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Does CPU matter that much anymore vs GPU? - #18 by basatasa - Tech Support - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums
![Fired up FSX for the first time since I upgraded to Ryzen and was shocked by how much smoother it ran. Didn't think it could utilize all these cores. : r/Amd Fired up FSX for the first time since I upgraded to Ryzen and was shocked by how much smoother it ran. Didn't think it could utilize all these cores. : r/Amd](https://preview.redd.it/s7d8ubr5fpjz.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=24b7a6ba46ebbbf45637c946fbb5409866f16e0d)
Fired up FSX for the first time since I upgraded to Ryzen and was shocked by how much smoother it ran. Didn't think it could utilize all these cores. : r/Amd
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Pretty impressed by the volumetric clouds and atmosphere in P3D v5. Not quite the level of MSFS yet but it's far better than v4 : r/flightsim
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Less CPU & GPU usage in flight - Install, Performance & Graphics - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums
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