April 29, 200818 yr So I am currently running an ATI 3870 in a Vista machine with 4 Gig of memory and an E6600 Conroe Dual core 2.4GHz CPU. Can anyone tell me if an upgrade to a Q6700 Kentsfield Quad core 2.66GHz CPU will really have any significant improvement in frame rates?Thanks,Barry
April 29, 200818 yr You will not gain much in the way of FPS. However, what you will gain is a much more fluid FSX.
April 29, 200818 yr >You will not gain much in the way of FPS. However, what you>will gain is a much more fluid FSX.I am not certain I understand. How will it be more fluid if the frame rate is not improved?
April 29, 200818 yr The extra cores will help terrain and textures (help to rid you of the blurries). As I stated you will not gain FPS. However spreading the load over four cores will allow FSX to look prettier and function smoother. Anyone else want to try an explain??...
April 30, 200818 yr Sure.Basically it's FPS vs. smoothness. Loading textures helps contribute to stutters.Basically, do you want a smooth 20 FPS or a stuttery, jumpy, "skippy" 30 FPS? Regards, BoeingGuy ASUS P5E X38 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.2 GHz on 1600 MHz FSB (400x8) | 4 GB DDR2-800 RAM | EVGA GeForce 8800 GT Superclocked @ 679/979 | 320 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 RPM HD
April 30, 200818 yr Slightly better FPS, quicker flight loading and marginally less stuttering. At least that was my experience going from a dual @ 3.2GHz to a quad @ 3.5GHz. Not worth it IMO.Gary 9800X3D | 4090 | 64GB | 2+1TB NVME | 2TB SSD | 2TB HDD | 85/50/43” TVs | Quest 3 | DOF H3 Motion Rig | Buttkicker | T.16000M Flight Kit MSFS @ 4K Ultra DLSS Performance FG 80 FPS | VR VDXR Godlike 80Hz SSW | MSFS VR DLSS Quality, Ultra Preset - Windows 11 Acer Nitro 5 | i5-11400H | RTX 3060 6 GB | 32GB DDR4 | 15.6" FHD IPS 144Hz | 2 x 512 GB SSD | Windows 11
April 30, 200818 yr >Slightly better FPS, quicker flight loading and marginally>less stuttering. At least that was my experience going from a>dual @ 3.2GHz to a quad @ 3.5GHz. Not worth it IMO.>>GaryThanks to all, this is really what I was trying to figure out.Barry
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