Hi,I am wondering what a Overclock is doing for you or better say, what can I expect.I'm playing with my new Sandy Bridge 2600K on a MSI P67 board and these boards have a OC button (OC Genie II) and pushing this one is setting my clock to 4200 instead of the standard 3400 and givin me 2 to 3 more FPS in FSX.I have read a lot of post here on AVSIM about OC and seems to me that the most of the 2600K owners OC there CPU and GPU.Is there something wrong to get only a increase of 2 to 3 FPS or is that normal ro expect?By the way, I also have a GTX480 but planned to buy the new MSI GTX580 Lighting.I started flying now in 3D Vision and that is realy awesome... a must seen for every flightsimmer but bringing the new rig back on his knees.Happy landings...

An OC 2600K to 5ghz paired with a gtx 480 or 580 will do a lot for FSX.They key is to find a good fan, motherboard, and fast ram.FSX relies on CPU speed, but a properly balanced system will yield the best results.Good luck.

A properly balanced system is key. A fast CPU means dick if you do't have the RAM and video card(s) to back it up.

I keep hearing all that crap about a well balanced system, like you need to pair the fastest CPU with a 500$ GPU or CL6 RAM or otherwise you'll cripple your system.Balanced yes, but balanced for what? FSX is CPU limited, period. The only difference between a 150$ GTX460 vs a 500$ GTX580 is 8xS vs 8xSQ AA. You can't run higher AA than that on a GTX580 without a significant performance hit in FSX, and then what do you have a super 5GHz CPU for anyway?When you balance a system you do it to run a certain task you know. There's no such thing as a well balanced system generally speaking

+1. FSX is CPU limited. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. A "properly balanced" system is one that does what I want it to do in a satisfactory manner. So I could call my system well balanced if I'm so inclined, regardless of it being double channel memory with "high" CL8 latency and a crumby GTX 560...This will be controversial when I say it so here goes: Since my GTX 460, I have only been CPU limited in FSX. Consider I use Nvidia's default settings and FSX's IQ settings without bloom before you try to flame this statement.