What Would You Upgrade?

[iFlySimX 751]

Hello All!

Here is my current setup for P3Dv4.1 If you had a budget of ~$400, what would you upgrade? CPU, GPU? 

i7-4770K O/C 4.2 GHz | GeForce GTX 780 | ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 | Samsung 850 1TB SSD | Windows 10 x64 | 28" UH750 QLED UHD Monitor

 

Thanks and happy holidays!

[Clutch Cargo 384]

Ah, funny you mention this as I had the same card as you.  It handled P3Dv4 quite nicely whether I was using one display or three.  But just before Christmas it bit the dust.  So I bought myself an unexpected Christmas gift of a EVGA Geforce 1080 super-clocked (this time with a 10 year replacement warranty, ha!). Though my system is still on PCI Express 2.0, it made a big difference for me in those heavy congested 3rd party areas.  So that's what I would consider... a GPU upgrade.

[iFlySimX 751]

16 minutes ago, Clutch Cargo said:

Ah, funny you mention this as I had the same card as you.  It handled P3Dv4 quite nicely whether I was using one display or three.  But just before Christmas it bit the dust.  So I bought myself an unexpected Christmas gift of a EVGA Geforce 1080 super-clocked (this time with a 10 year replacement warranty, ha!). Though my system is still on PCI Express 2.0, it made a big difference for me in those heavy congested 3rd party areas.  So that's what I would consider... a GPU upgrade.

Yea it runs very nice...even at 4K. What about the GTX 1070? I think I should wait till the new GPUs coming in 2018.

[Chocorua 112]

GPU for sure, 1070's are most likely best bet for $400 budget. I ran one for quite some time at 4K, P3DV4. The new cards are going to be extremely high priced, from what I've seen.

Greg G

[iFlySimX 751]

Here are some more details while flying the PMDG 777 in 4K. 

 

 

[addman 33]

Easily the GPU. That Haswell i7 still has life in it but even something like a GTX 1060 6GB would be a noticeable improvement over that GTX 780.

[iFlySimX 751]

46 minutes ago, addman said:

Easily the GPU. That Haswell i7 still has life in it but even something like a GTX 1060 6GB would be a noticeable improvement over that GTX 780.

Thanks! Was thinking a GTX1070 8GB with my 4K res.

[Mikelab6 89]

GPU upgrade...  Don't forget to look at at the 1070Ti

Mike

[Patriot3810 182]

the pmdg 777 is smooth as butter on my 1800x and 1080ti,everyone says amd stinks for p3d, but it works great for me.

[CaptKornDog 284]

GPU to start.  CPU probably next.

[charliewards 11]

Glad to see this as I’m also running a 4770k and gtx 970. I’m surprised at how well P3D v4 runs but I’d like to move some sliders to the right. Hello new GPU!

[Silverbird 115]

Yep definitely  gpu the i7-4770K kicks butt.

 

[iFlySimX 751]

14 hours ago, Mikelab6 said:

GPU upgrade...  Don't forget to look at at the 1070Ti

Mike

What's the difference? This is the one I was looking at.

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-GAMING-Support-08G-P4-5173-KR/dp/B06X3RBJLW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1515160367&sr=1-1&keywords=GTX%2B1070&refinements=p_89%3AEVGA%2Cp_85%3A2470955011&th=1

PS: I don't get all of the different types of cards..

[Clutch Cargo 384]

At first, I too was considering the GeForce 1070.  But I got the 1080 just before Xmas at $539 (Xmas pricing?), so I thought the price made it more easy to swallow going from 1070 to a 1080.  Hey and I'm still running an i7-2600k at 4.8GHz.  That ol' little sucker keeps chugging along. 

[787flyer 633]

2 hours ago, Le Français said:

What's the difference? This is the one I was looking at.

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-GAMING-Support-08G-P4-5173-KR/dp/B06X3RBJLW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1515160367&sr=1-1&keywords=GTX%2B1070&refinements=p_89%3AEVGA%2Cp_85%3A2470955011&th=1

PS: I don't get all of the different types of cards..

 

re 1070ti vs 1070, they are very similar but differ in the following: it has 500+ more CUDA cores and has been demonstrated to shown an additional 10-15% performance improvement over the std GTX1070. Of course it's more expensive... $$$.

I also did read it will do a better job of running 4K which your monitor has.

 

Regards

Mark