I’m thinking about doing a new PC building. Currently I have a 7800X3D with a 4070 Ti Super. I was going to sell that rig and build a new one with a 9950xD AMD chip and 5090 GPU with 64 GB ram for memory.
I was also looking at doing a lower cost GPU and thinking the 7900xtx with the 24gb VRAM because I know VRam is critical. Any thoughts?
In your cpu selection you have AMD 9050?
Do you mean AMD 9950x3d?
Why not wait for a 24GB 5080 Super?
For pure gaming, I’d rather have an RTX 5090 / 7800X3D combo than a 9950X3D / 4070 Ti combo. In fact, for pure gaming I’d rather save a little (lot of) money and get a 9800X3D / 5080 Super combo. If it was purely for gaming.
I would never pay the ridiculous price they want for a 5090 (unless I was trying to drive four 4K monitors.)
About to make the switch from an I9 14900kf to a 7800x3d. Will be paired with a 5080 for now and a 5080Super or 5090 later this year.
Looking forward to it honestly.
Sorry didn’t mean to hijack your thread.
That is correct. I just fixed it
This PC is just built for MSFS 2024. I’m trying to build a PC that can run at high settings in 4K and payware aircraft/scenery and SI traffic
So why the 9950X3d? Aviation related content development as well as flight sim?
I heard if I run multiple apps as well as MSFS 2024 the 9950x runs better
I’m not sure where you heard that, but for MSFS 2020/2024, Ryzen 7 9800X3D is more than enough. It’s currently the top choice for gaming - which offers excellent performance in titles like MSFS.
I use it myself and highly recommend it.
Unless you plan to do heavy multitasking during gameplay -such as rendering, encoding, or running CPU-intensive background tasks - you don’t really need 9950X3D. The extra cores of the 9950X won’t provide a noticeable benefit for gaming.
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Many users on the forum have builds similar to mine because I, along with other community members, helped them choose parts for their new PCs. For example, even the moderator @skypilotYTS used my advice. This rig, built around the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, combined with a strong GPU and plenty of fast RAM, works great for MSFS and multitasking.
I wish I could get a 4090 with the 24gb of VRAM…that’s why I was thinking 7900xtx
Just so you know, the official VRAM recommendations for MSFS 2024 are almost certainly understated.
In reality, the ideal requirements should list graphics cards with 16 GB of VRAM or more - not just the 12 GB they’ve specified.
That’s true if you are simultaneously running software that actively uses the CPU a lot - like video editing, streaming, etc. There is some benefit to using Process Lasso to assign things to the two different CCD’s on a 9950X3D. When I run the sim on my 7950X3D the only process using the X3D cores is the sim. Everything else runs on the other 8 cores. That’s great, and gets me a nice performance boost, but it’s extra work setting things up.
Yes I know that, isn’t the 7900xtx 24gb of VRAM?
How hard is it to setup those cores to run like that? With all the external add ons that I use outside of the sim I was leaning towards this solution
Process Lasso makes it pretty easy. Here’s a video that helped me a lot.
It’s also worth noting that gamer-focused CPUs like the Ryzen 7 7800X3D and the gaming king, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, don’t require any external software - like Process Lasso - to perform correctly during gaming. They work as intended straight out of the box, with no need for tweaks or “magic tricks” to deliver top-tier gaming performance.
Same for the 9950x3d
In the store 3 months ago when I had my new PC built, I had the option to go for the 9950X3d and asked about it in comparison to the 9800X3d. They asked me about my use and I told them only for MSFS, nothing else besides gaming. They saved me $100+ by confirming my first choice of the 9800X3d on my original parts list, so with that cost savings in hand, 9800X3d it was/is. Why pay more for no added benefit (for gaming only)?
As @TenPatrol stated, I built my rig off his tried and trued suggestions, works amazingly well and no regrets.
My buddy that also fly’s just ordered the exact same build, I’m remoted in currently doing the setups for him.
He also paired it with a 5080.