I'm looking to buy a new PC. Generally AMD CPUs are better value for money, but I've heard reports in the past of TS not working that well with them. For anyone who has an AMD CPU, how well does TS run on it?
Running TSC on an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU (Linux OS, SMT disabled) I have not noticed anything that would suggest that TSC does not play nice with my AMD CPU. Performance is what one can expect from a decade old game that depend on single core IPS over anything else. Hitting the 60 fps v-sync cap most of the time. Only in crowed areas like central stations and such i drops to 40-50 fps. Ultra quality settings with only scenery quality one step back to improve stability.
Been running TSC on an AMD Ryzen for the last 5 years no noticeable difference to the Intel I had before. Only problem is I now have a non Win 11 compliance, not sure what I'll do in 14 days.................
Maybe so but it took me long enough to move from MS-Dos 6.1 to Win 3.1 and as for Win95 - that took even longer and at my age time is not for wasting on learning new tricks unnecessarily, but thanks for the thought..
Good to hear that it doesn’t have the issues I thought it did. I’m aiming for my new PC to be more powerful than the one I have now. TS runs fine on it, but it struggles with more modern games like Cyberpunk 2077.
Any 'AMD isn't good for train sim' you've heard probably dates back from before Ryzen CPUs, their old Bulldozer-based FX-xxxx chips had horrible single core performance and would hugely struggle in games as a result. Happy to say that's not the case at all with modern AMD Ryzens and they often outperform intel chips nowadays
Basically, the faster the single core performance of a CPU, the better it will be with TSC, but to be honest, I'd not worry too much about it, as pretty much any latest gen Ryzen will just fine. I'm still using a 15 year old CPU here, and everything is perfectly playable at 2560x1600 with fairly high settings.
I've been looking at getting either a Ryzen 7 7800X3D or a 7700X. The single core performance is higher for the 7700X, but some older games apparently run better on the 7800X3D because of its larger cache. Does anyone know which one would be better for TS?
Same here, but despite all the hype and misinformation: we have Windows 10 with security updates for another year so nothing to worry about for now. Check Windows Update in Settings and make sure to enrol for Extended Security Updates. You would be asked to sign in with a Microsoft Account, however you don't need to change your computer login with the Microsoft account details. If you don't have any Bing reward points to spend you can just choose sync settings, then turn that off once you are done. If you specifically don't want to sync settings for any reason I would suggest setting up Windows 10 ESU on a throwaway virtual machine with settings synced; you can then go to your PC that you play Train Simulator on and when you sign in to ESU it will recognise your existing entitlement. Linux might be in the near future though and it is encouraging to hear that Train Simulator Classic can run well, I'm guessing with the Steam Proton implementation of WINE?
Technically the 7700X is better for TSC. I highly doubt the difference with the 7800X3D would be noticeable in TSC. I would go for the 7800X3D as that CPU is the noticeably better all-round CPU.
One knows support is going to end in a year so might as well take steps now as a year goes by fast and than one will be in the same situation. Microsoft announced the Windows 10 EOL date ages ago, yet now that the moment is actually there people start to panic. If one did not take action to prepare for the EOL status in all that time one is not going to suddenly do that in the year to come. I run TSC without issues using GE Proton 10 on Linux. The Steam bundled Proton Experimental also works fine although I have the feeling (not really measured it) that TSC loads faster using GE Proton. So TSC is not something that would stop a switch to Linux.
Nothing to panic about. It will still work fine, although obviously Microsoft would like you to think otherwise so that you can empty your wallet into their coffers. If a serious flaw is found in Windows 10, Microsoft would issue an update anyway, as they have done for earlier vesrions of Windows. With sound Internet Security software, you will not be unsafe as long as you aren't a person that clicks on everything that says "are you really really really sure you want to wreck your PC?". At present, the one I use protects back as far as Windows 7,l so therfe is clearly demand for it. J
Thanks for your help everyone. In the end I went for a Ryzen 7 7800X3D with an RTX 5070 12GB. Hopefully it'll turn out well!
You're wrong there. Internet security software can't do anything against zero day exploits in Windows that will never be patched by Microsoft as that version of Windows is no longer supported. Running Windows 7 in 2025 IS dangerous, no matter how good your internet security software is. ps. Internet security software in 2025 is a scam. All a cautious person ever need is Defender that comes for free with Windows.
