November 4, 20196 yr Hi Everyone, I've got the itch to upgrade my flight sim rig but want some feedback from the community. I currently have this setup: Intel Core i7 4960X overclocked to 4.5 GHZ Hyper Threading OFF. This is a 6 core CPU Asus X79-Deluxe Motherboard 16GB DDR3 RAM @ 2400Mhz 2 Titan X (Maxwell) GPU in SLI 2 512GB Samsung SSD - 1 for Windows, 1 for Flight Sim. This rig started out with a 4820K CPU in 2013 but I was able to score a 4960X on e-bay for $225 in 2017. I'm interested in jumping to a Intel i9 9900KS however i'm not sure how much of an improvement I'll see. Other differences include jumping to DDR4 RAM and M.2 NVMe SSD instead of old school SATA. Again I'm not sure how much of an improvement I'll see, and is it worth the $$? I'm also looking at AMD's offering the Ryzen 3900X 12 core beast. However I know Prepar3D and X-Plane crave GHz and raw single threaded power. Intel seems to always perform better than AMD in this category however thhe 3900X CPU is a beast and beats Intel in multi threaded workloads. Unfortunately this doesn't really matter when it comes to Flight Sims. Yet... My system struggles with dynamic lighting in P3D with high AA settings even with two Titan X GPU's in SLI. In complex scenery / weather situations I'm in the low 20 FPS range. The FSLabs A320 also brings my system to its knees in complex scenery. All comments / opinions are welcome. Thanks Benjamin Nash AMD Ryzen 9800X3D, 64GB DDR5 RAM CL30, Asus ROG Strix 4090, Asus ROG x870E Hero Motherboard, Samsung 9100 Pro 2TB PCIE5 NVME SSD, LG OLED C1 48"
November 4, 20196 yr Why not i7 9700K ? https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i7-4960X-vs-Intel-i7-7900X/2026vs3056 Jude BradleyBeech Baron: Uh, Tower, verify you want me to taxi in front of the 747?ATC: Yeah, it's OK. He's not hungry. X-Plane 12 and MSFS2020 🙂 System specs: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, Ubuntu Linux 20.04 i7-13700KF Gigabyte Z790 RTX-4060-Ti , 32GB RAM 1X 2TB M2 for X-Plane 12, 1x256GB SSD for OS. 1TB drive MSFS2020
November 4, 20196 yr Commercial Member I'm still running an i7-4770K o/v to 4.5GHz and it still handles everything I throw at it with ease. It's fun to upgrade, but I don't think it's necessary in your case my friend. Best wishes! Dave Hodges System Specs: I9-13900KF, NVIDIA 4070TI, Quest 3, Multiple Displays, Lots of TERRIFIC friends, 3 cats, and a wonderfully stubborn wife.
November 14, 20196 yr On 11/4/2019 at 3:57 PM, DaveCT2003 said: I'm still running an i7-4770K o/v to 4.5GHz and it still handles everything I throw at it with ease. It's fun to upgrade, but I don't think it's necessary in your case my friend. Best wishes! @Bnash00 has an Ivy-Bridge class CPU, a design that was released in 2012. He literally said "my system struggles" so yeah, it's time to upgrade. Good news, you don't need SLI to achieve the performance you desire, so you can shave some money off your budget by sticking to a single card. If you want to buy today, and this is a system that will be used solely (or mostly) for FS, your best bet is a Core i9 9900ks (or 9900k) and a 2080 Ti if you run high resolutions (e.g. 4k or multiple monitor).
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