![]() ![]() Even if you spend most of the time IFR in the clouds, rendering the beautiful panel in front of you costs a lot of GPU cycles, as do the “volumetric” clouds. #FLIGHT SIMULATOR S FOR PC UPGRADE#The reason is, eye candy is what sells sim software, and developers do not care for people who do not upgrade their hardware, because these people tend not to buy much of their software either. ![]() You want to buy the best you can afford, at least “upper mid-range” class, and if possible, closer to the top. The most important component of a flight simulation computer is the graphics card (GPU). This is called augmented reality and will be a huge improvement. The screens and view outside would be replaced with a computer simulation at the same time you would see your actual hands on the actual controls. Some day it will be possible to go to your hanger, put on a headset and "hanger fly" your plane using your existing controls. I think future simulators will make extensive use of VR/AR. I would also recommend a system capable of running the Rift S from Oculus. If you can send a summary of your local options it would help. From the base configuration above I would put emphasis on the graphics card and you might want to run three monitors for front and side views at some point. I would also consider what type of flight yoke you want as well as monitors. VIDEO CARD: Radeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 970 CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or better ![]()
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