August 16, 20205 yr I'm ready for Dual SLI 3080TI's!!!! Wish they would release already! Will be the best 6k I've ever spent! Chris Camp
August 16, 20205 yr Quite a while back one of the developers in an interview said the game uses the GPU for calculating the atmosphere, flight models and water. I think his words were, "there's not much else for the CPU to do". So for this title, the GPU is not just the graphics, it's also the physics, etc. That's because the GPU is optimised for those types of calculations and probably the reason why the performance is so good relatively speaking. I wonder if they have an off-loading function so that when the GPU is maxed out, it moves some of the non-graphical calculations to the CPU as is traditional.
August 16, 20205 yr 17 minutes ago, DylanM said: Given current RAM prices, definitely a worthy upgrade @ not too much of a cost... 58 quid would get me to 32GB.
August 16, 20205 yr 16 minutes ago, Kilo60 said: I'm ready for Dual SLI 3080TI's!!!! Didn't think SLI did anything these days. Is that a waste of dosh? SLI is dead. Edited August 16, 20205 yr by martin-w
August 16, 20205 yr 13 minutes ago, Bottle said: Quite a while back one of the developers in an interview said the game uses the GPU for calculating the atmosphere, flight models and water. I think his words were, "there's not much else for the CPU to do". So for this title, the GPU is not just the graphics, it's also the physics, etc. That's because the GPU is optimised for those types of calculations and probably the reason why the performance is so good relatively speaking. I wonder if they have an off-loading function so that when the GPU is maxed out, it moves some of the non-graphical calculations to the CPU as is traditional. Looks like overclocking our CPU's wont be a priority then.
August 16, 20205 yr Just now, martin-w said: Didn't think SLI did anything these days. Is that a waste of dosh? For games, it pretty much is. Most developers don’t even bother to implement it on their games nowadays. Directx 12 and Vulkan were supposed to make it easier to use multi-gpu setups, but apparently we didn’t get there. Also Nvidia is pretty much killing it, generation after generation, driver after driver. 9800X3D@H150i // Msi RTX 5090 Trio OC // 64GB DDR5 6000mhz CL30 // 2TB + 1TB Nvme Dell 27" 2127DGF - 1440p - Gsync - 165hz Thrustmaster TCA Sidestick Airbus // TCA Quadrant Airbus // TFRP T.Flight Rudder Pedals // Logitech Flight Multi Panel
August 16, 20205 yr 3 minutes ago, ca_metal said: For games, it pretty much is. Most developers don’t even bother to implement it on their games nowadays. Directx 12 and Vulkan were supposed to make it easier to use multi-gpu setups, but apparently we didn’t get there. Also Nvidia is pretty much killing it, generation after generation, driver after driver. Yep. Cant see it being beneficial in the new sim. Don't know if anyone has given it a bash.
August 16, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, martin-w said: Looks like overclocking our CPU's wont be a priority then. I don't think so, but study level aircraft might benefit (time will tell how much they use the CPU). What seems to be becoming clear (and again this was alluded to by a developer some time ago) is that the number of cores you have will be of benefit to you. I currently have an i7-6700K 4.0 GHz which is only quad core. I would expect a slower CPU but with 6 or more cores with give me much better bang for buck than a faster 4 core or overclocking my current CPU. So I'm waiting until the new year when hopefully next gen AMD CPUs will be available.
August 16, 20205 yr 26 minutes ago, martin-w said: Didn't think SLI did anything these days. Is that a waste of dosh? SLI is dead. Misnomer, the correct term for the 2080 series and up is Nvlink, not sli. Nvlink isn’t based on the master/slave concept of sli, it is a huge bridge between the cards and acts like a mesh to share resources of the two cards. It doesn’t have to be programmed to work, it simply works by default. Even fsx worked with Nvlink. Edited August 16, 20205 yr by FrankR409 I9-13900kf - rtx4090 32gb ddr5 4800mhz, 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD internet - 300+ mbs / Honycomb Alpha yoke / Saitek Throttle Dell 43” 4K
August 16, 20205 yr Commercial Member It is a good thing, not bad. X-Plane users (including myself) cry for better GPU utilization. 98% means the sim fully uses your GPU to the best of its potential, which is what you want in any game. You will be getting your GPU price/performance, every penny of it. I think it's a great achievement. Whataver GPU is not used is wasted. Edited August 16, 20205 yr by romandesign CYYJ Victoria International Airport [BC Canada] CYOW Ottawa International Airport [Ontario Canada] CYOO Oshawa Executive Airport [Ontario Canada] CYKZ Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport [Ontario Canada] Helicopters Vancouver Island Heliports and Seaplane Bases [BC Canada] CNC3 Brampton-Caledon Airport [Ontario Canada] Available now at FlightSimulation.RomanDesign.ca +4 Free Scenery Packs My Hard Sci-Fi novels and audiobooks: RomanLando.com
August 16, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, FrankR409 said: Misnomer, the correct term for the 2080 series and up is Nvlink, not sli. Nvlink isn’t based on the master/slave concept of sli, it is a huge bridge between the cards and acts like a mesh to share resources of the two cards. It doesn’t have to be programmed to work, it simply works by default. Even fsx worked with Nvlink. Works in FSX you say. Got any reviews of that, in FSX?
August 16, 20205 yr 9 minutes ago, martin-w said: Works in FSX you say. Got any reviews of that, in FSX? Yes..check out youtube for one. I will open a thread on my results Tuesday or Wednesday on my dual 2080ti setup as well. I9-13900kf - rtx4090 32gb ddr5 4800mhz, 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD internet - 300+ mbs / Honycomb Alpha yoke / Saitek Throttle Dell 43” 4K
August 16, 20205 yr 99% GPU usage is what we've been asking for all these years to unload the CPU so it is a good thing IMO. Cheers bs AMD RYZEN 9 5900X 12 CORE CPU - ZOTAC RTX 3060Ti GPU - NZXT H510i ELITE CASE - EVO M.2 970 500GB DRIVE - 32GB XTREEM 4000 MEM - XPG GOLD 80+ 650 WATT PS - NZXT 280 HYBRID COOLER
August 16, 20205 yr Heh, remember all the threads in the P3D forums where people were frustrated because their cards and hardware wasn't being maxed out, sitting at 50-60% Now it's finally being maxed out, then that's a point of worry too. [MSI MPG X870E Carbon | 9800X3D (PBO +200Mhz / -20 Offset) | Corsair 64GB DDR5 (Custom Timings) | RTX 4090 Founders Edition (Undervolted) | WD SNX 850X 4TB + 4TB | Antec Flux Pro]
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