What is missing

[captain.cupcake]

Hi All,

I've been lucky enough to have a computer system build just for use with FSX.

 

I'm having real problems though, even with all sliders set to minimum FSX is incredibly jerky then I get get a message saying the system has run out of memory and shuts down.

 

I've been out of the simming world for about 5 years so relearning everything although haven't forgotten much about the settings.

I'm so disillusioned with the horrific jerky running, I've yet to be able to complete a flight without it shutting down or becoming so jerky I shut FSX down through frustration.

 

I've got FSX accelerator installed and all updates. What am I missing from my PC set up?

 

If anyone can help I would be so grateful!

 

Here is what is in my PC...

 

 

Case

1 x Corsair Graphite Series 780T White Case

 

CPU

1 x Intel Core i7 6700K Quad Core (4.0GHz, 8MB Cache, overclockable 4.4GHz+, Hyperthreading) Socket 1151 CP_IN_i7670K

 

CPU Cooler

1 x Corsair Hydro Series H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (check case)

 

CPU Thermal Paste

1 x Cool Laboratory Liquid Pro Liquid Metal Thermal Paste

 

Overclocking

1 x Wired2Fire Extreme Overclocking (non-standard cooler required)

 

Tuning and Optimisation

1 x Wired2Fire Tuning (BIOS, Driver and OS Tweaks)

 

Graphics Card 1

1 x nVidia GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB GDDR5 PCI Express Graphics Card

 

Memory

1 x 32GB Corsair DDR4 3000MHz C15 Quad Channel Memory Kit (4 x 8GB)

 

Motherboard

1 x Asus Maximus VIII Hero Intel Motherboard (10 Phase Power, SupremeFX Audio, SLI and CrossfireX)

 

System Drive

1 x Samsung 512GB 850 Pro Series SATA III 6Gb/s Solid-State Drive

 

Storage Drive 1

1 x Seagate 2TB Barracuda 7200 64MB Cache SATA III Hard Disk Drive HD

 

RAID Option

1 x RAID 1 (Mirrored Array - Requires 2 disks)

 

Optical Drive 1

1 x DVD-RW 22x

 

Power Supply

1 x EVGA SuperNova 1000W Platinum Modular Power Supply

 

Cable Management

1 x Wired2Fire Cable Management

 

Case Fan Upgrades (choose quantity)

2 x Corsair AF120 Blue LED Case Fan (Quiet Edition)

 

Custom Lighting

1 x Blue High Density LED Light Strip

 

Sound Card

1 x Asus Xonar Essence STX II PCI-E Sound Card

 

Monitors

1 x No Monitors

 

Operating System

1 x Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)

 

Build Options

1 x Standard Build (5-15 working days)

 

Triple Screen Monitor Kit

 

Triple Monitors

3 x AOC E2470SWDA 23.6 LED Monitor (5ms response time)"

[mrzippy]

OK, you listed the computer specs (it all looks fantastic!), you said your slides are set to minimum, now how about all of the addons you are running? Payware aircraft- sceneries, etc. Remember that FSX can only use 4 GB of memory. You may need to greatly increase your VAS. I'll let you Google that.

 

Now, how about your FSX.cfg?? HIGHMEMFIX=1 in your Graphics Section?

[captain.cupacke]

Thank you for getting back to me.

When I have a bit more time I'll sit down and have a proper read of the article on VAS.

To be honest I never even thought about background/ ancillary programmes - I have been running Ultimate Traffic, weather add-ons etc so guess they drain a lot of the memory.

If I have any more questions do you have any issues with me sending you a message directly?

Thanks

Adrian

[mrzippy]

If I have any more questions do you have any issues with me sending you a message directly?

Thanks

Adrian

I'm not that much of a computer expert! Best shot at a solution would be to keep the questions on the Forum here or in the FSX Forum.

[il88pp]

The max vas fsx can use is 4gb.

Some planes use a lot.

Some area's (airports, or cities with many buildings) use a lot as well.

It's mostly models that do the damage. 3d objects.

 

Using such a plane and scenery at the same time, flying it from or to there, can be too much.

Some payware aircraft have an update that makes them use a little less.

 

Registered version of fsuipc has a warning function, a sound when you approach the limit. Saving and reloading can then help.

[il88pp]

The bad graphics could be because of a bad overclock. To exclude that cause I would

-set the clock speed to default,

-use default planes, or freeware addon planes,

-make sure that runs ok, test thoroughly. At least a week or two.

 

-then try the payware planes, test thoroughly again.

 

-then carefully overclock one step at a time.