Soya 7 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Hi and a Happy New Year to all you simmers. Finally, after months of not having a working FSX PC, I finally got my new FSX rig up and running. I am still in the process of fully installing everything for FSX plus properly tweaking & testing it but I did manage to make a few shots to see what this new rig can do. The shots aren't that exciting and I did a fair few close ups for testing purposes. Besides, I feel very rusty after months of not flying nor taking any new screen shots. So please forgive my somewhat lower standards but in time I hope to scrape away the build up of rust . I shall list the PC specs and FSX configuration at the bottom of this post for those people interested, for now, on with the show: (unedited & resized) Thank you for your time viewing these. Tech Specs: FSX & general games PC, i7 950 4.2Ghz, 6Gb DDR3 Mushkin Silverline, Asus Sabertooth x58, 2x Zotac GTX580, Revodrive x2 480Gb PCIe x4 for FSX, Mushkin Callisto Deluxe 240Gb O/S, 2x Samsung F4 2Tb, NZXT Phantom White, CM Silent Pro Gold 1000W, Win 7 64Bit Home. FSX config: Resolution 2560x1600x32 16:10 (screen shots resized to 1280x960), using Nick's Nchancer settings (http://www.simforums.com/forums/fsx-and-nhancer-settings-for-new-drivers-updated_topic36586.html), FSX Bloom & Lens Flare, Max Texture & Autogen, Water Highx2, No AI. With these settings I am getting @45-49 FPS according to FRAPS (when the view is static), with FSX Bloom off, it stays @60FPS (max Vsync). FSX addons in screen shots: FSX & Accel, REX2.0 Overdrive, ENB series mod (default), Flytampa TNCM, Coolsky's S80 Pro, McPhat TWA UHDT. Link to post Share on other sites
Aidan 1 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Great Shots! Espically Shot #3 - What are the cloud settings and daytime theme? Also thats one hell of a rig xD Our getting what?? 100FPS in those shots? haha. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Phew! That's some setup Soya! The shots are as good as ever, which of your sims/games shows the most improvement? Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 so it seems to be working reasonably well I'd say.... Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 If your old rig is no longer up to the job can I have it :th_smiles73: Brilliant shots as ever, the lightbloom is fantastic :icon_bowdown: Link to post Share on other sites
Soya 7 Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Thanks folks, I still have much work to do and plenty of testing but I am very happy with the results so far. Hopefully will have some more shots over the weekend. Great Shots! Espically Shot #3 - What are the cloud settings and daytime theme? Also thats one hell of a rig xD Our getting what?? 100FPS in those shots? haha. Thanks, clouds is Cumulus 58, Cirrus 38 and Daytime theme is Over the Top. I wish I was getting 100fps, FSX is alas so CPU dependant that to get 100fps I think I will need a 8core CPU running at @6Ghz! Still on near max settings it is running pretty smoothly at @45-60fps (60 is max Vsync, no point in going higher) Phew! That's some setup Soya! The shots are as good as ever, which of your sims/games shows the most improvement? Cheers Joe, I still have much installing and testing to do, but so far, everything is showing a vast improvement. Hard to tell atm but I would say FSX is showing @40-50% improvement over my previous setup, with more addons being install, time will tell if the performance stays good. The biggest 'wow' factor though is running FSX on a higher resolution now. Previously I used 1920x1080 (1080p) on either my Dell 24'' monitor or more often, I used my Sony 40'' HDTV. Now I am using my new Dell 30'' monitor and the resolution is a stunning 2560x1600! What is even more amazing, I did some tests on this new PC, running FSX at 2560x1600 runs identical (if not a little faster) then 1920x1080! This really amazed me and I can tell you, running things (esp FSX) at this resolution is absolutely gobsmacking, the level of detail and the amount of pixels is just mind boggling. This should be a good year for my simming and screen shots . If your old rig is no longer up to the job can I have it :th_smiles73: Brilliant shots as ever, the lightbloom is fantastic :icon_bowdown: Thanks, alas, the reason I got a new PC is that I had some bad luck with my old FSX pc last year. Several things went wrong including several hardware components going faulty so I decided it was time to get a new one. Link to post Share on other sites
SEATAC 400 Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 You still have the best FSX screen shots I've ever seen. Link to post Share on other sites
Soaranden 84 Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Fabulous specs to go with fabulous shots...or is it the other way around? Anyway, after I got up off the floor, I realized it was all fabulous! Dan Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 I think my jaw is in Australia - can anyone check?! Stunning shots there Soya! Link to post Share on other sites
Soya 7 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Cheers guys, I did some more testing and taken some more shots, will post them in a minute. Link to post Share on other sites
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