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screenshot? Of what? My GPU? Just a regular old one. 2 Core i3-4370. I dont have super high settings. But a lof of settings dont affect the GPU. Cloud size does though if running high SS or SGSS.

Just anything, keen to see what sort of display you get.

I'm looking for screenshots with specs of either off or close to either of these specs?

Ryzen 3600X CPU

RTX2060Super GPU or GTX1660TI GPU

If you have one of these GPU and or CPU I'd love to see how FSX looks.

I use a GTX 650TI. Which is more then enough.

Can you post a screenshot, also what CPU do you have?

I'm thinking a

AMD Ryzen 3700X

GTX 1660TI

Any thoughts on how these will go?

Of course, you'll need a budget! And if you have a Significant Other, then the importance of the budget just tripled.

 

Second, get a desktop. Laptops are cute, but inflexible, and probably only used by people that consider FSX a game, not a simulation (I wonder how many toes I just stepped on....).

 

Third, get a CPU from Intel, with a clock rate as high as your budget will allow. Important: that clock rate has to be the base clock rate - forget about turbo and boost clock rates. Raw base clock rate is what matters. The number of cores is not as important as the base clock rate. Did I say base clock rate?

 

Fourth, get a graphics adapter by nVidia, with as much VRAM on it as your budget will allow.

 

Fifth, for the RAM in the system, get at least 8 GB of DDR4 RAM, again as fast as you budget will allow.

 

Sixth, get at least one SSD for Windows, and if the budget will allow a separate one for FSX. Add-on scenery does not have to be on the same drive as FSX, and for that you can choose a HDD.

 

I think I said budget enough times?

 

As you can see now, there are a lot of decisions and possible trade-offs and compromises that you have to make, and of course you also have to consider what else you want to use the computer for.

 

Jorgen

1: Too funny but so true

2: Desktop all the way

3: Is Intel better than AMD? You can get a better AMD for the same money you spend on Intel? How important is Intel over AMD

4: Is it better to spend more on GPU or CPU?

5: 16GB DDR4 ram

6: 500GB SSD for Win 10. 3 x HDD's for other stuff.

2:

asking this question another way.

What should I be getting? What would be suggested?

Just want peoples thoughts how how this system will preform with FXS

- PSU: 550W

- Video Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 1660 6GB TUF

- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Processor 6 Cores 12 Threads 4.2GHz

- Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory Kit

- Hard Disk: 480GB SSD

How will this compare to

- AMD 965 Processor

- 1TB HDD

- GTS220 Video Card

I used to fly FSX about 5-10 years ago but as my PC aged I got over the poor graphics vs what I could see on YouTube etc so gave up.

 

I'm hoping MS Flight Simulator will get me back into it as I'm also looking/needing a system upgrade.

 

Is there any documentation on what 'required' or 'reccommended' to get above average results? - I'm not needing top end results just something that's clean and smooth as I love scenary and weather effects.

 

Any help is appreicated.

Cheers for the reply. I couldn't find anything when I searched online, in fact it's hard to find anything really.

What's the essentials for FSX these days?

500W power supply & 3.5 Ghz processor or better is what I recall?

Is there anything for Video Cards?

I used to fly FSX about 5-10 years ago but as my PC aged I got over the poor graphics vs what I could see on YouTube etc so gave up.

I'm hoping MS Flight Simulator will get me back into it as I'm also looking/needing a system upgrade.

Is there any documentation on what 'required' or 'reccommended' to get above average results? - I'm not needing top end results just something that's clean and smooth as I love scenary and weather effects.

Any help is appreicated.