September 22, 20241 yr Just now, AdiR said: And what about VR players? Do we need that much RAM? That's what I'm debating with myself right now, currently another 32gb of the same RAM (always a good idea to use the same when upgrading alongside existing RAM) is £67, which is cheap but then there's Prime Day in a couple of weeks and of course Black Friday shortly after MSFS24s release. I'd rather that £67 went on something else so I'm gonna wait until those sales to see if it drops, but of course should the upgrade benefit VR, even in the smallest form, it may well just be worth upgrading anyway after all every little bit of boost helps with VR usage. Pico Neo3 Link VR - Windows 11 64bit, Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Elite Mobo, i7-10700KF CPU, Gigabyte RX 9070 XT OC 16gb (AMD GPU), 32gig Corsair 3600mhz RAM, SSD x2 + M.2 SSD 1tb x1 Saitek X45 HOTAS - Saitek Pro Rudder Pedals - Logitech Flight Yoke - Homemade 3 Button & 8-directional Joystick Box, SNES Controller (used as a Button Box - Additional USB Numpad (used as a Button Box)
September 22, 20241 yr Hi, The graphics upgrades in FS24 will certainly require more resources than MSFS 2020 (although there are those who say otherwise). And with the new memory demands, the 64 GB of RAM will almost certainly be necessary in dense and complex scenarios. Regards.
September 22, 20241 yr Just installed 64GB. Same manufacturer and, speed, specs, etc.. other than going from 32 to 64. No changes even needed in BIOS. Less than 5 minutes to do. Eric
September 22, 20241 yr I ran MSFS 2020 for two years on medium settings with 8 gigs of System Ram - and now I need 64? I don't think so.
September 22, 20241 yr I'm more concerned with the CPU requirements for ideal and I am using a 7800X3D - 8 cores (recommended 7900X with 12 cores). From my understanding, MSFS '24 is supposed to utilize every CPU core available. Perhaps that is what is causing the need for 64GB RAM? Just a guess on my part. 9800X3D | RTX 5090 FE | X870E Aorus Pro | 64GB G.Skill DDR5 6000MT/s | WD Black 2TB NVMe
September 22, 20241 yr As mentioned above, RAM is reasonably priced at the moment. I have added 2x16GB to the existing 2x16GB which I bought at the worst moment, in 2020. The first pair were 135GBP, this time, 58 GBP. Identical paired modules in both cases.
September 23, 20241 yr I just ordered 64Gb of RAM. It costs less than MSFS 20204 does. Regards, Max (YSSY) i7-12700K | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB 3600MHz DDR4 | Gigabyte RTX4090 24Gb | Gigabyte Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4 | Corsair HX1200 PSU
September 23, 20241 yr I have a 7950x3d with 2x16gb ddr5 6000mhz cl30 g skill trident. And a 3080ti waiting for the 5090 to upgrade. X670f asus mobo i believe . Should I get the same ram and fill on the other 2 slots? Thanks. Mike
September 23, 20241 yr 15 hours ago, jaxgator said: I'm more concerned with the CPU requirements for ideal and I am using a 7800X3D - 8 cores (recommended 7900X with 12 cores). From my understanding, MSFS '24 is supposed to utilize every CPU core available. Perhaps that is what is causing the need for 64GB RAM? Just a guess on my part. Same. Has any preview site shown or proven the game is no longer largely single thread limited?
September 23, 20241 yr 17 hours ago, jaxgator said: I'm more concerned with the CPU requirements for ideal and I am using a 7800X3D - 8 cores (recommended 7900X with 12 cores). From my understanding, MSFS '24 is supposed to utilize every CPU core available. Perhaps that is what is causing the need for 64GB RAM? Just a guess on my part. I would honestly take the published CPU Requirments with a massive grain of salt at the moment. There's no coherency to them. There has been interviews that FS24 will make better usage of a multi-core situation but your 7800X3D is still is still king due to it's extra cache as proven from a multitude of performance data when it comes to both CPU and GPU focused games. On 9/22/2024 at 9:54 AM, MarcG said: I'd rather that £67 went on something else so I'm gonna wait until those sales to see if it drops, but of course should the upgrade benefit VR, even in the smallest form, it may well just be worth upgrading anyway after all every little bit of boost helps with VR usage. I honestly doubt it. VR is mostly just a matter of how much VRAM you have cause you're rendering 2 screens.
September 23, 20241 yr What we need is a separate list of specs for running MSFS 2024 at the three most popular resolutions. I would think this would be a major factor, Would we really benefit from more than 32GB RAM if we're on a HD monitor? How much would the specs change for running at 2K? What hardware is needed to run at 4K? Does increasing from 32 to 64 GB actually makes any difference if your VRAM is less than 12GB, or if your Bandwidth is less than 100 MPS? ~ Arwen ~ Home Airfield: KHIE
September 23, 20241 yr I checked amazon and ram upgare and it wasn't as expensive as few years ago. In fact two 32G Corsair Fury where just $148. So I went ahead and bought it. Installed them yesterday. I'm now MSFS 2024 "ideal" ready 🙂 Life time flight sim enthusiast, current airplane owner 172P (past C182F). FAA CP/IR ASEL/AMEL, FI ASELMy System: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D , MSI X870 GAMING PLUS, 64G RAM, ASUS RTX5090, 4T SSDPut my hands on (pic/dual/given)7GCAA, 8KCAB, BE24, BE76, BE35-C33, BE35, C150, C152, C172B/N/P/R/SP, 182F, M20E,M20C, M20J, AT6(SNJ4), PA28-140,PA28-151, PA28-161,PA28-181,PA28RT-201,PA28R-180/201T, PA24-250, PA32-300R, PA44, AC114, YAK-18T, YAK-52, SR22
September 23, 20241 yr 21 hours ago, Ricardo41 said: I ran MSFS 2020 for two years on medium settings with 8 gigs of System Ram - and now I need 64? I don't think so. Well, do you think “ideal specs” means run it at medium settings? Most likely not… im sure you’ll be able to stubbornly run the new sim at your coveted medium settings with your current amount of RAM. FAA: ATP-ME, 737 CA, enough time in the 757/767 to be dangerous 🤠 Matt Kubanda, 7950X3D, 64GB RAM, RTX 5090@4k, MSFS 2024
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