For my 4070 laptop the process is different since the glcache and Dxcahe folders are not in the same folder. After going to the nvidia control panel and disabling the shader cache size, restart the PC. (If you do not restart you will not be able to delete the Dxcache folder files) Find the Glcache folder in the /Local/Nvidia folder and do the deleting procedure. Then go to the /Localnow/Nvidia folder where the Dxcache folder is located and do the deleting procedure. The rest of the process shown by Gavin is the same. Hope these help for the 4000 series card.

@Easyjetsimpilot

6 ай бұрын

That's great - thank you.

@Gianluca1973Folletto

6 ай бұрын

hi, I have a 3070 but I can't find the Dxcahe folder. I have never activated dx 12, is this the reason?

@DavidFernandez08

6 ай бұрын

thanks!

@MrScotty2045

6 ай бұрын

@@DavidFernandez08 had the same issue as you but I have an RTX 3080 I found the folder in LocalLow folder

@fatboyfat_uk

6 ай бұрын

@ramonzavala1869 I think you have a typo - it should be "LocalLow" and not "LocalNow", but otherwise thanks 🙂

Tip: Before manually deleting the Nivida shader cache files, boot Windows into Safe Mode beforehand. This will allow access to all files in the cache directories whereas normal Windows mode might lock certain files that are in use at the time.

Had bad stuttering in VR, which is a worse experience than on screen, and after following these instructions now it's smooth. Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much for this tutorial, all because I thought my PC was losing performance, and now it works perfect again

I use a AMD RX 6700 XT graphics card but some of the steps helped me a lot as I land often in Lisbon airport. Very smooth approach last night. Thank you very much.

Thanks Gav, I've been suffering from these stutters for ages, particularly with the Fenix A320. Will give these a try!

I've been scratching my head for months trying to figure out what caused the stuttering (and it really was like a slide show on some landings) because I have a very good GPU and CPU. After following your tutorial I am now 100% stutter free! Thank you so much! You're a legend. :) :) :)

Followed what you said in your video and can confirm mine finally no longer stutters and runs miles better .Thank you 😊😊

Another excellent video by Easyjet! Every time I have a problem or a question about the sim I always come to you, thank you so much for the tips!

@Zakk900

Ай бұрын

Fanboy!

Thanks Gav! As usual great video. Super helpful and eliminated all my stutters.

Smooth as silk now into Seattle! Great tutorial, A++

Thank you for this guide. I have not been affected by this problem until today. Today these small micro-bounces suddenly appeared on two landing approaches. I have now followed all the steps and hope for a satisfactory solution.

this is good to know, I experienced the stutters going into the same Portugal airport this weekend. ill test tonight and report back

Thank you for making this video, I had the same problem, when approaching Lisbon airport, and I didn't know why. Thank you again.❤

@Zakk900

Ай бұрын

Nobody cares

This was so helpful! Thank you so much! Completely solved the issue

Thank you very much, sir! I use this video every time I encounter this problem!

Thank you! Thank you! I was almost at the point I was thinking that I had a virus or malware slowing down my pc. I will dive in it when I've got time.

That’s always me on the busy airports!😩 Amazing tips! My shader cache size is set to unlimited and still works too!

Thank you for this video. I only have stutters when I have the simbridge on to display the terrain, but if I disconnected it, I Have a smooth flight. Once again thank you, keep up the good working . Carlos.

This is incredible. I went from Medium Graphic Settings with stutters to ultra with vfx mod without any stutters or lags. Thank you so much!

@weiweidinobash184

25 күн бұрын

What Are Your Specs?

@zimtzimt7712

24 күн бұрын

@@weiweidinobash184 3060 Ti, i5-8700k, 64gb ram, nvme ssd

Those weren't micro stutters before you cleared out your cache... they were full-blown stutters. The micro-stutters became apparent after you applied all of the fixes.

