milescherniak

Dear Forum, My curiosity has been tapped with regards to the question of texture compression. If I convert all the textures in fsx to dx5 for example, does this have the potential of allowing hardware less confusion when rendering textures?

last I checked ivy was razor blades, now you need a vice and hammer, I was already skiddish.

Thank you again for the information, I agree with you about upgrading path, it why originally I was looking at the 750w PSU, I was surprised the "xpert" beat down corsair as a brand too. I believe the PSU is probably the most easily piece to continue it's life in a new build, that and the case.

Thank you for the reply, some question however. When new things appear, is there a high risk of beta testing a lemon? (do you think the z87-A board on the list is from the same batch that rolled out two or so years ago when it was originally released or do boards improve over time during their production run the last batch being the best version?) When a new chip and board release what happens to the old combo, does it go on sale? Was Haswell's TIM supposed to be better then IVY's? As far as the the power supply is concerned, neweggxpert said the corsair PSU at 750w I was going to buy for 80 was built bad and mentioned I didn't need more then 450w for the rig anyway. End result, seasonic 105 550w. I did not know z97s and a new Broadwell were due in July, thank you for that. I wonder if I wait, will I be able to get a discount on what I have picked out here, like a clearance sale, I don't remember IVYs prices being discounted when Haswells was released.

been lurking for a while but now found something I would appreciate help with. Would this set up be sufficient for fsx? http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=24916965 Thanks for any help, Miles