davidlr wrote:Hi Tony,
For XP11 11.01r
HDR on
No antialiasing - either within XP or FI. Everything else within FI pretty standard except resolution.
Resolution set to 5120 2880, ie 5K, within the settings_pro_FlyinsideXP_settings.ini file. This hammers my system but gives really good (sharp) resolution on cockpit and scenery (Ortho4XP see below). It is also the reason I can get away with no AA. I have had to tweak the graphics setting to compensate in order to give me fps in the 20s - see pic below (I use XP11SettingsTool); I obviously get faster fps with clearer weather but also with dusk/dawn flights. I have tried a resolution of 4080 2295 in oder to get better perofrmance but the graphics realism at the higher setting is too good to lose. I typically fly the Carenado F33A wth REP (latest for XP11), Airfoil Labs C172, and FF 757 V2
Using SkyMaxx Pro v4 in lieu of XEnviro. I actually find that I can tweak it to be faster than the default. I will try XEnviro again when they next update it. Have got both XEnviro 1.04 and 1.06 working - the latter works for me with HDR - but I don't like the clouds.
Ortho4XP scenery - typically ZL=18 around airports with a base of ZL=17 for tiles in strong areas of interest or ZL=16 for all other (typically transit areas)
Hyperthreading on my i7-5820K set off - despite Ben Supnik of X-Plane suggesting leave it on. On my system, so far, it is more stable and faster with it off. I might try HT on again when 11.02r is out.
I am happy with the set up so far. Would like better performance but do not want to sacrifice the graphics quality. I constantly cross compare with P3D, Aerofly FS2, and DCS. The latter have, for me at least, really great and fast graphics, and are the graphics benchmarks for XP and P3D.
David
Decided to give this a try on 11.1b4.. i think the shimmering is reduced at that higher resolution, but not enough though.. its still a mess.. granted i'm using the worst absolute scenario in my test.. DD NYCX (and the just flight piper III)..
Under the normal 3840 res, if i leave AA off.. its horrid.. using 5120 its marginally better.. with still low frames in this area.. say 24.. throughout all testing I have found that AA of 4X is the only way to be decently shimmer free,but nowhere near aerofly "standards".. in mine i dont have ortho turned on (just for these tests, you get more sharp edges, buildings, though with ortho i use the overlay).
When you fly with your settings and ortho are you using an overlay.. i'd imagine with no overlay it probably is decently shimmer free at any setting.
For most areas outside of these beats of cities, the 4x sim and disabled AA in FI is probably my combo ill use, unless there is some other miracle combo or maybe a NI profile option i may be missing.
Note my overdraw is at 103 and world scale of 90%.