FSX DX10 TWEAK GUIDE 2014 

I got excited and clicked on your taskbar in the video, I'm not a smart man lol

I've been using dx10 preview mode with no cfg tweaks on my i3 laptop for over a year, its as smooth as glass compared to dx9. The various texture glitches can be solved manually with a bit of Googling around. I use openclouds, mytrafficx, a shader mod, fairly high settings, and it looks quite impressive! For a lower spec system dx10 is vastly less work to get running smooth. I don't know why it isn't supported by more scenery developers.

Ok so I am new to tweaking computers etc. I've tweaked cars and phones all with a degree of nervousness, however, I had full confidence in your instruction and it has paid off dividends. You are simply superb Matt Davis!

Thank god for this guide ... I hate.. I rly hate blurries. Tweaking FSX cost lot of nerves and plenty of time. But THIS ... is awesome. Highly recomended.

Just a note, the fixer is back on sale, just purchased today. Matt, thanks for the video.

I started optimizing my FSX to DX10 after a new install.(After havent played FSX in a year! Now the Game is running amazing. I have concealed the beast! I had been waiting for so long to run it like this :)

where are you the last year Matt? Now I have a new FSX. Only i have to say one thing: THANK YOU THANK YOU.

Can't fly without DX10 for years now. Used steves fixes before they were commercial. Thanks for this though Matt!

I did exactly what you've explained in your video (observing the different aspects of our hardwares of course) and I've reached my objectives. The game is just perfectly smooth and beautiful now. Thank you, Matt!

Thankyou for uploading this. I've spent a frustrating couple of months fiddling around with the blasted cfg file using recommendations from a whole host of different sites. I recently built a new x-99 i7 based rig with a high end video card and was amazed I was only getting 12-18 fps out of it. Following your instructions in this video I have finally managed to get 30FPS to a point where the simulator is now usable. It's a shame the software requires so much configuring outside of the game itself as I would imagine there are a lot of new steam edition users out there who have given up on it. Note:- for anyone else who has recently upgraded their hardware and having similar problems to me, I took Matt's advice and bought the DX10 Fixer software.

I love you man, i truly do. After your tweaking guides, my FSX is running as never before. I can max out every single detail and still maintain perfect smoothnes. You are doing great job!

Followed all your suggestions, Matt, including the Nvidia Inspector changes and FSX cfg tweaks. My FSX has never, ever run better than it is now. My new I7 4790k CPU and Nvidia GTX 760 card are providing me with a level of smoothness and detail I previously only dreamt about since implementing your tweaks. I highly recommend them to others. Thanks so much for the advice.

Nice DX10 fixed all my problems! sliders at max now and butter smooth.

Awesome job!!! Thanks for sharing this with us, even if it is an older video. It is still something we can use with newer sims!

Just wanted to send a thank you your way. This was very helpful and works like a charm. I just needed to see it all done step by step, fixer/.cfg/inspector/settings... and you did it! Thanks!

Hi Matt, many thanks for this video (and all of your others). I had just did a fresh install of FSX a month ago after a hiatus of a couple of years, and ironically, DX9 was very unstable for me, so I had purchased the DX10 Fixer last month, and not only have the things I didn't like about DX10 been corrected, but my stability issues have been resolved. Thanks also about the Weather/Clouds tip for users of Active Sky (God! I LOVE the clouds generated by ASN!). A request I have for a short video is for users of both REX Essential Plus (for weather textures) and ASN (for weather generation); specifically, how to config each when preparing a flight with FSX. I "think" I figured it out, but it'd be great to see a short video from someone like yourself on this topic. Cheers from Phoenix, Arizona, USA (where the temperature today will be 29.4 Celsius ).

Hey I very much enjoyed your video, wasn't going to enable DX10 however now what i've learned from your simplistic straightforward explanation I'm gonna tweak the heck out of FSX.

