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Just Flight DC-8 lag in high end laptop

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On 12/23/2020 at 3:00 AM, TextRich said:

I don't have the product, but I am very curious as to the exact specs of your PC.  Recommended specs for default FSX aircraft is one thing and very intensive add-ons are a different story.

I wrote my specs in the top of the page (first message). thanks

On 12/24/2020 at 12:15 PM, Lockheed L-1011-1 said:

I wrote my specs in the top of the page (first message). thanks

Sorry I overlooked that.  If you have tried everything, it is likely your CPU.  i7-5500U only goes up to 2.4 GHz.  You want at least 3.5 for FSX with quality add-ons and high settings.  It's a nice i7 but FSX is an old software that was designed to optimize only one core.  JustFlight has a helpful forum, you may want to see if the developers or users there have ideas.

Sim: Prepar3D 5.2 (main) and Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020), CH Eclipse Yoke, Thrustmaster Airbus TCA Side Stick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Pedals, Saitek Cessna trim wheel, TrackIR 5, SPAD.neXt running 3 Saitek Logitech panels, ButtKicker Gamer 2, Razer Naga Chroma gaming mouse

System: Intel i5-10600K CPU @ 4.10 GHz, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 64GB DDR4 RAM @ 4200 MHz, ASRock Z490M Pro4, 2TB Intel NVMe SSD 660p, 3 monitors

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ISSUE HAS BEEN SOLVED (well, kinda) so there is this programs for each model (10-40, 50-70) which changes resolution and the effects settings, which I disabled and lowered both. now there is a little more fps, which is kinda playable. I'd say this issue is solved. thanks

8 hours ago, Lockheed L-1011-1 said:

ISSUE HAS BEEN SOLVED (well, kinda) so there is this programs for each model (10-40, 50-70) which changes resolution and the effects settings, which I disabled and lowered both. now there is a little more fps, which is kinda playable. I'd say this issue is solved. thanks

Congratulations, but for those of us who may have that issue in the future would you mind elaborating on what program or settings helped you in the end?

Sim: Prepar3D 5.2 (main) and Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020), CH Eclipse Yoke, Thrustmaster Airbus TCA Side Stick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Pedals, Saitek Cessna trim wheel, TrackIR 5, SPAD.neXt running 3 Saitek Logitech panels, ButtKicker Gamer 2, Razer Naga Chroma gaming mouse

System: Intel i5-10600K CPU @ 4.10 GHz, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 64GB DDR4 RAM @ 4200 MHz, ASRock Z490M Pro4, 2TB Intel NVMe SSD 660p, 3 monitors

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on the windows task bar, search for DC-8, I believe there is 3 programs named DC-8, 2 of them for 10-40 series and the other one for 50-70 series. one of the programs disable effects for 10-40 (engine smoke etc.) and the other program lowers the resolution of the 10-40 series. the other program for the 50-70 does both. thanks

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On 1/3/2021 at 5:24 PM, TextRich said:

Congratulations, but for those of us who may have that issue in the future would you mind elaborating on what program or settings helped you in the end?

I actually reverted BACK to higher detailed model (2048x2048) and I'm getting more fps than the higher performance mode and it's very funny.

On 2/26/2021 at 12:58 PM, Lockheed L-1011-1 said:

I actually reverted BACK to higher detailed model (2048x2048) and I'm getting more fps than the higher performance mode and it's very funny.

Yeah, sometimes actually pushing your computer helps, especially with older software.

Sim: Prepar3D 5.2 (main) and Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020), CH Eclipse Yoke, Thrustmaster Airbus TCA Side Stick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Pedals, Saitek Cessna trim wheel, TrackIR 5, SPAD.neXt running 3 Saitek Logitech panels, ButtKicker Gamer 2, Razer Naga Chroma gaming mouse

System: Intel i5-10600K CPU @ 4.10 GHz, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 64GB DDR4 RAM @ 4200 MHz, ASRock Z490M Pro4, 2TB Intel NVMe SSD 660p, 3 monitors

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