As known, the more complex and demanding the settings are, the more impacts will be on the simulator.  Followings are my current choices and preferences:

♦  Disable FXAA improves image sharpness
♦  Found very slight difference among 2, 4 and 8 Samples in MSAA
♦  Texture Filtering=8 gives the best balance
♦  Similarly, found no obvious difference in higer texture resolution

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Options don’t have obvious impact on my system
♦  Mesh and Texture Resolution
♦  Autogen Vegetation Density
♦  Water Detail and Special Effects
♦  SimObjects in Reflections
♦  Bathymetry

Options that hit
♦  Terrain – slight to medium
♦  Vegetation – medium to high
♦  Buildings – medium to high

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Above combination provides the best result

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Traffic could be set 20% to 30% higher without any issue.

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Next post will talk about the hardware aspect.

Stay tuned.