Although I have been using DX10 for around 2 months, just couldn't it right, having watched your video, its now smooth as with great performance, with amazing graphics. Thanks

This is kind a result of my tweaking, most of them sourced from Matt´s videos. Now i can focus on adding some other stuff but no need to worry about performance. DHC-6 Twin Otter at UK2000 Luton scenery

I did get it working correctly, of course some of my settings outside of the fixer is diferent than yours I managed to get rid of the majority of the blurries, my texture max load some how was set to 27, I changed it to 6 and works great

Even in 2021 still bought this pay ware and it was well worth it.

Been using DX10 for some time now..and I think it's fab

Hey, I just wanted to say a big thanks for the video. Decided to take the leap and go to DX10 now the fixer is back on the flight sim store. Between this guide and the updated one I have got a nice stable FSX running at 24-28 fps with the PMDG 777 and 737 at EGKK UK2000. Still to try the Airbus 318/9/20/21 but it looks good.

Many Thanks for your well presented and entertaining tutorial. Just bought the fixer , followed your set up and BOOM...Glorious! :-))

matt - the affinity mask for amd FX8350 8 core - is 254 for 7 cores, or 255 for all 8 cores, just for future refrence, since rarely anyone mentions 8 core pcs cheers

"i7 processors: 84 i5 processors: 14 anything under: potato" Hard humor but unfortunately true. :D Thanks for this video, great job. Helped me!

Thanks a lot for the file share, it made my Fsx a lot more smoother and amazing frame rates, thanks man!

The intro is fire

Hey Matt, maybe you can help. I followed this guide. When I did the DX10 fixer my son runs so good but every once in awhile the screen goes black and gen pops back on? Is it something I did? I have a Radeon card but never had this problem. I'm running FSX SE

Thank you very much Matt Davies, it helped me out and i can now run my FSX so smooth, thanks to you! :)

The image in the video was tearing severely. Is that just me, or do others notice it?

Matt thanks for the tips you are Flightsim DX10 guru

Very cool! Keep up the great information! Thanks from Canada.

Everytime I adjust the FPS limiter using NVidia Inspector, it returns to default after a reboot. How to fix this?

Wow now I got like 40fps on Airbus X on my notebook :D Thank you sooo much sir!!

Love your intro man, JUST LOVE IT!

Thanks!!! Your videos are super awesome and helpful!

"If you want your flight simulator to look like a bread knife"

Thanks! My FPS increased a lot!

Love your videos always very helpful

Hello +Matt Davies, I have an issue using fsx and the dx10: i often see, appearing and disappearing, big black/grey squares where there are clouds (only where there should be cirrus.. with cumulus and other clouds i don't have any problem). I'm using the Steve DX10 fixer. Usually I fly with ASN, but there is not the problem, I have noticed the same issue by using default weather or others engines such as FS real WX. what should i do?

Actually DX10 does NOT majorly alter visual performance! Hell, the only thing I noticed was that water seems more realistic! (yay) But then again I only started using DX10 today ;) (before you ask I have had DX10 since before it was taken off the market I just never used it XD) However, my FPS appear to have increased! (Well I did not do any proper tests so...) Also, all my FS menus are blank and fog is just blue and glitchy! In fact, Its so gltchy that I have turned DX10 off! (I am using your FSX.CFG to no avail) (please help...)

hahhahha anything under = potato hahaha i still watching it

i have an issue. When i'm using dx 10 i see the scenery getting streched fromth the ground towards the sky but when i change it back to dx9 it dosen't happen.

Matt,my fsx gets black out when I switch to dx10 using the fixer,I have entered the correct value in the fsx.cfg.Any fix?i have also set the correct settings in NI

hello matt, i'm having an issue with my PMDG 747. everytime i input any ICAO into the FMC, the respond is always "not in database", i've installed and reinstalled AIRAC 1407 for PMDG, but its still not working, i dont do any change to the aircraft, thanks. it would be great if you can help me

Thanks, very useful for my Fsx Steam Version !!!

If I link to this video, will I be sued by IVAO too? ... again. for the same reason as last time: linking to one of your videos in my description? lel thanks for this video! helped me heaps!

