TheSkiMC

Hello there. I am currently running FSX Steam Edition for flying on VATSIM. I use a number of addons like PMDG, Majestic and Aerosoft Aircraft, and many addon sceneries from Aerosoft, FlyTampa, T2G, etc. Here are my current specs: AMD FX 6300 3.5GHz Gigabyte Motherboard (AM3+ Socket) Stock CPU cooling AMD Radeon R7 240 2GB 8GB DDR3 RAM Windows 10 x64 I have to run FSX on very low settings which makes textures, sceneries and terrain look rather horrible. I can tweak it to the point of maybe getting 20fps in well optimized or less dense scenery, but once you start adding in more dense scenery and air traffic, frame rate can drop as low as 8fps (which I am kind of getting used to flying with...) I would like to upgrade either my GPU or CPU, depending on which is more likely to be the bottleneck, so I can run FSX with textures that are actually readable! I'm on a budget of around £300, and would like to move away from AMD, but replacing the CPU with an Intel would obviously require a new motherboard too, which would mean I'd have to go for a lower-end CPU. If you could point me in the right direction, even suggest a specific processor or card! Thanks for the advice. Calum

Hello there. I am currently running FSX Steam Edition for flying on VATSIM. I use a number of addons like PMDG, Majestic and Aerosoft Aircraft, and many addon sceneries from Aerosoft, FlyTampa, T2G, etc. Here are my current specs: AMD FX 6300 3.5GHz Gigabyte Motherboard (AM3+ Socket) Stock CPU cooling AMD Radeon R7 240 2GB 8GB DDR3 RAM Windows 10 x64 I have to run FSX on very low settings which makes textures, sceneries and terrain look rather horrible. I can tweak it to the point of maybe getting 20fps in well optimized or less dense scenery, but once you start adding in more dense scenery and air traffic, frame rate can drop as low as 8fps (which I am kind of getting used to flying with...) I would like to upgrade either my GPU or CPU, depending on which is more likely to be the bottleneck, so I can run FSX with textures that are actually readable! I'm on a budget of around £300, and would like to move away from AMD, but replacing the CPU with an Intel would obviously require a new motherboard too, which would mean I'd have to go for a lower-end CPU. If you could point me in the right direction, even suggest a specific processor or card! Thanks for the advice. Calum

What would you say would be the upper limit of processor power I could go for if I stuck with my GPU?

Thanks for your reply. I feel quite confident hitting up the network and flying IFR to most places, however I'm kind of being put off by degrading performance, sometimes down to as bad as 8 fps so it becomes very difficult to fly any aircraft to any precision. What would be the real difference between buying a new CPU or buying a totally new motherboard? And what brands / speeds / no. of cores would you recommend?

*I've put this in the Video cards forum even though it may be more of a processor / storage issue - I don't know Hello all, I've been playing flight sim for around 6 months now and I really enjoy it, love flying aircraft like the Dash 8, and PMDG NGX and T7 (I'd like to fly the Airbus too but performance is just too bad). However, a few years back when I first invested in a PC, flight sim was not considered (TBH I didn't know it was a thing) so my hardware definitely struggles. I can get around 40 fps (internally limited for smoothness) in external views, and around 20 fps max in internal views, however this is on very low graphics settings and almost unreadable textures. I would like to invest some money into getting better, more consistent frame rates, however I'm unsure as to how to go about this. Here's my current specs to the best of my knowledge. GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-USB3 Motherboard AMD FX6300 6-core 3.5GHz (can be overclocked but I ain't got a clue what I'm doing) AMD Radeon R7 240 2GB (downgraded driver because apparently the latest hates FSX) 8GB DDR3 RAM Some 1TB HDD that I couldn't tell you the specs of FSX:SE somewhat tweaked Could you please guide me in the direction of a new graphics card / processor / ram / storage drive? I don't know where to start in the market, not even the brand, cause it's so huge and varied. Budget wise I'd rather not spend more that £100 if possible but I might be able to stretch to £150, £200 if completely necessary. Thanks very much, Calum.