To be or not to be : CPU limited Or GPU limited, that is the question

[TheOriginalBabu]

I meant GTX 960, not i7 960. My bad, I should have been clearer

If you fly an airliner at that sort of resolution and settings, you will probably run into a CPU bottleneck. You can’t really go wrong with a CPU or GPU upgrade, you will notice the GPU upgrade with higher graphics settings + higher framerates in VFR planes, and you will notice the CPU upgrade with less stuttering / hitching + higher framerates in IFR planes.

Also yes, 25-26 FPS is rather low for a 960 @ 1080p, but you mentioned you are running at “High End” settings. If you look here, you can find GPU intensive settings to tone down.

FS2020 Graphics Settings and Performance Guide (SU12 Update) (7/26/2023)

Link to FS2024 guide Here is a detailed analysis of each graphics setting’s visual and performance impact. This guide is supposed to help you make decisions on visual impact versus CPU / GPU impact in the simulator. Note that situational and hardware differences results can result different performance responses to individual settings, System Specifications: i9 9900k, @ 4.9 GHZ OC Hyperthreading Enabled 32GB of 3600MHZ 18-20-20-36 DDR4 RAM RTX 3080 at 1980 / 10251 MHZ @ 1011v Windows 11…

Also, I forgot to ask what 960 you have. I assumed you had a 4GB model, if you have a 2GB model I reccomend you replace the GPU instead. Just my two cents.