January 16, 200818 yr Hi all,What would be better?E6850 Core 2 Duo at 3 GHz and 1333 FSBorQ6600 Core 2 Quad at 2.4 GHz and 1066 FSBPlanning on an NVIDIA 8800 GT with, hopefully, 512 MB of RAM to pair with the processor power. Plus 2 Gigs of RAM appropriate for the FSB speed.Thoughts?~Nate
January 16, 200818 yr Author It would still be cool to get a reply, but I see lots of discussion on the cores and would just need to purchase something within budget.
January 16, 200818 yr If you dont need the quad for other uses like video rendering, and dont want to overclock then go for the fastest CPU you can get .I'd suggest waiting just 2 weeks for the e8500 to start selling, its clocked at 3.16Ghz with the new Penyrn core and will cost the same as the e6850 does now, should be about 10% faster in FSX and it runs much cooler. Processor: Intel Core i7 [email protected] Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX670 OC RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3-1866 [9-9-9-24-2T] Motherboard: Asus P8Z68 Pro / Gen 3 Best Ever FSX Tip: Adaptive Vertical Sync 1/2 Refresh Rate
January 16, 200818 yr Author Roger that... no rush here for sure. I just hope the E8500 isn't going to be in short supply. I'm sure it will be a popular option.One other thing... Vista or XP, and if Vista, 32 Bit or 64 bit? I would like to stick with 32 bit in case there are known compatability issues with a 64 bit OS, particularly with programs other than FS.~Nate
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