Just got into this review today, and it's half I'd expected. But don't get me wrong... It's amazing in a GPU point of view, but I'm seeking a CPU 'PoV' review to help me decide which CPU I shall buy to get the best experience in FS2020. A few months ago, I had a RX580 (4GB) coupled to an icore 8600 and a 32 GB RAM @2733MHz . Since then, I only upgraded to a OC'd RTX 3080 but I only have ~10 FPS in big cities like NYC, wich makes me believe this 'game' it's CPU bottlenecked at first. So, what I'd really like would be a review with fixed GPU/Board/RAM/SSD comparing Intel's 11th generation (11900K and 11700K) against Ryzen 9/7 series. Basically, which is the best CPU to run FS2020 actually? Best regards, JJ.

Interesting, I am always seeing Main Thread Limited with a 9900KS@5Ghz and was looking at the new 7800X3D for an upgrade. but after reading the article it seems I wouldn't get much benefit.

PerpetualOmega:

Interesting, I am always seeing Main Thread Limited with a 9900KS@5Ghz and was looking at the new 7800X3D for an upgrade. but after reading the article it seems I wouldn't get much benefit.

Run the game as admininstrator for a 5-10% boost in CPU performance. It works for any application.