Hi there,
I recently purchased a few new add ons for FSX, OpusFSX, REXe, FTX AU, Horizon Photo Scenery and Treescapes, along with the Quality Wings 146 and the Quality Wings 757. My performance whilst using these add ons is somewhat mediocre especially whilst using OpusFSX to generate the weather and flying the 146. I only use 10% AI settings and Med/High autogen settings.
I would like to eventually purchase the NGX and be able to fly in reasonably busy skies with decent weather depiction, and with the release of the new ORBX England scenery on the way I don't think it will be possible my my current setup?
I'm currently contemplating on whether or not to upgrade my current system or to hold off until the new Intel Processors are released next year. If I decide to hold off, would it be worth while upgrading my current graphics card to tide me over until I do upgrade?
My current system is as follows:
Q6600 O.C to 3.3GHz
ASUS P5Q Pro Motherboard
4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR 2 800MHz Ram
EVGA 9800GTX+ SSC Graphics Card
Corsair 650w PSU
2 x OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD one for the O.S and one purely for FSX
1x 500GB WD Caviar Black for large FSX add-ons such as REXe etc.
1 x 500GB Samsung Spinpoint F1 for documents etc.
I'm debating whether or not to upgrade now to:
i5 3570K with an Overclock of around 4.5GHz
ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 Motherboard
GeIL EVO Veloce Hot-Rod 8GB PC3-19200C11 2400MHz
Corsair Hydro H60 or H80 Cooler
I wouldn't be able to afford a new graphics card straight away, so would have to wait a few weeks until I upgrade to probably an Nvidia 660Ti or similar.
Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated.
Adam