OK I did a $4000 experiment and bought a new computer with the i7 990X CPU OC to 4.0 Ghz, Rampage II extreme MB, 12 GB ram, and the nvidia 590 card with Windows 7 pro 64, and a solid state HD and liquid cooled system. Here are the results compared to me Dell 720 H2C liquid cooled quad core, with dual 8800 GTX cards OC to 3.5 Ghz, 4 Gb ram.All sliders at 50%, LD767 at KSEA in DayOn runway 52 fps - old computer 25 fpsclimbing thru 3500 57 fps - old 31level at 4000 no clouds 60 old comp 40All sliders maxed out with LD767 level at 4000 ft47-60 fps old comp 14-18 fpsNow at KLGA, all sliders maxed out with Cessena 172On runway 4 30 fps old comp. 7-10take off and heading towards NYC at 3000' with buildings completely in view30 fps - old computer <3 fps and crashedPHNL Cesena 172 all sliders at 50%150-200 fps old computer 48-50flying 172 at 2000 over water all sliders to left now for kicks350-500 fps old computer 150-200

Would you be up for reinstalling FSX from scratch and running the FSXMark11 benchmark?

Heck no. Reinstalling FSX with all the addons, FSUIPC, scenery took me 4 hours and I am not done. I still can't figure how to get my PDMG 747 400 and -800 on the new computer. Do I have to re-buy it?Why is a re-install needed to do a benchmark? I can do any testing you want - but a re-install is not good viable option with a nagging wife, a 10 year, a puppy and a golf game that needs much practice.Paul G.

Eh, figured it wouldn't hurt to ask. I understand it's a pain in the butt unless you're already installing from scratch.

Heck no. Reinstalling FSX with all the addons, FSUIPC, scenery took me 4 hours and I am not done. I still can't figure how to get my PDMG 747 400 and -800 on the new computer. Do I have to re-buy it?Why is a re-install needed to do a benchmark? I can do any testing you want - but a re-install is not good viable option with a nagging wife, a 10 year, a puppy and a golf game that needs much practice.Paul G.

There is an easy alternative in which you don't hurt your FSX, it's a little tricky, but nothing one average user can't handle.In this alternative you install FSX "new", but trick the system so that you can come back to your old FSX in matter of minutes.See here:http://forum.avsim.net/topic/329116-fsxmark11/page__view__findpost__p__1941058And also little correction:2) Locate 4 FSX folders: 1. main FSX folder, 2. where fsx.cfg is located (usually C:\Users\{your username}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX), 3. C:\Users\{your username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\FSX) and 4. C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX

But why is this necessary? To do benchmarking you need to do "something" before FSX is installed? I am not familar with how benchmarking is done.

It's necessary so that our results can be compared. If I do my benchmarking on a stock FSX install, but you do yours with REX, GEX, and an airport scenery (I'm just using those as examples) installed there's not much point in comparing the two as your FPS will be much lower with the add-ons installed. However, if with both do our benchmarks on a stock FSX install we can compare the two because the only difference is our computer components.

But why is this necessary? To do benchmarking you need to do "something" before FSX is installed? I am not familar with how benchmarking is done.

Benchmarking is a way of comparing two systems with same or different components, while taking the software out of the equation. Benchmarks are very important as advice on buying of new hardware.Many people can then see if it pays off to pay more for what performance and if it really pays off. Comparing different CPUs with different GPUs reveals what's good and what not.

Benchmarking is a way of comparing two systems with same or different components, while taking the software out of the equation. Benchmarks are very important as advice on buying of new hardware.Many people can then see if it pays off to pay more for what performance and if it really pays off. Comparing different CPUs with different GPUs reveals what's good and what not.

Aah, now I get it. That makes sense. I already loaded the LD767, the PDMG 747, FlyTampa scenery, Squawkbox, all the updates. So it won't be a true apples comparison. I can report frame rates for anyone that wants a specific scenario. There should be a set standard frame rate scenario that can be established (a specific airport, plane, time, weather, scenery settings etc.)

There should be a set standard frame rate scenario that can be established (a specific airport, plane, time, weather, scenery settings etc.)

This is exactly what FSXMark11 is

Aah, now I get it. That makes sense. I already loaded the LD767, the PDMG 747, FlyTampa scenery, Squawkbox, all the updates. So it won't be a true apples comparison. I can report frame rates for anyone that wants a specific scenario. There should be a set standard frame rate scenario that can be established (a specific airport, plane, time, weather, scenery settings etc.)

This is exactly what FSXMark11 is

Exactly, but your system has to be set to that standard. As I mentioned earlier, if you have no problems with computer-stuff, which it seems you don't, then renaming couple of folders is a no-brainer and then installing fsx fresh.

Would you be up for reinstalling FSX from scratch and running the FSXMark11 benchmark?

Hi,Okay I just did a clean install of W7 and just finished installing FSX with Patch 1 and 2.. I have no addons installed.Ill run that FSXMark11 and post results:Nail Biting: Cheers Chris

really excited to see the results! Make sure you're only running one monitor at the resolution specified in the instruction manual.

Hi ,Okay setup up as per manual.here it is :Test1: Frames Time (ms) Min Max Avg 9392 300000 19 54 31.307 Test2: Frames Time (ms) Min Max Avg 11318 300000 22 53 37.727 Test3: Frames Time (ms) Min Max Avg 11256 300000 23 52 37.52 Test4: Frames Time (ms) Min Max Avg 11129 300000 23 52 37.097 Cheers Chris.

Hi ,Okay setup up as per manual.here it is :Test1: Frames Time (ms) Min Max Avg 9392 300000 19 54 31.307 Test2: Frames Time (ms) Min Max Avg 11318 300000 22 53 37.727 Test3: Frames Time (ms) Min Max Avg 11256 300000 23 52 37.52 Test4: Frames Time (ms) Min Max Avg 11129 300000 23 52 37.097 Cheers Chris.

Please reply to the thread FSXMark11 with the corresponding table (it's in the FSXMark11 package, "Benchmark Results") and hardware details, so that we can put it in the big worksheet.