Would prefer if I could just get away with an GPU upgrade.

My specs;

i7 2600k @ 4.8 
asus p8p67 pro 3.1
16gb gskill ddr3 1600
1tb seagate barracuda 10krpm

geforce 570gtx superclocked 1.2gb 





So my question is; I want to do an upgrade on my system this winter but I don't want to spend a whole lot of money.  I have been considering an 970GTX, but am wondering am I going to be seeing an noticable improvement in FSX if i do so? or am I wasting my money and should be waiting another year for a full system upgrade and hope by then they will release hardware to run FSX the way we all want it to run...... 

You definitely should wait before upgrading your CPU.

 

When running FSX whilst monitoring GPU usage, do you ever see your card at max usage?

 

My 970 rarely goes over 55% with DSR 4x.

I would wait...

 

970GTX is PCI 3.0 - and I don´t think your Asus P8P67 supports that?

 

Go for Skylake, new mobo, new GPU, new, new, new...!

Thomas Creel

 

September 21, 2014 7:29:56 PM

 

PCIe 2.0 x16 = 8,000 MB/s = 64,000,000,000 bits

PCIe 3.0 x16 = 16,000 MB/s = 128,000,000,000 bits

 

GTX 980 Memory Clock = 7,000 Mb/s = 7,000,000,000 bits

 

As you can see, PCIe 2.0 x16 can EASILY handle the mere 7 billion bits with its 64 billion bit threshold.

 

quote name="frosty777" post="3134436" timestamp="1418650636"]I would wait...

 

970GTX is PCI 3.0 - and I don´t think your Asus P8P67 supports that?

 

Go for Skylake, new mobo, new GPU, new, new, new...!

 

I was concerned by this until I researched it further. Here is an post from tomshardware forum about the topic.

 

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Thanks for the info. 

 

Well, maybe I should consider upgrading too, I have a P8Z68-V board.

 

That 970GTX is awesome.