4 hours ago, Dreamflight767 said:

So is a newer card with less vram better, or is the older card with more vram?  

Imho VRAM cant be replaced by anything when using 4K or VR and as such, a 3090 might be better in this aspect than a 5080, yes. BUT, it is still not all about VRAM. The 5080 is faster and has all new gimmicks included, like multiframegen and DLSS4. I would certainly prefer those over 8 additional GB of VRAM considering MSFS2024. 

In my case, I went for the "old" variant (4090) because it already offers at least framegen and DLSS4 can be forced. This means it actually was worth the change because it offers the "best" from both worlds. 

On 11/29/2025 at 1:27 PM, Matt Sdeel said:

Do European vendors celebrate Black Friday too?

Even in Australia and it can start a few weeks before actual Black Friday.

Now with SU4 release, I'm tempted to upgrade to 2024 however I have a 3080Ti with only 12GB of VRAM.

With a 4K screen running 60 HZ should I upgrade performance-wise? Today I use 1/2 refresh rate and use fixed 30 FPS via RTSS.

 

Thanks

Just now, Shomron said:

Now with SU4 release, I'm tempted to upgrade to 2024 however I have a 3080Ti with only 12GB of VRAM.

With a 4K screen running 60 HZ should I upgrade performance-wise? Today I use 1/2 refresh rate and use fixed 30 FPS via RTSS.

 

Thanks

Forget 4k.  Go 1440.  On a 3060ti here.  That is all you need for MSFS 2024 IMO.

dd

19 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

Forget 4k.  Go 1440.  On a 3060ti here.  That is all you need for MSFS 2024 IMO.

dd

For some reason a lower res looks bad on my 4K…. Any specific setting I’m missing in order to achieve clear 1440 res?

48 minutes ago, Shomron said:

For some reason a lower res looks bad on my 4K…. Any specific setting I’m missing in order to achieve clear 1440 res?

If you’ve got a native 4K monitor downscaling to 1440 is not going to look good. It’s all very well people saying run at a lower resolution but you really do need a monitor that runs it natively.

Might be better to stay with 4K and lower some settings. Alternatively, Steam Lossless Scaling app for a few dollars will help enormously.

When a new Microcenter opened up near me last July, with full stocked shelves, I immediately did a (essentially a bucket list item) now or never move and parted together a complete system (see my sig below), literally from their stock on shelves.  My only regret is I could have gotten my 5090 for $200 less if I had waited about 6 weeks, but you know about "the bird in the hand".  Overall, looking back I'm completely satisfied, especially considering what's available right now.  BTW, it was cool to fill a physical shopping cart with all that stuff and buy it at a checkout counter.  I've nicknamed that build "New Kitchen" for the obvious ($$$$) reason.

Edited December 12, 2025Dec 12 by TheFamilyMan

I just got a 32" 1440 LG curved gaming screen.  Only $170us.  Great  out of the box.

dd

 

On 11/27/2025 at 10:43 PM, 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!

Price gouging, plain and simple. 

1 hour ago, Boomer said:

Price gouging, plain and simple. 

More like the demand for AI data centres going beserk and their owners making bigger orders and having more money.

I gather the memory manufacturers aren't increasing capacity as you might expect, unless, like me and many others you see the AI boom as another bubble and they don't want to be caught with overcapacity.

3 hours ago, TheFamilyMan said:

When a new Microcenter opened up near me last July, with full stocked shelves, I immediately did a (essentially a bucket list item) now or never move and parted together a complete system (see my sig below), literally from their stock on shelves.  My only regret is I could have gotten my 5090 for $200 less if I had waited about 6 weeks, but you know about "the bird in the hand".  Overall, looking back I'm completely satisfied, especially considering what's available right now.  BTW, it was cool to fill a physical shopping cart with all that stuff and buy it at a checkout counter.  I've nicknamed that build "New Kitchen" for the obvious ($$$$) reason.

Microcenter is a dangerous place LOL.  We have one (thankfully) quite a drive from my house but it's dangerously still within reach haha.  I tend to get my stuff off amazon or newegg but microcenter is such a cool store.  I love going there and just looking at stuff.  It's difficult to come out empty handed.  Their prebuilds aren't actually too bad and I think you can still pick out parts and have them build it with/for you for a fee.  And yes I'm jealous of your new rig!  I must ask though - why in the world do you still have an optical drive?  I've not had one in my PC since 2013 or so.

Edited December 12, 2025Dec 12 by ryanbatc

2 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

why in the world do you still have an optical drive?  I've not had one in my PC since 2013 or so.

I use it to make bluray disk movies painstakingly edited down and authored from the HD video clips I shoot with an equally old school HD camcorder when traveling about.  I'll PM you a link to a sample of my footage, once you see you'll understand why I'm into this.

BTW, I think it's the is the 3rd build that my BD-R drive has found a home.  Surprised it's lasted that long (but I got a spare "new" one on hand too).

Edited December 12, 2025Dec 12 by TheFamilyMan

Best thing any serious simmer can do to help themselves is learn to build their own pcs, it's not that hard.

14 hours ago, TheFamilyMan said:

I've nicknamed that build "New Kitchen" for the obvious ($$$$) reason.

Love it! That'd look great as a system id on the LAN.

2 hours ago, Boomer said:

Best thing any serious simmer can do to help themselves is learn to build their own pcs, it's not that hard.

Not that hard, but not necessarily any cheaper either. I always used to build my own but the last two or three I've bought to spec from a UK seller/assembler. Actually cheaper that way, plus no worries about slipping and screwing up and you get a full warranty as well. I used to build because I could never buy a pre-assembled PC with all the bits I wanted, but that's really no longer the case (or the CPU, or the PS etc <grin>)