^The above is what I was responding to. And of course the answer is they should not. However, in this case, the premise that the cpu does not improve performance at 4K is still questionably unknown. You are basing this on the 4K chart. That would seem to be a correct way of looking at it. However, you and I do not know how loaded the test scenario was. Did they simply plop down at KAFW, taxi out, take off, and call it a day?
I want to see a test scenario with known cpu-intensive MSFS items – AI + add-on aircraft + add-on airport before I make the statement of, “Why would anyone spend x amount of extra dollars for a cpu that doesn’t improve performance at the resolution they play at?”
Anyway, I’m waiting for the more economical 7800x3d to drop along with actual user-reports before doing anything.