In order to be prepared for the next Ivy generation I recently buildt a new system with a budget i7 3820 CPU (o/c to 5GHz!) on a LGA 2011 platform. Following Kostas guide in nearly every point (FSX and hardware settings), I've got now the best FSX I ever had. It works smooth like silk and micro-stutters occur only rarely.

 

I just finished a flight with LDs 767 from Chicago (AS_US-Cities) KORD(FSDT) to KLAX(FSDT). During T/O and landing I got smooth(!) 18-20 FPS (MTX AI traffic @ 21/8). Only difference to Kostas settings was, that for T/O, I set the internal FPS control to unlimited which suprisingly did not result in stutters/texture glitches (as on my former system) when using BP=0. Maybe the LGA 2011 with its four memory channels is helpful here.

 

Thanks to Word Not Allowed and his helpful guide and all the others who chimed in.

You didn't run FSXmark11 by any chance? It would be really good with some 3820 results there.

 

What system did you upgrade from?

Do you use HDD or SSD?

 

I very much doubt the smoothness has much to to with quad chanel, and more to do with the SandyBridge architecture/clockspeed. But it would be really handy with a FSXmark11 result. =)

You didn't run FSXmark11 by any chance? It would be really good with some 3820 results there.

 

 

Sorry, no FSXmark11. It's to late now and I have already installed nearly all of my addons. I upgraded from i7 950 using SSD for System and HDD for FSX