Hello!This week-end I finished my new rig with following components:- I7 2600k @4.5GHZ (auto tuning with ASUS turbo Evo), Noctua NH12p- Asus GTX570- 2x2GB RAM 1600 Corsair 9-9-9-24- SSD 60GB for W7 64 bits- HDD velociraptor forFSXinstalled addons:UTX, GEX, REX, Switzerland Pro, LSGG, LSZH from FSdreamteam, YBBN from ORBX, EDDF from AS, Wilco airbus vol.1I did the tweaks from ******* on his site http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.htmlI did a test flight between LSGG and LSZH from FSDT with the wilco airbus A320, with folowwing settings: (sorry, it's in french, but settings are in the same places in english!)Here are my results:taxi: 18-22fpstake-off:- cockpit 3D: 19-21- 2D: 30fpscruise:2D: 50-60fps3D: 25-40fps landing:- 2D:20-30fps- 3D: 16-23fpsFSX is very smooth with this CPU!I'm very happy with my new rig :-)

Hello!This week-end I finished my new rig with following components:- I7 2600k @4.5GHZ (auto tuning with ASUS turbo Evo), Noctua NH12p- Asus GTX570- 2x2GB RAM 1600 Corsair 9-9-9-24- SSD 60GB for W7 64 bits- HDD velociraptor forFSXinstalled addons:UTX, GEX, REX, Switzerland Pro, LSGG, LSZH from FSdreamteam, YBBN from ORBX, EDDF from AS, Wilco airbus vol.1I did the tweaks from ******* on his site http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.htmlI did a test flight between LSGG and LSZH from FSDT with the wilco airbus A320, with folowwing settings: (sorry, it's in french, but settings are in the same places in english!)Here are my results:taxi: 18-22fpstake-off:- cockpit 3D: 19-21- 2D: 30fpscruise:2D: 50-60fps3D: 25-40fps landing:- 2D:20-30fps- 3D: 16-23fpsFSX is very smooth with this CPU!I'm very happy with my new rig :-)

Thank you Florian! Looks very encouraging.Kind regards,

Hello!This week-end I finished my new rig with following components:- I7 2600k @4.5GHZ (auto tuning with ASUS turbo Evo), Noctua NH12p- Asus GTX570- 2x2GB RAM 1600 Corsair 9-9-9-24- SSD 60GB for W7 64 bits- HDD velociraptor forFSXinstalled addons:UTX, GEX, REX, Switzerland Pro, LSGG, LSZH from FSdreamteam, YBBN from ORBX, EDDF from AS, Wilco airbus vol.1I did the tweaks from ******* on his site http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.htmlI did a test flight between LSGG and LSZH from FSDT with the wilco airbus A320, with folowwing settings: (sorry, it's in french, but settings are in the same places in english!)Here are my results:taxi: 18-22fpstake-off:- cockpit 3D: 19-21- 2D: 30fpscruise:2D: 50-60fps3D: 25-40fps landing:- 2D:20-30fps- 3D: 16-23fpsFSX is very smooth with this CPU!I'm very happy with my new rig :-)

Just did a similar test with pretty much the same settings as yours. Did not bother with the cruising part of the flight as that proves nothing, but did complete the taxing and takeof parts.Don't have the Wilco aircraft of the FSDT airport so substituted the PMDG JS41.I am using an I7 920 clocked to 4.2 and the frames are pretty comparable to yours, sometimes slightly higher.This is to possibly help any x58 users who may be thinking of upgrading to 1155.Bryan.

Just did a similar test with pretty much the same settings as yours. Did not bother with the cruising part of the flight as that proves nothing, but did complete the taxing and takeof parts.Don't have the Wilco aircraft of the FSDT airport so substituted the PMDG JS41.I am using an I7 920 clocked to 4.2 and the frames are pretty comparable to yours, sometimes slightly higher.This is to possibly help any x58 users who may be thinking of upgrading to 1155.Bryan.

good idea to compare with I7.Comparaison are almost difficult, because other factors (nvidia inspector, other tweaks, ...)

Hello!This week-end I finished my new rig with following components:- I7 2600k @4.5GHZ (auto tuning with ASUS turbo Evo), Noctua NH12p- Asus GTX570- 2x2GB RAM 1600 Corsair 9-9-9-24- SSD 60GB for W7 64 bits- HDD velociraptor forFSXinstalled addons:UTX, GEX, REX, Switzerland Pro, LSGG, LSZH from FSdreamteam, YBBN from ORBX, EDDF from AS, Wilco airbus vol.1I did the tweaks from ******* on his site http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.htmlI did a test flight between LSGG and LSZH from FSDT with the wilco airbus A320, with folowwing settings: (sorry, it's in french, but settings are in the same places in english!)Here are my results:taxi: 18-22fpstake-off:- cockpit 3D: 19-21- 2D: 30fpscruise:2D: 50-60fps3D: 25-40fps landing:- 2D:20-30fps- 3D: 16-23fpsFSX is very smooth with this CPU!I'm very happy with my new rig :-)

Very good Florian. I hope to be testing my new system, similar to yours, by this coming weekend but this winter storm crossing the US may delay some of the parts I have enroute. We'll see. Personally, I'm most interested as to what happens when I fly my PMDG 747 in heavy weather from LAX to SFO. With my current system, I get great fps (30-60) most of the flight until I begin descending into KSFO. Then all kinds of strange things begin to happen that I attribute to memory. For instance, ATC gives me clearance to a visual landing on runway 10 (in heavy weather?) or my system may be slow in capturing the glideslope. It's always an adventure and that's really what I want -- a real fun adventure without the issues.Best regards,Jim