Hello,

 Please help me, I have a question, my system now is:

 

video card->     AMD Radeon HD 6670

cpu->                AMD Athlon II X4 640 3,0 ghz

ram->               4gb

motherboard-> MS-7713

 

when I buy a new motherboard and I7-4770K and use my old AMd Radeon Hd 6670 and RAM does it work?

 

Thank you!

I wouldn't recommend that card with a new system.... It will work but that's a low quality card.

 

Try an nvidia GTX760 or 770

As Ryan says, your RAM should be ok, but look at getting a GTX 760 card for it.  Your Radeon should be a horrible bottleneck.

But i dont have 600-700 EUR.

I thought the fsx dont need a good video card, but

when I dont buy a new video card it should work anyway better.

Or not ?

Then save the money until you can at least buy a 760.... seems to be about 200 EUR.

 

Honestly you will just be frustrated with a huge GPU bottleneck as Charlatan says.

Let me try a different approach - start with your current videocard, and upgrade when you have the budget available.

 

Your new CPU is going to be a big improvement.

Meh - running that old Radeon and a new haswell won't be much of an upgrade.  Unless you mean upgrade the video card first?

Ryan, you may well be right, but you've got to start somewhere - and I would indeed start by upgrading the CPU.

 

Look at my system.. upgraded the [email protected] to a [email protected].. great improvement in smoothness,

even while re-using my trusty GTX460 (for now)..

 

Mind you, my GTX460 was a $200+ card and the 6670 is a $100- card... so this might be only half a step forward..

So I buy a I7 4790k with Gtx 760 and a new motherboard.

Thanks for your help!

So I buy a I7 4790k with Gtx 760 and a new motherboard.

Thanks for your help!

Get a 4690k, overclock it and with the $100 you save on the 4690k, you can go to a 770.

Open wallet, don't look at bill.  :ph34r:

I have the 4790k.  It's a monster. You can look at my system specs in my profile. I would recommend the Asus Maximus VII Hero. Solid board. It will last you quiet awhile.

 

My rig:

 

 

 

So I buy a I7 4790k with Gtx 760 and a new motherboard.

Thanks for your help!

Hello,

 

I know you're in a hurry... or can you wait?  Haswell-e and Rosewill/X99 is getting ready to release in September.  This is going to mean a few things!

 

1.  Haswell-e/Rosewill will use DDR4 memory, and there will be a rush of gamers and OC enthusiasts that will rush to buy this board.  This means that there will probably be a drop in DDR3-based enthusiast's boards using previous chipsets.  I was going to wait and go this route, but I lost two PCIe lanes on my Maximus IV Extreme and bought the Maximus VI Extreme at a really reasonable price.  It is a Z87-based board.  If 3-way or 4-way SLI isn't an interest, then you will be able to pick up the Maximus VII Hero Z97-based board like the poster above has.  Very solid, but since I do extreme OC'ing as well and want 4-way SLI, I went with the board I bought.  While I swear by ASUS ROG boards, others swear at them... Either way, you might want to wait - 2 months?

 

2.  There is going to be a small drop in higher-speed DDR3 DIMMS with the new chipset release as well.

 

3.  With the release of the 5XXX series CPU's, 4790K's may take a further drop in price.  Right now $269 in the US, but where I purchase them is thinking $199 might be in the future very soon.

 

4.  Finally, SSD's are really coming down in price.  If you can afford to do it, even at a later date, please consider your OS on a 240-512Gb SSG, FSX on its own SSD, and a 7200 rpm mechanical drive for your user files and other programs.  While others might argue it, I stand by my opinion that the faster you can push data through the CPU, the better FSX will perform.  It's true that FSX was designed to run on systems we would scoff at now, but then again, for pushing the NGX or T7, Active Sky, REX TD, and add-on airports/scenery/FTX, it really isn't FSX as it was designed... 

 

I lost my mobo and had to build a new system early, otherwise, I'd be waiting.

 

Best,

 

Kevin

There is always something new on the horizon... no-one knows how much better the next generation will be, although a drop in price on current technology is a pretty safe prediction..

 

So worth the wait?  :unsure:

 

At some point, you have to push the button.. B)

I wouldn't be too worried about waiting.  Before the 4790k and 4690k were released they were supposed to be the greatest thing since sliced bread, yet turned out to be marginally better than the existing chips.

 

This new architecture might also be nothing worth writing home about.

 

If you are ready for a new setup now, go ahead and get it ordered.

The gtx 770 is only a marginal improvement over the gtx 760, which, by the way, can be overclocked quite easily to 770 speeds.

You may want to check your psu while you are at it, to ensure it is sufficient for a gpu upgrade. 

 

Jazz