November 12, 201114 yr Buying a i7 990x?ORi7 2700k?Which will give better FSX performance?I do plan to Overclock....
November 12, 201114 yr The 990X may give better performance at stock levels but if you got some balls and overclock the living daylights out of the 2700k, you should be able to achieve better than what the 990X would in FSX. I think the advantages of having 6 cores are to do with terrain loading. Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
November 12, 201114 yr There's a 980X and a 990X in the FSX benchmark: https://spreadsheets...=CMSSocoI#gid=0 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
November 12, 201114 yr L, surprised me too.Maybe Haswell or even Ivy Bridge will be like this do Sandy Bridge E, which is only a couple of days away. Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
November 12, 201114 yr L, surprised me too.Maybe Haswell or even Ivy Bridge will be like this do Sandy Bridge E, which is only a couple of days away.That one I hardly doubt. No way we are seeing 30% more out of IB.
November 12, 201114 yr Author LOL, I never realized it can be 30% faster...You seem to be very knowledgeable about CPU's GPU's etc..Any idea what I should go with?2700? or 990?
November 12, 201114 yr The evidence points to a significant superiority of the i7-2xxx over i7-980 or i7-990X for FSX. As Corey answered you that is easily seen in the results of the above pinned benchmark thread located at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?authkey=CMSSocoI&key=0AuiXjW8fJyDrdC1KZm5fSlJYdnJBaXRRclFuU0U3WUE&hl=en&authkey=CMSSocoI#gid=0. The i7-2700K would just enhance the difference even more if it can be safely cranked even higher than we routinely do with the earlier CPUs in the series.Kind regards.
November 12, 201114 yr You seem to be very knowledgeable about CPU's GPU's etc..Any idea what I should go with?2700? or 990?Without a single doubt, 2700K.
November 13, 201114 yr ...Still not an INTEL ###### :)Wait 'til Ivy Bridge! :Big Grin:Cheers,- jahman.
November 14, 201114 yr After 20yrs of building AMD gaming computers. I'm so tickled with this I7 it isn't even funny. My FSX runs better than my FS2004 ever did! No exaggeration. I debated the 2700 but most advice turned me to the 2600. I'm very pleased with that decision.Still not an INTEL ###### :)I was running AMD from K6-2 days, but no sense swimming against the current forever.scott s..
November 14, 201114 yr I was a user of 980X, now using 2600K. Both on stock clock (since I cannot see any improvement in OCing for FSX). There is a improvement in frames and smoothness approx. 20-30%, so definitely go for newer CPU Bartłomiej Ender
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