TrackIR FSX performance

[turbosei]

When I fly without TrackIR running I can get 18-25fps in Aerosoft's London X on full scenery density, but with TrackIR running this drops to about 8fps.

Are there any tips for improving performance?

[VincentG]

Are you running the Tracking software minimized?

[turbosei]

Yes, minimized or maximised makes no difference - it's about a 10-15fps hit running with TrackIR with everything else the same (aircraft, location etc).

I might try playing with the affinity mask to put FSX on three cores so that TrackIR has one mostly to itself.

I only noticed this as I'd reinstalled FSX and had been flying a few times without TrackIR, I'd previously just thought my machine was slow.

[VincentG]

1 - always run the IR software minimized, when runing a gaming application.

What version of the TrackIR software are you using?

What version of Windows?

Do you have SP1/SP2 installed for FSX?

[turbosei]

It's build 5.0.300 (build 6225) on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate - 64bit. I have Acceleration, so that includes SP1 and 2.

I had similar performance on trackir 4 software.

[VincentG]

Any other add-ons installed for FSX?

[turbosei]

Yes, I have ultimate traffic 2, Rex 2 (with weather radar turned off) and a saitek radio panel, I also have lots of aircraft, but this occurs with the default cessna.

Can't think of anything else I have that would be running as a separate process.

My machine is a q6600 with 4gb ram and an nvidia 9800gt

[VincentG]

Was wondering if you have any app, that also does view control, view modification, or movement control

[turbosei]

no, I only use trackir for that.

[VincentG]

what is the percentage of system resources the TrackIR is using on your system, when minimized?