Forget the overpriced, high heat 2080 TI, the GTX 2080 is the answer especially if upgrading from a 10X SLI system.  As usual DO NOT OC your RTX 2080 but possibly get a 3rd party OC'd board.  

Really best IQ. Unlimited Frames. No VSync. 150 fps xCross.

 

Cheers
bs 

 

Edited December 26, 20187 yr by bean_sprout

59 minutes ago, bean_sprout said:

Forget the overpriced, high heat 2080 TI, the GTX 2080 is the answer especially if upgrading from a 10X SLI system.  As usual DO NOT OC your RTX 2080 but possibly get a 3rd party OC'd board.  

Really best IQ. Unlimited Frames. No VSync. 150 fps xCross.

I take it you run unlimited frames.  What cpu do you have, may I ask?

A lot of UK cheaper and good system suppliers seem to have run out of GTX 1080s and GTX1080ti. Some are offering decent systems but they nearly all have RTX 2070s or 2080s which appear to be cheaper at the moment than GTX equivalents (Bitcoin strikes again?). I really have no use for ray tracing or overheating and I'm wondering whether a GTX 1070ti will be sufficient if I upgrade? There are plenty of those available. The GTX 1080/2080 seems to be more expensive at the moment than the RTXs if you include them with a new system.

I'm running 7700K @ 5.1ghz.  Looking at a 9900K in the near future.  AFAIK the ti versions will generate more heat but if you have a good cooling solution and don't mind fan noise or the extremely high cost... well.

For performance the RTX 2080 does 150+ fps xCountry (no vsync / unlimited) running quiet with a hybrid factory cooler.  The cost is still ~$900 which is the most I ever paid for a GPU.

My screen is a 4096 x 2160 HD curved OLED, no config tweeks and looking way better than the 1070's that the 2080 replaced.

Regards
bs

Edited December 27, 20187 yr by bean_sprout

Is it my imagination or do I always upgrade right before the greatest, best ever, most amazing chip and board are released?  (Currently 8700K and 1080Ti) ?

I currently have a 2GB GTX 770 graphics card in my i5 4690k @ 4.3Ghz/16GB DDR3-1600 RAM powered PC. I am wondering if a modest upgrade would make any difference in P3D v4? I guess that more VRAM would be good, but would (for example) a GTX 1070 provide any performance improvements that would be worth the cost? I run P3D on a single 24" widescreen monitor @ 1920x1080 resolution.

Edited December 27, 20187 yr by Christopher Low

Just upgraded to a 2080 from a 1070 and I’m really happy with my decision. It’s working extremely well with my 9700k at 5ghz. 

1 hour ago, Christopher Low said:

I currently have a 2GB GTX 770 graphics card in my i5 4690k @ 4.3Ghz/16GB DDR3-1600 RAM powered PC. I am wondering if a modest upgrade would make any difference in P3D v4? I guess that more VRAM would be good, but would (for example) a GTX 1070 provide any performance improvements that would be worth the cost? I run P3D on a single 24" widescreen monitor @ 1920x1080 resolution.

Upgrade both so you don't have a bottleneck.

Cheers
bs

1 hour ago, Christopher Low said:

I currently have a 2GB GTX 770 graphics card in my i5 4690k @ 4.3Ghz/16GB DDR3-1600 RAM powered PC. I am wondering if a modest upgrade would make any difference in P3D v4? I guess that more VRAM would be good, but would (for example) a GTX 1070 provide any performance improvements that would be worth the cost? I run P3D on a single 24" widescreen monitor @ 1920x1080 resolution.

Upgrade both so you don't have a bottleneck.

Cheers
bs

1 hour ago, Christopher Low said:

I currently have a 2GB GTX 770 graphics card in my i5 4690k @ 4.3Ghz/16GB DDR3-1600 RAM powered PC. I am wondering if a modest upgrade would make any difference in P3D v4? I guess that more VRAM would be good, but would (for example) a GTX 1070 provide any performance improvements that would be worth the cost? I run P3D on a single 24" widescreen monitor @ 1920x1080 resolution.

I went from a 770 to a 1070 and believe it is one of the best things I ever did..

There's never a perfect time to upgrade.  I spent 5K on PC parts for a decked-out rackmount PC in 1994 that my cell phone could probably now outrun.  Nature of the beast.

If anything, it seems the pace of required hardware upgrading has slowed down a bit.  I'm hoping the next major "gains" for Prepar3D will be engineering enhancements to the code base.

Mark

 

2 hours ago, bean_sprout said:

My screen is a 4096 x 2160 HD curved OLED, no config tweeks and looking way better than the 1070's that the 2080 replaced.

Are you certain? The OLED TVs I know of are 3840*2160. That’s 1920*1080 times two aka UHD.

Mark-

 

I'd HAPPILY stay "feature" stagnant if we could just offload ALL graphics to the GPU and FULLY optimize multi threaded processing- THAT WOULD BE A FANTASTIC v5- WORTH CELEBRATING!

C

Edited December 27, 20187 yr by cavaricooper

It's a virtual size but is supported by the LG.

Cheers
bs

16 minutes ago, bean_sprout said:

It's a virtual size but is supported by the LG.

Cheers
bs

If you’re reacting to my post it helps if you quote me. You should always run at native resolution otherwise the image quality will suffer.