Help me to upgrade my 970!

I wanted to inject my experiences as I have a 5900x CPU paired with a rx 6800. I upgraded from the rx 5700 xt and I am very happy with the rx 6800 performance. Very smooth at 4k with HDR turned on and ultra settings (T-LOD at 200) and locked at 40fps - a real breathtaking picture on my 55in QLED TV! I also use FSR2 which works very well - the only issue I have noticed is slight ghosting around the wheels when taxiing which does not bother me. The rx 6800 GPU is at 50-95% utilization and my 5900x is at 25-35% utilization (GPU 90-100% with FSR2 turned off). I am GPU limited under 2000ft and at larger airports and CPU limited at greater than 5000ft - what I consider to be the perfect balance for MSFS.

A couple of things to consider are

  1. GPU VRAM - more equals better performance on MSFS (the 6800 has 16gig VRAM)
  2. Power supply - the rx 6800 recommended PS is min 650watts whereas the rx 6800xt is min 750 watts.
  3. Make sure the dimensions of whatever video card you get will fit in your case.
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