Hi.. appreciate all the feedback.
Well, after taking the plunge, (3070 - 3080Ti) I will give my thoughts. I don't regret it one bit. I was averaging 60-80 fps depending on the mission and map, it now averages 80-100 fps.
More so, I find it more stable, ie; doesn't fluctuate as much from flying high up to low down amongst the detail. Overall, it runs and looks so very much smoother. This is with everything maxed out except for SSA and FXA. I also run IL2, MSFS2020 (which looks amazing, particularly with new updates) and COD which I now run with Ray Tracing on ultra and again, looks and runs awesome. I only upgraded because I was able to sell my 3070 for more than I paid originally nearly a year ago. I'm also able to offload my 32G or ram so will take the final plunge and go the 64G and that's pretty much as much as I can pimp out my machine. Anyway, I can recommend the upgrade, albeit an expensive one. Now the VR decision...!!?
cheers, Rob.