Advice on a new Graphics Card

Hi All.

I was on a low budget when setting up my PC for the FS2020 and i ended up buying the XFX AMD Radeon RX 570 (8GB) Graphics Card and to be honest, My first flights flying over lanzarote and its volcanos was giving me 30 FPS and since then my FPS is now averaging 15, I have the FPS set at 30 in the settings and followed a few tips on youtube.

 

I am now thinking of upgrading the graphics card to the AMD Radeon RX 5700, But thought i would ask the question on here for advice.

 

Since i only use my PC for the Flight sim, What graphics card do you recommend.

 

first thought is, Buy a RX 5700, 2nd thought, Buy the lower spec model RX5500 to save some money, But what will the visual Experience be like when playing the game or hold out and buy the RX6800 card when it is more available.

 

Maybe others are in the same situation, Will it be worthwhile paying X number of pounds if the difference in visual Experience will be very little.

 

Would love to hear your thoughts.

 

Regards my PC, i have a Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz with 16Gb of Ram, Windows 10 , power supply 650

 

Thank you for any thoughts

 

Malc

Hi, I don’t know much about the RX700 but if you were to get it then I would suggest upgrading your PSU too. The “recommended” psu is 700w but I would suggest even more. Probably 750 or 800w

 

Another thing to think of.. although upgrading your graphics card will help, you may find that your CPU becomes a bottleneck? Plus you maybe should consider upgrading your RAM to 32

 

 

Regards

Steve

Thanks Steve, to be honest, i made to many cut backs when i upgraded my PC and i should have bought a higher watt PSU, , It was the Corsair 650 w PSU which was fine for the RX570 but limits me from upgrading to the RX5700 since there are only a few that require a 600W PSU

I think they say 600w is the bare minimum you can use with the RX5700 but we all know you should go higher, especially when they recommend higher.

I upgraded my GPU back in April to the RTX2080ti. Half an our hour after ordering, it occurred to me that I might need a better psu so had to place a second order. The psu is often overlooked but is just as important.

Of course I upgraded my pc again in August, including the psu again! LOL

 

Regards

Steve

If you hit windows-G it will bring up a game resourse monitor, so you can see exactly what your using. If anything is only half used, no point in upgrading it. I recommend a rtx 3080 graphics card.

If you hit windows-G it will bring up a game resourse monitor, so you can see exactly what your using. If anything is only half used, no point in upgrading it. I recommend a rtx 3080 graphics card.

 

He won’t benefit from an RTX30 series card without changing his PSU, CPU (& possibly motherboard) & ram.. new computer basically. Expensive!

 

Regards

Steve

This link may be helpful. Note this is for medium settings, but assumes a very strong CPU. Nonetheless, it will give you an idea about the ranking of graphics cards, even though your fps will not be this strong on any of them.

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wGS6q8SG4WNU6NQscv9Nfh.png

The 5600XT might work, but I would avoid the 5500XT. If you plan to run higher settings you need the 5700 or 5700XT.

Edited November 29, 2020 by plainsman

This link may be helpful. Note this is for medium settings, but assumes a very strong CPU. Nonetheless, it will give you an idea about the ranking of graphics cards, even though your fps will not be this strong on any of them.

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wGS6q8SG4WNU6NQscv9Nfh.png

The 5600XT might work, but I would avoid the 5500XT. If you plan to run higher settings you need the 5700 or 5700XT.

 

Thank you for your help Plainsman , That chart is a good help.

He won’t benefit from an RTX30 series card without changing his PSU, CPU (& possibly motherboard) & ram.. new computer basically. Expensive!

 

Regards

Steve

 

Why is that?

I run the RX5600XT and the graphics are first-class...... just sayin

Noted its the XFX RX 5600 XT Thicc III ULTRA which i believe is more powerful, I have no room for the Thicc , It would be sitting over other cables . Are you using high settings ?

Noted its the XFX RX 5600 XT Thicc III ULTRA which i believe is more powerful, I have no room for the Thicc , It would be sitting over other cables . Are you using high settings ?

 

I did at first, then I found myself tuning everything down ha and when I say everything I mean the ram speed too...... and the board speed.... odd but it works this end... Just a thought it would be prudent to check if you have any bottlenecks in your rig.....

Edited November 30, 2020 by daspinall

forgot to mention when I bought the RX5600TX i also replaced the PSU which was 550W for a 850W PSU

 

I think this is a must do upgrade.....

Why is that?

 

Because his current cpu will cause a bottleneck.

 

He would have to change his CPU & probably his motherboard. He would definitely need a new psu.. & would be advisable for more ram. Ultimately he would have to buy a new pc.

 

Regards

Steve

I thought my CPU would have been good enough, It might have been cheaper buying a new PC. Regards Graphics cards, There is a shortage now, so waiting for new stock. Just wonder if they are forcing people into buying the latest cards Edited November 30, 2020 by malct

Your CPU may be adequate, depending on the resolution and settings you plan to use. If you are running 1080p and particularly if you can run a mix of medium and high settings, you should be OK. If you plan to run 1440k at ultra settings, you will need a new system.

I thought my CPU would have been good enough, It might have been cheaper buying a new PC. Regards Graphics cards, There is a shortage now, so waiting for new stock. Just wonder if they are forcing people into buying the latest cards

 

I don't think it's the intentions of the developers to force us to upgrade, rather present us with the latest and greatest leaps forward in the game industry. we seems to be the ones lagging behind for want of a better expression.... I hope you sort it out soon.....

 

 

did you watch the video (Documentery) that's been posted this release of the sim is truly cutting edge compared to previous releases

Edited November 30, 2020 by daspinall

I thought I sent this but can't find it. Here is a site that evaluates the performance of various cpu and gpu combinations. Might help in your search. https://pc-builds.com/compare/

I think someone is editing/deleting posts to this thread without telling us.

I have a Old dell XPS that i could upgrade.

 

Regards the Radeon 570, Its playable, its only now and again that i get issues. Its how much money that your going to spend.

So far i have spent £400 in total and thats a lot of money just to play 1 game.

 

Daspinall, Do you have a link to that Documentery

Hi, this is the documentary he was referring to...

 

 

Regards

Steve

Thanks Steve, I am half way through the program, Just making a cup of tea and will watch the rest, Really enjoying the program

I agree, it really is superb. Glad you’re enjoying it (the video, not the tea :) )

 

Regards

Steve

I recently upgraded my CPU to a Ryzen 2700, then got an RTX 3070 GPU. I now need to get another CPU, probably a Ryzen 5600. As I'm not using 4k, I'm hoping these specs will be OK with 32 gb RAM.

I did a similar thing earlier in the year... I bought an RTX2080ti (& a new psu) but then realised my i7-7700k wasn’t really good enough & was causing a bottleneck.

Ended up buying a new CPU & motherboard.. plus another PSU. I also upgraded my ram to 64gb, but MSFS doesn’t use anywhere near that amount. You’ll be fine with 32Gb

 

Regards

Steve