August 22, 20205 yr Truth? https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-2020-generate-26b-hardware-sales Quote What you need to know New research says Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 could be quite the cash cow for hardware vendors. It is predicted the game could generate $2.6B in hardware sales over three years. It includes purchases of everything from new PCs to joysticks and even VR equipment. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
August 23, 20205 yr It generated at least 3800 USD from my friends PC build last week. FAA: ATP-ME, 737 CA, enough time in the 757/767 to be dangerous 🤠 Matt Kubanda, 7950X3D, 64GB RAM, RTX 5090@4k, MSFS 2024
August 23, 20205 yr Author Just now, ahsmatt7 said: It generated at least 3800 USD from my friends PC build last week. Release is very well timed for the introduction of the new AMD/Nvidia graphics cards as well as the new HP/Microsoft VR headset....... Not to mention the rumored new power supply's necessary to use the new Nvidia cards....... 🤑 We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
August 23, 20205 yr Yep, I ordered a Thrustmaster Warthog with a 2 month backlog but got a 17% discount and free shipping and it was still almost $500. I shoulda bought it during Alpha. Be alert (we always need more lerts). I will have a lightly used Saitek X52 Pro set for sale the day after arrival (only used on Sunday mornings while waiting to go to church.) Price negotiable and you pay shipping. When Pigs Fly . Ray Marshall .
August 23, 20205 yr Plan on getting a 3090 as soon as available for purchase. $1400 but 24Gb vram. Eric
August 23, 20205 yr Author 1 minute ago, B777ER said: Plan on getting a 3090 as soon as available for purchase. $1400 but 24Gb vram. And it takes three slots. Holy.... We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
August 23, 20205 yr I'm using a 1070 8gb with fantastic results. I dont see a need to invest that kind of money. Will save it for add ons. I believe the 10700K at 5.2 ghz is doing the hauling. Edited August 23, 20205 yr by Adrian123
August 23, 20205 yr I bought the TWCS throttle as a stop gap before VKB releases their throttle hopefully sometime this decade. I will also be likely buying the Crosswind rudder pedals. I'm surprised MS is not trying to get a cut of hardware sales through some licensing/endorsement deal. Or maybe they are on the backend. FSX | DCS | X-Plane 11 | MSFS 2020 | IL2:BoX Favorite aircraft currently: MSFS Savage Cub
August 23, 20205 yr Moderator From what I've found (or not found actually) is that every store I've looked at is "Out of Stock"... So yeah, MSFS is generating a lot of new hardware sales! Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
August 23, 20205 yr Yes, I am not sure it needs the capability of a 3090; I also have it running well on a 6700K and 1080, but only at high settings at at 2K. But once the new cards are out and we know a little more I will buy a new rig and maybe new controllers, really interested in the Honeycomb ones. So all in all that will add a few thousand dollars to the total -- my 0.00000115 percent of the 2.6 billion! MSFS 2024. Primary Planes: Black Square TBM850, Duke, Baron, Caravan; A2A Comanche; FSReborn Phenom; Fexix A321; PMDG 737-7, 777: Utilities: Active Sky (Passive Mode); BATC, FSLTL.
August 23, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, raymar said: Yep, I ordered a Thrustmaster Warthog with a 2 month backlog but got a 17% discount and free shipping and it was still almost $500... $800 at Amazon and arrives in 1-month..think I will pass
August 23, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, ahsmatt7 said: It generated at least 3800 USD from my friends PC build last week. So it'll generate probably another $3000 from me too, once the 3080 is out I'll start making a new PC for MSFS, mostly for the VR with Reverb G2. 9950X3D / 64GB / RTX5090 / Pimax Crystal Light / Win11
August 23, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, desbean said: $800 at Amazon and arrives in 1-month..think I will pass Some of you are sleeping on VKB and Virpil products. Well known and loved in the combat sim world. FSX | DCS | X-Plane 11 | MSFS 2020 | IL2:BoX Favorite aircraft currently: MSFS Savage Cub
August 23, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, Adrian123 said: I'm using a 1070 8gb with fantastic results. Same here with the 1070. After enabling hyperthreading, I too am getting fantastic results. I don't really know how the sim could look much better! Processor: Intel i9-13900KF 5.8GHz 24-Core, Graphics Processor: Nvidia RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6, System Memory: 64GB High Performance DDR5 SDRAM 5600MHz, Operating System: Windows 11 Home Edition, Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX, LGA 1700, CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i Elite 240mm Liquid Cooling, RGB and LCD Display, Chassis Fans: Corsair Low Decibel, Addressable RGB Fans, Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i Fully Modular Ultra-Low-Noise Platinum ATX 1000 Watt, Primary Storage: 2TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, Secondary Storage: 1TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, VR Headset: Meta Quest 2, Primary Display: SONY 4K Bravia 75-inch, 2nd Display: SONY 4K Bravia 43-inch, 3rd Display: Vizio 28-inch, 1920x1080. Controller: Xbox Controller attached to PC via USB.
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