Hi, I have a 5600x, 3080 10GB, quest 2…if I upgrade the CPU to a 5800x3d or change mobo and get a intel 13600k will I see a huge difference in performance? I’m trying to get rid of those stutters.
Hi jaymzFURY,
I would first use a utility (such as MSAfterburner) that shows me how much load your CPU has to handle.
Or you can enable “development” mode, to get the small window with performance data.
I am almost sure that the 5600X can easily handle the load. In general, most graphics engines, don’t utilize all cores.
As comparison:
I get by with an AMD 3700X running at stock clock, My GPU is just an RTX2700 (8GB). RAM is 32GB, which is actually overkill, since most of the time MSFS uses only 4GB or so. The GPU is closer to 7GB usage. The Game is on a 1 TB SSD, quite fast.
Have you tried to enable DLSS along with DX12(Beta)?
The 5800X3D is know to perform very well, but is it worth the investment to get a few more frames. I probably wouldn’t invest. Again, most games (except the very latest ones) do not use the full potential of these CPU’s. The performance of MSFS is primarily limited to the performance of the underlying rendering engine. With my setup I get roughly 60 FPS and didn’t notice any stuttering.
So, in general “NO”, you wouldn’t see a huge difference. Some small difference maybe, but compared to the investment?
The stutter might be related to something else, perhaps you should try to reduce graphics settings and work your way up until the system can’t process fast enough. In order to run at maximum graphics setting, you may have to spent an arm and a leg on a high end GPU, rather than trying a higher end CPU. The CPU could pose a bottleneck, once the GPU is dumping data faster then the CPU can process. Then a faster CPU would make sense to me.
As far as I know, the 5600X (6 core) should be able to process just fine.
First, you would have to locate the bottleneck that causes the stutter.
I forgot one other thing to mention.
I only run 1080p, it may not compare to your system / screen resolution.
A higher resolution will stress the CPU more and may need a faster one.
Cheers
higher resolutions stress the gpu more, lower resolutions stress the cpu more.
if you’re a VR gamer you won’t gain any more fps in such an upgrade but you will improve the 1% lows. here’s a graph of MSFS fps from a VR gamer who upgraded to a 5800X3D from a 5600X 
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Hi, thanks for all the info guys. I’ll try get some data for you tomorrow on what’s happening in the Dev mode. Just to confirm it’s for VR with a Quest 2 headset with DLSS enabled.
Complete specs are:
5600X in PBO, 32 GB RAM 3200MHz, Gigabyte 3080 10GB, Gigabyte B350M gaming 3 mobo, 1TB NVME 3rd gen Kingston A2000, Quest 2 headset, Dell S3222DGM, Windows 10 Pro.
Cheers.
Those are my benchmarks. VR was much smoother after upgrading from a 5600x to the 5800x3D, together with my then Radeon 6800XT Radeon, so if the OP wants to reduce stutters this is worthwhile. Now with my 4090, I get almost twice the performance in VR with the 5800x3D.
2D FPS increased by 15-18% with the 5800x3D, depending on aircraft and location. Cost and performance wise, the best CPU upgrade you can make right now without switching to Intel or waiting for a 3D version of the new Ryzen 7000 series CPUs.
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Ah cool, well they just dropped the price of the 5800x3d by £100 today, so I’ve ordered one!!! Thanks chaps for your help
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