http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Sandy-Bridge-E-LGA2012-Core-i7-Extreme-Edition-heatsink,13226.html Not sure this does much for FSX but maybe for Flight when it is released. Mark.

It is too early to think about hardware requirements for Flight and prices shown are going to make a rich man poor :) Both are Launching intel and AMD Bulldozer within a couple of months .

Here's the AMD ###### that will need to buy a new motherboard to get an 8 core CPU for FSX that can barely use 3 cores, when the 2500K + P67 option is much cheaper and most likely much faster per core... and still he will claim it's better value, LOL

Here's the AMD ###### that will need to buy a new motherboard to get an 8 core CPU for FSX that can barely use 3 cores, when the 2500K + P67 option is much cheaper and most likely much faster per core... and still he will claim it's better value, LOL

HAHA yeah 2500k is the right setup for FSX currently, actually no one knows about the Bulldozer on wiki it is written that it will be a HPC a different design and yep more than 4 core is actually a waste for FSX. Have been with AMD since very long , I remember my first comp XT an intel :) .

Here's the AMD ###### that will need to buy a new motherboard to get an 8 core CPU for FSX that can barely use 3 cores, when the 2500K + P67 option is much cheaper and most likely much faster per core... and still he will claim it's better value, LOL

hahahahahahaha AMD ######....

HAHA yeah 2500k is the right setup for FSX currently, actually no one knows about the Bulldozer on wiki it is written that it will be a HPC a different design and yep more than 4 core is actually a waste for FSX. Have been with AMD since very long , I remember my first comp XT an intel :) .

I'm on Intel hardware at the moment. Many years ago I was on an Intel platform (Pentium). AMD then released the Athlon X2 processors which was really good, while Intel was struggling to squeeze out some more MHz out of the extremely hot Pentium processors. At that time my move to an AMD processor was an excellent choice. Intel lost a god portion of the market and invested a lot of money on a new processor and chipset architecture. A couple of years passed by and Intel released their Core 2 Duo processors, which outperformed the AMD processors with a safe margin and at low temps. And since then Intel rules the high end niche. Will Intel continue to rule? I don't know. Do you have an answer? History might have an answer and that would be No. Will the Bulldozer bring a temporary end to Intels dominance on the high end market? Maybe, maybe not. We all just have to wait and see. My guess is that AMD won't aim for the high end market with the Bulldozer.

I'm on Intel hardware at the moment. Many years ago I was on an Intel platform (Pentium). AMD then released the Athlon X2 processors which was really good, while Intel was struggling to squeeze out some more MHz out of the extremely hot Pentium processors. At that time my move to an AMD processor was an excellent choice. Intel lost a god portion of the market and invested a lot of money on a new processor and chipset architecture. A couple of years passed by and Intel released their Core 2 Duo processors, which outperformed the AMD processors with a safe margin and at low temps. And since then Intel rules the high end niche. Will Intel continue to rule? I don't know. Do you have an answer? History might have an answer and that would be No. Will the Bulldozer bring a temporary end to Intels dominance on the high end market? Maybe, maybe not. We all just have to wait and see. My guess is that AMD won't aim for the high end market with the Bulldozer.

Intel has been on the front most of the time , not denying that AMD gave use a good performance chip at a good value (not counting the k6 and the Duron's ), the Phenom's have been good , but then Intel did come out with the i5's and i7's and that again put AMD on the backfoot , lets c how the FX chips perform as that's my next targeted machine I just need a powerhouse.

Will the Sandy Bridge - E CPU´s use the same socket as the current ones, so that an exchange will be very easy. Or do we need all new?

No, they will use a 2011 CPU socket. Thats LGA 2011. New mobo sorry. I think you would be better off waiting for a IB. Remember how SB was better than the extreme cpu's, the same should happen.

No, they will use a 2011 CPU socket. Thats LGA 2011. New mobo sorry. I think you would be better off waiting for a IB. Remember how SB was better than the extreme cpu's, the same should happen.

All right, so I´m out of buying this. My i5 is good enough for some time!