Hi, I was thinking about upgrading my screen from 1080p 24 inch to 1440P 32 inches…. @Fielder is there really not much difference between the 2 resolution ?

Pierre

2 hours ago, Pochi said:

Hi, I was thinking about upgrading my screen from 1080p 24 inch to 1440P 32 inches…. @Fielder is there really not much difference between the 2 resolution ?

Pierre

Yes Pierre.  About 360P.  

So in all seriousness, that's about 30% more depth resolution. How much better this is for you depends on the individuals perception. 
Some will say 'wow!', others will not be that impressed.

For me, the biggest step up was to 4k (2160P), but that requires a fairly powerful PC.  What is your graphics card?

In general, I would say any increase in resolution is better, as you can see things further away (airport lights / PAPI's etc), but of course, there is the benefit / cost ratio.
It depends how important it is to you.  Some people on the forums run at 1080P and 20 FPS and say it is fine for them. 
I personally don't understand that.  If I am running a quality sim with great graphics, I want to be able to appreciate them with a good monitor and screen resolution.
I understand not everyone can afford to do this.  I have to squeeze my budget, but flight-simming is important to me, so it is a priority.

9 hours ago, Pochi said:

Hi, I was thinking about upgrading my screen from 1080p 24 inch to 1440P 32 inches…. @Fielder is there really not much difference between the 2 resolution ?

Pierre

Whenever you move to a larger monitor (32 vs 24), you should also either go to a higher resolution (1440 vs 1080) or sit further away from the screen to get the same visual detail..  as others have said, you need the computer power to move the additional pixels..

Personally, I fly with a 27" monitor at 1080p, and run that at 30 fps on a GTX 1070.. 😉

Actually the 3060ti is all you need for MSFS IMO.

sp

5 hours ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

Actually the 3060ti is all you need for MSFS IMO.

sp

For which monitor resolution?

1 hour ago, Bert Pieke said:

For which monitor resolution?

1440.  Also can do 4k but is a bit of a strain.

sp

Hi, 

I am about 50 cm from my screen, maybe 32 inches is too much then.

@Bert Pieke Me too I am running well currently with my 1070 and 1920 x 1200 monitor ( I like this ratio ). Just changed the CPU recently from i5 5600K to i5 12500.

I was wondering if it is best to aim for a cheap 3060ti or wait for 4070 and invest more money…if upgrading to 1440P.

 

Pierre

On 8/12/2022 at 10:02 PM, Pochi said:

Hi, I was thinking about upgrading my screen from 1080p 24 inch to 1440P 32 inches…. @Fielder is there really not much difference between the 2 resolution ?

Pierre

 

I have exactly those two screen sizes and a 3070.  The game is noticeably better on the 1440p 32" screen, especially in HDR.  1440p on my 3070 with a 9900K has CPU and GPU relatively balanced and gives me 40 to 50 fps with Ultra and a few things like LOD wound up past ultra,

Edited August 13, 20223 yr by Glenn Fitzpatrick

14 minutes ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said:

 

I have exactly those two screen sizes and a 3070.  The game is noticeably better on the 1440p 32" screen, especially in HDR.  1440p on my 3070 with a 9900K has CPU and GPU relatively balanced and gives me 40 to 50 fps with Ultra and a few things like LOD wound up past ultra,

I get about the same performance and  have a similar system. The increased resolution is noticeable, but nothing to write home about. Maybe because I'm using DLSS which softens the image (but jazzes up the fps nicely). And the beta patch all by itself without DLSS or DX12 increased my frame rates. I've had nothing but pleasant experiences with all the public beta patches. Perhaps because I moved Community and Official folder to C:\MSFS as recommended by MS to not use the default location. 

9 minutes ago, Fielder said:

Perhaps because I moved Community and Official folder to C:\MSFS as recommended by MS to not use the default location. 

Using a custom location is not a bad idea anyhow. Just had to reinstall SU10 beta, and it took less than 10mins since I had a backup of the Official folder. With all the World Updates installed this amounts to almost 200GB which would take many hours to install from scratch. 

On 8/11/2022 at 6:47 PM, Sky_Pilot071 said:

The 3060ti is all you need currently.

sp

Certainly not the case for those of us wanting high frame rates on our native 4k screens, or for acceptable frame rates and visual quality in VR on our G2's etc.

Running 1080p? sure. 1440p? Maybe. 4k? No. Great thing about the market is we have choices to fit our needs.....

Part of my point is that 1440 is the sweet spot for MSFS and the 3060ti handles that quite well.  Yea I know some need to have the absolute best hardware but for some of us it is a pointless (and very expensive) endeavor.  

Less is more sometimes.

Cheers

sp

Edited August 13, 20223 yr by Sky_Pilot071

1 hour ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

Part of my point is that 1440 is the sweet spot for MSFS

Please enlighten the rest of the world as to how you came to this factual conclusion?

I just found this thread and I am baffeled.  I have an Nvidia 3080Ti and the settings shown at the beginning of this thread (DLSS in particular) do not appear in the in-sim graphics settings.  What am Im missing?

you probably havent downloaded the SU10 beta that includes DLSS and DX12 stuff !