October 17, 201114 yr Hi guys, About 9 months ago I finally was able to upgrade my old but trusty P4 computer. Back then I was on a tight budget and could spend more than 300$, so I upgrade my computer with the following components: -AMD Phenom II X2 565 (Unlocked to X4 and OC @ 3.8ghz)-Asus M4A89GTD/USB3 Pro-G-Skill Ripjaw DDR3-1333 (4x2ghz) Honestly, for 300$, this upgrade really delivers (delivered!). I was able to unlock the X2 cpu to a X4 using the motherboard core unlocker feature and overclock it to 4ghz on air with a coolermaster hyper 212+, but temp were still a bit high for my tastes so I went down to [email protected] and idling at 38c now, 45c full load. Back then, I used pretty much FSX with a standard configuration, i.e. not much addons. Then I found out about the VRS Superbug and bought it. With what I would describe as a "Very High" FSX settings config, I was able to fly the superbug most of the time @25-30fps (locked@30). Some locations made it drop to 18 or so, such as KSEA and the most intensive ones, such as KLAX, brought it down to 13 on the tarmac. Then I became an addon addict... I bought FS Global 2010, REX, GEX, UTX, Traffic X and a couple FTX and BluePrint airports. With the same FSX Settings config + the added visual effects of REX/GEX and the AI traffic, I can no longer visit KLAX, it drops to about 6-7fps with AI traffic set to 80%/40%, so depending on the plane I fly, I constantly have to load/reload different saved configuration. Obviously, my most exciting planes (i.e. the Superbug and the Milviz C310R) are frame killers, so I have to tune the settings down so much, flyin glow is no longer that jaw dropping, which is an issue for me. Soooooo, all that to ask, by upgrading to an i5-2500K (which I would OC @4.5ghz minimum), would I see any substential perfomance boost or would I honestly gain only a few FPS here and there (with similar FSX config?). My choice of mobo would be the Asus P8Z68-v pro and I would add 8gb of Corsair Vengeance blue DDR3 ram. To set a base for comparison, the flight I usually use to "benchmark" my settings is this: Softwares: FSX+Acceleration Ground Envionment X Real Environment X + Overdrive, using 4096 textures Ultimate Terrain X USA Traffic X with SP1 Settings: 1920x1080x32 FPS locked @ 20 Trilinear filtering Global texture: Very High (maxed) Advanced animations High-res 3D VC Aircraft casts shadows on itself Aircraft landing lights illuminate ground Level of detail radius: Large (maxed) Mesh complexity: 90 Mesh resolution: 5m Texture resolution: 7cm (maxed) Water effects: High 2x Land detail textures Autogen scenery complexity: Extremly dense (maxed) Autogen density: Extremly dense (maxed) Special effects detail: high Cloud draw distance: 60miles (min) Cloud coverage: High Airline traffic: 70% GA traffic: 35% Airport vehicle: Medium Road traffic: 0% Ships and ferries: 25% Leisure boats: 5% Flight a ) Using the Aerosoft Beaver X KSEA (no addons) Daytime / fair weather Getting 20fps on tarmac, dropping to around 17 on takeoff when passing by the gates, going up and stable at 20fps in flight, no micro-stutters in flight. Flight b ) Using the VRS Superbug or the Milviz C310R KSEA (no addons) Daytime fair weather Getting 18fps on tarmac, droping the 15 on takeoff passing the gates, varies 16 to 20 in flight, depending on traffic in sight, radar contacts etc... micro-stutters looking at the ground Note that I lock my frames @ 20fps to prevent too much variation, which I personally got used to after a couple days. I personally prefer stable FPS, even if low, than high to low fps variation. So, I finally get to ask my question: By upgrading to an i5 2500k (or a i7 2600k if I can find the extra 100$), which I would OC hopefully to at least 4.5ghz, would I be able with the same settings to see a really important improvement performance/fps wise? Would I be able to lock the frams at 35 instead of 20 and pretty much be stable at this value? My fear is that I would order the parts, set everything up, and see only a minor boost in performance, not worth the 500$ this upgrade would cost me... Any inputs will be greatly appreciated, Thanks guys! Fred Finally I got to ask my question...
October 17, 201114 yr You will , the SB is superior to the Phenom's. Ryzen 5 1600x - 16GB DDR4 - RTX 3050 8GB - MSI Gaming Plus
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