I have a 3 year old Sandy Bridge system with key components beeing a i5 2500K overclocked to 4,1ghz and a GTX 660ti.
I am considering upgrading to a completely new Haswell system with 4790K CPU (with turboboost to 4.4 ghz) and coupled with GTX 780 or 770 GPU (I will only use one monitor).
Then the big question is. Will I see a significantly improved performance in FSX with ORBX addons and my PMDG sweethearts?
Flying the PMDG 737 in the "country side" (eg Alaska and Norway) FPS with my current system is mostly great FPS-wise (most of the time locked at 30 fps). However I would love to have a smoother experience flying in to major urban areas, like Anchorage, Paris, Rome, without it becoming a blurry stutter fest.
A few "testimonies" from someone who actually did this upgrade would be great.
Finally, do you think Haswell-E or Broadwell will represent "the promised land" for us die hard FSX simmers, or are we only talking marginal improvements over Haswell Devils Canyon?