Ouch, the tearing at the beginning there is painful! Also, it may be worth pointing out that you should you should set the in-game settings BEFORE the cfg as it will reset any values associated with sliders if touched! I shan't be using DX10 as I just don't like the incompatibility and the idea of cost for something that should already be there, but otherwise sound advice, Matt! :) In terms of fps, I have no problems, although using nvidia inspector to limit wasn't something I had thought of, so I may try that. But I would say a good monitor (Dell actually make fantastic monitors) will get you the detailed colours that are what people want..

I ran the current FSX scenery fixer. After watching your video many of the CFG files are no longer present such as "buffer pools" as well as "swap wait timeout"[JOBSCHEDULER] "Affinity Mask" "Batching JObs" "texture max load" all of them are simply absent. Is any of this relevant with the "Fixer" FSX on my system is running terribly once any sort of weather engine is involved. I am running an AMD-5350 8 core 4.0GHZ MSI Nvidia 770 twin Fozr 2gb card G skill sniper 8g ram Asus pro r2 MB EVGA supernova power supply SSD 250 gig Hard drive Please advise Thanks!

Why does my Nvidia Graphic card disable in game setting when it switches to DX10? I tried to copy all what you did in the video but still didn't help. However Nvidia card turned back when it switched back to DX9. So confused.

I didnt seea 32 setting in the nvidia config but a 32 for AA in the DX10 fixer. If I change it to 32 in the config and 32 in the fixer, will it be different than 8? If I change it to those to and unable to change it in the nvidia config what will happen? Thanks

DX10 Fixer is no longer available on the link you posted can you give us a alternate thank you i have been googling this Sh*t for long but i cant find where to buy this DX10 Fixer can you help Matt

I have a small problem with dx10. Everything works great... except with IVAO-IVAP When i fly online and i get ATC then i must select teamspeak to talk, i can not stay in my cockpit them teamspeak will not response. Do you maybe know what this problem is. Tks

If the MAX_ASYNC_BATCHING_JOBS=3 line is not there do i need to add it manually?

i enable the DX10 but the graphics card showing in the FSX settings is the intel hd graphics, instead of GTX850m. can you help me?

Ciao,sto usando anteprima directx 10 e si vede bellissimo,pero ho un problema negli edifici si vedono dei quadrati neri come posso risolvere?

That intro... So great

as I can see VSync doesn't work on your PC despite you have enabled it in .cfg, am I right?

some of the problem here is the addon manager takes over alot of these settings,if you delete them they just keep coming back, do you have any suggestions for this?

i cant get over 25 frames in the cockpit in the 737 or 777 PMDG but outside i get 50 fps what can i do about this ?

Hey Matt, I just got one problem with DX10... My performance is dropping down to about 17Fps when I'm flying above overcast clouds or in generell much thick clouds. Do you have an idea what this problem may could be about? My clouds are 512x512 DXT5 THnaks!

Very informative Matt!

Doesn't ForceFullScreenVSync=1 decrease fsx performance?

Love the intro Matt!

I followed your guide and have the same hardware as you, and now I have blury textures, but my frams went from 30-50

...But is the rippling I see in the video a side effect? Or is that a recording bug?

Hey Matt! I have installed the Steve's Fixer and put DX10 in FSX on and it is working but I have bad FPS to the FPS I had under DX9. How could I improve it? I tweaked the CFG like you done but it is not better:/ could you tell me what I can do?

When I click the link for the DX10 Fixer it says "Product not found" anybody know how else I can buy this?

Hi Matt did the RT-1 text Addon next to AffinityMask= 84 work for you as suggested by Chris...?

Hi. I followed this tutorial but now my FSX isn't starting at all,please help. Thanks

Hi I tried all your tweaks and on the web but none of them increased my frame rates and I just purchase a 2000 dollar gaming laptop Alienware and I am getting only 15-20fps I don’t understand what shall I do please help me I don’t want to waste my dad s money please help me and reply as fast as you can

Hi Matt.. A great informative video but i have some questions i hope you can answer. After doing this procedure i added sweetfx for an even better look. After doing so im not able to start up my fsx.. Tried uninstalling sweetfx and then it starts up. Do you know why this happends?

Ciao ho impostato il mio fsx con la diretcx 10 ma mi da tantissimi bug come la pista,negli edifici compare un quadrato nero, come posso fare per togliere tutti i bug?

