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Looks amazing. I'm so glad they finally started to give PC a little bit more attention instead of just porting it over from Xbox360.

Probably, I don't know though, because the EULA forbids it?

Thanks. The C300 looks very good, but I have heard about lockups in windows 7 when using Sata3 and the Marvell controller, has this been solved?

Guys, thanks so much for all your help!I've decided to go through with the upgrade. My rig will be as follows: i7 2600K, P8P67 Deluxe and I will keep my RAM and see how it runs and then if I feel I need more/better RAM I'll upgrade that too.I one last question: Is there a specific Batch of 2600K that is known to OC to 5Ghz+ or something I can do to increase my chances of not being stopped at 4.8? EDIT: A little OT, sorry: I'm also tempted to buy a SSD to run win7 and FSX on, 120GB should be enough for me, I've read that OCZ Vertex 3 has been troublesome to a lot of people, especially the drive not being recognized etc by the BIOS, is this still true? If so any other fast (random read) SSD's that are reliable?

Hmmm, I might just go with the 2600K then. I wonder though, is it really necessary* to buy the RAM? For gaming and FSX flying 4Gb should be enough, right? EDIT: Added a word :Thinking:

Stephen, thanks for all the help!I have one last question, or two rather, as I said in the start of this thread, I've been looking at the 2500K and a P8P67 Pro/Deluxe motherboard. I have heard different opinions on this, but is the 2600K really any better at overclocking or in FSX? Also is there any real reason to go for the Deluxe rather than the EVO/Pro version? Granted, they are almost the same in price (the mobo's) but I'd like to make the upgrade cheap if the performance difference between the different CPU/Mobos aren't noticeable.The Deluxe has 16+2 in VRM/Phase Power vs 12+2 on the Pro, I've heard from some that it doesn't matter when OCing and that the batch is more important, is this true? Lastly, the 2600K has a higher stock freq and is HT enabled, but afaik FSX doesn't use HT and from the FSX Mark11-bench on this forum the AVG/MIN FPS difference seem to be insignificant, is there any reason why I should go for the more expensive setup? I want to reach 5Ghz so that the upgrade is worthwhile, and if the 2600K is proven to be more OC-able, I'll buy it.Thank You

Thanks for the heads up Stephen. Is there any performance drawbacks to running 4 modules rather than 2? Kaydub, where do you live? EDIT: Depending on where Kaydub lives the freight could get pretty expensive. A 2x2GB 6-8-6-24 1600Mhz Mushkin Kit (serial 996805) is however available where I live. If I were to purchase that kit I would have 5 afaik identical 2GB modules, and I'd be able to run 4x2GB.

How about these: G.Skill 2000Mhz @CL9, could they be OC'd to maybe 1600Mhz and 7-7-7-24 @ less than 1.6V? They cost almost the same as the other two I showed, are they better?

Thanks for all the answers. Performance memory is rare where I live (Sweden), that coupled with the fact that my NH-D14 isn't the most forgiving to RAM leaves me only 2 kits (the only ones being sold here, and that fit and are of interest to me): A Mushkin 2x4GB 1600Mhz @ CL7 kit, and a G.Skill Sniper 2x4Gb 1600Mhz @ CL7 Kit, the Mushkin being 25EUR cheaper. Should I go for the cheapest? EDIT: These are the ones I'm talking about:G.Skill Sniper F3-12800CL7D-8GBSR vsMushkin Enhanced Redline 996981

How about buying G.Skill Ripjaw 2000Mhz Cl9 DDR3 2x4Gb, downclocking it to 1600Mhz, 1.5V and 7-7-7-24? Or will it have any impact to performance versus, lets say a Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz (2x4Gb) CL9? Am I worrying to much about the RAM lol? EDIT: Btw, if I were to buy the G.Skill RAM, is "downvolting" them from the stock 1.55V really necessary? Whats the highest safe temp for the RAM?

Any good ram you can recommend if my goal is to overclock the 2500k to 5ghz? Do they have to be 1.5v-sticks?

Hi! I've been on the fence to upgrading my pretty new i7 rig for a while, mostly because im such a geek :D I'm still not 100% on upgrading as my current comp is handling fsx pretty good. But lets say I were to upgrade...I'm looking at a i5 2500K and an Asus P8P67 Deluxe B3, both seem to be handling the FSXMARK11 pretty fantastic. Right now I have 3x2GB Mushkin Redline RAM at 1600 6-8-6-24, which I am very satisified with; but if I were to go Sandy Bridge, would 3 sticks work? Or would I have to drop one stick and in that case would 4GB be sufficient for flying complex demanding planes like the PMDG 747X/MD11 in FSX on win7 64? If no on both accounts, what is your advice to me? Should I buy a 2x4GB kit? I've been looking at mushkins Dual Kits and I haven't been able to find any with a low timing, most are CL8-9. I've been taught that timings were important to the stability and smoothness of FSX, is this still true with SB?Thanks in advance

Which version of the ERJ are you all talking about? Its the 175/195 v2 right?

