Defied all odds against my 8GB VRAM RTX 5060. Running MSFS 2024 MED-HIGH SETTINGS + FENIX A320 + PAYWARE AIRPORTS + FSLTL 4K MODELS
I came from X-Plane 12, and it was fun-i loved the physics, ground handling, environment of the atmosphere, weather, lighting, etc.; but there really was something missing-the immersion, the immersion of a real-world flight, with load sheets, loading, boarding seeing physical passengers, refueling, etc. So I thought it would be best to switch to the latest simulator, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024; but, there was a limit! It was my 8GB VRAM on my RTX 5060, plus I am using a 1440p monitor, which makes it even worse-I mean, I could very much handle it in XP12! With that said, I know a shit ton of pilots, airline pilots, specifically on the A320; they always told me that no matter how "good" the physics are in a simulator, you really won't get the feel from the Real Thing, might as well get a plane that goes down to the very very little bit of detail possible and replicate real-world procedures; forget about the physics that, physics this, physics whatever; it is only chair-flying, you are only flying 3D from your seat, in the comfort of your home. With that, there was only one clear unanimous choice: Fenix A320. But! I asked advice from a lot of people on this /r; and the only answers I'd receive were clear, "No, that won't be possible to run on that system-all the more that you cannot with that 1440P setup", I really thought I would be stuck flying and not enjoying X-Plane 12. Also, I thought of getting the old, MSFS 2020, a little bit lighter on my system, BUT WILL SURELY FILL UP MY 512GB SSD IN NO TIME. So, one day, I saved up all my allowances that my parents give me for school, and bought MSFS 2024 on steam plus the Fenix A320. I sure did regret it so much in the first place; everything was a stutter fest, it was all a mess! I couldn't even manage to get 10fps and exceeding my VRAM. But I really didn't wanna let go of MSFS 2024 and the Fenix, as it takes up sooo little space from my 512GB SSD-thanks to cloud streaming-and didn't wanna look back and go back to XP12. A couple weeks-like a week or two later-I finally properly tweaked my MSFS 2024, I get stable 60FPS at payware airports like Cloudsurf RPLL, WSSS, WMKK, and even Inibuilds EGLL! The tweaks that really helped me so much were: turning off Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS), turning off Re-Bar in the BIOS, using TAA, capping in-game FPS to only 30FPS, lossless scaling on X2, and dynamic settings turned on. Those made my simulator worked like magic, on Medium-High settings!