The interesting thing is, I have the exact same issue but not on a AMD GPU.
9800X3D and a 5090 and when I have lights on at night, mainly storm lighting I get this weird flickering almost beacon like type artifacting in the cockpit - Instantly stops when I turn the storm light off.
Noticed it in the Fenix and FBW380.
Could you show us some screenshots?
Yep, I was thinking the same thing. Would be interesting to see how it compares to what the 9070xt is exhibitingâŚ
After 3 months, finally moved to the bug-logged thread. Step in the right directionâŚ
Description of the issue:
The sim performance is much worse at night.
Did you experience this issue before you joined the Beta?
No
[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
Yes
How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
Every Load
Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:
1.Set the time to night
[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
Yes to demonstrate FPS
[PC Only] Many issues may be due to an outdated graphics card. Please state your Graphics Card Driver Manufacturer (NVIDIA, Intel, AMD) and Version:
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 25.3.1
[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
|Processor|AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor|
|Installed RAM|64.0 GB|
GPU - AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT - Primary/Discrete
VRAM - 16304 MB - GDDR6 2518 MHz
Graphics - AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Graphics Manufacturer - Powered by AMD
Usable Memory Size - 16304 MB
Core Clock - 2400 MHz
Memory Type - GDDR6
Memory Clock - 2518 MHz
Memory Bit Rate - 20.14 Gbps
Total Memory Bandwidth - 644 GByte/s
BIOS Version - 023.008.000.068
BIOS Date - 2025/02/11 03:35
Bus Type - PCI Express 5.0
Current Bus Settings - PCI Express 4.0 x16
GPU - AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT - Primary/Discrete
VRAM - 16304 MB - GDDR6 2518 MHz
Driver Version - 24.30.31.03-250225a-413647C-AMD-Software-Adrenalin-Edition
AMD Windows Driver Version - 32.0.13031.3015
Direct3D API Version - 12.2
Vulkan⢠API Version - 1.3.302
OpenCL⢠API Version - 2.0
OpenGLÂŽ API Version - 4.6
Direct3DÂŽ Driver Version - 9.17.11.0279
Vulkan⢠Driver Version - 2.0.331
OpenCLÂŽ Driver Version - 32.0.13031.3015
OpenGLÂŽ Driver Version - 25.02.241127_5715cfc
2D Driver Version - 8.1.1.1634
UI Version - 2025.0225.0110.2052
AMD Audio Driver Version - 10.0.1.38
Driver Provider - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Windows Edition - Windows 11 Core (64 bit)
Windows Version - 23H2
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I noticed this FPS drop at night in some airports and with the A320 Fenix. The FPS drop and performance are absurdly bad at night in some airports. At the beginning of the simulator it was not like this.
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⢠Yes
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⢠Artifacts appear on planes at night hours, when surfaces as panel and plane logos are illuminated
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⢠Artifacts appear around windshield and curved parts of the plane, such as the leading edge and tail during the night section. I also have a similar AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT.
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Just installed my 9070xt tonight only to discover this exact artifacting issue. Was hoping it was at the very least somewhat new and would be fixed, but seeing that this has existed for 3.5 months now with no update is disappointing. First time AMD-user too, avoided their GPUs for reasons exactly like these niche driver issues. And there really is no other reasonable alternative, the 5070ti is $150 more with worse VRAM, and the 5080 is just absurdly priced at $1399 or more.
Donât despair, it will eventually be fixed.
Remember to vote at the beginning of the thread to raise the topic at Asobo.
Also use the link a little higher to add your testimony to the thread opened at AMDâŚ
Apart from this problem, the 9070xt card is a very good card. Once this problem is fixed and the FSR 4 is added to msfs 2024, it will be great.
This is so annoying. I have made the exact same build for some of my customers and they all have this issue. One of them is claiming this is my fault because I recommended the AMD card over the overpriced Nvidia, except for the fact that I recommended the build before the glitch existed⌠Iâm actually getting legitimately angry over this and I donât even play this game.
Many GPU issues wait forever to be fixed in many games, and some never do.
AMD has a more of them than Nvidia, and always lags behind in tech and features.
I avoid AMD as my time is valuable (to me).
Less problems with Nvidia, so far.
I never had a CTD with my amd 9070xt in msfs 2024 in 6 monthâŚ
On the other hand, look at the number of people who experience CTD with nvidia gpus in this forumâŚ
Generally not true nowadays. One shouldnât forget the disastrous launch of the 50 Series where NVIDIA drivers where a complete mess for multiple months and people recommended to go back the the December drivers for older cards too because they were affected by this mess
âGenerally trueâ in my case.
Sure there were others like me too.
And AMD still lags behind in tech and features regardless.
Considering Nvidias massive market share naturally there will be more talk about them.
Good and bad.
It is what it is.
(âGenerally not trueâ would typically need more context to be considered a proper, complete statement in most situations.)
We seem to be getting a little off topic here but one thing I will weigh in on is the statement, âNvidias massive market shareâ. I would guarantee, if this issue affected the RTX 50 series it would have been resolved prior to the release of SU2. I have no doubt of that.
RIP Ozzy!!!
Just wanted to add that Iâve started experiencing these issues across all aircraft at night since upgrading from an RTX 3060 to an RX9070XT.
The latest dev stream mentioned the dev team is almost certain that itâs a driver issue and will discus it with AMD.
And the better news is that we got them to bring up the issue so hopefully it will get resolved sooner rather then later.
Bad news is we are #84 on their bugs to-do list so I hope they donât go in order.
