What VRAM do we need for P3DV5

[ssair1 92]

8 hours ago, gregmorin said:

Now that NVIDIA 3080 and 3090 specs are out the offerings look like 10 GB for the 3080 and 24 for the 3090. My 1080 at 8GB is really  not up to the task anymore. This begs the question, what do we really need? I know 24 GB is better but do we need it.

Greg

I’ll be lining up to get two 3090s on launch date, and connect them SLI status. Do I need it? No, I think 10 GB is sufficient for adequate eye candy and performance. Will SLI drastically improve performance? More than likely, no, it might even create headaches. Nevertheless, I will do it because life is short, I spend a lot more time simulating than actual flying, and because I can. 🙂

[micstatic 4,336]

35 minutes ago, ssair1 said:

I’ll be lining up to get two 3090s on launch date, and connect them SLI status. Do I need it? No, I think 10 GB is sufficient for adequate eye candy and performance. Will SLI drastically improve performance? More than likely, no, it might even create headaches. Nevertheless, I will do it because life is short, I spend a lot more time simulating than actual flying, and because I can. 🙂

More power to you. But sli Is dead. I’ll be getting a 3090 too. 

[ssair1 92]

13 minutes ago, micstatic said:

More power to you. But sli Is dead. I’ll be getting a 3090 too. 

Thank you, sir. The 3090 is the only one, at the moment, out of the entire RTX3000 series, capable of SLI resuscitation. God speed!

[Pilot53 544]

9 minutes ago, ssair1 said:

Thank you, sir. The 3090 is the only one, at the moment, out of the entire RTX3000 series, capable of SLI resuscitation. God speed!

I could see getting a 3090, I might pick one up too for VR.  By why on earth would you get two?  Just one can run 8k!!!  Sli has so many driver and software support issues.

[BMW969 126]

6 hours ago, ssair1 said:

I think you should be fine with the 8700k overclocked at 5Ghz, provided you are stable. I have two systems, a 7700k @ 4.9Ghz with a 1080Ti and a 9900KS with a 2080ti, and find substantial multi-core usage on both systems limited to 4-5 cores. However, it seems impossible to ascertain exactly how the lower percentage usage cores impact the performance overall. If you do decide to upgrade, for “future-proofing,” I recommend going with the 9900KS, if you find a discounted price. 

I wonder if you swap the video cards, how will this affect the performance in the MFS?

[mikeymike 366]

Did I read correctly? That the 3080 only comes with 10gb of vram?

mike

[pgde 571]

1 hour ago, mikeymike said:

Did I read correctly? That the 3080 only comes with 10gb of vram?

mike

Yes, this fact has only been posted a lot of times.

[kand 205]

6 hours ago, mikeymike said:

Did I read correctly? That the 3080 only comes with 10gb of vram?

mike

There is a lot of talk that there will be a 20gb version, Lenovo released some sort of blurb and then retracted it so my advice is wait for a bit

[glider1 90]

The fact that Nvidia has marketed the cards as 3070, 3080, 3090 is a huge clue that they will be adding TI versions with more memory next year which will give them even more profit. I'd be very skeptical about buying a card with only 10GB VRAM.

[mikeymike 366]

2 hours ago, kand said:

There is a lot of talk that there will be a 20gb version, Lenovo released some sort of blurb and then retracted it so my advice is wait for a bit

I would sell my 1080ti in hopes for a 3070ti 

with at least 16gb of vram

mike

[GSalden 4,688]

At this moment with my currrent cards and settings I have more than enough VRAM :

Server : 2080 Ti / textures 1024 / 2x MA /8x AF / 4K display / Max 7.4 Gb

Client : 2080 / textures 1024 / 2x MA /8x AF / 2x 4K display / Max 4.2 Gb

LOD high

AG range Medium

AG Vegetation Very Dense

AG Buildings Dense

Clouds Shadows Quality Low

Clouds Shadows Range High

EnvShade Quality Preset