March 3, 20215 yr I have $100 of discretionary this month. Should I Buy 16 more gig of Ram? Have 8 now. Or By 1 to 3 more decent addons? Still using FSX. What do you all think? Thanks Edited March 3, 20215 yr by Gary1124
March 3, 20215 yr If you only have FSX or earlier, go for the addons. With the 4 GB VAS limit, you won't go anywhere with more RAM. Now, if you have MSFS2020, X-Plane 11 or P3D v4/v5, that´s another story... Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
March 3, 20215 yr Moderator $100 would buy you P3Dv5 and many of your addon airports would still work. But without knowing your CPU and GPU that is just an option. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
March 4, 20215 yr Author Actually, I do eventually want to go to Xplane 11 or P3d 4. Only have a 250 gig SSD for drive C and a standard 2TB disc drive. 8 gig of ram but I have a Ryzen 5 and RX580. I Would like to replace my disc drive D with a second SSD sometime. I wouldn't even try a modern sim on a platter drive. But, I also have a fondness for Accusim planes and the Flight1 B200 looks like a winner.
March 4, 20215 yr 23 minutes ago, Gary1124 said: Actually, I do eventually want to go to Xplane 11 or P3d 4. Only have a 250 gig SSD for drive C and a standard 2TB disc drive. 8 gig of ram but I have a Ryzen 5 and RX580. I Would like to replace my disc drive D with a second SSD sometime. I wouldn't even try a modern sim on a platter drive. But, I also have a fondness for Accusim planes and the Flight1 B200 looks like a winner. I hope you mean v5? 🙂 Victor Roos
March 4, 20215 yr Moderator I’m not familiar with AMD hardware but this may help you decide. v5 offers a good performance boost over v4 but does require a beefier graphics card. https://www.prepar3d.com/system-requirements/ Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
March 5, 20215 yr Author Version 4. Because of the wide array of stuff I have that works with it already. I have the 8 gig RX 580. Going to stick with it to. The next better gpu would cost more than I paid for my system. I use 1080 anyway. Edited March 5, 20215 yr by Gary1124
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