Going from AM4 to AM5 (5800X3D to 7800X3D) will stretch your budget.
You’d pay approx 200$ more for the CPU, around 100$ for the RAM, maybe 100$ more for the MB, depending on where you are located, more or less.
In Europe, I ran a simulation, the difference was over 400 Euros based on currently available numbers.
7800X3D will be in stores on April 6th, independent reviews will soon be available, and we will know how much of an uptake it brings in terms of performance.
I am pretty sure 5800X3D will remain a very good choice from a value standpoint, though.
Yeah, I ran a config in one of our webshops (GPU,case, CPU cooler and SSD is the same) and the final price difference between AM4 and AM5 is actually not that huge, AM5 is 10% more expensive if I choose the 7700X over the 5800x3d.
But I am still torn, as that money could upgrade the intel Arc 770 to a 3080. Analysis paralysis.
I’m not so sure it’s any better for 4k than the 5800X which is why I haven’t bothered. To my logic I would need a gpu considerably more powerful than my rtx3060 to see any real benefit. Mind you I only fly gliders, it could possibly be worth it for e.g. Fenix, PMDG, FBW airliners
Thank you to everyone in this thread. I’ve been following MSFS since release. Decided to wait until access to 4k was affordable. Was pretty surprised to come across this thread and find such positive experiences with an affordable GPU. This was the moment I’ve been waiting for. I’m now 1 week in to enjoying the sim, after all this time. Thank you VRAM. Very happy with the Arc A770 on my 4k TV w/ VKB flight stick. Looking forward to keeping up with this thread. I have much to learn, especially on dialing in General Options for smoothest, most detailed experience. Thanks again.
A remark to the proposals from Ron:
I think Ron is rather preferring details over FPS, compared to my favourite experience. I like more 50 fps constantly and I’m willing to sacrifice some details for this. So maybe you want to try FSR with the best quality option (instead of TAA). Some ghosting can occur, and the water seems to be wobbling in same angles and distances, I guess that FSR just makes the wrong guesses. But you gain performance, what I enjoy very much.
Just try different settings and choose what is most appealing to you!
Best regards, Michael
Thank you for those suggestions. Has anybody worked with the ARC performance utility to increase power limit and increase the performance boost? Ive increased the power limit, but backed off because I can reach the 90C temp limit with less than 228 watts.
There is a lot of discussion about it here at the Intel Insiders Community Discord for the Intel Arc → #Intel-Arc
Edit:
I should note that a lot of the discussion will be about Linux and also about the iGPUs. The iGPU that comes with the K processors.
But there is a lot of discussion about the A750 & A770
discrete/dedicated GPUs.
top slider (GPU Perf. Boost) → 32, because higher values tend to crash the game after some hours
Voltage Offset → 0 (I saw in a Youtube video by Intel that this may cause the GPU to have a lower lifespan, therefore no changes)
Power limit 228 W
Temp limit 79° C
As I limited the FPS to 50, the power is fluctuating from 200 to the max of 228 W, temps are max of 76°C. I have 5 case fans, 4 of them input, only 1 output for CPU. The bottom fan blows air directly to the dual input fans of the GPU, the hot air output from the GPU leaves the case through a sidewall grill. As I have overpressure in my case, there is no risk of hot air being sucked back into the GPU.
