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Like the 8086K was for the 8700k, the new 9900KS will be a selectively binned in order to achieve 5.0 GHz. Intel Announces 8 Core i9-9900KS: Every Core at 5.0 GHz, All The Time

Hi Folks, I have past experience with FSX etc, but would like to "start afresh" sometime soon with P3D. I've erased my old FSX installation and haven't flown for a year or two now. I'm trying to get a "shopping list" together so I can price it up and save the money up to buy everything in one fell swoop, including joy sticks. My PC spec is: 2TB HDD Intel [email protected] 16GB RAM GTX 980 Graphics Card I would be looking at operations out of a sole UK base for example Manchester, to "holiday" destinations in Europe, and perhaps one or two destinations in America, trying to match real life operations, so i'll need a plane such as a 787/A31…

Hi, Been away from flightsim for some years now. Now returning with brand new rig, mainly because we soon have to go with W10. Still undecided if I’ll continue with FSX DX10 or transfer to P3D v4.x though. When I built my current W7-64 rig back in 2011, common habit was to use a small SSD for OS, and install the sim in the root a separate drive. Which I did and it worked flawlessly. But today with W10 it no longer matters? Should I in stead buy one big SSD, and install sim in root of the C-drive, or maybe just in the default directory? Best Regards, Anders

Going to upgrade my WD 1 TB (C:) drive to a 1TB MX500 Crucial SSD. I have P3Dv3.4.22.19868 installed on a separate drive WD 1TB (E:) as well as it's add-on/s. If I clone the WD OS drive (C:) to the SSD is this going to present an issue with P3D?

Hello, Below is my setup, had been running smoothly until recently, just wondering if there would be any benefit to adding RAM. I am thinking of building a new PC but I am not quite there yet. Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.50GHz (Haswell 22nm Technology) RAM: 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (9-9-9-24) Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Z97-A (SOCKET 1150) Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (MSI) 3071MB SAMSUNG: 49" 4K Display (3840x2160@60Hz Native) I have tried making settings according to this thread: Thank you. Robert

Planninge to buy this machine for my christmas gift :) What do you think? CPU: I9 9900KF GPU: Asus Dual RTX2070 Super Evo OC 8GB MBO: Asus ROG Strix Z 390-H RAM: 4x8GB Team Group Xcalibu 4000MHZ CL18 PSU: Corsair RM750 2019 version CASE: Corsair 275R Airflow Black COOLER: Corsair H115i RGB Platinum HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm 256Mb SSD: Kingston A2000 M.2 NVME 500GB SSD1: Crucial MX500 500GB SATA (already have) Total Cost: 1880€ + Shiiping costs ( around 20€) If i choose CPU 9700K i will save around 102€ and i can go to Zotac RTX 2080. The final cost of this build is 1890€ + Shipp…

Hey guys recommended ram at 3200mhz cl15 or 16 to run at xmp rated speed for i9 9900k and gigabyte AORUS master z390 Thanks

Hello, I have searched this forum and it seems that FSX is focussed on the first core due to ESP code. So in other words there is little point in going quad core if the speed is slower? Am i correct in assuming then that i am better off using an AMD 5300 2 core 3.6 ghz than INTEL Q9600 quad core 2.6ghz? I know these are old, so am i ! Thanks in advance for any help, Tony Just noticed L2 Cache 6mb for the quad core, 1mb for the duo, is that a game changer? and is FSX optimised for Intel?

For those who may be looking to buy/build a new rig, here in the image below are the specs & results from a rig I built just the other day. At 3rd party airports and framerate locked at 30fps I'm consistently holding 30fps @ 1080p 60hz whether in the air or on the ground with very few exceptions. NO stutters! I have Dynamic Lighting set on and HDR Lighting off (my monitor doesn't support it). As you'll see in the image I've made only a few changes in the BIOS as in my opinion no others are needed. Also the lack of CPU hyperthreading in my experience is of no consequence. The cost difference between an 8700k and 9700k was $26. The M.2 drive actually performs at full sp…

Hey guys, so I am looking to upgrade to either a i9900kf or wait for the ks what motherboard do you guys suggest ? For mod overclock to 5ghz thats around 250 Canadian. thanks mike

Since I just upgraded by system RAM from 32GB to 64GB, and went from DDR4-2133 to DDR4-3000 (that's the fastest my MB can use), I took the time to do a small test before switching memory, which might be useful to some. The system: CPU i7-6700 at stock clock speed, GPU nVidia 2080 Ti, old ram was 32GB of Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-2133, new RAM is 64GB of Kingston HyperX Predator DDR4-3000 Situation: FSDT KORD V2, sitting on Runway 10C, with DD Chicago City X and KMDW airport installed. Ultimate Traffic Live. Settings are were of course unchanged between sessions, and I used a saved flight to be sure nothing changed between the two. These are the re…

I find it so hard to remember what it was like when 20,40 or 60 GB HDD was a massive deal, a few years ago that was x hundred amount of movies, x thousands songs and x million of pictures. plus your sim and OS. Now im running 4.5TB on 4 SSD's back in 2016 that was 1TB for P3D, 1TB for Xplane 11, 1TB for work and the rest for odd games and OS, I have no movies because of streaming and i can hold all my downloaded movies on my tablet, no music because of spotify and apple music and all pictures are stored in the cloud and backed up again to my 4TB Home cloud, yet im running out of space rapidly Thats why i am on Amazon looking at 14TB old style spinning HDD, it f…

