I got the 2500K and I don't see a point in upgrading. This chip is amazing, upgrading may let me run a little higher AG or Traffic but that's it. Im going to get the 590 next!

I got the 2500K and I don't see a point in upgrading. This chip is amazing, upgrading may let me run a little higher AG or Traffic but that's it. Im going to get the 590 next!

Don't get the GTX590 Ron. If it's for FSX, dual GPU's don't perform well, and for other games, a 590 performs like a SLI of 560's for a lot more money. Also they can't be overclocked without serious risks of literally burning them

I got the 2500K and I don't see a point in upgrading. This chip is amazing, upgrading may let me run a little higher AG or Traffic but that's it. Im going to get the 590 next!

You don't need to upgrade your chip unless you have enough money that you don't know what to do with it and you want the latest hardware, peoples on the 775 socket will see a big improvement if they do upgrade to the SB or Ivy Bridge.I myself don't need to upgrade right now, my rig is doing very well with FSX and other games, I'll be waiting and see what will happen between AMD and Intel cause I'm sure we have not see the latest between these two, so far Intel is ahead but AMD may well be have something in their sleeves...looking good here http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Bulldozer-Interlagos-Phoronix-Test-Suite-Benchmark-16-core,12445.html

Don't get the GTX590 Ron. If it's for FSX, dual GPU's don't perform well, and for other games, a 590 performs like a SLI of 560's for a lot more money. Also they can't be overclocked without serious risks of literally burning them

+1

I was only referring to those like Slick Nick who infer that Sandy Bridge 1150 socket systems is not worth buying now by advising others to wait for something better.

He is probably talking about peoples on the 1366 platform.......I sure will not upgrade to the SB as my rig is performing very well with FSX and other games.

Don't get the GTX590 Ron. If it's for FSX, dual GPU's don't perform well, and for other games, a 590 performs like a SLI of 560's for a lot more money. Also they can't be overclocked without serious risks of literally burning them

I thought the same thing but then I started reading this http://orbxsystems.com/forums/index.php?topic=33942.0 and it seems that FSX is loving it!

Woops, perhaps I am not writing specific enough, since it seems too easy to misunderstand me. I was only referring to those like Slick Nick who infer that Sandy Bridge 1150 socket systems is not worth buying now by advising others to wait for something better. Didn't even think of you in that regard Max! Sorry about that.Insofar as whether Ivy Bridge will be worth an upgrade from the present SB, only time will tell. My point was that since Intel has said in the latest articles that the 1150 platform will support both the present SB and Ivy Bridge CPUs, the cost and inconvenience of upgrading, if worthwhile, may be minimal.Consequently, it seems prudent to me to buy now with the expectation that I may be able to have my cake and eat it too when Ivy Bridge comes along. I don't think that the additional CPU cores or RAM channel(s) with the 2011 socket set will help FSX, any more that the hexicore i7 9XX with triple channel memory has performed over and above a good existing Sandy Bridge.Anyway, maybe I am just justifying what I have already spent my money on, the same way others justify saving their money and waiting. Both are right, or wrong, depending on which decision has already been made. Right? :Peace: Peace and all that! Kind regards,

Thanks for clarifying, Stephen. I see what you mean now, especially as it pertains to Slick Nick's comments. I'm sure Socket 2011 and the Waimea Bay Platform will make for an awesome computer for a long time to come, but it's not necessary to achieve FSX nirvana, so to speak. I think we're basically there already with a properly configured and overclocked Sandy Bridge system.

Stephen, With all the testing that you and others have done. Would you make any changes to the system that you have in your signature? I have been waiting for this forum to sort out the optimal system for FSX before I buy a new system. I do not have the technical ability to sort out all of the test results to come up with an answer for the components that I need to put into a system and why try to reinvent the wheel. I want to clone one of the top performing machines that are presently being used by this forums contributors. I like that you said that the correct mobo would probably allow just an exchange of the CPU if testing did indicate a reasonable improvement in performance. My son is a professional IT hardware guy and will build what I tell him is the machine I want. Since different applications are optimized on different systems, he is not in a position to make recommendations for components for FSX. FSX is the only use for the new computer.Thanks,Lynn