Next Microsoft Flight Simulator update aims at performance

[HEXUS]

Live stream demo of 'Sim Update 5 build' in testing shows frame rates double.

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[kalniel]

He's 'only' running it at 40% of 4k, according to the render scale. Nonetheless, impressive more than halving of drawcalls has helped with the CPU bottleneck massively.

[Zhaoman]

Sounds amazing. I haven't played it for a while but this gives an excuse to jump in at 4k and try it again.

[LyntonB]

Ideal candidate for FSR/DLSS. Technology is there, get AI to work!

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

He's 'only' running it at 40% of 4k, according to the render scale. Nonetheless, impressive more than halving of drawcalls has helped with the CPU bottleneck massively.

I was reading they have also made the engine thread better too.

[kalniel]

I was reading they have also made the engine thread better too.

Yeah - they moved cockpit reflections to it's own thread which has been a big gain apparently.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Yeah - they moved cockpit reflections to it's own thread which has been a big gain apparently.

It would be interesting to now compare the 6 and 8 core results!

[Xlucine]

Ideal candidate for FSR/DLSS. Technology is there, get AI to work!

Anyone up for a bet on whether modders add FSR before MS do?