RTX3070 LOD settings usercfg.opt

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I did a test after the latest World Update with VRAM usage and LOD settings. Perhaps you might find this useful to answer your questions.

LOD at 9 = 22.5 GB of VRAM usage on 3090

Like others here, I updated my sim yesterday to the latest world update. I wanted to test the sensitivity of the new “offscreen caching” option added in response to the last Sim Update. I cranked up the terrain and object LOD to 9 in the UserCfg, set the new “offscreen caching” option to Ultra, and this is the result: 22.5 GB of total VRAM usage sitting on the runway at KLAX. Interestingly enough, once airborne, VRAM usage dropped down to a more “reasonable” level of ~15 GB of usage. At first g…

LOD at 9 = 22.5 GB of VRAM usage on 3090

I did a few LOD tests at Innsbruck to highlight the visual differences and performance hit for each LOD step. You can see in this example, the visual difference between the default 2 and 4 is significant. The rendering distance of the trees and terrains is significantly increased on the mountain directly down the centerline. The difference between 4 and 6 is less noticeable on the mountain directly in front, but the more distant peaks and the relief directly to the right of the runway is better …