When Microsoft released the system requirements for its latest iteration of Flight Simulator, there was probably a worldwide intake of breath, followed by a groan of despair from the sim community. Apart from recommending a Core i7 14700K and RTX 4080 combination as the 'ideal spec', Microsoft also suggests 64 GB of system memory would be handy to have, too. Now that the game is finally in a playable state, I've tested it with up to 96 GB of system memory to see if a small mountain of memory really does make a difference.
I had hoped to do this when Flight Simulator 2024 launched a couple of weeks ago, but it was in such a rough state I couldn't log in for a few days and, even then, it was a buggy and broken mess. Fortunately, things are better now and while it's still quite stuttery and sluggish at times, I've managed to carry out two days' worth of performance tests, using different amounts of system memory.
