jasburbak

That's great to hear! Thanks for your specs and info, much appreciated.

That's actually the exact same hardware that i'm building currently, I wonder if I could get away with a single 970gtx with that newer component setup.

Well, two 970's in SLI are definitely much better than a single 980 for most other games, but as far as I know FSX doesn't run well on a SLI setup. Haven't made the jump to P3D yet, as I was waiting for 3.1v to be released to try it out. But- there are plenty known issues with SLI configurations for Nvidia cards, that it might be a headache, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, but going SLI doesn't get rid of the VRAM limitations of the 970 cards. SLI'ing it will definitely make a difference, but enough for the low FPS requirements for FSX/P3D, that I dont know. Steve Dra, your settings seem to be pretty good, thanks, the only difference would be low altitude flying would cause a drop in FPS in a scenic environment and thats what worries me. ORBX PNW is my main go to, and its pretty intensive.

This probably applies to those with this hardware setup. I'm building a new PC so wanted to get the experience of users with the same/similar setup: How well does add ons and payware aircraft fare with those who use the GTX970 card and a 4k monitor? There have been multiple threads here on whether this card could run it, apparently it can, but couldnt find information regarding whether if it was with a basic run down, or with heavy add ons like UTX, GTX, REX, mesh, etc.. The monitor I'm considering is the Philips 40" BDM4065UC with an GTX970 4GB card. I do mainly low altitude scenery flying and use payware aircraft. What FPS do you get? How much would you have to back off on settings? Thanks, I'm about to bite the bullet, but since FSX is the only "game" I play, I don't want to get a card that can't support a proper experience.