Best place to start would be enabling developer mode in the sim and then turning on the fps display. It should tell you which component you’re limited by. If it says limited by main thread, that’s your cpu. At which point you could open task manager and see how much usage is being put on your GPU while cpu limited to get a sense of how close to edge your GPU is being pushed while cpu limited. From there you can estimate how quickly you might become GPU bottlenecked if you introduced a faster cpu. For example, if you’re GPU is at 90%, upgrading to a quicker cpu will make you GPU limited very quickly. In my case, my 4080 super is at around 50-60% at 4K with frame gen enabled. So room in the tank should a new cpu is introduced (9800x3d maybe, when / if it launches)

@@AirNOTT thanks for the rapid response! im MainThread limited like 95% of the time. there is an occasional GPU limited frame. GPU utilization never exceeds 50-55%, CPU is 40%~ (it varies a lot!) during a normal flight (using FBW A32NX). If I put DLSS on quality and increase some setting to ultra, the GPU utilization crawls towards ~60% (but it varies too, its usually way below 60). Cruising altitude is okayish smooth, there are a few stutters but its "alright". Once im on an approach, it feels apart the closer I get to the ground... CPU frametime is 15-20ms when crusing, and 30-50ms when landing. GPU is like .. 8-10ms? I can have 45-50fps in the air, and then on landing it can drop down to literally 10fps.. On most Triple AAA games im obviously at 100% GPU, so there wont be a huge gain I suppose - though ive seen some comparisons between a regular Ryzen 5XXX and 7800X3d and there is always a good boost in FPS, even if you were GPU limited before. its tough cuz I feel like overall the 5800X and the RTX 3070 are decently balanced. But I know pushing 2K, especially on newer titles, while wanting a smooth experience pushes it to its limit. So ill have to upgrade both eventually, just not sure what would benefit me more. I guess if I let it come down to games, I'd prefer a smoother experience in CS and MSFS as those are my main games. The Triple-AAA games im not so eager to push it to graphical limits yet. btw - introducing 5800X3D is not an option. If I upgrade the CPU direction ill go all-in on AM5.

Wow! What a steal!! Good luck with it

I doubt it. Maybe with DLSS upscaling? Would have to test it properly to be sure

Awesome!

Lots of people have done that

@@Luca-mk9zc yea

ive been flight simming with only an extreme 3d pro since 2014

Yeah they’re good folk at Gatwick. Tbh I’ve found them all to be very good and understanding.

Google VatSim cheat sheet

@@AirNOTT thank you so much man I’m still watching this video. Great content!

It’s real people controlling various airspaces. Not everywhere has coverage, depending on which controllers log on. In that instance, pilots try and manage things amongst themselves on a frequency called “Unicom”

VatSim 😉

@@AirNOTT hmm. I enjoy digital spotting, using AIG schedules etc. What i meant is like the way ATC works in the sim with AI. I feel that has always been an underdeveloped part of the sims.

Cheers Ron! Glad you found it useful 🙂

Yes, sadly I think you’re right!

Haha I’ll take it!

Thank you!!