Looking to upgrade my machine due to a power issue. Anyway I currently have a 2060Super and AMD3600X, 16GB RAM and only sim in 1080 for now.
I’ve been given a quote which is just on budget and it includes a 4070 GPU and 5700X CPU..
Am I better off keeping 2060 for now and putting coin into a better CPU or what should I do??
Remembering this is currently on a budget maybe slight over so a 4090 is out of the question
I would definitely recommend to change the 5700x to a 5800x3D as MSFS works best with the additional vcache. This should not cost too much more so you could keep the 4070.
At 1080 you are more likely CPU limited than GPU limited (check for yourself with MSFS developer mode FPS view), so a CPU upgrade only at this time would make more sense. As @WingWarper1 says, if you can stretch to a 5800X3D that would give you the best experience at 1080.
Agreed with the other comments. You’ll get a better boost upgrading cpu if you’re on 1080p.
The 2060super is one the cards I’ve had the longest. No issues with 1080p. Mine became a problem moving to 3440x1440.
Definitely. I saw a significant improvement (especially in latency) upgrading from my 5800X.
Check if your motherboard supports 5800X3D, and if it does, replace your current CPU with it first.
If you are budget constrained, keep in mind buying a used CPU could be an option.
As people move to the latest gen AMD chips, I’ve seen pretty nice deals on perfectly working units, still under warranty, on the used market.
4070 is probably good enough for 1080p, and has Frame Generation.
Lately AMD has been selling 6950XT GPUs like hot cakes at the same price brand new, in the US (599$ + tax).
The latter draws twice the power, has slightly better raw performance, but more importantly has more VRAM, which comes in handy for 4K.
On the other hand it does not have the DLSS/FG/Ray Tracing features of Nvidia.
At an even lower price point, RX6800 is another budget option with 16gb of VRAM.
The additional VRAM is very important esp. for DX12 in MSFS if you want to try 4K or 2K.