I just upgraded the video card from 970 to 2070 (8 GB), and with the i7-6700k@4GHz, 16 GB RAM,  I am perfectly happy. In the Nvidia settings I've limited to 30 FPS and am mostly getting it with minimal stutters, all important settings on High (clouds, terrain, ...). /Mark

7 minutes ago, Mark1616 said:

I just upgraded the video card from 970 to 2070 (8 GB), and with the i7-6700k@4GHz, 16 GB RAM,  I am perfectly happy. In the Nvidia settings I've limited to 30 FPS and am mostly getting it with minimal stutters, all important settings on High (clouds, terrain, ...). /Mark

I had been thinking of  both the 6700k and the 7700k . Im at 32GB ram but i may up that too . Asus RX590 8GB is the card im using now . I honestly feel like starting from scratch but im gona wait a bit see what new hardware comes out . 

Edited August 24, 20205 yr by rtodepart

4 hours ago, snwboardn said:

Just ordered a 10900k and plan on ordering a 3090 as soon as they come available. 

Probably still won't be enough to play on ultra on a 4k but it should be better than what I'm on now. 

It will be enough I'm sure

55 minutes ago, PDillon86 said:

The Ti gets a whopping 5 fps more than the Super in MSFS. Less if your super is OC'd

Yep, well, it’s a factory OC for now, but it’s the FTW version which is EVGA’s top end OC with custom PCB instead of the reference board most models use. Definitely looking forward to seeing how new hardware handles the more demanding aspects like traffic and such. I can only imagine how it will look with maxed traffic, graphics including airport vehicles etc, and 4K with HDR. 

Edited August 24, 20205 yr by flyinion

24 minutes ago, flyinion said:

Yep, well, it’s a factory OC for now, but it’s the FTW version which is EVGA’s top end OC with custom PCB instead of the reference board most models use. Definitely looking forward to seeing how new hardware handles the more demanding aspects like traffic and such. I can only imagine how it will look with maxed traffic, graphics including airport vehicles etc, and 4K with HDR. 

Mine is the ultra that's right below the ftw. Considering im usually over 30 fps on 4k in between high end and ultra with data on, commercial aircraft at 80, ga at 55,  road vehicles at 75, ground aircraft density at 80, etc I'm more than happy. The only time it sunk to low 20s was landing at KLAX mid day with basically full gates at the airport lol. I havent had stutters otherwise, so I'm taking it as a win. Graphics wise anyways, A majority of the planes need work big time

The next gen hardware will handle this no problem though.

Edited August 24, 20205 yr by PDillon86

My i9-9900k is eating MSF for breakfast, so glad I upgraded to it last year.

3 minutes ago, MarcG said:

My i9-9900k is eating MSF for breakfast, so glad I upgraded to it last year.

I was an hour late today contacting a guy about a new Ryzen 9 3950x for a steal. It would have been a huge improvement I bet. Though not on that 9900k level though lol.

Edited August 24, 20205 yr by PDillon86

Gamescon this weekend and the big reveal next week.

 https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-caught-on-camera

https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/seasonic-outs-nvidia-12-pin-power-connector-lists-850w-psu

Edited August 24, 20205 yr by G-RFRY

IMO there is no real difference building a PC for Flight SIMS as there is to building for AAA gaming.

8+ core CPU

32GB RAM (16GB if on a tight budget)

Solid state drive for OS and most used apps, HDD for mass storage

Freesync Monitor

and the best GPU you can afford - and imo a 30*** series if you are in the market for one now.

 

 

To be honest, having helped a few friends setting up 2020, what I have found so far is that balance is important.  If you have a top end GFX but don't have the computer to drive it.. then you will get CPU choked..  if you have an incredible CPU/Memory but not a top flight gfx card, you will get GFX choked.

Certainly having an overclocked CPU seems to be a bad way to go, and having hyperthreading OFF  (as for previous sims) is asking for trouble.

My setup below, runs a nice smooth 30 - 35 fps in all situations whether GA or tube and whether country or city..  actually it drops a bit over water.. but hey ho.

My output is slightly below Ultra on most things, but above high and I run 1080HD as my output which for me is just fine.

My specs are 

i7-8700 3.2 GHz, 32 Gbytes, 1060 card, normal Hard Drive (no SSD) and I am getting a matching utilisation across my CPU cores and a cpu usage of around 60% and a GFX usage of about 75% with memory running around 52%.

Oddly enough, I am sure this hangup with FPS comes from previous sims...  I know many people in 2020 who haven't got a clue what their FPS is in this one because they just set it at the level they want and run it...  it seems to be very resilient as a program to handling issues and staying smooth 🙂

Final comment..  be VERY careful when you add 2020 to your machine that any tweaks in bios or startup or anything else such as simconnect starting up or anything used for another sim is turned OFF...  these hangover bits and pieces are not yet ready to be used in 2020 and will damage the smoothness and frame rate that you would get if the same install were done on a machine that had never had a flight sim on it before 🙂

Graham

 

Edited August 24, 20205 yr by Moria15

For those experiencing good performance, is that with a simple cockpit such as C152 or something more intense like the 320/747/787?  I get great performance out of basic aircraft with my aging config (6700K, gtx980ti, 16GB DDR4-3000) but the airliners are a struggle.  I will upgrade at some point in the next 6 months or so, but there's a few things to understand first:

• Intel v. AMD architecture.  Better considered once Zen3 is in the wild.
• Sweet spot for core count
• Effect of CPU Cache
• Effect of memory speed

I'm glad there's been several articles published at various sites concerning MSFS performance comparing different combinations of hardware, and these sites seem to be suggesting they will regularly update their articiles as new hard becomes available.

DX12, if and when it comes, may alter this picture significantly.

 

I am going for a Ryzen 3950x, the 30xx Trident GPU, the best X570 motherboard, 4 x 32gb 7000 RAM and a 6TB PCIe4 stick for MS2020 and a 10TB SSD for sceneries etc.  

That is ideal .... what is not is trying to find a suitable bank to rob. Just joking of course,

In real life, I am very happy with my set up as listed below with rendering set at 150 and everything else set at ultra (1080P) which is producing an average of 45-50FPS at all the airports I use. I am now just wondering what exactly is going to be the effect of all the ORBX Australian and NZ airports and sceneries (probably wont have to worry about that until the year 2050) and replacing all my payware aircraft, and of course, either Flight1 or RXPGTN 750 ... first cab off the rank with that gets my money with hopes that RXP is in front.

In real life, going to 4K, I may well have to get fair dinkum about finding that bank LOL

Regards

Tony

What is the current road map for direct X 12 integration? This seems to be a severe CPU bottlemeck. No point getting an 8 12 or 16 core CPU if only 4 are used 

As using 4K: Any 8 core CPU and the new nVidia 3090 (or 3080ti or however they will name it).

They decision pint is here: The 3090 is rumored to cost 1399$, means 1500€+ in Germany. Lol.

 

I think I will build a Vermeer system and still use my 1080ti but reduce the settings.

3 minutes ago, swiesma said:

As using 4K: Any 8 core CPU and the new nVidia 3090 (or 3080ti or however they will name it).

They decision pint is here: The 3090 is rumored to cost 1399$, means 1500€+ in Germany. Lol.

 

I think I will build a Vermeer system and still use my 1080ti but reduce the settings.

It's all going to depend on what AMD can put in front of it. Spending 1500 euros on a GPU is madness...