So, here we are again...… After all the uninstalling/reinstalling and correcting I am still at the place where:
I am not running with everything maxed out but the machine (PC) seems to struggle at times and goes into a pause. At this time the Task Manager is showing the PSU in the red and the CPU running at 98% BUT the GPU unit hardly showing barely 2 - 5%. I have not tinkered with the workings, being too thick to understand what I'm doing
Last evening on a quick flight from Yorkshire to Brussels the scenery slowly went from excellent to crap. By the time I was coasting out over the sea the land was just green but, surprisingly the sea was in detail
![confused :S](./images/smilies/confused.gif)
As usual I fast forward 16x until the land is in sight and then reduce in stages to give the graphics a chance to 'catch up'. The land at this stage was just a brown desert with no features whatsoever. The jump from 8x to 4x is the killer and, as usual for me, P3D went into pause mode. Whilst in the pause mode the PC is giving it the beans, something is working very hard under the cover so I check with Task Manager and sure enough the CPU is going flat out and drawing power into the red 'very high' band and the GPU is just idling along at 2%. Again, as usual, after 5 minutes the message that P3D is not responding comes up and the only option is to end the session.
Sometimes P3D does recover and the scenery slowly comes back although it is not unusual to land on a black streak in the midst of a sea of green.
So, not being a techie, I am wondering if it is the GPU that is causing the problem? Surely it should be going at a fair lick to handle all the scenery I have? And why is it that in similar circumstances in Australia the PC copes without any problem?
I am at a loss but I won't be beaten so any ideas/suggestions would be welcome except "chuck it in the bin" which SWMBO suggested
Good job I've got FS2020 to fill in the gap...……..
ATB
Allan
+Even with a real time flight the scenery will deteriorate to a sea of green with grey strips for roads but will return as height is reduced by the time I'm on finals everything is 'normal' - but not every time.
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