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Because you can disable all the “invasions” … but any website you visit and you give up privacy right, far more so than any OS attempts.

There are options to install Win11 even when you don’t have TPM module be it hardware or emulated in EFI. Here ya go: https://rufus.ie/en/ You really should install Win11.

Agree, but on fresh data (aka streaming) it should help reduce latency. AMD UDNA GPU platform appears to be set to go head to head with nVidia which should mean the return of sane GPU prices. AMD Q1 report was outstanding! Glad I purchased more AMD stock while it was in the upper 80’s (117 today). Not trying to sound like an AMD advertisement, but we desperately need them to bring competition … $1899 for my PNY 5090 OC and $719 for my AMD 9070 XT OC. Sure the 5090 does indeed produce more FPS under very demanding graphics settings, but it doesn’t produce 250% more FPS.

Ah yes the double standards of being righteous … I dream of a day when the human race evolves past things that don’t matter and can focus on things that do matter. You mean like our self imposed climate situation, or the “we vs. them” global trading gaming, or getting everyone educated and not just the few? 🙂

Agree, but I didn’t say “same”, I said “translates” … it’s actually likely higher memory speed would translate better on X3D with a cache miss.

True, but still AM5 based and should translate to 9950X3D also … I haven’t actually tested that RAM spec with MSFS 2020 or 2024 as I can’t locate 8000+ Mts RAM modules (pair) above 32GB … for optimal performance need to run more than 32GB for current crop of flight simulators. There is something odd about MSFS 2024 Ultra vs. MSFS 2020 Ultra (DX11) … trying to determine why MSFS 2024 is such a bad performer at Ultra with barely any visual difference … DX12 should be a benefit, not a detriment and I can’t determine … is definitely NOT CPU related but both my 5090 and 9070XT OC GPUs struggle … the CPU utilization is 20% while GPU is pegged. Anyway, I digress … both CPUs are good, but OP indicated “money is not a problem” hence it’s an easy decision to go with 9950X3D. Best “value” might be different. Also rumors AMD are coming out with another gaming focus CPU later this year.

Steam MSFS 2024 version seems to work better, I could at least do a flight. BUT, I think the issue is with the "required" connection to my XBOX account ... got 0% and a gray empty square in the center after providing my credentials ... for about 10 minutes of nothing happening, I end task. Tried again and this time got run MSFS in "safe mode" message saying my Market Place will be disabled? Odd, seems to be some issue with MSFS 2024 connecting to my XBOX account ... oddly MSFS 2020 connected to my XBOX account without issue (on the same PC).

I was just thinking about doing that … see if the Steam version works correctly … need to check Steam’s return policy — 30 minutes, hmmm (better check quick). The MSFS 2024 MS Store install seemed too quick on my new PC … but worth a shot.

Skip to the 6:36 mark in this video: Oddly for MSFS the difference in RAM speed is has a significant impact on FPS.

Not really, more cache hits over few cores. 9800X3D 104MB total cache, 9950X3D 144MB total cache. The 9800X3D is a Ryzen 7 part, the 9950X3D is a Ryzen 9 part … there are architectural differences. The 9950X3D has higher base and boost clock with better single core performance.

AMD 9950X3D on X870E chipset, make sure EFI/BIOS is updated and AMD chipset updated and Win11 OS updated (several key performance changes specific to 9950X3D and X870E)… that will provide better performance over the 9800X3D … if you want to further increase performance just for flight simulators, then disable SMT. If you want to overclock, then disable/park a CCD which will allow more OC headroom where frequency dominates game performance. 9950X3D gives you a lot more options for game specific optimizations and the price difference is negligible. Another to be noted performance specs for MSFS 2020 anyway, is RAM bandwidth … 8000+ Mts can bring about a significant FPS increase in MSFS 2020 (not so much in other games).

You mean my PC that works fine with MSFS 2020, P3D, XP? It’s sorted thanks, maybe you need look outside your bubble.

Well, MSFS 2024 wouldn’t even run on my new PC build … CTD before I could even get to a flight or the graphics options for that matter. Odd, it was working “ok” on my old PC. MS Store … maybe they messed up the MS Store installer? I’ll disagree that MSFS 2024 rocks, maybe when/if they sort out all the bugs. Simple Google search will show you that MSFS 2024 has more than just 1000 bad user experiences, heck Steam and MSFS forums are full of users having issues (some very animated) … which is also why MSFS 2024 ratings are not positive. It’s a shame, but I did get refund for MSFS 2024, 2020 is working fine.

I take that back, MSFS 2024 is no more, got a refund approved (kinda surprised they approved). Tried to install MSFS 2024 “Aviator” on my new PC build and was never able to do a single flight, repeated CTD before I even got into a flight, couldn’t even get to the options page. Virgin install with ZERO add-ons or modifications (the MS Store version for PC) Not sure what happened, uninstalled MSFS 2024 from my other PC, installed on new PC and it CTDs every time. Ran the usual set of diagnostics and stress testing on my new PC, no issues reported. Tested P3D, XP, MSFS 2020, and suite of other demanding games and no issues … seems to be isolated to MSFS 2024. All drivers are current (GPU/Chipset etc.). Oh well, will wait until/if Asobo/MS get 2024 sorted out and buy again (maybe).

MSFS 2020, MSFS 2024, P3D 5.4, P3D 6.1, XP11, XP12 … keeping them all “tweaked” and updated is time consuming, they all have their own rewards and warts. MSFS 20/24 is probably the easiest to just jump in an fly around. XP and P3D takes some tweaking and lots of add-ons to really get the best out of them. Maybe some day they’ll all combine into one big development team and deliver the perfect flight simulator?