Since we had a nasty cold front passing through, I decided to fly a "scud runner" flight from Patrick AFB to Fort Lauderdale Executive with my usual "minimum" flying configuration connected to the IVAO (International Virtual Aviation Org): Open -a /Users/me//X-Plane.app -args -fps_test=1 -load_smo=Output/replays/test_flight_c4.fdr -pref:_is_ful_ALL=1 -pref:_x_res_full_ALL=1280 -pref:_y_res_full_ALL=720 -pref:_bpp_full_ALL=32 I created a "stock" x-plane11 folder - / and ran the three suggested FPS benchmarks (using the command with fps_test= 1, 2, or 3): The External display should be the primary screen by dragging the Menu Bar to the external monitor,Īfter looking at others' Late 2012 Mac Mini build guides, I had expected about 5x to 10x improvement in graphic benchmarks, and it turned out better - 5x to 18x, so I was hopeful for the benchmark that would measure success or failure for this project - X-Plane11.