Hi all,

Currently running a 9700k, 3070 with DDR4 ram. I've found a very good deal locally selling a well reviewed motherboard with the 5800x3d CPU. In MSFS with heavy payware, I am often pegged and CPU limited with stutters when I look around. Would this upgrade be a significant improvement in this sim?

I suspect so yes. Your chip is roughly equivalent to a 3700x, so moving to a 5800x3d would be a pretty big leap. 

I'm getting great framerates even with detail sliders pushed higher than I thought I'd be able to after upgrading to the 5800x3d and a 3070Ti. 

 

As a word of caution, you may encounter some sound issues. There's something in the AMD drivers for the newer chips that causes pops and clicks if you use a USB wireless headset. You can improve the situation with lots of work, but I've yet to find a full solution.  For me, it mainly impacts streaming videos, or games that have dialog.  I don't think it shows up in MSFS, but I can't be 100% sure since I run the sim in VR, and the VR set never has audio issues.

 

Edited March 27, 20233 yr by eslader

CPU upgrades will always improve FPS in flight sims. Even with an old 1080ti I'm still CPU limited no matter the CPU.

I will do a new build in ~2y unless Asobo amps the complexity in cloud detail or other.  I wonder what CPU will be best then do roadmaps show this?

Just now, Noel said:

I will do a new build in ~2y unless Asobo amps the complexity in cloud detail or other.  I wonder what CPU will be best then do roadmaps show this?

Most probably an AMD CPU, since they have - as of now - much better single core performance, which is what counts most in flight sims.

2 hours ago, Fiorentoni said:

which is what counts most in flight sims.

Not just that anymore. They also have higher 3D Vcache, which msfs thrives off. 

9 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Not just that anymore. They also have higher 3D Vcache, which msfs thrives off. 

One of those things we always wished for in FSX.

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I made the jump from intel to AMD and will always be team red from now on. The 5800X3D has improved performance all round from MSFS to RDR 2. It compliments my 3090Ti perfectly.

I Am making the leap to. 7950x3d is my suprim x 3080ti a bottleneck?

 

mike 

9 hours ago, mikeymike said:

I Am making the leap to. 7950x3d is my suprim x 3080ti a bottleneck?

 

mike 

Stick a 4 series with that, turn on frame generation and forget about upgrading for years to come. ( with a g-sync display would be even better) 

will be interesting to see how the 7800x3D will improve performance for us VR pilots with 4090 GPUs, since FrameGeneration doesn't work in VR unfortunately. AMD will release their equivalent FSR 3 implementation later this year which will also offer FrameGeneration, and work with both Nvidia and AMD.

I don't expect FSR 3 to offer FrameGeneration for VR either, unfortunately. if Nvidia couldn't do it ...

Edited March 28, 20233 yr by turbomax