Pop out instrument performance degradation - Experimental Data

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We’ve been reporting this one forever:

Performance Decrease when Using Pop-Out Panels

Sending a toolbar panel to a new window causes a significant hit on the simulator’s framerate. Even a simple panel that shows only a few lines of text can drop the FPS by a whopping 20-25%. No panel open showing a stable 60 fps: [image] Opening the ATC panel and the sim holds stable at 60 fps: [image] Undocking the ATC panel to a new window, however, causes the FPS to drop into the 40s: [image] Undocking more windows causes further degradation of the FPS, even if they’re simple text di…

Hoping the DX12 port forces this issue to be addressed. I suspect it’s how the UI gets redrawn (often needlessly) for every frame, and the main render loop might have to be rewritten when they switch to the new API.