what is going on with my simulator

My sim has always ran very smooth and never no problems. Just in the last few days I am loading software very slowly, and then when I pick a flight, I am stuttering, sound is choppy, and a airplane is lagging behind my imputs. Can not even get off the ground. It is Sunday morning, finally had a day for flight time and I am spending over 4 hours trying to figure this out.

I undated Video Card, and checked sound drivers....they are all up to date.

Any suggestions?

Is Steam having problems today? or lately.

Really could use some help if possible.

specs

Intell@core i-7 -107000, 8-core 3.8GHz turbo, NVIDIA GeForce RTX2070 8GB, 16 GBDDR4 -3000MHz memory, 480GB solid state drive, 1TB SATA III hard drive, Windows 10. Using 17 goflight modules, CH yoke and pedals, 49” monitor, 2-19” monitors and one 27” for a over head panel…if ever we get a over head panel that will detach and move.

Sounds like a background process, possibly antivirus, is interrupting the sim functions.

Check that your MSFS directory is in your antivirus exceptions/whitelist, and add it if not.

I did find the culprit. After chasing game issues that didn't exist, and then I reloaded the sim....165gig over 6hrs, I figured out that my water cooled CPU was overheating. When I did a reboot, I got a warning. It appears that Windows 10 does not have a CPU monitor in the software (at least not temp reading) so I only got it in bios during startup.

Bought new water cooler radiator and cooler....I am running like a champ. 30-40C during low flying, high graphics.

Just keep in mind, it is not always the MSFS software. Many times I have seen people complain about MSFS and then you look at the specs....that is the problem. OR the CPU is over heating....:)

hobbitrocks