So I have about $400 set aside for a pc upgrade... Current specs: Ryzen 2600 OC'd to 4.1, 16gb ddr4 3200 memory, 512gb nvme, 512gb ssd, 512gb 7200rpm for downloads storage and the ever venerable gtx 1060 6gb evga SSC edition. I have a 27" 1080p monitor. I run P3D 4.5 HF1(still..probably should update lol), Orbx, active sky, soft clouds yadda yadda yadda. I also have Xplane 11 which i fly once every couple weeks. My system, contrary to what the intel fandom would have you believe runs P3D very well. See the videos from my youtube channel in the signature. BUT it could always be better right? So for the money, I am at a crossroads between a Ryz…

Hello everybody, After 2 years I'm trying to rebuild my system. I replaced some items of my pc like te GPU (1060 3GB to 1660TI) and a second RAM strip, 8GB DDR4. Unfortunately I'm getting a lot of Kernelbase errors etc, so I decided I want to rebuild my system, with some of my old parts. What I have now is: -Ryzen 5 1060 -GTX1660 TI -Asrock A320M-DGS -2x8GB Ram DDR 4 (maybe won't work together, sometimes Kernelbase error which can mean a memory issue) -PSU Corsair VS450 2TB HDD Seagate Barracuda+3TB HDD Seagate Barracuda I know I want to keep my GPU and maybe my HDD's (when completely formatted, and for sure I want to …

If you would buy a new CPU now,which one is the best for P3Dv4-------i7 9700K? Mike

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I am getting some very poor FPS (10-20) at certain airports (FSDT and LatinVFR) and have tried many tweaks to resolve this problem without success. It was suggested to me by someone on a forum that my problem is due to my CPU speed (4.0) not being fast enough, recommending 4.5 and up would probably resolve this. I only very recently purchased my GTX 1080 video card upgrading from a GTX 1060/6 thinking that it would have improved my FPS problem; clearly it did not. I am now considering upgrading my Sim's computer (i7/6700, Asus Z170-K, 16Gb, GTX 1080) to an i7/8700, Asus Z370Plus Gaming Mobo, Corsair 32Gb 3000MHz. Would this help resolve my FPS problem? I am also look…

Hey, so I am getting a new mobo , ram and cpu soon and was thinking a SSD m2 at the moment I have a Samsung pro 256gb for os and another for P3d now was thinking to either to us se the m2 500gb for scenery Or for P3d v4? Or shall I use both m2 ssd to benefit speed? thoughts?

Along with some hard crashes I've been having I also noticed once in a while my date and time is wrong....just an hour and half or so off. Do I need a new battery? And if I put one in will I lose all my BIOS settings?

Hello folks, I am currently running an 8600k @ 5.0 ghz, and the performance is good. I am planning to upgrade to either an 8700k or 9700k because i find myself requiring more cores for some of my modeling and CAD work. The question is... will there be any meaningful improvement in performance to P3dv4.4? If so, how? Also, my motherboard is the Asus Prime z370-A, is the vrm capable of handling a 5 ghz overclock on either of the above mentioned processors? Lastly, which do you recommend? 9700k or 8700k? Thanks in advance.

Guys. I've recently upgraded my setup to 4k. (Samsung 43" tv 3840x2160) on a 1080ti). I have my setup currently running with MCE on. Yes I realize it's not recommended, but when under load I'm getting 4.6ghz on all cores. When I fly, I not only have P3D open. But also Active Sky/SkyForce, VPilot, Chaseplane, Google Chrome with various tabs. Under typical flying load I see VCore going up to 1.22 or so and temps under 62c or so on the cores. I'm continuing to have some microstutter issues. Even before the 4k upgrade. I have numerous addon airports as well as ENVTEX/ENVSHADE/ACSA/AS/Skyforce. Despite numerous attempts to tweak I can't fully get rid of them. The…

Hello, I have an Asus Maximus XI hero "Z270 intel " MB. I now need to replace one of my Samsung 850 pro-SSD x 250gb and was wondering what difference fitting an M2 SSD the 970 version would make to the performance, also does anyone know the correct fitting /version to purchase for my Asus MB many thanks for reading Peter

Hey guys. Been trying to work out the kinks in my system..ill start by saying its all very old...lol. I gave it a minor facelift about a year ago with the processor and gpu being updated but im wanting you guys to just graze over these specs and tell me where you think the biggest bottleneck is as she sits. Eventually i plan on building a new Intel system but for now, this will have to do. Windows 7 64 bit P3DV4.4 (most settings a little under mid range with very little auto gen and at a complex 3rd party airport in a pmdg 744 for example..im maybe getting 10-12fps on the ground and 16-18fps in the air to give you an idea where im sitting.) Now on to maybe…

I finally got all the parts I needed and built a new PC for P3D and maybe finally try X-Plane. These are the parts I got: Intel Core i7-9700K Octa-Core 3.6GHz Turbo 4.9GHz 12MB Skt1151 Asus Prime Z390-A Motherboard G.SKILL Trident Z RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200MHz CL14 One M.2 2280 Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB MLC V-NAND NVMe SSD One 3.5" Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM 256MB SATA III HDD One Corsair TX850M Semi Modular Power Supply One Corsair Hydro Series H115i PRO RGB CPU Cooler One Corsair Carbide SPEC-06 RGB Tempered Glass ATX Case One Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Twin Fan 11GB One MSI Optix MAG341CQ VA 34" UWQHD 2…

Hi there, In a couple of weeks I am looking to build a new gaming PC. In the past on my previous PCs I have only upgraded the RAM so building from scratch will be a first for me. The PC that I would like to build will be primarily used for gaming, don't really see myself becoming interested in content creation, streaming or video editing. I already have a monitor that I used on my last PC (not sure if its 1080p, definitely wasn't 1444p anyway). Which by the way, I'm not going to be reusing any parts from. The last week I've have been looking into CPUs and graphics card and have sort of an idea what I possibly want but would like advice on pretty much everything. …