TS graphics settings with 2560x1440 monitor

[longbow]

With TSW in mind I have belatedly replaced my ancient Samsung 226BW screen with an Acer Predator XB270HU 2560x1440 gaming monitor. This will run with my newish i7 4790 16Gb Win10 PC and GTX970 4Gb video card.

Could someone suggest please the best graphics display settings for TS2016 with this new set-up? Can I just crank all settings up to 11?

[PaulH2]

I'm running at 3840x2160 and typically max everything. Performance wise, this is fine, though as always, you will likely have to drop to High or Medium settings for some scenarios. I usually run at FXAA + 2x2 SSAA (with my FXAA eliminator installed, so you get nice sharp catenary for example).

Paul

[Milamber]

I'm running at 3840x2160 and typically max everything. Performance wise, this is fine, though as always, you will likely have to drop to High or Medium settings for some scenarios. I usually run at FXAA + 2x2 SSAA (with my FXAA eliminator installed, so you get nice sharp catenary for example).

Paul

FXAA eliminator ??? please give some details on this, thanks.

Maurice.

[PaulH2]

FXAA eliminator ??? please give some details on this, thanks.

Maurice.

Maurice,

The FXAA eliminator is in the library here:

FXAA Eliminator [623425 bytes] - FXAA_Eliminator.zip File ID: 34510 Date: 13 Jul 2015 - 2020 Downloads

It's a replacement for the FXAA shader in Train Simulator that either turns down, or eliminates FXAA altogether (I prefer to turn it off, especially if you have a video card that can copy with 2x2 SSAA).

Paul

[Milamber]

Many thanks for the response and the link, I will try this on my 4K monitor later, if SWMBO permits. Regards.

Maurice.

[longbow]

I have now attached the new monitor - a Samsung XB270HU with G-Sync.

The display is certainly much improved but the TS2017 performance is rather poor. With eg career scenario 7, Riviera in the 50s route, I'm getting only 15fps at the start.

This is in 2560*1440 full screen mode on a i7 4790 16Gb Win10 PC and GTX970 4Gb video card, with all TS2017 graphics settings at max.

Is this what I should expect or is there something I can do to improve performance please?

[ttjph]

Go into Advanced graphics settings and turn the anti aliasing down to 8xMSAA. If that runs much better, try turning it up by one notch at a time...

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[AndyUK]

.....Is this what I should expect or is there something I can do to improve performance please?

I can't give you like for like comparison as my system is weaker than yours (i5-2500k @ 4.4 Ghz, 8GB RAM, 2 GB GTX770, Win 7, 1680 x 1050 monitor) but if you can be more specific about the circumstances in which you get 15 fps in career scenario 7 on Riviera in the 50s I'll post some frame rates I see using DSR to get close to your monitor's resolution. Does 'all graphics settings at max' include Procedural Flora, Adaptive Bloom, Depth of Field and Headlight Flares all ON?

Andy L

P.S. What AA setting is giving you 15fps?

[driverden]

I'm running a very similar setup but with a slightly less powerful CPU. I get 23-25 fps on that scenario my fps is limited to 25. I use the following settings : G-sync enabled in Nvidia control panel. In 2017 I selected highest graphics detail then turned antialiasing off. Everything else is pretty much default and I'm running full screen. Hope this might help.
Dennis

[longbow]

Thanks for the replies. All graphics options are set at on/max. I get 15fps in both internal and external camera as I view the starting scene before setting off.

[peterfhayes]

Longbow
As you may be aware with Gsync monitors they display every frame as it is delivered to them by the cpu/gpu so lag and tearing is pretty well eliminated. (the fps display that you see is the number of frames that the cpu is delivering to the gpu).
However the cpu really needs to perform in order to keep the frame rates up to the gpu and monitor and I found that I needed to overclock the cpu to around 4.2GHz for the best operation using a GTX 970 and an i5 4670K with a 2560 x 1440 Gsync Monitor. In some scenarios/routes I was hitting a max of 3GB VRAM, so keep an aye on that too.
I would suspect that your cpu may be throttling the gpu and the new gsync monitor.
Try turning some TS settings down or off eg Bloom, Shadows (do you really need them), water, lens flare, LOD etc but if you are using dynamic settings use 2 x 2 SSAA and see if that helps.
I would also recommend using a command line via steam\train simulator to limit the fps to say 30, as this avoids many of the huge swings that you see with TS when running without a fps limiter.
In Nvidia Control Panel: Make sure Vsync and Triple Buffering is turned OFF in the NVCP, you are set for a single monitor, single display performance mode, DSR is OFF (can be used later but should not work in monitors greater than 1080p), shader cache is ON, negative LOD Bias set to ALLOW, AA Mode and AA setting, application controlled, GSYNC is ON (using full screen - note: windowed - needs different Gsync setting), Power management - Prefer Max performance (Windows power settings set to max), etc.
pH

[gptech]

I get 15fps in both internal and external camera as I view the starting scene before setting off.

But is it a smooth 15FPS?....don't get too hung up on the numbers; if you can look at the monitor without feeling it's *odd* then you haven't a problem.

[rabid]

Thanks for the replies. All graphics options are set at on/max. I get 15fps in both internal and external camera as I view the starting scene before setting off.

Hi Longbow, I too have a 1440p Gsync monitor and had the same issue, there seems to be something broken in the latest Nvidia driver regarding the Gsync - Full Screen & Windowed setting; the game drags along at 15 fps. I got around it by leaving Gsync on the default setting of just Full Screen. I also have to set TS to Borderless mode as running TS in Full Screen causes a black screen on exiting the game. Hopefully that will get sorted out soon.

Dave

[kevrob2]

I run mine on a 3440x1440 monitor with an overclocked 970. For some reason having dynamic clouds on absolutely killed frame rates - it runs much better without.
Kev

[peterfhayes]

rabid

I also have to set TS to Borderless mode as running TS in Full Screen causes a black screen on exiting the game. Hopefully that will get sorted out soon.

If you are running Windows10 Anniversary Update that is causing the problem - nothing to do with NVidia or TS 2016/17.
However one of my PC's "cured" itself after upgrading win 10AU to the latest cumulative update, and TS now exits fine.
pH