October 11, 201114 yr Hello,I have a phenom 955 running at 3.8 Ghz which gives me decent performance with FSX. But with heavy traffic and cloudy weather over busy areas, it starts to stutter, not that I care about fps numbers but to give you an idea it settles around 10-11 fps.If I upgrade to a SB 2600K and say I oc it to 4.5, do you think the performance gain would be worth the money? I wonder if anyone done this exact upgrade before and what were the results.I just don't want to end up with a little gain after I spend half a grand. :)Thank you,Doruk
October 11, 201114 yr Well, IMO yes. It depends how you want to be flying. In most areas (not too busy, GA fields) I can get a solid 60FPS with fairly high settings, maybe not by your standards. So yes but if you can stand waiting, wait for Ivy Bridge. Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
October 11, 201114 yr You just need a 2500K and a decent P67 board. That can be had for $300 - $400 and once overclocked should be almost twice as fast
October 12, 201114 yr Well, IMO yes. It depends how you want to be flying. In most areas (not too busy, GA fields) I can get a solid 60FPS with fairly high settings, maybe not by your standards. So yes but if you can stand waiting, wait for Ivy Bridge.Speaking of Ivy Bridge, do you have any idea of when it should be released? My PC Specs: CPU: Intel i5-2500k @ 4.5Ghz (1.33v) MOBO: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) COOLING: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus CASE: Corsair Carbide Series 400r GPU: EVGA SuperClocked GeForce Gtx 560 ti PSU: Corsair TX650M SSD: Corsair Force Series 3 120gb OS: Windows 7 Professional 64bit
October 12, 201114 yr November this year IF there is no delay.... http://www.guru3d.co...nsive-than-x58/
October 12, 201114 yr November this year IF there is no delay.... http://www.guru3d.co...nsive-than-x58/ That's not Ivy Bridge Alain!That's X79 / Sandy Bridge-E, what I suggested you to get in the other thread I think IB is projected for Q2 2012 or something like that
October 12, 201114 yr March or April, I think. Ivy Bridge looks to be pretty amazing, but Sandy Bridge has already proven itself to be such a worthy upgrade that I can't say it's worth it to wait until March or April. That's a pretty long wait - especially if it gets delayed. 2500K will run you about $180 to $220 Decent P67 or Z68 board will run anywhere between $130 and $200. Corey Meeks FS2020 | AMD 7800X3D | ASUS ProArt 4080 Super | ASUS B650E-I Mini ITX | 2x32Gb DDR5-6000 CL32 | DELL 38" U3818DW (3840x1600) | FormD T1 | Thermalright AXP90-47 | Thermaltake Toughpower SFX 1000W
October 12, 201114 yr the SB will give much much better performance then the phenom. Ryzen 5 1600x - 16GB DDR4 - RTX 3050 8GB - MSI Gaming Plus
October 12, 201114 yr That's not Ivy Bridge Alain!That's X79 / Sandy Bridge-E, what I suggested you to get in the other thread I think IB is projected for Q2 2012 or something like thatYou'r right, I don't know what I was thinking....
October 12, 201114 yr You were probably thinking about FSX SP3, Alain. Oops, sorry. I mean MS Flight Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
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