April 29, 201016 yr Hi , I need your help to bought my new PC for FSX , i wanna waste from u$1500 to u$2000 , a I thought in it :Geforce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 Superclocked4 HD Western Digital 500GB 7200RPM 32MB SATA 3G em RAID 10 ( ou 5 ) ?Ultra ChillTEC 1336 socket Thermal Eletric overclocking CPU coller with Controller (i will change for a Corsair H50 due to the mother board SOCKET. )Ultra X4 1050W ModularAsus P7P55D-E Deluxe MOBO socket 1156OCZ Tri Platinum Tri channel 6GB PC12800 DDR3 RAM.Intel Core I7 860 Processor
April 30, 201016 yr Instead of wasting $500 on a GTX 480 that is still on beta drivers, why not get a GTX 285, for cheaper and upgrade to a i7 930 with tri channel ram. You will benefit more from this than the graphics card in FSX. If you keep what you have, the 6GB ram won't work as it is tri channel and your socket type is dual channel.
April 30, 201016 yr Just exchange the mobo and the CPU to i7-930 or 960, depending what you can fit into your budget, and OC the hell out of it. This combo will give you currently the best performance, short of 980x, which only costs half of what you wanna give out :(
April 30, 201016 yr i7 930 OCs well. My mate has one with corsair H50 liquid cooling, 4.4GHz! Amazing.
April 30, 201016 yr Ok , i have changed the GTX480 for an HD5870 and the motherboard for a EVGA x58 and the last but no least , the I7 860 for I7 940 , i'am not sure if iam doing the correct upgrade.
April 30, 201016 yr Ok , i have changed the GTX480 for an HD5870 and the motherboard for a EVGA x58 and the last but no least , the I7 860 for I7 940 , i'am not sure if iam doing the correct upgrade. I have a 5870 and a 480GTX. The 480 is considerably faster than the 5870 in FSX when run at equivalent IQ, and I suspect a 470 will also edge it out (at around the same $400 price level as a 5870). No problems with the 197.41 WHQL (not beta) drivers here.If FS is your primary application, I think the Fermis are the reigning Kings right now...that said, the 5870 is no slouch, either.I also use the eVGA X58 3X SLI mobo -- I am having a very good experience with that board.RegardsBob ScottColonel, USAF (ret)ATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VColorado Springs, CO Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
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