@Jigsaw407

6 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@stevenneill6605

6 ай бұрын

correct but hes never going to say ms2020 is still the bugfest its always been some 3 years in.

@MichaelLawler

6 ай бұрын

Agree, those were full blown stutters...when it's stated "no stutters" anymore, that is when I see "micro" stutters; it's not "nice and smooth", sorry to say. Yes, it's an improvement, but it's not a fix/solution :( ...

Thank you so much! I will try this out later

Thank you for this video! My flights around L.A. are smooth again.

Excellent Tips, thanks a lot :D

Thanks brother. Still stutters a little but this helped tremendously.

Thanks for making a video on this! I was having those exact issues. Barely any frame drops throughout the flight but as soon as I was about to touchdown, the framerate stuttered and made landing almost impossible. Gonna try these steps, cheers!

@Easyjetsimpilot

6 ай бұрын

Hope it helps.

@magicplaysRBLX

4 ай бұрын

Hey, I want to know if this helped because I have the same issue?

@AGMTB.

3 ай бұрын

@@magicplaysRBLX There's a definite improvement; only happens at the really demanding airports now.

@Zakk900

Ай бұрын

I did not know "gonna" was a word. Maybe you should try going back to school?

@FinnishElf

Ай бұрын

@@Zakk900 What is your problem?

Thanks for the video, I'm having these really bad at the moment.

It helped me! Thanks a lot!

Thank you Gavin !!!

really nice!! thank you! :D

Thank you so much !!!

I will make sure I will give this a try :)

It worked thank you so much

I've been getting something similar to this, only on a much far bigger scale, with very heavy stutters, glitching, even stalling, especially at the busier airports, in particular Heathrow; I'll be following this advice soon, see how that helps

Thank you, Gavin. Smooth as silk landing at KLAX with FSTL after applying your steps to remove the stutters.

@Easyjetsimpilot

5 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

I tried this today, my PC must be a bit different but I managed to search the DXCache and delete, there was an improvement in general but I still had some stutters on the first attempted landing, the next couple seemed smoother, I will keep monitoring how it goes. Always appreciate anything that improves anything causing stutters.

Thanks for the video I’m going to give this a go on my weekend it’s just frustrating that we have to do this manually and it’s not taken care of by the sim

Hi Gavin Great video top man on following up and sharing this correction 👍

@Easyjetsimpilot

6 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Yep the stuttering is happening for me too on the 4070ti. Look forward to trying this fix as it was unplayable on approach.

Thanks Gavin, great tip! There is a more thorough way to delete/update Rolling Cache: Rolling Cache OFF> Apply&Save>Delete>Apply&Save>Rolling Cache ON. It will then fully rebuild. That rebuild takes around 20 sec. Again thanks for the tip, it''s an annoying issue.

Excellent, I’ve been having this exact problem (with an RTX 3060Ti/5800X3D) tried various things, so fingers crossed…

I tried this, and it works well. My sim runs smooth as silk now.

Hello, thanks for this info! I just actually heard about it on Overkills channel so I thought Id give a like and subscribe to say thank you!

Absolute lifesaver

2020fs'ers posted a video about this 10 days ago. Works like a charm!

Very useful for me, it works well

I just had this issue for the first time. I usually fly short haul in Asia but now with the 777 I did a long haul from Tokyo to Zurich. On approach the stutters were really bad. For me clearing just the rolling cache was enough luckily as I could do that with the Sim still running.

Gav, Kudos to your efforts🎉 and support to the community. This is a real problem - mirco- stutters for me become macro stutters at times. Will definitely try the solution. 👍🏼 A quick update.... Tried but didn't work for me. 😢

Great video as always. Wondering if these steps work with vr. I don't have that bad stuttering but in vr every stutter feels worst than in the screen 😂

First thanks a lot for your video, i appreciate your channel. Second, just have a question about the Cache folders. I only have the GLCache, dont have the DXCache, although have a folder named "NvBackend", should i delete something in that one? or where can i find the DXCache? many thanks, keep the good work!

thanks so much

I once asked, 'What should I do to fix stuttering?' and someone from Microsoft replied, 'Lower your settings.' I'm sorry, but if I consistently get 40-50fps, even in larger cities, why should I lower my settings? My CPU and GPU aren't even fully utilized, my RAM is only half full, and my VRAM too. Additionally, my SSD is plenty fast. It sounds like an optimization issue to me, not a hardware overload issue, and this proves my point.

