I am considering building a new box and was wondering if it will be worth the dollars spent.

 

I currently have an i7-950 overclocked to 3.8GHz paired with a 560ti card. Using Word Not Allowed's tweaks (thanks!) and running 1920x1080, i normally get 30 fps in most situations, however I run with no traffic, 8xS and no transparency AA. Other settings are not maxed, but they are pretty high.

 

With some weather or with the iFly 737 or NGX, frame rates can decrease to the low 20s.

 

I'm looking for two things out of this upgrade to the 3770K (plan to OC to around 4.6) and a GTX 680 -

1) Better image quality (same resolution but higher AA), higher autogen but no AI traffic (mostly fly on VATSIM)

2) Smoother performance - plan to stay locked at 30 FPS and I want it to stay there regardless of weather, location or aircraft.

 

Would a GTX680 upgrade alone give me what I'm looking for?

 

What are your opinions?

Thanks in advance...

Performed a similar upgrade for a customer a few months ago and the difference was astounding. Easily 50% faster moving from an i7 930 @ 4.2GHz to an i5 3570k @ 4.6GHz.

yes it is worth it .... you wont be dissapointed

The performance increase will be astounding... I'd highly recommend it. :smile:

 

When I went from my i7 920@4GHZ --> [email protected], the performance increase was about 50%.

"Astounded" and "not disappointed" is exactly what I was hoping for!

Pieces ordered and should all be in by the beginning of next week.

Thanks guys!

 

i7-3770K

ASUS P8Z77-V LX

EVGA GTX 680

8G 2400MHz RAM

2x Samsung 250G SSDs

Antec 620 liquid cooler

750W PS

The performance increase will be astounding... I'd highly recommend it. :smile:

 

When I went from my i7 920@4GHZ --> [email protected], the performance increase was about 50%.

 

I can only imagine how mine will be in that case. I'm upgrading from a E8400 at 3.85ghz with 2GB ram to the 2700K i just got a few weeks ago. Between the increase of RAM from 2GB to 8GB of faster ram, a higher overclock that the 2700K will provide, I should be extremely happy. Especially considering the great performance I already get on my older rig, the difference should be night and day.

That motherboard is not a very good overclocker. It will clock as high as you want but can damage the motherboard's circuitry in the long run. If you can change it then change it to P8z77-v pro. You will feel more comfortable overclocking with it because of better cooling around power regulation circuitry.

 

Regards,

Rohit