Hello guys, what are your thoughts on this one? For those playing with 4K Monitors (mine goes until 60hz), will the RTX 3070 o 3080 give us a stable frames over 30 FPS with Ultra settings?
I am thinking to Update my GPU (today RTX 2080 ti) with an RTX 3000 Series but would initially be running it with PCIe gen 3 (16x) not sure How would this reduced Performance when running on PCIe gen 4.
I’m 80% sure that this will be achievable, But we won’t have to wait to long to find out seeing as there released this month. So I would recommend waiting until we get some third party reviews then we’ll get a definitive answer.
It depends on the airplane, at least in the current build. The September update promises to improve cockpit display rendering, which may change things.
I don’t think anyone gets a stable 60 fps in the stock A320, regardless of computer or settings. A 2080 Ti (or 3090) probably wouldn’t help since it’s CPU bound.
You’d need at least the 3080, 3070 will only really give a significant performance boost over your 2080ti with DLSS.
One of Nvidia’s engineers said on the Nvidia sub-reddit that the difference between PCIe 3 and 4 on Ampere is only about 3%-- he also said that the marbles demo was running on PCIe 3.
I had the same question, so I was happy to see that.
Oh thats nice to hear! I didnt know that! Do you have maybe a link to share?
I’m trying to find the thread with the marbles reference, can’t quite locate it… it was there a couple of days ago. But here is the reference to “less than a few percent” difference, just scroll down (lots of other good info in there too):
No, twice the performance is not enough for 60 fps at 4k in FS 2020
The 3070 series is only marginally better than 2080ti, it probably won’t even add 10fps to MSFS at its current state. New benchmarks are being leaked everyday, I am sure only the top-tier variants of 3000 series will add a noticeable performance boost. The problem lies with MSFS, its thread scheduling is poorly written which increases the rendering latency.
I didn’t see anything specific about the fix to the glass cockpit rendering in this September Update. Do you have a link to that source and the exact line in that source that says this?
I would would wait until the cards are released to see proof.
The leaked tests that I have seen give abouot 20-30 percent increase in performance on max setting in games that I have seen. I saw a test on AC Odyssey where the 4k ultra settings went from 80fps on 2080 to 120fps on the 3080.
I am not spending money on a new card for that…
I have a small objection (or maby observation I should say) to this statement based on my experience: Yesterday I was flying from Franfurt Main to Amsterdam Schiphol which are both custom airports with extra detail (I think). I noticed sever fps drops while approaching, taxing and taking off from these airports. I noticed that during flying around these areas my GPU (a 1080ti with 11GB VRAM) was consuming more than >90% of its VRAM and its GPU core load was (as always) at 99-100%. At the same time my CPU (core i7 9800X@3.8GHZ-during gameplay boosted to ~4.1GHz) was ~25-50% usage and my RAM (32GB DDR4@2.66GHz) was around ~50-60%. My resolution is 5760x1080p tripple LCD TVs Nvidia (2D) surround and my settings are on ultra & game installed on raid0 win10x64(latest 2004 edn all updates installed &latest Nvidia driver)) volume on 2 ssds (sata3).
I am using HWinfo with Rivatuner statistics server to capture hardware usage, temps and fps in-game.
So to sum it up as VRAM consumption approached the maximum my GPU had to offer → severe fps drop. So I think any RTX 3070/3080 and 2080ti who have less than 11GB VRAM are doomed to fail @4k to deliver 60fps. Only the 3090 with a whoping 24GB fast DDR6+ VRAM is (probably) going to be enough at 4k resolutions. Remember I was running the game @ ultra @5760x1080 which is 75% 4k. and my average fps was around 25 with severe drops & stuttering/lag at custom airports ~15fps. I’ve never seen my fps go above 35 in my system but on the positive site I experience moderately little stuttering/lagg.
That certainly sounds GPU bound! Was this in the stock A320 (in-cockpit view)?
That doesn’t just depend on the GPU. It depends on the patches from Asobo, a very fast CPU, a good internet connection and SSD. I think a 3090 should be able to push 60 with proper settings. 3070 NO, 3080 maybe close.
That was the TBM-930 (Daher). I’ve yet to try the big jets - I am waiting to become more experienced on the props & turbo-props plus I’ve heard that the big jets have various issues atm…
The 930 is also CPU limited for me though. I get about 29-32 in that one and 45-60 in lighter, non-glass cockpit planes (Icon A5, Cessna 152).
Well, its been confirmed by testers in regards to the 3070
I guess it is wise then to wait some months and see some FPS benchmarks with the RTX 3000 series and FS 2020. The worst thing would be to have one of these cards and notice that the game itself has restrictions that don’t allow to take advantage of the new performance 
