July 23, 20223 yr I have flight sim Ed since it first came out but due to moving to a rural area with extremely limited internet I have not moved up to FS2020. I now have internet at 25mps. Is this adequate to run FS2020 with a new computer?Thank you,Ron Bring back Chief Illiniwek!University of Illinois.
July 23, 20223 yr If you're actually getting and sustaining 25 Mbps, you should be fine. But in many cases, that's a "max" or best attainable rate and real data rates are much less. Best to check with an internet speed test and see what you're actually getting. A test that also measures latency wouldn't be a bad idea, either. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
July 23, 20223 yr 59 minutes ago, rpowers said: I now have internet at 25mps. Thats what I have and its fine. People with really fast internet don't seem to realize that their fast internet does nothing to speed up the MS servers. I use the rolling cache with photogrammetry and it works great. I do think it depends on what part of the world (which MS server serves you) that will affect you most. | Dave | I've been around for most of my life. There's always a sunset happening somewhere in the world that somebody is enjoying.
July 23, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, rpowers said: I have flight sim Ed since it first came out but due to moving to a rural area with extremely limited internet I have not moved up to FS2020. I now have internet at 25mps. Is this adequate to run FS2020 with a new computer?Thank you,Ron Ideally it should be 50 MBps according to MS. 7800X3D | 2x32 GB DDR5-6000 CL32 | RTX 5080 | Alienware OLED 34" | 1 Gbps fiber
July 23, 20223 yr Minimum for MSFS is 5 Mbps, 20 Mbps is recommended and 50 Mbps is ideal, according to MSFS specs, so you should be fine. I have 58 Mbps which is more than the ideal bandwidth but I still sometimes run into 'molten' photogrammetry, so your own bandwidth isn't the whole story and it still also depends on MSFS servers.
July 23, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, rpowers said: I have flight sim Ed since it first came out but due to moving to a rural area with extremely limited internet I have not moved up to FS2020. I now have internet at 25mps. Is this adequate to run FS2020 with a new computer?Thank you,Ron Get Starlink satellite Internet - I'm in the UK and live in a rural area on a canal narrowboat. Best ground based internet I can get is around 30MBs, but Starlink gives me an average of 250Mbs. Best speeds are 350Mbs. CPU Ryzen 7800X 3D RAM 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz GPU GEFORCE RTX 4090 Monitor AOC AGON AG352UCG UltraWide G-Sync @ 3440x1440 Internal Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD External Storage Three 4Tb HDs
July 23, 20223 yr Author Thank you for the quick and informative responses. That is info I needed. Ron from Starved Rock ,I’ll. 90 miles SW of Chicago Bring back Chief Illiniwek!University of Illinois.
July 23, 20223 yr 8 minutes ago, MrBitstFlyer said: Get Starlink satellite Internet It looks like a very good idea but the one-off installation cost plus the first month's rental is equal to the entire two year contract cost of my 27mbps land based service.
July 23, 20223 yr and why o why not test it out via the gamepass for 1 dollar for one month? easy to see if it will work ok.
July 23, 20223 yr 42 minutes ago, Reader said: It looks like a very good idea but the one-off installation cost plus the first month's rental is equal to the entire two year contract cost of my 27mbps land based service. Well, if it’s bandwidth you need in a rural location, it is an excellent option. Personally the initial cost was worth it for excellent MSFS performance as well as general internet use. My 30 MBs service meant MSFS itself, plus each time it’s updated, took a day. With Starlink it takes me less than an hour. Downloading on Steam I used to see 2MBs and that could mean another day to download one game. With Starlink I get 30MBs downloads often. My wife and I loves it for Netflix, YouTube etc - quick connection and seamless streaming. Starlink has been installed for just over a year without a single problem. Well worth that initial outlay. CPU Ryzen 7800X 3D RAM 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz GPU GEFORCE RTX 4090 Monitor AOC AGON AG352UCG UltraWide G-Sync @ 3440x1440 Internal Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD External Storage Three 4Tb HDs
July 23, 20223 yr OOKLA is the magic word to google. Just click and read the dial to see the speed you are actually getting right now. https://www.speedtest.net/ ---------------------- My PC is upstairs. Router downstairs. So that was a big issue. On the PC, I use is a USB wifi dongle *with 2 antenna rods*. I use a standard USB extension wire to mount that dongle on the wall and run the extension wire to the PC USB port. My router has 3 rotating extension rod antennas (it would only need 2 rods if it was a single band router). Router rods are rotated by trial and error using ookla speeds to parallel the rods on the PC wifi USB output dongle. If router rods not aligned precisely, speed is in the low 30's. Aligned the speed is at the very least 85 (wifi plan is 100 mBps). Huge difference and absolutely tested true. (unless someone moves the router, so I velcroed that router in place). About half the routers and half the wifi dongles sold on Amazon have those extending rods. If the PC is close to the router, none of this is necessary and then it won't help. -------------- What I use: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B093FT3H7L/https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079JD7F7G/ Edited July 23, 20223 yr by Fielder 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
July 23, 20223 yr 51 minutes ago, Fielder said: My PC is upstairs. Router downstairs. So that was a big issue.On the PC, I use is a USB wifi dongle *with 2 antenna rods*. I use a standard USB extension wire to mount that dongle on the wall and run the extension wire to the PC USB port. My router has 3 rotating extension rod antennas (it would only need 2 rods if it was a single band router). Router rods are rotated by trial and error using ookla speeds to parallel the rods on the PC wifi USB output dongle. If router rods not aligned precisely, speed is in the low 30's. Aligned the speed is at the very least 85 (wifi plan is 100 mBps). Huge difference and absolutely tested true. (unless someone moves the router, so I velcroed that router in place). About half the routers and half the wifi dongles sold on Amazon have those extending rods.If the PC is close to the router, none of this is necessary and then it won't help. I use a cable. 🙂 Edited July 23, 20223 yr by Reader
July 23, 20223 yr Yes a cable works best! Also easier to fly a circle with a Cox control line model plane instead of using radio control. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
July 23, 20223 yr I started with 5mb per second wi-fi. Only problem was downloading sim and updates. running the program was fine and that was with a 7700 cpu and 1060 graphics card. Edited July 23, 20223 yr by jimcarrel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700F CPU @ 2.90GHz (8 cores) Hyper on, Evga RTX 3060 12 Gig, 32 GB ram, Windows 11, P3D v6, and MSFS 2020 and a couple of SSD's
July 24, 20223 yr 6 hours ago, jimcarrel said: I started with 5mb per second wi-fi. Only problem was downloading sim and updates. running the program was fine and that was with a 7700 cpu and 1060 graphics card. Same here, now have 30 Mbps and downloading updates is much better. 😉 Bert
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