Current MSFS specs:

5600X, RTX3080, 1TB M.2 Drive, 32 GB RAM, 32 inch 1440 monitor.

Question is which CPU to upgrade to.  I don't think a 5800X will make much difference so it seems to be a choice between the 5900X, 5950X and the 5800X3D.

Please could anyone with any thoughts or knowledge in this area provide their views, opinions, etc.

Thanks

p.s. Couldn't find the hardware forum, only the "VR hardware" forum, so please can mods move for me if you think I've posted in the wrong place. Ta

 

 

 

 

The only CPU I'd expect to bring noticeable improvement among those would be the 5800X3D due to the huge cache.

But: Ryzen 7000 will launch within a month. You should wait and get one of those IMHO.

40 minutes ago, rka said:

The only CPU I'd expect to bring noticeable improvement among those would be the 5800X3D due to the huge cache.

But: Ryzen 7000 will launch within a month. You should wait and get one of those IMHO.

Yeah thanks, your thoughts are similar to mine, except that a 7000 series is going to be very expensive and a new MOBO to go with it will add to the cost (also might need a new PSU as well).

Should still be able to offset with a decent price for my old 5600X hopefully.

Are there any msfs benchmarks for the 5800X3D yet?

Edited August 12, 20223 yr by cianpars

Question: What is the best way to improve my performance?

Answer: Lower settings

4 minutes ago, Ricardo41 said:

Question: What is the best way to improve my performance?

Answer: Lower settings

That wasn't the question.

13 minutes ago, cianpars said:

Yeah thanks, your thoughts are similar to mine, except that a 7000 series is going to be very expensive and a new MOBO to go with it will add to the cost (also might need a new PSU as well).

Should still be able to offset with a decent price for my old 5600X hopefully.

Are there any msfs benchmarks for the 5800X3D yet?

There is a thread somewhere here with lots of praise IIRC (and probably links to benchmarks if available).

The new CPUs are not expected to be very expensive, I believe I read somewhere that the 7600x has an MSRP of 299 just like the 5600x. But you're right about the mobo of course.

19 minutes ago, cianpars said:

Yeah thanks, your thoughts are similar to mine, except that a 7000 series is going to be very expensive and a new MOBO to go with it will add to the cost (also might need a new PSU as well).

Should still be able to offset with a decent price for my old 5600X hopefully.

Are there any msfs benchmarks for the 5800X3D yet?

I am an intel guy myself, so I didn't take too much notice of the article, but benchmarks in MSFS with the X3D left everything else by AMD and Intel well behind. 

As previously stated, it seems this is due to the massive amounts of cache, as there are no other significant physical differences. 

Hopefully all off the CPU manufacturers can learn from this, especially as they are running out of road with further processor speed increases, instructions per cycle, and even core count, which doesn't do too much for titles like MSFS, it is more for video processing etc.

5800X3D all day long. I switched from a 5800X to 5900X as I could use the extra cores for other tasks but see a very marginal upgrade in MSFS performance. That cache on the 5800X3D will make a much more noticeable difference.

2 hours ago, Ricardo41 said:

Question: What is the best way to improve my performance?

Answer: Lower settings

I think you may have misunderstood what he meant to say LOL. As stated, that was not the question.

Tony

5 hours ago, rka said:

The only CPU I'd expect to bring noticeable improvement among those would be the 5800X3D due to the huge cache.

But: Ryzen 7000 will launch within a month. You should wait and get one of those IMHO.

Along with a new MB, you will need DDR5 for the 7000 series.

1 hour ago, pgde said:

Along with a new MB, you will need DDR5 for the 7000 series.

Ouch. I hadn't thought about that.

You may not have problem getting a CPU. Reports are desktop CPU`s sales the lowest for 30 years.

3 hours ago, cianpars said:

Ouch. I hadn't thought about that.

From some of the YT discussions (like Gamers Nexus), apparently the 7000 series will make good use of DDR5 in performance versus a DDR4 unit.