worried about computer specs (help)

[hawaiidabest1998 0]

Hi all, 

this is my first time posting, so sorry if I don't make everything super crystal clear. 

I just bought a custom gaming pc online for p3dv4.5. The specs are as followed

• CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i7-9700KF 3.60GHZ 12MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 [w/o Integrated Graphic] (Coffee Lake)
• HDD: 1TB Intel® 660P SERIES PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD - Seq R/W: Up to 1800/1800 MB/s, Rnd R/W up to 150/220k  (Single Drive)
• MEMORY: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR4/3000MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG Z1)
• MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Prime Z390-P ATX w/ WiFi 802.11AC RGB, USB 3.1, 2 PCIe x16, 4 PCIe x1, 4 SATA3, 2 M.2 SATA/PCIe
• VIDEO: GeForce® RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB GDDR6 (Turing) [VR Ready]

I've been a flight simmer for most of my life (since fsx days) but I've never had a chance to buy a good gaming pc. 

Im new to the whole High-end PC gaming components so im not sure what im doing haha. Im just worried that the specs I got won't be sufficiant to run everything I want

ill have a 1080p monitor and all the add ons you could imagine. im hoping that I could run everything at high

Do you guys think that these specs could handle p3dv4.5? If so what would my settings look like?

 

Thanks, Sebastian 

 

[vgbaron 3,662]

overall yes it's a decent rig. That CPU needs to be overclocked to at least 4.8. It will struggle at stock speeds.

The video card is your weak spot - if you can upgrade it to at least a 2070 it would be a big plus.

That said, you should be able to get an enjoyable experience with P3D4.5 but you will not be able to max all the settings. On my rig, I can 't max them either .

With P3D tune your system to the LOWEST FPS where you can maintain  smooth performance. This will allow the best visuals overall. For example, on my rig I can run locked steady at 30fps all day long but I set it to 20 because it is just as smooth (on my system) and frees up the CPU for more processing.

Vic

[hawaiidabest1998 0]

9 minutes ago, vgbaron said:

overall yes it's a decent rig. That CPU needs to be overclocked to at least 4.8. It will struggle at stock speeds.

The video card is your weak spot - if you can upgrade it to at least a 2070 it would be a big plus.

That said, you should be able to get an enjoyable experience with P3D4.5 but you will not be able to max all the settings. On my rig, I can 't max them either .

With P3D tune your system to the LOWEST FPS where you can maintain  smooth performance. This will allow the best visuals overall. For example, on my rig I can run locked steady at 30fps all day long but I set it to 20 because it is just as smooth (on my system) and frees up the CPU for more processing.

Vic

thanks for the reply Vic 🙂, 

I forgot to mention that the cpu can turbo boost up to 4.9ghz. Im not that knowledgeable about cpu's, but when it says turbo boost does that mean it will do it automatically? 

second- I agree that the video card isn't the best however, According to Nvidia the Rtx 2060 super preforms better than the GTX 1080. I believe it may struggle at 4k but im going to be playing at 1080p. all-in-all would you recommend this PC for 1080p p3dv4.5 gaming? 

Seb 

[vgbaron 3,662]

Yes the turbo boost will kickin automatically.

For 1080p you will be in good shape with the 2060 and that system.

Enjoy!

Vic

[downscc 1,327]

36 minutes ago, hawaiidabest1998 said:

I forgot to mention that the cpu can turbo boost up to 4.9ghz. Im not that knowledgeable about cpu's, but when it says turbo boost does that mean it will do it automatically? 

Depends on motherboard but generally yes, the Turbo mode will be enabled by default.  It's pretty easy to change this in the UEFI so just check it yourself when you get the rig.

I wouldn't recommend 1080p displays at all.  Why not get a 4K display?  The difference is stunning.

[cmpbellsjc 2,963]

2 hours ago, hawaiidabest1998 said:

I just bought a custom gaming pc online for p3dv4.5. The specs are as followed

• Im new to the whole High-end PC gaming components so im not sure what im doing haha. Im just worried that the specs I got won't be sufficiant to run everything I want.

 

I’m rather surprised that you bought the computer first then asked here about it afterwards, rather than checking here first about the specs then buying?

I know there are some people with lesser rigs that still get fine performance, so you should be ok.

[hawaiidabest1998 0]

I did my research however, after I bought it, I got worried when people where saying they had RTX 2080ti and had lower performance. I just needed to be sure that the graphics card that I  chose would be sufficient 

[Simicro 247]

30 minutes ago, cmpbellsjc said:

I’m rather surprised that you bought the computer first then asked here about it afterwards, rather than checking here first about the specs then buying?

Yes me too I was wondering why he bought first, and ask if it is suitable after.

[Bert Pieke 7,585]

58 minutes ago, downscc said:

I wouldn't recommend 1080p displays at all.  Why not get a 4K display?  The difference is stunning.

But the performance impact is real... 1080p is perfectly adequate for a quality flightsimming experience

[Ron Attwood 3,467]

6 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

1080p is perfectly adequate for a quality flightsimming experience

How can you say such a thing! Straight to the dungeons for you matey!

[Farlis 2,288]

3 hours ago, vgbaron said:

The video card is your weak spot - if you can upgrade it to at least a 2070 it would be a big plus.

Depends on what resolution one plays. On a 4K monitor you are correct. But on a standard HD monitor even a 2060 is total overkill. There a 1660TI would be sufficient.

[Ray Proudfoot 8,980]

1 hour ago, Bert Pieke said:

But the performance impact is real... 1080p is perfectly adequate for a quality flightsimming experience

Bert, the view out of the window won’t be a problem at 1080p but the instruments are pin sharp with a UHD display. That’s where the biggest differences are seen.

[Christopher Low 5,359]

16 hours ago, downscc said:

I wouldn't recommend 1080p displays at all.  Why not get a 4K display?  The difference is stunning.

One advantage of a 1080p screen is that you do not need as much GPU power to run everything at a decent framerate. I appreciate that 4K will look stunning in comparison, but "what you don't know, you don't worry about"

[overspeed3 410]

Yes, the horse is already out of the darn barn, mateys!

[hawaiidabest1998 0]

I was able to change my order 🙂. 

I got a 1440P monitor and a RTX 2070 super:) next time ill be sure what I want before I order😊

-Seb