December 16, 200916 yr Is there anyone that runs a i5 under Windows7/64 OC to 4 Ghz and can post his Windows 7 Performance index figures...The reason for this is that I am in doubt to upgrade my E8500 OC to 4 Ghz to a i5 P55 combination.I know it is not a representative benchmark for Fsim but a good overall indication to compare the older C2D to the latest mainstream hardware.My results are,CPU = 7 (E8500 to 4Ghz)Ram = 7.1 (Corsair Dominator 1066 5-5-3-13)Video = 7,3 (Asus GTX275)HD= 7,4 (Corsair SSD 128 Extreme, my raptor was hitting 5.9)Thx...
December 16, 200916 yr simba_nl: I'm not, but I'm running an E8500 clocked to 4.17, and I was actually thinking an upgrade to an E8600 and a new mobo might be a better investment than anything in the quad series, simply because of the nature of the basic MSFS 'engine' (I have FSX, but I've been running FS9 exclusively for quite some time). I'll be interested in reading if anyone more knowledgable than I have constructive suggestions about your issue. Smooth Skies! -- Chuck B. MACHINE 1:FS2004/WinXP Pro 64, Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 Clocked to 4.35 GHz, Corsair H50, Asus Maximus Formula, 4GB PNY XLR8 DDR2 @1067, ATI 4870 and 4650, WD Raptor 10K RPM 160 GB HD, Seagate 500 mgb 32mgb cache, 2 Analog 2HTGs w/ 3 19" I-INC flat panel monitors 1280x1024x32, and 1 17" at 1280 x 1024, PC Silencer 750 Quad, FSPassengers, FSUPIC, (Payware), WideFS MACHINE 2: Dell Dimension, P4, WideClient, FDC Live Cockpit, Pro Flight Emulator, Active Sky v6.5 MACHINE 3: ASUS u81A Laptop, Windows 7 (what a joke!), WideClient, FlightSim Commander
December 16, 200916 yr Upgrading from a dual to a quad can be beneficial for FSX, but not FS9 and older games. Many modern games and other content creation applications (photo, audio, and video editing) can take advantage of > 2 threads as well.
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