PMDG 737!!! It's great but HEAVY!!!

[LLopes]

Hi all!
I've just purchased the PMDG 737 and went for a ride today... well, the package is superb, but as I was approaching seattle (the default scenery) flying over the city (downtown) and sometimes over just autogen areas, I

[ozzy72]

That is one heck of a good system! What are your AI traffic settings? If you reduce those a little you normally get a few FPS back
There are other little things that can get speed up a little, clear out the HD as much as possible and then defrag the HD as that helps a lot!!!

[LLopes]

Hi Ozzy! thanks for answering!
actually my AI settings are at 100%. So I figure that major US cities are pretty HEAVY in general, aren't they???

Many thanks,
Lucas.

[Saitek]

Defragging frees up lots of RAM. It also helps to keep clouds down as they are the biggest frame killer of FS9.

[Craig.]

If you only have default AI turn it down to 85 or 90% if you have added AI from the web or your own, turn it down to 70 or 75%, that can improve your FPS by upto 10 per second.

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

[quote]Hi all!
I've just purchased the PMDG 737 and went for a ride today... well, the package is superb, but as I was approaching seattle (the default scenery) flying over the city (downtown) and sometimes over just autogen areas, I