10 hours ago, speedyTC said:

G'day Ryan,

Interesting. I'm about to "upgrade" my memory from the measly 600MHz I'm running now to a couple of 1600MHz modules. If you reckon that a new GPU (I had the 2070 Super in mind when planning my new machine) would enable me to run P3Dv4.x decently I would give it very serious thought as the new FS is still about a year away plus I could transplant the GPU into the new machine when it eventually materializes.

Cheers!

Yeah a new gpu would help.  Yours is ancient.

14 hours ago, E69_Brisafresca said:

@ArchieB

Hi

First of all, your computer does not meet the minimum requirements of P3Dv4.5, this requires at least a 2GB graphics card, your gtx650Ti only has 1GB, on the other hand, the more ''active'' add ons you add to your simulator, you wil get worse performance, moreover, the QW 787 is famous for not having good performance. Two important reasons why you have low fps

System Requirements – Prepar3D v4

https://www.prepar3d.com/system-requirements/

Maybe if you get an cheap GTX1050Ti 4Gb / GTX1050 2Gb / GTX1060 3Gb or GTX1650 4Gb your fps may improve with low-medium settings (30 fps/1024 textures /1080p @60Hz), but using the QW787 I cannot assure you for sure.

Maybe you get a better result by getting the new GTX1660 Super, with a performance equivalent to GTX1070 or GTX1660ti, be careful, it could require a new PSU, in this case 450W

 

https://videocardz.com/nvidia/geforce-16/geforce-gtx-1660-super

 

You should use msi afterburner to monitor the characteristics of your pc while flying so you can detect performance problems. 

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/msi-afterburner-beta-download.html

Never forget to read the hardware recommendations of the add ons,it is very important.

Sorry but I cannot find the characteristics of your motherboard, I guess it is from the asus brand but I do not find the characteristics, anyway, you were wrong to indicate `` i5 3770k '', in truth you wanted to say `` i7- 3770K '', this i7 has a better multi-core performance than the i5 but it has the same mononuclear performance, in my opinion, I think it is only worth it if this cpu has a very cheap price or is free, if not, it is not worth it.

Your cpu ''i5-3570K'': https://ark.intel.com/content/www/es/es/ark/products/65520/intel-core-i5-3570k-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz.html

''i7-3770K'': https://ark.intel.com/content/www/es/es/ark/products/65523/intel-core-i7-3770k-processor-8m-cache-up-to-3-90-ghz.html

CPUs Performance Comparison: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i5-3570K-vs-Intel-i7-3770K/828vs2

update the PC or get a new complete pc, in your case you would try to get a new better gpu and if it doesn't work, try to get a new complete PC. I leave several links that can help you mount a pc:

https://www.passmark.com/

https://pcpartpicker.com/

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/

Regards

Brisafresca

Hi brisafresca,

 

Thankyou very much for your detailed response. I am going down the road of building a new PC, or atleast starting to research what components I need. That is very poor of me to not even look at the minimum requirements - thankyou for pointing that out, definitely a lesson learnt! 

 

I have created a new post in the MOBO RAM CPU etc forum outlining roughly what I have come up with for the new PC.

 

Thanks again,

Archie.

18 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

Honestly just upgrading the video card would be helpful.  I had a 2500K and had a GTX 970 originally a 570 and that was a huge help.  Now I've got a used 1080 ti - and that was even more helpful.

You could consider a RTX 2070 super....not cheap but a massive upgrade from your current card.

But overall my impression would be to get a whole new build.

Hi Ryan,

 

Thanks for your response. After your advice and the advice of others I am going to start looking down the 'new PC' road. 

 

Cheers,

Archie.