I don't know if I should get a i5 4690k with my current gtx 760 or a i7 4790k with a new 780. Option B is obviously the more expensive route to go on but I would love to play FSX with a lot of addons (I already own REX and Carenado's TBM 850, and with my current setup it just isn't comfortable flying). As we all know, FSX is an older game so you need really good freaking hardware to play it comfortably. Supposedly nvidia + intel works fantastic with FSX.

 

So main question is would there be a big difference between the 4690k + 760 and the 4790k + 780 when playing FSX (if anyone actually does) and would I be fine using just a 4690k and 760

 

Playing major flagship games like bf4 and bioshock I know I would do fine on either of those setups so normal gaming I'm gonna be fine. 

 

I really hope that I can use the 4690k with my 760 in fsx because i really cant fork out 500 more dollhairs for an improved graphics card, and it will obviously bottleneck if I'm running 4790k + 760.

 

Thanks in advance guys

 

Also, would I need to reinstall windows after upgrading motherboard and cpu? I'd be coming from an 8350

 

(If anyone wants to know I am using an FX-8350 Piledriver and  EVGA GTX 760 2GB)

Nice compromise would be 4690k (overclocked) + 770. I guess there are all sorts of programs out there to copy your O/S because I doubt you will just be able to fire up your new system and have Windows boot for you.

 

Personally I would do a nice fresh install and start out with a nice clean vanilla O/S + a nice clean vanilla FSX, both set up as per the guides here on AVSIM, but that's my preference.

 

Regards,

If money is an issue - 4790K and GTX770.

 

But you can start with your 760 and upgrade later...

 

I kept my GTX460 for a while, and it was OK.. but the 770

added a lot of smoothness.

So main question is would there be a big difference between the 4690k + 760 and the 4790k + 780 when playing FSX (if anyone actually does) and would I be fine using just a 4690k and 760

 

If you plan to overclock the CPU, won't use photo scenery and don't use a 4K monitor or a triple display setup the answer is no. There won't be much difference between the setups apart from the price.

 

If you won't overclock get the i7.

 

If you're a fan of photo scenery get the i7.

 

The 760 is still a powerful GPU. Pair the new Haswell CPU (preferably overclocked) with some high speed low latency RAM and I promise you'll see a big difference to your current setup. If you feel that you get too low FPS in cloud you can consider upgrading to the 780 later. I've got it myself and its a lovely quiet GPU, but for my FSX usage its very much overkill.

I vote with Bert for the 4790K and GTX 770.  I did that when I rebuilt my system, works very well

If you plan to overclock the CPU, won't use photo scenery and don't use a 4K monitor or a triple display setup the answer is no. There won't be much difference between the setups apart from the price.

 

If you won't overclock get the i7.

 

If you're a fan of photo scenery get the i7.

 

The 760 is still a powerful GPU. Pair the new Haswell CPU (preferably overclocked) with some high speed low latency RAM and I promise you'll see a big difference to your current setup. If you feel that you get too low FPS in cloud you can consider upgrading to the 780 later. I've got it myself and its a lovely quiet GPU, but for my FSX usage its very much overkill.

 I've got 16 gigs of Corsair Vengeance at 1866. So youre basically telling me that if I get the i5 and stick with my 760 I should get a lot better performance? (If I oc the i5)

 

 

I vote with Bert for the 4790K and GTX 770.  I did that when I rebuilt my system, works very well

I would love to get a 770 or even a 780 and the i7 but for one the 770 is not that much of an upgrade from a 760 and money is an issue. If I were to get a 4790k and keep my 760 it would bottleneck a whole lot 

Bet that 4690K is as good as the 4790k with HT disabled for high clock, agree withSAAB340 in all.

 

I have no 4690K but a really good 4670K and a normal 4770K the I5 outperform it 5.0 to 4.7 for the 4770K.

Have not test my really good 4790K hard in FSX yet the only diff to my 4670k is a stronger IMC, but the diff is in the high side +3000mhz

the 4670k is stable at 2800-2900mhz with MFR mems, my 4790k is stable at 3300mhz with same mems.

Not all have +2800mhz mems , the diff if is minimal up to 2666-2800mhz on the mems.

 

760 or 770 no big difference more like 670 to 680 its the old GK104 in both cards i not recomend 770 waste of money if you have a 760.. go for GK110 780 or wait for 870/ 880 thats round the corner.

 

if money is an issue go for the 4690k you see a big improvment from the FX8350, a now have a FX8350.

Yes DiamondOreo, you'll get better performance in FSX even with a stock i5K Haswell than you'll get with an overclocked FX8350. And if you overclock the i5 you'll get even more performance. Westman has both so you can trust him when he says you'll see a big improvement. Welcome as a poster in the community BTW

Thanks for all the replys guys, now I know that I'll get better performance with a 4690k and a 760. Soon I'll save up for a 780 or maybe even one of the 800 series cards that should be announced soon