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Peter22:
Hi guys it is there any advise on how use the add manager specially at Affinity mask .P3d defoult is 114...I do have a I7 4790 with Nvidia 780 and 16Gb memory. Windows7 64
Thanks
Pedro

virtuali:
The Addon Manager doesn't change or do anything to your affinity mask. It READS the existing value from your existing Prepar3D.CFG file, and it just offer you an easier interface to set it, instead of trying to figure out binary arithmetic.

It's only after you press the SAVE button, than any settings will be changed.

If you didn't had ANY affinity settings, the program will display a default value based on a good setting for a quad-core system, but again, nothing has changed yet, you are only looking at the value that WILL be saved to your .CFG file IN CASE you'll press "SAVE" button.

As far usage is concerned, the top row of CPUs are the "real" cores, the 2nd row are the "logical" cores from hyperthreading. This means, depending if hyperthreading is enabled or not in your system, you might want to enable the logical cores or not.

A good practice is to leave the 1st physical core to Windows, and all the rest to the sim. Which translates into:

- All the top CPU icons enabled EXCEPT the 1st, if hyperthreading is disabled in the BIOS

- All the top AND bottom CPU icons enabled EXCEPT the 1st on top and the 1st below it, if hyperthreading is enable in the BIOS

Of course, if your system is a quad-core, you'll will have to enable only 3 cores, if it's a six-core only 5 cores, and if it's an 8 cores, only 7 cores (to leave the 1st to Windows).

Peter22:
My I7 is 8 cores and  hyperthreading is enable in the BIOS how about Force fullCreenVsync?

virtuali:

--- Quote from: Peter22 on February 14, 2015, 03:09:26 pm ---My I7 is 8 cores and  hyperthreading is enable in the BIOS
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Your CPU is a 4 core with hyperthreading, so you have 4 physical cores, each one with 2 logical cores. So, if hyperthreading is enabled, I'd set the top and bottom rows for the 3 cores, starting from the 2nd one. Which translates to 252.


--- Quote ---how about Force fullCreenVsync?
--- End quote ---

This doesn't have anything to do with cores. It's a setting that prevents screen "tearing", those broken lines on the screen when you pan the view, which are the result of a new frame being generated while the old one is still being drawn.

With VSync enabled, a new frame will only be generated when the previous one is completed. This will result in smoother pans and better visual quality, but a some fps cost, because new frames will be only generated every refresh, not in the middle of a refresh.

Peter22:

--- Quote from: virtuali on February 14, 2015, 03:17:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: Peter22 on February 14, 2015, 03:09:26 pm ---My I7 is 8 cores and  hyperthreading is enable in the BIOS
--- End quote ---

Your CPU is a 4 core with hyperthreading, so you have 4 physical cores, each one with 2 logical cores. So, if hyperthreading is enabled, I'd set the top and bottom rows for the 3 cores, starting from the 2nd one. Which translates to 252.


--- Quote ---how about Force fullCreenVsync?
--- End quote ---

This doesn't have anything to do with cores. It's a setting that prevents screen "tearing", those broken lines on the screen when you pan the view, which are the result of a new frame being generated while the old one is still being drawn.

With VSync enabled, a new frame will only be generated when the previous one is completed. This will result in smoother pans and better visual quality, but a some fps cost, because new frames will be only generated every refresh, not in the middle of a refresh.

--- End quote ---
Perfect tahnk you very much I will take u advise in consideration....P3d 2.5 has change so many structural things in a way that pretty much no one wants to touch anything there.....:) But I ll take the challenge..if doest work I just go back...nothing to loose
Thanks
Pedro

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