Performance issue, is my hardware the problem?

Hi all… First of all I don’t have that much knowledge when it comes to technical stuff. I just know what I know.

My PC specs:
GTX 1080 Ti
i7-7700
Motherboard: Asus Maximus IX Extreme

Using ethernet. Got high speed, not sure if it matters.

Question… when I play MSFS 2020…it’s smooth unless there are many players in the airport and that’s where I start lagging…
For MSFS 2024, it’s just lagging when playing “Free Flight”…

Is it an issue from the game’s side? Or is it my GPU? Or my CPU or what exactly?

Do I need to upgrade or is there something I can do?

I play many other games like BF series, Rainbow Six, outlast, etc… and they all seem to be fine except for Battlefield 2042, and MSFS series.

I would assume its time to upgrade , you are right at the minimum recommended specs so your computer is struggling to run it most likely.

Unfortunately YES. time to upgrade.