I recently upgraded to an E8500 OC@ 4.0 GHZ, 4GB OCZ 1333. My OS is on a 500GB HDD, FSX is on a 150 GB Velociraptor. My PSU is PC Power &Cooling 610 w.My video card is a Evga GTX285. While FSX runs fairly well on this rig, I still get the annoying stutters and scenery lag. Would it be worthwhile to move to an i7-920 with an OC to 4.0GHZ. As much as I'd like to get the 975, I'd have leave enough money for a tent as that's where I'd be living after the wife found out how much I'd spent on another computer upgrade. Your thoughts and opinions would be appreciated.

I recently upgraded to an E8500 OC@ 4.0 GHZ, 4GB OCZ 1333. My OS is on a 500GB HDD, FSX is on a 150 GB Velociraptor. My PSU is PC Power &Cooling 610 w.My video card is a Evga GTX285. While FSX runs fairly well on this rig, I still get the annoying stutters and scenery lag. Would it be worthwhile to move to an i7-920 with an OC to 4.0GHZ. As much as I'd like to get the 975, I'd have leave enough money for a tent as that's where I'd be living after the wife found out how much I'd spent on another computer upgrade. Your thoughts and opinions would be appreciated.

I know that feeling. Make sure you get power to the tent so you can continue flying!My understanding is you can have the same experience as the 975 provides by overclocking the 920 to the equivalent level. Granted it's more work, more power and more heat as you have to work the blck and associated parameters. Hopefully an expert can confirm this, or explain why if it is not teh case.RegardsSimon