@MattMajcan

4 ай бұрын

it is a hardware overload issue. just because you get a nice framerate most of the time, i dont know why you think that means there will never be any slowdowns. i play at low settings on an ancient laptop getting around 20 fps and i dont have stutters.

Great video. I don't have stutter problem but the sim freese for a minute or two once in a while...

Thanks for this, does it also work for frame freezing ?

Thanks it help what you say in your video. Just a question, should rolling Cache activat, and when yes how big should the cache. I have up to 400 GB availible. Thanks

Great video. What about those using AMD?

How often do you have to do this? In my NVIDIA folder I onky had the GLCache folder. Thanks for your help!

Thank you delete and disable rolling cache was the solution for me

THE biggest roadblock in MSFS when it comes to performance is traffic. No matter how much you optimize the sim, you will experience stutters and abysmal 1% lows due to CPU bottlenecking when flying on VATSIM and there's more than 10 airplanes (unless you own a 5800x3d or better). Unfortunately, there's not many people who notice these stutters while on VATSIM.

Thanks🌹🌹🌹

Always good tips for graphically intense games like MSFS -- It's likely that doing this before or just after major game updates can eliminate lots of leftover data that the game keeps dragging along. Combine this with the Auto FPS mod and we'll have totally smooth sailing/flying!

Does this still work if you have an AMD card? (6700xt)

Mine always stutters especially into EGLL and KJFK but tbf I have both iniBuilds sceneries for these.

Thank you ❤ great video, I will try tonight, one question please tell me all airports code in your video specially 5.04 min in video

Did you test it using the Fenix A320? I notice the aircraft in your video is not the Fenix A320...

SU14 totally killed performance on my computer. Don't know if that contributed to the stutters you were experiencing. Going to try out this fix later today, thanks for the video!

I run FS2020 with a 3060ti with a 5900x. Even without those major stuttertings is it ideal to make this process or can it be risky o worse aomething thats corretly working?

I have the exact same issue and tried everything mentioned in this, but the problem remains annoyingly 😔 been an issue since SU14 beta that I can’t seem to resolve at all

Nice video, I'll try this but what happens if you leave shader cache disabled in nVidia CP???

Dynamic LOD helps these issues immensely

@jip5873

6 ай бұрын

Yep, I discovered that today. Great tool! Solves all my taxi, approach & landing issues with the Fenix on big airports and cities. Thanks for the tip!

what could be the reason of not being able to find the Dxcache on a 4090 card? i was not able to find this folder... update: i was now able to find it under: AppData\LocalLow\NVIDIA\PerDriverVersion

Thanks for making this videos. This issue is fixed, but I have an Internet Problem as well. Do someone know how to fix it, when the game says "it turn to offline mode"? I only have it in msfs2020 and I stream it at the same time and my stream is working fine.

Impeccable, but do I have to repeat this after a while??

Another thing that can cause performance issues is virtualization. If you have it turned on (you should know if you have) try turning it off, it helped me alot.

Never had this kind of matter with my venerable old GTX 970... And I am very happy with my graphics (1920x1200) that are almost all at High. This card is really doing miracles 😊. However am using A32NX and not Fenix aircraft. But either VFR and IFR flights are pretty beautiful for me. Happy.

@leoleo12321

6 ай бұрын

Interesting... which is your CPU?

