December 29, 20241 yr I fly MSFS. My current system is pretty low-end, it gives me 40-55 fps at altitude, but it stutters badly with either big airports, or heavy clouds, or more than about 10 injected aircraft. (Put all three of those things together and it's a slideshow.) So I've been flying in and out of smaller airports exclusively, which has been fine, but I was thinking it's time to upgrade. What do you think about a system built around an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D and a GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER? Thanks.
December 29, 20241 yr Is your PC a gaming/simming-only machine, or do you also use it for some heavier productivity work (video editing, etc.)? For a mix of productivity/gaming, the 7950X3D is the best option you can get at the moment, but for a dedicated flight sim rig, the 9800X3D may be a better choice. You can find a lot of benchmarks on the web, here's one I've found rather reliable (the review is in Polish, but the graphs are pretty self-explanatory). The 4080 Super should be absolutely fine, too 😉
December 29, 20241 yr Author That's helpful, thanks. No productivity intended on this machine, just MSFS and the apps that support it.
December 29, 20241 yr Maybe wait and see what the 5 series cards offer? Launch shouldn't be too far off. MSI Pro Z690-A DDR4 | i5 13600KF | G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3600MHz | RTX 3080 (12GB) | Samsung 980 M.2 NVMe 500GB | Samsung 980 M.2 NVMe 1TB | Samsung 850EVO 500GB | Crucial P3+ 2TB NVMe | 2TB Seagate HDD | Deepcool AK500 CPU Cooler | Thrustmaster T16000M HOTAS | CH Yoke | Various Winctrl hardware | 21:9 1440p UW monitor | Win 11 23H2 build | MSFS2020 | Tony K.
December 30, 20241 yr 7 hours ago, prolixindec said: I fly MSFS. My current system is pretty low-end, it gives me 40-55 fps at altitude, but it stutters badly with either big airports, or heavy clouds, or more than about 10 injected aircraft. (Put all three of those things together and it's a slideshow.) So I've been flying in and out of smaller airports exclusively, which has been fine, but I was thinking it's time to upgrade. What do you think about a system built around an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D and a GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER? Thanks. Im running a 7950X3D and 4090. Before the 4090 I had a 4070ti and to be honest I don't really see much differance between the cards in MSFS2020 or 2024. I kinda regret getting the 4090 as it was double the price of that 4070ti. So I would suggest the 4070ti Pete Richards I've owned every version of flight simulator since Flight Simulator 3.0 in 1988. Windows 11 Pro loaded on a 4TB Gen5 Crucial T700 SSD, 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD, Ryzen 9 7950x3d, AS Rock X670e Taichi Motherboard, Gigabyte Gaming RTX 4090 OC 24GB, 64GB (2x32GB) Viper Venom DDR5-6000MT/s, MSI 32" MAG 321UPX QD-OLED 260hz 4K Gaming Monitor.
December 30, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, prolixindec said: That’s helpful, thanks. Its also important to go with 64GB of system memory. My PC uses around 40+GB of memory during gameplay in FS2024. Pete Richards I've owned every version of flight simulator since Flight Simulator 3.0 in 1988. Windows 11 Pro loaded on a 4TB Gen5 Crucial T700 SSD, 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD, Ryzen 9 7950x3d, AS Rock X670e Taichi Motherboard, Gigabyte Gaming RTX 4090 OC 24GB, 64GB (2x32GB) Viper Venom DDR5-6000MT/s, MSI 32" MAG 321UPX QD-OLED 260hz 4K Gaming Monitor.
December 30, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, YukonPete said: Im running a 7950X3D and 4090. Before the 4090 I had a 4070ti and to be honest I don't really see much differance between the cards in MSFS2020 or 2024. I kinda regret getting the 4090 as it was double the price of that 4070ti. So I would suggest the 4070ti As long as you are Main Thread limited, you won't notice any difference with a better graphics card other than more VRAM. System: I ASRock X670E | AMD 7800X3D | 64Gb DDR5 6000 | RTX 4090 | 2TB NVMe | Seasonic Vertex 1000W I LG Ultra Gear 34 UW I
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