Increasing Performance - FSX:SE, DX10 Fixer, Both?

Hi all,

New member here. I have been using my boxed FSX Gold Edition on and off for years. I have never gotten any payware, but I have played with some freeware add-on planes and I am fine flying with my basic joystick. I have no visual add-ons of any kind.

Recently, though, I have been getting back into the game, and I have noticed that performance is seriously lacking. I am getting 15 FPS or so at Princess Juliana Intl., even with default planes. I am running at 2560x1440 with anisotropic antialiasing on and other settings on "Very High". Since I have a GTX 1070 and an i5-2400, I have tried using DX10 Preview mode, which shifts the load onto my beefier GPU, but it makes no difference whatsoever.

So I am wondering what I could do to improve performance. I have heard that both FSX Steam Edition and the DX10 Fixer add-on can give better performance, but I am not sure whether I should get one, both, or neither. If I end up getting FSX Steam Edition, I would like to sell my copy of FSX Gold, so I have researched current eBay prices and used copies are routinely going for $75 or more! Is there any reason for this huge price discrepancy over Steam Edition - in other words, is there some reason I should be leery of getting rid of my copy of Gold?

Sorry for dumping all this into one thread, lol. I would appreciate any insight into these questions, though.

I would begin with DXfixer with Gold(accel). Work great for a lot of us.

But first, did you make your basic homeworks; tweaks in FSX cfg file ?

(As recommended in many guides like Kosta's guide)

Do you use NVidia Inspector with your GTX 1070 ?

For better performance, Kosta's guide is Required Reading.

Jorgen

You will find that using Google on any subject will link you to the relevant forums, or sites, including Kosta's (as long as you include 'for FSX' or you'll get listings for 'real' aviation).

Chuck B

Napamule

I have heard that both FSX Steam Edition and the DX10 Fixer add-on can give better performance

If you go to where you can buy the DX10 fixer, the first thing you will read is that it will not increase your performance. The Steam Edition improvements are more likely to be in stability than in performance. Given your report of your current performance it seems like you have something else wrong.

Thanks for the quick replies. My bad on the tweaking guides, I was totally unaware that existed.

I am definitely seeing performance improvements with the standard tweaks on Kosta's guide, but I am still in the low 20s at major airports. With a GTX 1070, shouldn't I be pegged at 30?

Also, how difficult is it to get the DX10 fixer working properly? I would like to get it, but I am obviously still quite a noob with this stuff.

Thanks again

In my case, like many simmers, I HAD to get Steve's DXfixer to correct the "weirdos" after

installing of ORBX stuff. Black squares(streetlights and pylons) and square light's halos

Didn't have to do anything, just installed and it convert some files and voila.

You can fine tune some graphic effects with it too.

And the big bonus; shadows in cockpit... Wow, finally. So expected

Amtrak, do you use NV Inspector with you GTX ?