July 14, 20205 yr Its in the ideal spec, just wondering how critical it will be for performance? Any hints on this from Alpha testers? Mark CYYZ
July 14, 20205 yr 32gb is very necessary, I have 64GB just in case things get crazy down the development road for addons, ect. MSFS Alpha tester on W10 Pro x64. Hardware: AMD 5900X 12 core CPU. Cooler Master ML360R AIO, Asus X570-E mobo, Asus Strix 3090 24GB gfx card, G.Skill TridentZ 64GB (4x16) DDR4-3600 RAM, Samsung 970 250GB SSD (OS), Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 pcie-4 NVMe SSD (MSFS install). EVGA 850w Gold cert PSU, CUK Continuum full ATX tower. 43" Sceptre 4K display. VR: HP Reverb G2.
July 14, 20205 yr 13 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said: Runs fine on 16GB from what I’ve heard. I have on MANY occasions use more than 16GB according to MSI afterburner software. The highest number I have seen is 31GB. I'm not too concerned about the 31GB number as this happened only once and optimization has been an ongoing thing. BUT, I would bet you will want more than 16GB for a wide-open experience. MSFS Alpha tester on W10 Pro x64. Hardware: AMD 5900X 12 core CPU. Cooler Master ML360R AIO, Asus X570-E mobo, Asus Strix 3090 24GB gfx card, G.Skill TridentZ 64GB (4x16) DDR4-3600 RAM, Samsung 970 250GB SSD (OS), Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 pcie-4 NVMe SSD (MSFS install). EVGA 850w Gold cert PSU, CUK Continuum full ATX tower. 43" Sceptre 4K display. VR: HP Reverb G2.
July 14, 20205 yr I'm not an alpha tester, but I think the 32GB figure is quite important to allow for a fast processing of the raw data taken from the satelital information by the streaming and converting it to a readable format by the sim engine, instead of swapping information through disks. Cheers, Ed Cheers, Ed MSFS2020 Steam // Rig: Corsair Graphite 760T Full Tower - ASUS MBoard Maximus XII Hero Z490 - CPU Intel i9-10900K - 64GB RAM - MSI RTX2080 Super 8GB - [1xNVMe M.2 1TB + 1xNVMe M.2 2TB (Samsung)] + [1xSSD 1TB + 1xSSD 2TB (Crucial)] + [1xSSD 1TB (Samsung)] + 1 HDD Seagate 2TB + 1 HDD Seagate External 4TB - Monitor LG 29UC97C UWHD Curved - PSU Corsair RM1000x // Thrustmaster FCS & MS XBOX Controllers
July 14, 20205 yr I don't know for myself but I'm guessing the engine will scale the detail according to the RAM amount installed. After all it has to work with 8GB RAM, and it would be unreasonable to require 24GB of pagefile. And if it did, the amount of I/O stutters (those are even worse than being CPU-limited) would be insane.
July 14, 20205 yr 12 minutes ago, bonchie said: But 32 is always gonna be best. 64GB is best 🙂 I'm a tall guy, I like the high ceiling. MSFS Alpha tester on W10 Pro x64. Hardware: AMD 5900X 12 core CPU. Cooler Master ML360R AIO, Asus X570-E mobo, Asus Strix 3090 24GB gfx card, G.Skill TridentZ 64GB (4x16) DDR4-3600 RAM, Samsung 970 250GB SSD (OS), Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 pcie-4 NVMe SSD (MSFS install). EVGA 850w Gold cert PSU, CUK Continuum full ATX tower. 43" Sceptre 4K display. VR: HP Reverb G2.
July 14, 20205 yr 30 minutes ago, Brandon01110 said: 64GB is best 🙂 I'm a tall guy, I like the high ceiling. If some is good and more is better, then too much ought to be just about right. 😄 Hook Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
July 14, 20205 yr The RAM will be used to store the streamed scenery. Just a guess but I could see 32gb being needed for huge cities when you have graphics turned up to max object population density. Edited July 14, 20205 yr by Heli
July 14, 20205 yr I'm building my new PC with 32GB via 2x16Gb sticks, leaving (2) banks empty just in case I want to bump it up to 64GB down the road. 😎
July 14, 20205 yr 25 minutes ago, Mengy said: I'm building my new PC with 32GB via 2x16Gb sticks, leaving (2) banks empty just in case I want to bump it up to 64GB down the road. 😎 I was gonna do the same but I didnt want it to look like I was missing some teeth from a bar fight. All 4 banks filled makes me happy. 🙂 MSFS Alpha tester on W10 Pro x64. Hardware: AMD 5900X 12 core CPU. Cooler Master ML360R AIO, Asus X570-E mobo, Asus Strix 3090 24GB gfx card, G.Skill TridentZ 64GB (4x16) DDR4-3600 RAM, Samsung 970 250GB SSD (OS), Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 pcie-4 NVMe SSD (MSFS install). EVGA 850w Gold cert PSU, CUK Continuum full ATX tower. 43" Sceptre 4K display. VR: HP Reverb G2.
July 15, 20205 yr Author OK, only problem now is trying to find matching ram for my current 2x8. They are G-Skill but have no idea the exact number, and could not get it from Speccy. I guess I might have to take one out to read it. Argggh. Mark CYYZ
July 15, 20205 yr 22 hours ago, MarkW said: Its in the ideal spec, just wondering how critical it will be for performance? Any hints on this from Alpha testers? Yes AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 4.2 32 gig ram, Nvidia RTX3060 12 gig, Intel 760 SSD M2 NVMe 512 gig, M2NVMe 1Tbt (OS) M2NVMe 2Tbt (MSFS) Crucial MX500 SSD (Backup OS). VR Oculus Quest 2 Windows 11 25H2 YouTube:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC96wsF3D_h5GzNNJnuDH3WQ 2k+ Videos & Streams BATC and FSFO FB Group:- https://www.facebook.com/groups/1571953959750565 Flight Sim First Officer (FSFOv6) and SoFly Beta Tester Reality Is For People Who Can't Handle Simulation!
July 15, 20205 yr It'll likely impact on load times with less RAM. Beyond this, it won't likely affect the actual speed the sim runs at once things are actually loaded. As ever, more RAM is always better, but note that the specs for the sim are actually 8Gb of RAM and 2Gb of VRAM. Good luck with that I say, but with options sliders dropped, it will nevertheless run. Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
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