October 30, 20205 yr NZXT.com's configurator shows AMD Ryzen 9 3950X (16-Core 3.5GHz) with NVIDIA RTX 3070 would provide 61 FPS at 2560x1440, but if I switch to Intel Core i9-9900K (8-Core 3.6 GHz) I'd get greater performance (66 FPS). Is this true? Does this mean MSFS is better optimized for Intel chips? Edited October 30, 20205 yr by aviator1213
October 30, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, aviator1213 said: Is this true? Does this mean MSFS is better optimized for Intel chips? A 9900K would typically out-perform the AMD 3000 series due to its higher single core clock speed. Flight sims have always been this way. For MSFS the gap is larger at 1080p and 1440p (about 10%) and is more or less gone by 4k. The 3950X wouldn't be the best choice for pure gaming as it's really a productivity + gaming chip. Won't be much difference between a 3950X and a 3700X when it comes to gaming alone and sometimes all those extra cores on the 3950X are a hindrance for gaming. Unless you're a heavy productivity user I wouldn't even have considered the 3950X previously. Also if you're buying a new system and undecided between Intel and AMD wait for the 5000 series to hit the market and see how that handles MSFS. Based on some of the numbers we're seeing for single core test results it should be competitive with the top current Intel chips but we'll need to see independent reviews and how they run MSFS.
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