I usually does this "cleanup". The thing that gave me the most FPS and smoothnes has been the frame generation "hack" on my 3070 card. After I applied this, I went from 30+ (sometimes lower) to 60+ fps, which does that I can now go into larger add on airports without getting below 30 fps anymore. This is in both Fenix and iniBuilds A300.

@wobblyrampack9655

6 ай бұрын

I have a 3070 too. Could you please link to info about that hack. Thank you!

@leonw.8855

6 ай бұрын

How about the VRAM usage? I think for frame generation you have to use DX12 in MSFS, right? I remember when I tried DX12 I had severe VRAM issues and therefore never used it. Thats whats holding me back from testing the mod right now.

@tsacks963

6 ай бұрын

Also dx12 has a long-standing issue where the bing maps textures come through the airport textures, even for payware airports

@JackG2207

6 ай бұрын

I have a 3070 too. I tired the frame hack you mentioned, works well but after about 10-15 mins I get major frame stutters whenever I move the cam. Do you get that?

@JackG2207

6 ай бұрын

@@leonw.8855DX12 uses double the amount of VRAM you use at time in the sim, I’ve tried the frame hack. Does work but seems to have limitations if you’re using a 8gb graphics card

What is the best pre built gaming system I can get to run MFS really smoothly without any issues?

I accidentally deleted the dxcache folder which I thought was said it would come back after you restart playing the sim but the folder never came back and I can’t find it anywhere in the c drive. Any suggestions? Thanks

Do i have to do this regularly or just one time?

Can you advise on AMD Radeon setting as well?

Do you use any Nvidia game filters? The colours in your sim look SO good, compared to mine, even though i'm pretty sure we have similar settings.

@Easyjetsimpilot

6 ай бұрын

None at all 👍

Went from 1 to ~25 fps on approach to Lisbon, while increasing my sliders from high/ultra to max! Fix worked, thank you so much!

What World Detail level do you use?

Hi and thanks for this video!!! Question: If we should keep clearing rolling cache as part of this process, why bother having rolling cache enabled? Does that not defeat the purpose of the rolling cache?

@Easyjetsimpilot

5 ай бұрын

Rolling cache is great for people whose Internet isn't too good as it can store files on the users PC rather than having to stream them as they fly.

Dx cache is in a different location on the latest drivers just a heads up.

I have those stuttering with the last update and made it impossible to play. Im going to try your fix and let you know. EDIT: It works!! all back to normal, smooth flying again, thanks!! BTW I don´t have the dx folder, only the gl. My card is 1080ti, may have to do with that?

Gav, i tried clearing my cache a few months ago and it didn't do much. What screen resolution do you run the sim at and what CPU and GPU do you have? I'm running a 13900k + 4080 at 4k. I get fast FPS but the stutters were pretty bad into iniBuilds LHR in the Fenix with FSTraffic running. Mind you, i haven't tried it recently and not since sim updates 13 and 14. Might be better now.

@Easyjetsimpilot

6 ай бұрын

I've got a graphics video on my channel showing all the settings etc.

@mdhazeldine

6 ай бұрын

@@Easyjetsimpilot I see you're only at 1080p resolution (pretty low). At 4k, clearing the cache didn't do an awful lot for me sadly. I get a massive several second long stutter on approach to LHR. I suspect it's when all the AI planes get loaded in.

Have you had a look into the dynamic lod addon? That also might help with approaches, though, at a cost of temporarily reduced lod.

@bigderpenergy7106

6 ай бұрын

What’s this add on do?

@themorethemerrier281

6 ай бұрын

@@bigderpenergy7106 It automatically adjusts the object LOD depending on your altitude AGL (you set all values in the config). It can also temporarily reduce object LOD if your framerate gets below a threshold value that you define.

@henkvanidsinga4435

6 ай бұрын

I have been usung dynamica LOD for a white now and it is great. No more stuttering during taxi , take off and approach.. Maybey Gavin can pick that up as well

I did the same,and indeed wunderfull landings,no stutters.

I have a cache folder is it the same if i deleted them?

