Ok. I’ve been here since the beginning. I have a very mid-level computer - I5-9600 32GB RAM Z390 MB Nvidia GTX 1060 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB Performance on release was as I expected. Fair at best, and some airport approaches in the 10FPS range. It seemed to have gotten worse as the updates came…

Larry, Actually, your comments are nice to read. I too, decided to use my very mid-level computer for MSFS. A Ryzen 5 1600, 32 gig mem, Asus B350-F MB and a Nvidia GTX 1050i, NVMe 500GB. Performance was in the 15-20 fps at medium settings. After update 5, I am getting 30-38 fps most everywhere …

I decided to try out MSFS on my “old” computer (7700k/1080/16mb) and was pleasantly surprised at how well it runs. The efficiencies that Asobo managed with the xBox conversion were a real blessing for the vast majority of us who can neither find or afford a 3XXX card. Well don Asobo!

There is no doubt SU5 gave some extra life to mid-level pc specs, saving some people extra cash. However, those with higher pc specs are feeling burned cause SU5 downgraded the visuals. Those 3080ti/3090 users aren’t getting the mileage they would expect. SU5 is a very touchy subject….

[image] Emerald0771346: However, those with higher pc specs are feeling burned cause SU5 downgraded the visuals. The only thing that was downgraded in visuals was the culling resulting in buildings popping up when looking around. And now it has been fixed. A lot of people have been looking fo…

I spend 1800 Euro / 2100 USD on upgrading CPU and GPU, which - prob - caused my 750Watt PSU to fry itself and now I am installing a 180 Euro / 210 USD 1000 Watt PSU. These changes also caused the necessity for both Win10 and MSFS to be reinstalled (several times), … because Microsoft DCS never ev…

[image] Emerald0771346: However, those with higher pc specs are feeling burned cause SU5 downgraded the visuals. Those 3080ti/3090 users aren’t getting the mileage they would expect. I’m one of those ones with a 3090. You shouldn’t lump all of us in that category as being displeased. I welcom…

LarrySinNJ: How did Asobo all of a sudden improve the performance as much as they did? They changed the way they render objects. Before I think they render pretty much everything within your radius, that includes objects that are off screen and in the distance with uniform LOD. This puts qui…

No, they didn’t render everything. What you’re describing is called culling and it is trivial for objects behind the view plane. Culling is a basic part of 3D rendering. Another part of culling but not as trivial is view plane edge clipping. However, this is now done in hardware with the GPU. O…

[image] mtjoeng: I spend 1800 Euro / 2100 USD on upgrading CPU and GPU, which - prob - caused my 750Watt PSU to fry itself and now I am installing a 180 Euro / 210 USD 1000 Watt PSU. […] because Microsoft The most common problem across PC gamers is putting money in the most obvious component…

[image] StruckZebra9: No, they didn’t render everything. What you’re describing is called culling and it is trivial for objects behind the view plane. Culling is a basic part of 3D rendering. Another part of culling but not as trivial is view plane edge clipping. However, this is now done in har…

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