Thank you all for talking me down!

6 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

Same here.  I easily max out on vram with my 4080 at 1440p.  If you load the sim with high end payware (aircraft, scenery) and you're running weather it's easy to do.  Plus it's not 16GB it's more like whatever is available from Windows... like in my case around 14.8 GB or so.

I will be very interested to see how my new PC handles MSFS 2024 @ 1080p resolution. Various users have stated that they have had VRAM problems over the years with systems that have been considerably more powerful than mine, and yet I have never experienced any noticeable issues. My current GTX 980Ti with 6GB VRAM has handled MSFS 2020 in DX11 mode admirably for the past two years, and it even did a good job in DX12 mode when I tested it for a few weeks. Prior to that, I was running P3Dv4 with massive amounts of detail (FlyTampa EHAM Amsterdam Schiphol/ORBx TrueEarth Netherlands/detailed AIG AI planes @ 100% etc) with a 2GB GTX 770!

For the record, my RTX 4070 Super GPU has 12GB VRAM, and I do not expect to see any problems at all @ 1080p resolution, even in dense scenery areas.

Edited November 28, 2025Nov 28 by Christopher Low

You can't miss what you've never had. I think very often you think game X or program Z runs perfectly well on the system you have, and then you upgrade and the scales fall from your eyes 😮

 

12 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

If you steer clear of 4K, I doubt that 16GB VRAM is going to be a problem.

i run in 4k and I have 16vram on my 5070ti.  the only thing i cant run is the fbw 380

2024 ran smoother than 2020 on my 7900 XT thanks to FSR3. There were a few artifacts, mainly on the A321, but not enough to put you off.

For VR, I just upgraded to a 5090 in a "black friday" deal because YouTubers are banging on about how the RAM shortage will affect GPUs. This is how the hysteria over toilet rolls started during Covid and I didn't want to get caught with my pants down (again).

Black Friday :

- 3  new 75” tv’s

- new PC  (9950/5090/48 6000 cas 26 )

And : used 737 cockpit shell + new Liners 

 

 

 

Edited November 28, 2025Nov 28 by GSalden

Someone has a busy weekend! 

14 hours ago, Dreamflight767 said:

Hmmm.  That's interesting and encouraging.  How/why would FS2024 run better than FS2020?  Isn't FS2024 more demanding with higher graphics etc.?

Different engine, better optimisation.

I feel inferior. A fortnight ago:

 

1 x Chillblast On-site Warranty - 5 Years (3 Years Parts, Labour and Callout, 2 Years Labour only) 

1 x Intel Core i5 14600KF LGA1700 Processor 

1 x Gigabyte Z790 EAGLE AX Intel Motherboard 

1 x Fractal Focus 2 Mid Tower Gaming Case - Black 

1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 Multi Compatible All-in-One CPU Water Cooler 

1 x be quiet! Silent Wings 4 120mm High-Speed PWM Chassis Fan 

1 x Kingston FURY Beast 64GB (2x 32GB) 6000MT/s DDR5 

1 x Microsoft Windows 11 Home 

1 x 850W MSI MAG A850GN 80 Plus Gold PSU (SI ONLY) 

1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 WINDFORCE SFF OC 12GB 

1 x Norton 360 Deluxe Digital Voucher for 1 Year - 1 User, 3 Devices 

1 x Chillblast Cryo Frost Thermal Paste Replacement 

1 x 4TB Seagate BarraCuda 3.5" SATA III HDD 

1 x 2TB Kingston NV3 M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD 

1 x No Norton Trial 

 

Still, better than it was...

I've just dropped £2500 and I'm running everything on high, it runs smoothly at custom EGLL, all the AI traffic with FSHUD.  I'm so happy.  The Fenix is a joy to fly.  

The only buzzkill are the rubbish ground texturing sharpness in 2024 and the obvious degredation, despite using high LODs.  

Edited November 28, 2025Nov 28 by Langeveldt

12 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

Holy schnikes I wasn't aware.  I spent about 230 USD for 2x32GB Corsair DDR5 6000 not even a year ago.  From Corsair's site the same product currently goes for 841.99 - THAT'S INSANE!

You're correct. I looked up the receipt I paid for my 64 GBs of memory, and the total was $220.00 for the 4 sticks. Corsair Titanium 6000.

5 hours ago, GSalden said:

Black Friday :

- 3  new 75” tv’s

- new PC  (9950/5090/48 6000 cas 26 )

And : used 737 cockpit shell + new Liners 

 

 

Incredible!!!  Congratulations!  

So triple 4K?  12K resolution?   

And WHERE do you find a used 737 shell LOL.

You must be like a kid on Christmas morning, congratulations and enjoy! 

23 minutes ago, psolk said:

Incredible!!!  Congratulations!  

So triple 4K?  12K resolution?   

And WHERE do you find a used 737 shell LOL.

You must be like a kid on Christmas morning, congratulations and enjoy! 

Thank you.

Yes. Triple 4K. If I cannot have it as detailed as I want then still have the Left View client for one TV like before. But the idea is one fast pc with triple view.

The used shell is a demo FDS 737 shell which I bought from EuroSkySim ( headquarter in Istanbul and showroom in Amsterdam.

Also I bought the NextLevelRacing Boeing Commercial Flight Seat, just for the seat. Already I have their v3 Motion seat platform built in the seat.

20 hours ago, bobcat999 said:

Also, can't you just drop a better processor in that AM4 board?  7800X3D or something? 

He can't, 5800X3D uses an AM4 motherboard, 7800X3D / 9800X3D uses an AM5 motherboard

Even so, 5800X3D + 3090 is solid, in my opinion it will run MSFS2024 just as well if not better than he's running MSFS2020.  @Dreamflight767

yesterday I replaced my 4 year old 12gb 3060 with a 5070TI 16GB  ............. the difference...UNBELIEVABLE! I fly in VR meta Quest 3 pretty much every flight but  now.........WOW.........everything is much clearer and much faster.....What a bloody difference....its cost me though, had to get a new power suply too... Im running an i7 processer.

Regards

Paul EGCC