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Processor and Graphics cards

A 787 and 747 flight with the performance monitor running...



That RTX 2080ti is running at over 90% and looks to be using just about all of its vram to support 4K. 70C too. Not everyone has a 4K display, but those Ti cards are easily $1200 to $1900 depending on the retailer. Won't complain about $40 payware anymore.

-d
 
Note that Nvidia has an event coming up on September 1 where the company is expected to announce its next-generation cards (either 30x0 or 21x0 series). https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/special-event/

Those should bring the cost of 2080 Ti-level performance down, as well as boosting top-end performance.

AMD is also supposed to be introducing their next-gen "Big Navi" cards in the November timeframe, and these are rumored to be more competitive performance-wise with high-end Nvidia cards than AMD's current cards. If that's true, then we could also see some price competition coming into play, something Nvidia hasn't had to deal with for a while.
 
That RTX 2080ti is running at over 90% and looks to be using just about all of its vram to support 4K. 70C too. Not everyone has a 4K display, but those Ti cards are easily $1200 to $1900 depending on the retailer. Won't complain about $40 payware anymore.

-d

Having done this stuff in real life, I am not 'blown away' very often in a flight sim program. However, when I saw those wings flex on takeoff, I was 'blown away.'

I think Microsoft could sell this graphics engine to game developers. Might replace the Unreal engine.

Lastly, the guy's i7700 CPU was practically idling. He was GPU limited. That will be a new paradigm for us simmers.
 
Note that Nvidia has an event coming up on September 1 where the company is expected to announce its next-generation cards (either 30x0 or 21x0 series). https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/special-event/

Those should bring the cost of 2080 Ti-level performance down, as well as boosting top-end performance.

AMD is also supposed to be introducing their next-gen "Big Navi" cards in the November timeframe, and these are rumored to be more competitive performance-wise with high-end Nvidia cards than AMD's current cards. If that's true, then we could also see some price competition coming into play, something Nvidia hasn't had to deal with for a while.

A little more info:

https://www.techradar.com/news/rtx-3080
 
Unfortunately I did not get time to do a full FPS test during the beta.

But I am using a 3700X, X570 mobo, 32 DDR4 and GTX 2080S (all at stock speeds). Everything on max at 3440x1440 was butter smooth, apart for flying over NYC during a thunderstorm. Not that it was not smooth, but it did take a small performance hit (link in very small) - no stuttering or anything what so ever.

There were no difference during day or night.
 
Looks like I'm out. Here is an article with benchmarks. My 1050ti is equivalent to the r9 380 they benchmarked for a low end system. Kind of disappointing but not unexpected.

https://www.game-debate.com/news/29...c-performance-report-graphics-card-benchmarks

I decided to purchase anyways after seeing some YouTube videos of it running on a gtx 1050 (I accidentally listed mine as a ti version). I have been pleasantly surprised at how it runs and looks even at low settings! My specs - gtx 1050 4gb, I5 7300q, 8 gb ram.
 
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