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Thought I'd update this thread. I kept an eye on used GPU's but with the prices being a bit silly at the moment, no doubt affected by the current shortage, it didn't seem like the best option. In the end I succumbed to the enticing look of FS2020 and bought a refurbished PC equipped with a GTX1660ti off a well rated ebay seller. I've had FS2020 up and running for just over a week now, still getting to grips with it but loving it so far.

Thanks for the replies and advice. I couldn't find the GTX 960 Ti on ebay but there are a few 2GB GTX 960, is that up to the job? If so it could be a quick way to get me up and running. Interesting to see your spec Chock, I had a look at a couple of your videos and would be very happy to have FS2020 running like you have it. I'll do a bit of research on your components. Also I didn't realise FS2020 has gliders, I've done a bit of real life glider flying so would be very interested in that.

I've never used flight sims before (apart from the one on google earth), and am not into gaming, but when FS2020 came out last year it really caught my eye and the idea of getting into a flight sim appeals to me. Having done a bit of research I've realised I'd need to spend well over £1000 on a new PC to run FS2020 and even then might only manage low to medium settings. Before making a significant spend on something that might (for me) end up being a short lived novelty, I wonder if I could try out one of the older sims on my current PC? My current PC is around 6 years old and was bought for AutoCAD, not gaming. Therefore I think I might need to swap the Quadro 410 graphics card for something gaming oriented. But if I could get a cheap low end gaming card running an older sim it would be much easier to justify the cost, and if I get the bug I could upgrade to a newer sim and PC in the future. My current system below: i5 4400 8GB ram 108gb SSD 930gb HDD Quadro 410 GPU Windows 10 My question is can anyone recommend a modest GPU to slot into this system and which sims would it be able to run? Am I looking at FS2004 (if you can still buy it), could I run FSX? Any others? Thank you!