Very useful Matty! Thanks!

I use fsx steam, I do not run any direct x products, will Dx10 reduce crashes?

Which wtaer are you using here? FSWC does not work it seems...

Will there be any issues affecting if I have rex essential + overdrive installed ?

Hi I need some input please. I was thinking of buying another payware aircraft and picking up DX10 Fixer. Would I be better off purchasing a P3D academic license?I also run REX4, FTX Global, Vector and Trees for FSX Thanks

Would be so cool if you and frooglesim did a shared Q400 haha

How does this config stack up on a retina macbook pro with a GT 750M?

I am considering trying DX10 in FSX. As I read somewhere on the Internet: "To DX10 or not to DX10" (credits to whoever this phrase is from). Lets see what happens to my FSX.

love your videos, I can't manage to get the bluries out of my dx9 runways and taxiways

i only have an intel i3 2310m w/ intel hd 3000 gpu alongside w/ radeon 6470m gpu (now radeon hd 7400m series) as dedicated. will these tweaking work?

C:\Users\Bellend - Love it! Also, I believe you were on London Control this evening. Great job from EZY8955 :)

Thx matt its work fine here thx again

Matt, what was the shader mod you used that you mentioned in the video?

What is your FPS over high autogen areas like SFO or JFK? I'm getting about 11 fps on take off and my system is the following... i7 3770 16g ram 770 gpu

Hi Matt, In the video, you set your FSX filtering to anisotropic, however in your cfg you have the display device set for TriLinear. wazzup wid dat? Thanks for your great videos.

Awesome video! But I have a problem with DX10. Every time I use it, the grafic card turns out to be my onboard card (Intel HD Grafics 4000) and the GeForce 650M just disappears from the options on FSX. But when I use DX9, the GeForce comes back but grafics are really bad... Can you help me? Why can't GeForce work with DX10? In my system I have DX11, i7 3610QM, 12GB DDR3 1600, GeForce 650M and Samsung 840 EVO 500GB SSD.

I like my current FSX Steam visual. I'm using DX10 fixer+ SweetFX + REX 4 Maximum HD settings. The problem is when I fly into heavy add-on scenery. Do I really need NVIDIA Inspector? Because I've already set up my configs direct from NVIDIA original panel and I've seen the quality difference. The only thing I'm upset is about my gpu use. My RAM and CPU are working hard with the game running. I just CAN'T see difference between GPU working when the game is running or when I'm just using the computer for internet.

How do get the plane that has all the features and panels did you bought it

i still get the jagged lines how do i get that to be smooth with DX10?

Do you ever run into an "OOM" or out of memory? If so how do you mitigate it?

Hi matt davies , what type of Ezdok do u use ? what version ? because my ezdok is having problem , it always shaking everytime ! on the sky while cruising , take off , landing , and other ! even when im taxiing above 20 knots its shaking ! how to fix it ? thanks . and by the way my fsx DX10 is not work properly , the water looks like crash screen , I've also ticked "preview DX10 mode in FSX" , hope you can help ! thanks . waiting for ur reply :)

I've got an AMD A10, do you know if the equivalent is an i5?

DX10 has changed FSX for the better. However, I have a question. When in a cloud, I lose the shadows. Instead of shadowing the whole cockpit like it would happen in real life, the shadows disappear and the cockpit is bathed with sunlight (not bright though). Does anyone know if it is possible to reverse the effect? BTW I use Active Sky Next.

I found a fixer by Steve on AVsim, called DX10 Shader Fixers V3.2.2. Is that the same thing as the one you can purchase via flightsimstore? When turning the DX10 preview on after applying the fix, all airport buildings went grey, and at some airports ground textures were missing, any suggestions? Thanks, and keep up the good work Matt! Looking forward to ProjectFly!

Hi Matt, 3 months have past since you post this video. Wondering if you are still running DX10 and if there are any additional comments/recomendations. I recently upgraded my system to include a GTX760 and not too happy with the results so far. Still doing my R&D. Thank you for your support.

Hey Matt, Thanks for the video firstly. Can you please tell me which Recorder you use to reocrd your FSX Videos? Thanks in Advance. :)