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3d score 15,539 so it's up there strangely enough. I think picking out the right content and not maxing the sliders is the way to go. My 2070 has a score of 16,161 and I'm quite happy with it.I'm still on a measly GTX 1080, and it works fine for what I use it for with TRS 2022 PE. The thing that is keeping it working good for me is the migration from i7 4790K / DDR3 1866 / SATA3 SSD over to i5 12400F / DDR5 6000 / NVme M.2 SSD. It made me think twice before considering a GPU upgrade. The CPU that I have now does not have to deal with the problems the highest end 13th and 14th generation i9 CPUs have.
I have an RTX 3080 in my Dell desktop PC I got a year ago. This video card is quite capable of high slider settings and I dial those back anyway. That video card though, like the rest of the 30xx series run really hot. By lowering the slider settings, I can keep the heat down and still have decent graphics.3d score 15,539 so it's up there strangely enough. I think picking out the right content and not maxing the sliders is the way to go. My 2070 has a score of 16,161 and I'm quite happy with it.
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The PC will be bought brand new. Is there still a chance of the motherboard not having an empty M.2 slot even with it being completely new? If so, what would I need to do to ensure the motherboard's slot is emptied?You should be fine with that system as far as Trainz is concerned. You would get a better system if you can find a RTX 3070 as the 3050 is the low end of the 3000 series. The 3070 is the sweet spot to me in the 3000 series and give you about 4 times the performance, That is an oddly configured system. The bottleneck is going to be the Ryzen 7 5700G, an 5700X would be better with DDR5 RAM. I'd make sure the motherboard has empty M.2 slot if possible. Modern games will fill up a 1 TB drive in a hurry. But all of that can be done later if the price is right for that system now. I would expect that system to be around $600 to 700.
My biggest concern is how the setup will respond with Clutter and Turf-FX. I recently "discovered" how much better it makes a route and I'm hoping that this can be enjoyed at a reasonable fps without the jittery gameplay. The problem is that, when the game jitters, the consists in motion on the route jerk forward a few hundred feet and tend to derail a few cars. I'll go from filming a Manifest with 5 motors on the head end to filming it again with 2 of the motors gone and the actual cargo following a couple hundred feet behind the remaining power. Definitely an interesting sight lolI have an RTX 3080 in my Dell desktop PC I got a year ago. This video card is quite capable of high slider settings and I dial those back anyway. That video card though, like the rest of the 30xx series run really hot. By lowering the slider settings, I can keep the heat down and still have decent graphics.
The best way is to find out the make and model of the motherboard and look it up separately to see the specs. If you can't do that than a visual inspection is the only option. But that can be hard to do if the MB has heat sinks over the slots as many better motherboards do these day. Even if it doesn't, you can always add an SSD drive for expansion. ROG systems normally give pretty good performance when gaming since that is what they advertise and buyers expect. Of course, you pay for that performance.The PC will be bought brand new. Is there still a chance of the motherboard not having an empty M.2 slot even with it being completely new? If so, what would I need to do to ensure the motherboard's slot is emptied?
I have no issues with Clutter and Turf-FX causing stutters. I don't use the PBR textures due to other reasons not related to graphics and that does help with the cooling, though. There is one thing that should clear up your micro stuttering. Disable G-sync. This issue isn't inherent in Trainz, and there are complaints about that with other games as well. I also run at half-sync (30 fps). It may seem counter-intuitive but with all kinds of assets with different levels of quality and LOD, along with the constant loading of data, there's no noticeable difference.My biggest concern is how the setup will respond with Clutter and Turf-FX. I recently "discovered" how much better it makes a route and I'm hoping that this can be enjoyed at a reasonable fps without the jittery gameplay. The problem is that, when the game jitters, the consists in motion on the route jerk forward a few hundred feet and tend to derail a few cars. I'll go from filming a Manifest with 5 motors on the head end to filming it again with 2 of the motors gone and the actual cargo following a couple hundred feet behind the remaining power. Definitely an interesting sight lol
You should consider the possibility that your recording software is degrading the performance in Trainz. I've tried many of them and some can cause the issues you cite here. Whatever software you are using you should use the codec that produces the least compressed output and write the file to the fastest drive you have. Many people recommend OBS but it defaults to creating a highly compressed .mkv file which uses a great deal of CPU power. I get much better results using .mov or .avi formats as they are using less compression by default but produce a giant file. These files can be edited easier as well and you can output a file with more compression such as .mp4.I'll go from filming a Manifest with 5 motors on the head end to filming it again with 2 of the motors gone and the actual cargo following a couple hundred feet behind the remaining power