Aussieflyer38 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Haven't done much flying since installing Aus v2. Today approaching the Gold Coast YBCG noticed the textures have gone wacko, black buildings and blurred ground textures. Running Win10 P3D v4.5. Could I have some help with this please. Pics attached. Thanks Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Hello, it looks like the PC is not keeping up with the demands being made of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieflyer38 Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 Hi Nick, Thanks for getting back to me. That's pretty disappointing, my computer is pretty new, 6 months old. I explained to the tech what I wanted it for an he assured me it would do the job no problem. My specs are: Intel S1151 i5 8400 2.8GHz 6 core CPU 16GBDDR4 RAM, Graphics: Nvidia GTX1080 8GB Windforce OC PCle Is this a not going to be able to keep up with the software ORBX is putting out - as in AU v2 ? Where do I need to upgrade? Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.D Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 The i5 8400 is sure going to struggle flying west of the Gold Coast, especially if the Gold Coast city is installed. The i5 8400K would have been a better deal, as it is unlocked and can be pushed to 4.8 ghz. You don't say what frequency the RAM is running at, good RAM at 3.6 ghz does the trick too. I guess your tech is right about other games, but FSX and P3D are dependent on high CPU and RAM speeds, graphics cards, not so much, but your 1080 should be adequate. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Hello, on paper, the CPU is adequate, apparently with a turbo speed of 4 ghz. Maybe that isn't kicking in for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieflyer38 Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 23 hours ago, Chris.D said: The i5 8400 is sure going to struggle flying west of the Gold Coast, especially if the Gold Coast city is installed. The i5 8400K would have been a better deal, as it is unlocked and can be pushed to 4.8 ghz. You don't say what frequency the RAM is running at, good RAM at 3.6 ghz does the trick too. I guess your tech is right about other games, but FSX and P3D are dependent on high CPU and RAM speeds, graphics cards, not so much, but your 1080 should be adequate. Chris. Hi Chris, Thanks for helping out, I'm afraid with computers I'm pretty hopeless and have to get help where I can. Got into them too late in life to become very knowledgeable. My RAM is : 16GB DDR4 G.Skill (2x8GB) F4-3000Mhz Ripjaws 4 RAM that's the full description that I have. I think that's a bit below what you have told me in your post. I feel pretty unhappy as my tech knew what I wanted and what I was doing. My rig is only a bit over six months old. How do I know/tell about the "turbo" Nick mentioned. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Hello Don, you can download and install HWInfo64 which will rell you eactly what your hardware is doing. Don't worry about the RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.D Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 At the moment, the 3000mhz (3ghz) RAM would be OK with the CPU running at 2.8 ghz. As you bump up the CPU overclock, the RAM speed limits the data throughput, thus throttling the overall output. Read here https://www.lifewire.com/pc-memory-speed-and-latency-832450 Quote The speed of the memory will determine the rate at which the CPU can process data. The higher the clock rating on the memory, the faster the system is able to read and write information from the memory. All memory is rated at a specific clock rate in megahertz that the memory interface talks to the CPU with. Newer memory classifying methods are now starting to refer to them based on the theoretical data bandwidth that the memory supports which can be confusing. Or read here https://www.howtogeek.com/303455/how-does-ram-speed-and-timing-affect-my-pcs-performance/ Also, I have reduced the timings on my RAM a couple of clock cycles so the CPU doesn't have to hang around waiting for data to be returned. This controls the overall latency of the CPU / RAM exchanges of data. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieflyer38 Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 Thanks Chris, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieflyer38 Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 Thanks Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieflyer38 Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 On 7/16/2019 at 1:57 PM, Chris.D said: At the moment, the 3000mhz (3ghz) RAM would be OK with the CPU running at 2.8 ghz. As you bump up the CPU overclock, the RAM speed limits the data throughput, thus throttling the overall output. Read here https://www.lifewire.com/pc-memory-speed-and-latency-832450 Or read here https://www.howtogeek.com/303455/how-does-ram-speed-and-timing-affect-my-pcs-performance/ Also, I have reduced the timings on my RAM a couple of clock cycles so the CPU doesn't have to hang around waiting for data to be returned. This controls the overall latency of the CPU / RAM exchanges of data. Chris. Thanks for taking the time to offer advice, but that's all Chinese to me. Sorry for the slow reply, hut I've been ill and not near a computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieflyer38 Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 So is my only way around this is replace the motherboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Hello Don, no, I don't think so. As I mentioned, in theory your processor boosts itself up to 4 ghz. My suggestion was to first install HWInfo64 and see if this is actually happening. With all due respect to the deep technical comments about RAM, don't worry about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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