MSFS 2024 Specs

Priller said:
After all these years, I tend to take the requirements for new sims with a grain of salt...

Priller
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Congratulations, Priller, I just noticed your new build. I am sure you will be very happy flying the virtual skies with this new machine. :encouragement:

I too, have quickly become a fan of those Ryzen chips from the efficiency, performance, durability and temperature standpoints. So far very impressed in how cool and effortless they run, but MSFS2024 will be 'the test'. IMHO, any late model high spec gaming chip, regardless of make, should really have zero issues running the new sim well - otherwise MS may have some explaining to do. :giggle:
 
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Especially the cool part is indeed impressive. And for graphics, I'm very happy with my RX7900 XTX as it takes a lot of work away from the CPU, unlike my previous Intel/Nvidia setup.
 
Priller said:
Especially the cool part is indeed impressive. And for graphics, I'm very happy with my RX7900 XTX as it takes a lot of work away from the CPU, unlike my previous Intel/Nvidia setup.
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I am with you, my friend. I haven’t looked back since building my AMD system.

Just for old times sake, I went back and did a 100 plus mod collection to Skyrim SE. It is running everything at ultra settings. Looks like a new game.
 
My AMD system is so much better, but Windows 11 is a piece of junk. ALOT of programs and apps that worked flawlessly in WIN 10 won't work in WIN 11, including MAIL, if you can believe it.
 
As I am still holding back on buying a new rig for maybe next year, cause of all the hassle that comes with it, I am curious as how MSFS2024 will perform on my current specs.

Will buy and try out 2024 for sure. My 2020 runs smooth with only very minor stutter and pretty all maxed out and my system still runs graphic heavy games (latest unreal engine) like a charm though being six years old by now.

According to the MS advice my specs are above minimum, but just below recomended with a i7-8700 CPU, 16 GB RAM and a GTX 1070. But running 2020 and looking at the resources I can see that my RAM is a bottleneck handling 80-90% of its capacity. A bit less strain seems to ly on the CPU with about 50-70 %. The CPU runs at 50% its capabilities.

If 2040 manages to get some strain off the CPU and using better cache system, by reducing the pressure on RAM and HD it might run well, but who knows... Maybe increasing my RAM and the GPU might help me further for a while then. Curious to find out soon.

Alex
 
That´s another main reason for me to hold back on any new rig... As with all new operating systems from MS this will take ages to get everything up and running again. Though being a flightsim nerd I hate this part of computing a lot:cautious:
 
collensr said:
These bad comments about Windows 11 are making me nervous!
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No reason really. I've been using 11 for a while now, and quite frankly I love it. Every new version of Windows becomes a bit more intrusive, but that can be managed. Main thing is not to use a Microsoft account for your rig, but a local account. Lots of info on the net to be found on how to do that.

After that, just disable telemetry and get yourself decent AV/security, and you're good to go. Installing windows mostly boils down to installing the thing and then disabling stuff. But the main thing is not using a microsoft account.

Priller
 
I'm a cable internet junkie. When my ip, (internet provider,) said I needed a modem to run wifi, I told him I was not interested in using wifi, he threw a fit, because, "everyone is using wifi," and, "setting up the modem is so much easier!"

When he finished and I was back in control of my system, I found out that he did indeed enable the new modem with wifi. I immediately did a search and found out how to convert back to cable ethernet, and did so.

About a year later my system went tits up. I couldn’t troubleshoot the issue. And about 8 months later bought a new system. First problem I encountered was the computer wanted a wifi connection, despite having ethernet capabilities too.

I finally worked my way around that problem as well, and I am happy on my ethernet wired connection.


However, thatsaid, I did use the Microsoft Account to register. Time to do more digging I guess.

If you're wondering, the new system is a Corsair Vengeance. I9 https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/gam...r5-6000mt-s-memory-2tb-nvme-ssd-cs-9050071-na

It's dropped a grand in price already.
 
Oh, another minor issue with the new system, there are zero drives. I had to buy an external dvd/cd reader/writer using USB3.

I also bought an external USB SATA hot plug hard drive port for 4 SATA drives. I have 3 drives in the old system.
 
Snuffy said:
I'm a cable internet junkie. When my ip, (internet provider,) said I needed a modem to run wifi, I told him I was not interested in using wifi, he threw a fit, because, "everyone is using wifi," and, "setting up the modem is so much easier!"

When he finished and I was back in control of my system, I found out that he did indeed enable the new modem with wifi. I immediately did a search and found out how to convert back to cable ethernet, and did so.

About a year later my system went tits up. I couldn’t troubleshoot the issue. And about 8 months later bought a new system. First problem I encountered was the computer wanted a wifi connection, despite having ethernet capabilities too.

I finally worked my way around that problem as well, and I am happy on my ethernet wired connection.


However, thatsaid, I did use the Microsoft Account to register. Time to do more digging I guess.

If you're wondering, the new system is a Corsair Vengeance. I9 https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/gam...r5-6000mt-s-memory-2tb-nvme-ssd-cs-9050071-na

It's dropped a grand in price already.
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Well, I have the luxury of having a fiber connection and integrated Ethernet cabling in the walls. So wifi is for my phone, not the PC.

I really don't understand people's fascination with wifi. It cuts your bandwidth big time. Or should I say bigly?

So for my computers (my laptop from work as well) it's cable all the way.

And @Snuffy that micro$not account on your pc is only there for micro$not to be able to steal your data, your behaviour on the net, and so forth.

Priller
 
Priller, I wish I had known about not needing a Micosoft account to start my new build. All my headaches are directly accountable to that, and my inane tendency act first, investigate later.

Snuffy, I also use direct wired internet from the cable input. The only reason I have a modem decoder and wireless is for phones and TVs. I use an office type internet switch by Netgear instead of the common modem which needs to be reset every other day. I get constant 100/1000 from my setup. With the wireless modem, whether wired from or wireless, I only got the 10/100 connection, usually only 15-20 mbs. Now I get 900+ mbs.

I had some problems at first when I installed my upgraded CPU. Everything was very slow, and I had trouble getting into Windows, because my PIN didn't work. Nor did any of my Microsoft passwords. However, after finally getting in, and two days of slow operation, and redownloading the drivers, everything is working well and fast. I had to reinstall MSFS2020 which is going very well.
 
I'm guessing the 60GB mentioned vs the 28GB observed at the preview was (1) you'll like want to keep a big rolling cache (which will be a change for me, I always turn it off) and (2) the build they played wasn't finished.

I put in 64GB when I built this rig a couple of years ago, figuring that'd be the next requirement. Now I gotta decide if I want to go 128GB to keep my headroom :)

My first computer was a Commodore VIC-20. It had 5 kilobytes of memory. I expanded it up to 40K. Never managed to use all that memory!

(If we're talking retro, if MSFS 2024 was to ship on floppies, it would take 21,334 disks assuming 30GB of data. That's a whole lotta disk swapping. "Please insert disk 12,914 and press Enter to continue."
 
I'm planning to stick with my current system while upgrading to 32GB ram for $60. My system is on Windows 10 and am concerned when it will no longer be supported.
 
jimjones said:
I'm planning to stick with my current system while upgrading to 32GB ram for $60. My system is on Windows 10 and am concerned when it will no longer be supported.
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Support for Windows 10 ends at the end of the year.

Priller
 
Windows 11 is not a requirement because so many buyers will still be on Windows 10 at the time of release and Windows 10 support will continue for another year after the release of MSFS 2024.
 
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