The good news is that I can run MSFS 2020 on my PC - by FlyingSinger Sept 8th, 2020

FlyingSinger reported:

MSFS is fun and impressive but frustrating too. The visuals are great but between rustiness, unfamiliar controls, and low FPS, it�s more like setting up photo ops than flying.

My most successful landings so far have been on water. I don�t line up too well with runways. Maybe I should enable auto rudder and turn off the twist axis on my cheap Thrustmaster stick. I�ll probably get pedals again sometime.

I decided to spend $160 (USD) on a 4 GB GTX 1650 card which is 70% faster than my 2 GB 1050. Arrives tomorrow.

Sort of a bandaid since I�m thinking I�d like to go VR when they support that, probably sometime in 2021.

My limited analysis of the FPS display in my screenshots suggests that my CPU can render a frame in 17-20 ms which implies a frame rate of 50-59 FPS. My GPU is limiting in every screenshot, with a frame taking 25-39 ms, suggesting 25-40 FPS. So my hope is the 1650 will get me into 45-60 FPS. It�s worth a shot. I could have gone faster but I�m not sure what my power supply will handle. And the CPU is marginal so that will be limiting. The 1650 is a direct replacement for the 1050 with similar form factor and only 75W power draw. 1080 is all I�m looking for, not 1440 or 4K.