Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

The AVSIM Community

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

MSFS Required Specs

Featured Replies

Well, I'm set on specs. I literally just built a new PC yesterday with a Ryzen 7 3700X, 32GB of RAM and an RTX 2080. Bring it on! I'm ready!  😁

Microsoft Flight Simulator | Ryzen 9 5900X | MSI MEG X570 ACE | 32 GB DDR4 | Geforce RTX 3080 | Samsung Evo 970 M.2 | Dual 1440p screen | Win 10 Pro

Honeycomb Alpha Flight Yoke | Honeycomb Bravo Throttle | Thrust master TPR Rudder Pedals | HP Reverb G2

  • Replies 558
  • Views 3m
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Next up, an NVidia MSFS game ready driver.🤸‍♂️..talking about save the date...the end of time...😂

I just googled an 9800X processor. I never even heard about it before (not too uptodate with PC components).

The 9800X looks to be an 8 core (with HT -16 threads) with a 3.80 GHz base frequency, and a max turbo frequency of 4.40 GHz. I thought the "x" was a server CPU.

Can anyone explain to me why they suggested this X CPU as ideal, and not a "k" CPU like a i9-9900k. What the advantage of an X over a K would be? 

Is it because the X has a .20 GHz higher base frequency than the K (3.80 GHz for the x and 3.60 GHz for the K). The max frequency of the K is possible higher up to 5 GHz if the cooling is very good.

And if more cores are better, than maybe the higher core count of AMD would be better?

Would it be better to wait for the i9-10900K with a turbo possibly up to 5.3 GHz? or get more cores with an AMD CPU at a lower base frequency?

Thanks in advance.

 

 

Edited by SlowFlyer

10850K, MSI Unify Z490, 32gb G.Skill Ripjaw 3600 CL16, MSI 5700 XT 8gb, Nochua NH-U12a, WD 500gb Black SSD (OS- Windows 10 Pro), Samsung 2tb Evo plus SSD (games), Superflower 850 watts power supply

I wonder why they give us these information now and not on a Thursday?

19 minutes ago, Usvart said:

I wonder why they give us these information now and not on a Thursday?

Possibly because the IFR presentation will be very stiff competition. 🤯INFORMATION OVERLOAD🤯

Edited by pracines

If I was rebuilding right now, I'd be with a 3900/3950X no doubt. I'd also be broke.

P3Dv4 + XP11

MFS

1 minute ago, pracines said:

The IFR presentation will be very stiff competition. 🤯INFORMATION OVERLOAD🤯

Is that this week? I thought it was later.

P3Dv4 + XP11

MFS

4 hours ago, pracines said:

Yes....Very interesting that an "X" is ideal rather than a "K"...so a 3080Ti should hit it out of the park.:biggrin:

Sorry, I'm not very computer savy.  Is "K" newer than "X", or is "X" the latest and greatest?

A. Ortega

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Processor, MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk MAX WiFi Motherboard, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB SSD, Samsung 870 4TB SATA, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition Video Card, Rosewill VMG 1000W 80+ Gold Power Supply, Phanteks XT Pro Ultra Mid-Tower Gaming Chassis, Windows 11 x64 Home, 2.5gb fiber ISP. 

 
 

 

I have 16GB so I'm fine. Just the rest not up to par... 😱

Seems lower than P5D then....

Mine already set between Recomanded and ideal.

But who knows when ORBX,FT,PMDG,FSL,etc.. joined the party....

1 hour ago, SlowFlyer said:

I just googled an 9800X processor. I never even heard about it before (not too uptodate with PC components).

The 9800X looks to be an 8 core (with HT -16 threads) with a 3.80 GHz base frequency, and a max turbo frequency of 4.40 GHz. I thought the "x" was a server CPU.

Can anyone explain to me why they suggested this X CPU as ideal, and not a "k" CPU like a i9-9900k. What the advantage of an X over a K would be? 

Is it because the X has a .20 GHz higher base frequency than the K (3.80 GHz for the x and 3.60 GHz for the K). The max frequency of the K is possible higher up to 5 GHz if the cooling is very good.

And if more cores are better, than maybe the higher core count of AMD would be better?

Would it be better to wait for the i9-10900K with a turbo possibly up to 5.3 GHz? or get more cores with an AMD CPU at a lower base frequency?

Thanks in advance.

 

 

It seems like my educated guess of going AMD might have paid off, I went for the 3800x because of the higher base clock of 3.9 and boost of 4.5, the base clock might be particularly important, time will tell, I just need somehow to sneak a 2070s/3070 into my build without the wife suspecting where £500/600 has gone out of the bank account.

AMD 9800X3D,  NZXT X73 RGB AIO COOLER, Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WIFI7, 64GB 6000MHZ RAM, 4TB Samsung Pro NVME, 4 TB Crucial P3+ NVME, 4TB Crucial SSD, Gigabyte Gaming OC Geforce RTX5090, Antec C8 ARGB Case, X55 JOYSTICK/THROTTLES, LG 4K C4 42" TV/Monitor 120 Hz, 2 Dell 1080 monitors. Honeycomb Alpha Yoke, Bravo Throttle. Thrustmaster TPR Pedals. Moza AB6 FFB Joystick, Pimax Crystal Light VR, Tobii Eye tracker, Steelseries Arctis 7+ Wireless Headphones.

 

1 hour ago, suncoastflyer said:

Is that this week? I thought it was later.

Yeah it was delayed to early May.  

1 hour ago, pracines said:

Possibly because the IFR presentation will be very stiff competition. 🤯INFORMATION OVERLOAD🤯

That was delayed to early May

Edited by Tuskin38

41 minutes ago, C2615 said:

Seems lower than P5D then....

You may want to look again.  Seems a little higher than P5D to me, but I'll let the pages speak for themselves.

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

https://www.flightsimulator.com/save-the-date-04-21-20/?fbclid=IwAR2IEoiZbBvSfq9iNd3rFofdwFKS1lmNzFezWw1yzH-okGM1ry8nyyKy7Jw

Rhett

7800X3D 96 GB G.Skill Flare  Gigabyte 4090  Crucial P5 Plus 2TB

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.