July 28, 20205 yr Those are my 2 upgrade options coming from a 1060, budget and power supply which I can't change limit my choices, it would be for those 2 cards, should I go for faster VRAM or more VRAM for v5? In my current use I never exceed 5GB of VRAM usage but I'm wondering if it's because my 1060 is trying its best not to go beyond and thus losing performance. Thanks!
July 28, 20205 yr You want 8 gig plus, but didn’t you already ask this question? Edit: I thought I might be getting deja vu, so I checked - you posted this question yesterday and got plenty of answers! Edited July 28, 20205 yr by OzWhitey Oz Sim Rig: MSI RTX3090 Suprim, an old, partly-melted Intel 9900K @ 5GHz+, Honeycomb Alpha, Thrustmaster TPR Rudder, Warthog HOTAS, Reverb G2, Prosim 737 cockpit. Currently flying: MSFS: PMDG 737-700, Fenix A320, Leonardo MD-82, MIlviz C310, Flysimware C414AW, DC Concorde, Carenado C337. Prepar3d v5: PMDG 737/747/777. "There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
July 28, 20205 yr 8 gig wasnt enough with v4 in vr for me. v5 + vr requires huge amounts of vram Lian Li 011 Air Mini | AMD 9800X3D | Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F | Arctic Cooling Liquid Freezer II 280mm RGB | 2x32GB G.Skill DDR5-6000 | ASUS TUF RTX 5090 | Seasonic Prime Platinum 1000W | Pimax Crystal Light
July 29, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, Pilot53 said: 8 gig wasnt enough with v4 in vr for me. v5 + vr requires huge amounts of vram 11 gig is nice, but it really depends what you are doing. I'm currently using 3.4/10 in v5 right now.So you could make 8 work if you're careful with scenery and sliders. Oz Sim Rig: MSI RTX3090 Suprim, an old, partly-melted Intel 9900K @ 5GHz+, Honeycomb Alpha, Thrustmaster TPR Rudder, Warthog HOTAS, Reverb G2, Prosim 737 cockpit. Currently flying: MSFS: PMDG 737-700, Fenix A320, Leonardo MD-82, MIlviz C310, Flysimware C414AW, DC Concorde, Carenado C337. Prepar3d v5: PMDG 737/747/777. "There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
July 29, 20205 yr Honestly I think 8gb of VRAM is barely able to keep up with V5 with some intensive add-ons right now! I would go for the 11GB, or better yet, wait for the 24GB 3080ti cards to release! Chris Camp
July 29, 20205 yr Q4 of this year AMD will release their new RX series - 5120 Cores, 24 GB HBM2e Memory, 2 TB/s Bandwidth. Eat this Nvidia 😁. And I would not be surprised for less money than a 2080ti AMD 7 7700X, 32GB DDR5, RTX 5060ti 16GB, 2 x Samsung 1TB NVMe, 1 x 4TB sata SSD, Windows 11 Prof
July 29, 20205 yr Some of these replies are a tad misleading. Yes, 8gb+ is needed in v5 for getting the most eyecandy, but with VR, that should not be the main concern. If you are going to fly solely, in VR, you'll need turn down settings that offer little return in lieu of more performance. (Extended draw, tons of objects, and high res textures won't matter since even the best goggles can't render them in high detail) Bottom line is the 2060 is a better card despite having less vram because it's architecture is newer and faster. Your VR experience overall will be more enjoyable, provided you set your expectations to match. Good luck. Keep the blue part on top... For the gearheads: Ryzen 9800x3D | ASUS Rog Strix B650E-F | MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X | 64GB DDR5 6000Mhz RAM | NZXT Kraken x72 Cooler | EVGA 1000 PSU
July 29, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, ZLA Steve said: Some of these replies are a tad misleading. Yes, 8gb+ is needed in v5 for getting the most eyecandy, but with VR, that should not be the main concern. If you are going to fly solely, in VR, you'll need turn down settings that offer little return in lieu of more performance. (Extended draw, tons of objects, and high res textures won't matter since even the best goggles can't render them in high detail) Bottom line is the 2060 is a better card despite having less vram because it's architecture is newer and faster. Your VR experience overall will be more enjoyable, provided you set your expectations to match. Good luck. Sorry disagree with you with V5 you really need 11gig minimum , no amount of tuning will get that vram level down enough, unless you fly stock P3D and no add ons . This is especially true with single pass . A minimum PD of 1.5 required for a clearish image and that will eat your vram . If you can compromises with a blurry cockpit and poor visuals no hdr or dynamic lighting . 8gig does not cut it had to sell my 2080 and buy a second hand 1080ti to run with settings I am happy with . Even with that have to be careful not to trip the system entering and exiting VR. There seems to be a bug causing the digi hung error if dynamic lighting is on and you exit VR a least on single pass. Colin hodds I7 9700K,nvidia 3090 ,ssd ,32gig 3200mhz ram ,win10,prep3d
July 29, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, cannow said: A minimum PD of 1.5 required for a clearish image Just want to point out that this is YOUR personal minimum and not a hard fast rule. Keep the blue part on top... For the gearheads: Ryzen 9800x3D | ASUS Rog Strix B650E-F | MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X | 64GB DDR5 6000Mhz RAM | NZXT Kraken x72 Cooler | EVGA 1000 PSU
July 30, 20205 yr yes my personal taste the lower the PD the lower the vram . Colin hodds I7 9700K,nvidia 3090 ,ssd ,32gig 3200mhz ram ,win10,prep3d
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