Microsoft Flight Simulator

[TheBahrbarian]

20 minutes ago, Action_Johnson said:

I think system RAM and CPU clock speeds are really the biggest thing with this game. My laptop has similar specs as my desktop (1660Ti Mobile, i7 9750H, vs R5 3600 + 1660 Super), but it's got 16GB of RAM and when you jump in the plane, it's almost immediately into the Page-File.

 

This game R E Q U I R E S 32GB of fast, low latency, dual channel RAM

 

I've been playing with 16gb without any major issues. With the game running I've seen usage go as high as 14.5gb, maybe 15. Definitely cutting it close but I've definitely never had it use page file because it's run very smooth thus far. Although some forum users over at the MSFS forums have said that moving to 32gb gave them a slight FPS boost. Not sure if it would be worth it for me to buy another 2 sticks of 8gb memory though.

 

And here's to hoping they eventually move to DX12 and maybe the game can use more than 4 cores.

[Action_Johnson]

16 hours ago, TheBahrbarian said:

I've been playing with 16gb without any major issues. With the game running I've seen usage go as high as 14.5gb, maybe 15. Definitely cutting it close but I've definitely never had it use page file because it's run very smooth thus far. Although some forum users over at the MSFS forums have said that moving to 32gb gave them a slight FPS boost. Not sure if it would be worth it for me to buy another 2 sticks of 8gb memory though.

 

And here's to hoping they eventually move to DX12 and maybe the game can use more than 4 cores.

In Chicago, I saw it hang around 22-24GB of RAM usage. My laptop pegs at 16GB just about the whole time.

[TheBahrbarian]

1 hour ago, Action_Johnson said:

In Chicago, I saw it hang around 22-24GB of RAM usage. My laptop pegs at 16GB just about the whole time.

Hm, definitely odd. I am sure it's not going to page file for me because I've had past PC's do that in other games and its.... noticeable, to say the least haha. Are you playing on High or Ultra preset? I will test tonight but if I didn't hit 16gb at laguardia I don't think I will with my settings (High preset). Any significant programs that you may be running in the background?

[Kilrah]

I was doing the 747 KJFK landing challenge earlier in 4K ultra and the game itself was using 17GB...

[TheBahrbarian]

Found this video recently of a test between 16gb and 32gb. From what I can tell the average FPS remains mostly unchanged. However the extra 16gb definitely seems to make a difference in the 1% and 0.1% lows so would probably provide a smoother overall experience, but no miracles.

[Action_Johnson]

On 8/30/2020 at 5:39 PM, TheBahrbarian said:

Hm, definitely odd. I am sure it's not going to page file for me because I've had past PC's do that in other games and its.... noticeable, to say the least haha. Are you playing on High or Ultra preset? I will test tonight but if I didn't hit 16gb at laguardia I don't think I will with my settings (High preset). Any significant programs that you may be running in the background?

This is running in Ultra

[mopman94]

Update is out to fix the install issues people were having, its only a very small patch. Notes are:

 

PATCH NOTES

STABILITY ISSUES

The title will no longer crash when different input devices/peripherals are disconnected

The title will no longer crash when the TBM 930 package is deleted

 

INSTALLATION ISSUES

The install process will no longer be blocked after a partial decompression of a package

The install process will no longer be blocked when a local user account includes non-ASCII characters

The install process will no longer be blocked after a failed connection to servers

The install process will no longer display an empty onboarding screen under certain conditions

The title will download a critical missing/deleted package to access the main menu even if the save data preference is set to offline (when an internet connection is available)

 

CONTENT MANAGER

The title will no longer automatically download packages that have been deleted through the content manager

The content manager will no longer get stuck in an infinite loading state when checked offline

The Creator name of the packages should now be properly updated

 

SIMCONNECT

Significant FPS drop when using Simconnect should no longer affect the experience

 

OPTIMIZATION

The performance of the title has been improved when the Display name plate option is set to active

 

MARKETPLACE

The correct currency is now properly updated in the marketplace

[Action_Johnson]

nice