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Would be a great choice
MSFS uses only 4 cores, so having a fast 8 core CPU is better than a slower 24 core CPU.
10900k @ 5.1ghz is the ideal cpu for this game.
even this amd fanboi admits it here (at 9:00):
https://youtu.be/y6RIvvMPBTg?t=540
From a personal experience, I'm running a Ryzen 5 3600 with a GTX 1660Ti and I'm having a perfectly good experience with the sim. Graphics on High settings. As of today, I'd say that my rig would be considered mid-performance. But yet...
Not sure if this is only relevant to the upcoming 3000 series or generally, and no idea how much of a factor it might be..
If you're primarily using it for gaming and little else outside of general Internet use / content consumption and want the absolute best gaming performance, then Intel is the way to go. The difference isn't Earth shattering by any means, and only you can determine if paying 50-100% more is worth the 5-10% performance increase over Ryzen. But when it comes to pure gaming performance, Intel wins. Not by much, but it wins.
If you do anything like photo or video editing or anythingthat will flex those cores, then you're probably better off choosing a good Ryzen CPU over Intel. In multi-core performance, Ryzen kills it in both actual performance and value.
As a content creator, I run a Ryzen 2700X + RTX 2080 + 32GB RAM. I game on it a lot without any issues. MFS2020 runs at 1080p on high (with a couple of tweaks) and I hit 50-60 fps most of the time.
In all honesty, the GPU you use is likely going to make a larger difference than the CPU for the most part. While flight sims are CPU heavy, a good GPU is likely to make a bigger difference in MFS2020 than what high end current gen CPU you use.
^ THIS.
Intel is still the Gaming CPU since it has slightly better single core performance. But that's about it. It is a hot mess otherwise, literally and figuratively. Many, MANY security flaws that Intel straight up refuses to fix (since fixing them would put their CPUs under AMD in performance), so don't expect security or care. They're also historically WILDLY more expensive (though recently come down in price since AMD forced their hand), and currently using ancient architecture and get SUPER HOT and like munching on that power, so I hope your PC isn't on all the time. BUUUUUUUUUT, it IS the best at GAMING still.
AMD is not "THE" gaming CPU of choice, but it's so close that it practically only matters if you're into competitive gaming. IF you want to use your PC for any OTHER intensive tasks that aren't gaming, as previously mentioned, anything from being a "creator", to compiling large codebases (if you code), to general day to day computation like archiving files, etc, THEN AMD is your best choice. You'll likely lose up to 10 FPS here and there in single threaded focused games (most of them still :(, would bet Intel has a hand in the reason behind that), but generally, you won't even notice the difference.
HAVING SAID THAT, Flight Sims specifically, and SPECIFICALLY X-Plane and older sims are VERY SINGLE THREAD CPU intensive and at AMD will loose you 10 FPS easily in this case. However I have not noticed as big of a problem with MSFS. So, to end this comment, here's some context:
My Rig:
Ryzen 3950X
RTX 2080 Super
64GB RAM
nvme SSDs ONLY
Performance in Vanilla X-Plane 11 at High (NOT Ultra, in fact closer to Medium-High) settings:
Sparse Areas: 40 - 60 FPS
New York City: 20 - 30 FPS
Performance in Vanilla MSFS at High-End settings:
Sparse Areas: 60 FPS (there appears to be an engine limitation on this)
New York City: 30 - 40 FPS
Performance in Vanilla MSFS at ULTRA settings:
Sparse Areas: Not sure, haven't actually tested Ultra in sparse areas due to results in NYC.
New York City: 15 - 30 FPS
Hope that helps. But IMO, High-End looks magnificent, Ultra, BARELY improves anything at a disproportional cost to performance.
P.S. PRO TIP: If you buy into the X570 Chipset (possibly B550 too), you can upgrade CPU later when Ryzen 4000 completely dominates Intel :)
P.P.S. These chipsets are PCIe 4.0 ready so you won't have to buy a whole new PC for the forseeable future.
Hope that helps.
EDIT: P.P.P.S. Using "Precision Boost Override", AMDs OS level default overclocking mode, I have been able to raise the FPS in X-Plane. Hasn't had much on an effect on MSFS (maybe 2 extra FPS), so not sure if it's just not that CPU intensive or if the extra CPU power generally doesn't buy that many more frames.
32gb ddr 4 ram
and a amd4 motherboard its the newest one 570 from asurus and it run super.
and nvidia 2080rtx
All in all all games on my computer run perfect and high settings.
( keep in mind the game is designed for the future, we are not supposed to run the game on ultra settings from day one, but only as next gen hardware become avaliable ).
I had 0 crashes due to the cpu or gpu in flight simulator 2020.
I did have 2 crashes... One in an airport in iceland but that is a known bug, and one time in the cesna 208 grand caravan it have a bug in it that make the plane crash after x time when you turn some buttons on the instrument panel.
But els 100% rock steady performance no issues at all.
ps. i did not mesure fps, but it look like stable 60fps most of the time, I feel 0 slow down or tearing or lag at all.
pps. I think FPS are locked at max 60fps.
PPPS.. forget about the Intel vs AMD intel being slightly better.
It depend on the game wich is better.. watch some youtube videos wher ethey compare games and you see there it changes what is better than the other..
And to be honest even 2-5 fps it dosent matter at all in any game.
( by the way you can via AMD software tweak your cpu and make it run faster in single core if that is really important to you and also turn on SMT in bios and you outperform intel.. ).
I ran a 5930k i7 for years mostly for flight and racing sims, recently upgraded to a 3800X Ryzen and some 3600MHz DDR4 - by far the biggest change in performance is seen during stuff like editing rather than in gaming.
According to FPS Monitor in MSFS 2020 the CPU and all it's cores are peaking out at 100%, whereas the GTX 1080 GPU is in the mid 60%s. So I think that indicates that of the two the CPU is struggling most.
By the way, I will be upgrading the GPU at the same time to avoid hitting another bottleneck after a few FPS increase :)
The CPU is your bottleneck without a doubt. Also, the fact that you have DDR3 memory doesn't help. Regardless which you side you choose, a current gen CPU and motherboard will make a huge difference.
On the GPU front, my son has a Ryzen 3800X with GTX1070 and runs MFS2020 about the same as my Ryzen 2700X and RTX2080 in terms of settings and frame rates. So unless you get at least a RTX2080 or better, a new GPU won't make much of a difference in this game.
Yeah that will probably be struggling with this particular sim, though they are still decent chips that overclock reliably.
I think a Ryzen 7 or 9, or an Intel 10700 or 10900 (or whatever they are called these days) would be a great upgrade. If it's gaming focused and budget isn't an issue Intel is the way to go.
Switched to AMD 5 3600 (nice stable overclock) on a Asus B450M motherboard about three months ago.
Have no regrets. Ryzen is as stable as my old Intel. See no reason to go back to Intel.
One other benefit is upgrading my CPU down the road will not involve have to change the motherboard as it would with Intel.
Using FS2020 at Ultra on 1080p with the 5 3600 and a GTX 1070 and getting 30 FPS+ everywhere and up to 45 FPS away from cities.
Bottom line, Intel or AMD are good but the little things make me lean towards AMD now. To be honest, even if a equal Intel was a little faster then my AMD in certain situations I do not think I would even notice in daily use.