Step 1: 2:41 clean up the cache in MSFS. Options>General Options>Data[scroll down]>Rolling Cache>Delete>Apply & Save. Step 2: 3:11 exit MSFS>Launch Nvidia Control>Manage 3D settings>[scroll down]Shader Cache site> Disable>Exit & Save Settings. Step 3: 3:45 open Appdata>Local>Nvidia>Keep Folders but Delete ALL files [or sub folders] within DX Cache and GL Cache folders. Step 4: 4:31 type in Disk Cleanup App>Open Disk Cleanup>Delete ALL in Direct Shader Cache Step 5: 5:04 Restart PC Step 6: Open back Nvidia>Manage 3D settings>set Shader Cache Site to Default. I hope this helps.

@eranthys

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the summary!

@ivanl737NG

Ай бұрын

But I only have the GL folder what should I do now

@TheColinAndMindyShow

28 күн бұрын

You are the goat 🐐

@minoosh2480

9 күн бұрын

How to do it in Radeon?

where could I possibly get the inibuilds A32NX??

Thx

I have stuttering on touchdown and if I look around with Frame Gen enabled..... I have a 4080 and a I9 13900KF and 32GB of DDR5. Drivers are all up to date.... pls help and dont know what else I can do

My studder problem seems specific to the FBW A320. which is really bad {stable pr development} Using other aircraft like Fenix or PMDG are as smooth as glass.

In addition to the disc cleanup, I do the following: Win+R - Type temp - OK - Delete all - next: Win+R - type %temp% - OK - Delete all - next and last Win+R - type prefetch - OK - Delete all .That's it

The way I managed to stop stutters was to move the MSFS Cache location to a separate drive other than C. That worked really well.

@nouradattaf4080

5 ай бұрын

Hi, how did u do that ? Just cut en past it in an another drive ?

@dooha333

5 ай бұрын

You can change it in MSFS settings under Data.

You could set a scheduled task to delete said files to save you having yo do it yourself.

I fixed these by just deleting the Rolling Cache and turning it off altogether. I observed that this happened mostly on photogrammetry cities while landing. Disabling Rolling Cache permanently resolved it for me. Didn't do anything else.

A thing i noticed was, that these micro stutters can also appear when your pc can not handle the setting: Terrain level of detail. This setting can be changed from 10 (i think) to 400. If you put it all the way to 400, and dont have a very strong pc, it will lag worse then you would play this flight sim on a Nintendo switch. But if you change the setting to something like 75 it will not lag, it wont annoye, and you will have a good flight sim session. (Btw terrain level of detail changes how good things are rendered in the distance. So if you put it to the max you will see detail of the terrain from very far, but if you put it to the minimum, your terrain will look like mashed potatoes

@Easyjetsimpilot

6 ай бұрын

Very true. I haven't changed any MSFS settings for quite some time.

@MrMarcelA380

6 ай бұрын

Yup reducing Terrain and object level of detail is the setting with the most impact for cpu main thread limited PCs. Often forgotten but very important!

@NyctaOfficial

6 ай бұрын

I had this happen when i tried to go from 200 to 300, but I have an RTX 4090, and an i9-13900k. That's about the best money can buy at the moment and I was surprised it was still not enough.

@webcodr

6 ай бұрын

​@@NyctaOfficial I have also a 4090, but paired with 7800X3D and it can handle 300 really well most of the time (I don't use frame generation, Asobo's DX12 implementation is still too wonky for my taste). MSFS's engine profits massively from the large L3 cache of the X3D CPUs. I really hope that MSFS 2024 will have a much better optimization for multi-threaded operation. The current engine is way too limited by the main thread. Eagle Dynamics showed with the rewritten DCS engine, what is possible in this regard. 50% to 100% more fps with an update is just impressive. Hopefully Asobo can achieve something similar.

@Sharjoom

6 ай бұрын

I use Dynamic LOD to address this issue.