"Air does not yield to style"Unknown (to me) Airbus designerI'm not the biggest fan of the airbus's planes' looks but I think the A340 is pretty cool.

+1I have seen videos where the TCAS was INOP and there was a "permanent" white advisory message on the EICAS (B744). I'm not sure what the rules are for the WXR, but if PMDG could model something similar I'd prefer it to the buttons doing nothing. Although for me this is a non issue as so much else has been modeled.

Lol, that gives me some perspective. The first PC game i played was Half-Life in 1999. I was 10 years old, way too young and i had a couple of nightmares about it afterwards. But after that I was hooked on FPS games.

I wonder if the developers are on NZT, the possibilites of the NGX seem limitless :D

You go girl! ;)

Don't jinx it! :( Seriously though, I had a ATI 4870 before my GTX480 and the only real problem I had was the inferior (compared to Nvidia in FSX) Anti-Aliasing. But I only found that out after upgrading, and the 4870 was so old by then that its age was probably the biggest factor, not its brand. I also upgraded to a i7 950 at the same time so I can't really tell. But if you don't have any problems, don't worry, they'll show themselves soon enough.Lol just kidding, its working fine for you, what more is there to say. :(

Seems like you made my later reply reduntant. Thanks for the info. I agree with what you said, and upgrading from my current rig to sandy bridge is probably quite decadent lol. Dropping the 480 is just not something I could see myself doing, that almost doubles the price tag. I'll have to think about all this, as a student I'm not exactly wading in cash, and I may end up not upgrading at all.

I've some times had CTD's in FSX that were suspiciously close to OOM's, is this more likely because of FSX running out of the 2GB memory and would 4GB be of any difference in these cases or is it enough? 6 or 8Gb just feels safer, but maybe I'm worrying too much?If i can stay with my current sticks of 2gb at 1600Mhz and CL6, I'd rather do that than have to buy 2x4Gb at 1600Mhz and CL6, the 2133Mhz ones are at CL9. I don't get it though, does increasing the size of the individual RAM stick from 2Gb to 4Gb make it slower? Why else would all the 4Gb memory kits from Mushkin be at a higher CL than the ones i bought were?@Jahman: Does Z68 support PCIe 3.0?

Hi! I've been trying to resist it, but I think the geek in me have won. I'm thinking of upgrading my i7 950 to Sandy bridge after seeing the 10-average-fps-jump in the FS11Mark thread.I have 3 questions:1. The 2600K costs about 150USD more compared to the 2500K, where I live. I'd like to keep my upgrade as cheap as possible because my inner cheapskate (the one that lost against the geek) is telling me that it was less than half a year ago since my big i7 upgrade. Damn that sounded schizophrenic lol. So is the 2600K with its HT really worth the extra cost? Is there any performance gain in FSX?EDIT: Just saw that this question has been asked before, 2500K it is then, am I right?2. Right now I have 6Gb of Mushkin Redline RAM (1600Mhz CL6), if I "upgraded" to dual channel I would have 4Gb, is that enough for FSX and Win7 64bit? Looking at Mushkin Redline's 8Gb Dual channel kits, I can only find CL7, right now i have CL6. Is there a CL6 kit or could I "OC" my ram to CL6? I think I've seen someone around here with 8Gb Mushkin Redline 1600Mhz at CL6, was that 4x2Gb?3. Should I buy the P8Z68 Motherboard or will P8P67 pro/evo/deluxe B3 (which version is the best?) do? I recall hearing that Z68 will support Ivy Bridge, is this true? And/Or does it have any other advantages over P67?4. Oops, did I say 3 questions? :P I have a GTX 480, as you can see in my sig. Updating the CPU, mobo and maybe the RAM feels okay, even though its very soon after going to LGA 1366, but if I bought a GTX 570/580 that would almost double the cost. Please tell me that's not necessary?Thanks and forgive me in advance, if any of my questions has been asked before

Alaska, Delta, Berlin are "obscure little airlines"? :( I'm with you on the southwest livery though.

Wow... I'm speechless.

Don't think it does. As Hervé stated earlier, ILS courses are in True heading, so the Magvar update might things like ND-track a little misaligned (probably not though if the airport is done correctly).If you look at my earlier question most of my "problems" were either because I confused Tru with Mag or because the airplane wasn't perfectly aligned with the centerline on startup. Since then I have performed plenty of touch and go's but most importantly 2 successful autolands at ESSA.