardware and if the benchmarks are good then why not. Only problem is the overall condition and the fans which can have bad bearings because of going full speed for a long time.
Im always buying used hardware and never had serious issues. Only RAM or other Storage can be problematic but stuff like CPU or GPU mostly is safe.
thank you both
i think i may as well just take the plunge
im sick of this
now Asobo is closing for the holidays so i dont see this thing getting fixed at least for months, if ever at all
The one airport I continue to have VRAM issues is the handcrafted St Gallen Altenrhein (LSZR). Screenshot taken this afternoon:
I had a fair number of AI aircraft on the ground at the time: this definitely contributes.
9800X3D
RTX4080 Super
64GB RAM
4K, mostly Ultra, textures high, Raytraced shadows off
200 OLOD
400 TLOD
And yes, I know those settings are high. But other than the odd airport, the sim is working extremely well for me with these settings. Rock solid stable with good, very smooth framerates.
Did this just now. Generally not TOO bad except when I had to jump out of the aircraft to remove chocks etc. Immediately had a massive hiccup.
General performance:
When I jumped out of the aircraft:
It sort of stabilised after a bit but still did not like changing cameras. Seemed like it was right on the edge with swapping VRAM to RAM and back. And again to confirm my settings are very high but with the odd exception at a few intensive airports I tend to get very good results. Hardware and settings overview:
9800X3D
RTX4080 Super
64GB RAM
4K, mostly Ultra, textures high, Raytraced shadows off
200 OLOD
400 TLOD
TAA
No Frame generation
OMBD has the issue too. GPU was at full utilization even when looking at the tiles on the ground up close.
