Well, it's official. I have made the transition from AMD to Intel and I have to say I am pleased. I originally had an AMD 955 Black Edition which is a strong chip in my opinion but still ran into performance issues when playing FSX the fps was solid but didn't have the fluidity I've seen from Intel units so I bit the bullet and went with an i5-3570k and a new board. I have to say I am impressed, unfortunately my cooler mount was not compatible with my new Intel unit so I am running stock clock speeds with stock fan until I purchase another cooler but even at 3.4ghz I've noticed a difference in FSX. Amazing. I don't post here alot, but I definitely appreciate the brilliant minds who post here to give others a little insight. (Myself)  :rolleyes:

 

 

 

 

 

but even at 3.4ghz I've noticed a difference in FSX.

 

How big difference ? I'm asking since I also have AMD CPU a Phenom II X4 965 OC 3.9 GHz. Had you your CPU overclocked ?

Does any body know how powerful my GTX650 2 G videocard is compared to his 560ti ?

I always look at the single thread benchmarks to get an idea how well each processor will handle fsx.

 

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html

 

As you can see the 955 and 965 are way down the list. The 3570k, packs almost double the punch at stock.

How big difference ? I'm asking since I also have AMD CPU a Phenom II X4 965 OC 3.9 GHz. Had you your CPU overclocked ?

Does any body know how powerful my GTX650 2 G videocard is compared to his 560ti ?

Yes i had my 955 running at a 4.2 ghz clock speed which was great but just lacked in fluidity. As of right now i just added a liquid cooler to the i5 and running at 4.5ghz stable. Personally dont have any specs to back it up but the gtx650 out matches the 560 i believe feel free to chime in if i'm wrong. My cpu z dump is listed below.

 

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I just made the switch myself from AMD to Intel. First Intel CPU since my Pentium 133 MHz in 1997. However for FSX/P3D, nothing beats Intel due to their superior single-threaded performance and high IPC. I went from a Phenom II X4 955BE 3.2 GHz @ 3.7 GHz to an i7 4770K @ 4.3 GHz.

 

In terms of pure FPS, the improvement is 2.5 - 3x over my old system. So where the old system gave me 8-9 FPS (the heaviest OrbX airports), the new one gives me close to 25 FPS.

 

I wouldn't worry about the video card. I replaced my GTX 460 1GB with a GTX 760 2GB shortly after upgrading the CPU, and the difference is negligible. FSX cares about the CPU. It doesn't benefit much from a faster GPU.