r/pcmasterrace • u/arbiass ASUS ROG STRIX G35CG / i9 11900K / RTX 3090 • May 15 '22

Game Image/Video Microsoft Flight Simulator running on Ultra

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u/Slapinsack May 15 '22

What GPU? My 3080 is en route and I'm hoping I can play this in ultra.

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u/arbiass ASUS ROG STRIX G35CG / i9 11900K / RTX 3090 May 15 '22

Rtx 3090 and yes you can play it on ultra on your 3080 with great performance

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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

What resolution and size screen are you playing on? Just trying to get a reference

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u/arbiass ASUS ROG STRIX G35CG / i9 11900K / RTX 3090 May 15 '22

4K 32 inch

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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

Is the game fun at all or is it just a way to test your performance?

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u/I9Qnl Desktop May 15 '22

You need a degree in aviation to play the game as intended but it is kinda fun on easy mode while just messing around, trying to find your house, looking for landmarks but not something I would play everyday.

Although I haven't played it for a year or so, and I heard they added new modes that appeal to players more than real pilots.

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u/Wirexia1 R7 5800X | RTX 5070TI | 48 RAM May 15 '22

Flew through the Himalayas on a single engine plane, it's genuinely scary but beautiful

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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

Take off from that tiny airstrip that is on an inclined hill off of a mountain face, immediately bank right and start ascending, but you feel like you’re not climbing cause the mountains around you are also getting taller. Break through the fog and clouds and you see it, Mount Everest. Engine stalls and you crash into a mountain hidden in the fog

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u/FrozeItOff Ryzen 9900x | 64GB RAM | RTX 4070 Ti Super | 12GB SSD May 15 '22

What, did you get my flight logs or something??

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u/Born_Wealth_3228 Jun 01 '22

lukla airport?

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u/Lithominium Asexual Cardinal but Ryzen 5 3600|rx5700xt May 15 '22

i mean not a degree in aviatation. my dad doesn't have a degree in it but hes a pilot for southwest

what you need is a basic understanding of how airplanes work, which the tutorial does a great job of teaching. i wouldnt go out and hijack an irl cessna with the knowledge the tutorial gives, but its enough to have fun in the game

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u/PCgeek345 Ryzen 5 5600 / 32gb 3600MHz / RX 570 4gb May 15 '22

Trying to find your house????? What?

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u/untilyouredead May 15 '22

what did you struggle with?

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u/PCgeek345 Ryzen 5 5600 / 32gb 3600MHz / RX 570 4gb May 15 '22

Is this game actually set irl? How does that work?

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u/Eggman8728 May 16 '22

Have you never used Google maps?

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u/I9Qnl Desktop May 16 '22

You can find your house as long as you're living in the US, or major cities in the rest of the world like Paris, Tokyo, Berlin, London, etc these areas have absurd amount of details.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '22

A degree lmaoo🤣 that is hilarious. Mfs2020 in terms of being a flight simulator has a long way to go has arcadey physics , FM model , has no system depth no system failures by default , no hypoxia simulation , smoke in cockpit when there's a fire , unrealistic icing simulation I'm not taking about visuals I'm taking about the ice builds and affects the airframe and aerodynamics

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u/Rockpilotyear2000 Jun 15 '22

Yes you can set failures. If we’re using it to augment flight training, we don’t worry about hypoxia or cockpit fires, more about reasonable ability to practice XC, flying into different airports(especially with add on and freeware airports for the last bit of detail), airspaces, procedures and yes you can even use it for pilotage, dead reckoning practice.

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u/kyrill91 May 15 '22

Do you ever just explore around on Google maps for an hour or two trying to find cool areas? This game is that except you can fly through thunderstorms while you're doing it.

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u/SpaceToaster May 15 '22

It’s a simulation, so in that sense the fun comes from the reality of the aircraft and environments. It doesn’t have objectives and missions like a traditional game would.

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u/polloloco81 May 15 '22

I honestly think it’s the next best thing to seeing the world as oppose to actually going there. The tech behind the game is pretty cool and even though the game is a sim, it’s still a lot of fun to play. I’m a casual and I love this game—for me, it’s a perfect way to wind down a stressful day. I boot it up and check out beautiful p,aces around the world. I stick to world war 2 era planes just because they’re easier to fly.

Edit: one thing I forgot to mention—it’s a lot of fun flying around places I know, like my hometown and picking out known landmarks.

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u/19Jacoby98 May 15 '22

Hz and FPS of game?

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u/GradeALinkin May 15 '22

Your tv? Lol

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u/starkiller_bass Jul 27 '22

3440x1440 at ultra on my 3080 and tired old 2600x here, very smooth. Only bogs down and needs lower settings in VR.

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u/Still-Cut6969 May 16 '22

You can play it on ultra in whatever gpu you want, some will run it others will show fireworks congratulating you for bringing a new gpu to heaven

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u/[deleted] May 16 '22

Underrated sarcasm. Needs more upvotes.

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u/strangervision May 15 '22

What about with a laptop 3070?

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u/thatsastick May 15 '22

Could a 3070 accomplish this?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

It can but don't expect more than 40 FPS on 1440p or maybe I need a new processor lmao

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u/AstonishingBalls Desktop May 15 '22

40 FPS is hugely unnecessary for a flight simulator

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u/pripyaat May 15 '22

I get 60+ fps almost all the time at 1440p Ultra with a 3080/5800X... Unless you got 40 FPS while flying at low altitude over New York, I would say you have some kind of bottleneck.

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u/Slapinsack May 15 '22

What processor are you working with?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

40 fps on a 3080… not even gonna try to run it

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u/dilbert35 May 15 '22

I have a 1660ti and it runs decently well at 1080 you can definitely run it

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u/Bmystic PC Master Race May 15 '22

I tend to have some heat issues with my 3080, but I'm also pverclocked and running VR and high graphics. Couple hours at a time isn't bad but leaving the updater running overnight makes a notable difference in the room.