I’m strictly a Flight simmer and pretty much 95% FSX. Those who are familiar with FSX know that it’s a CPU intensive program and generally speaking, the faster the CPU, the better your FPS. Please accept my word when I say that I run well over $1500. Of High-resolution Scenery and aircraft add-ons whenever I startup FSX.
So, I run my water-cooled, i7-2600k at 5GHz, (holding a max temp of 72C), and get a solid 30-33 FPS rate. I also use my computer for work, (running the CPU at it’s everyday speed of 4.3GHz), and is definitely helped by the Hyper-Thread capability of the 2600k. So my point is that I DO need the Hyper-Threading options.
Does anyone know if the latest $250 to $350 Intel quad cores can be pushed like the i7 2600/2700k’s could? I mean, are there real numbers that can be found which can support any claims that the new Intel CPUs are as fast or faster at 4.6/4.8GHz than an i7 2600k @ 5GHz?
I’m getting too far behind the technology and know I need to seriously consider updating my system soon, particularly, the CPU, GPU, and Motherboard. In fact, it’s likely that the mobo and CPU will be purchased simultaneously when I finally stop doing my “deer in the headlights” impression.
There doesn’t seem to be a group of articles and/or posts on the web indicating that people are successfully overclocking their latest Intel CPUs to speeds much faster than 4.5 or maybe 4.7Ghz. Even then, it seems they’re getting that with the turbo applications of the mobo. However, I speaking about the way that the i5-2xxx and i7-2xxxk’s used to be OC’d a few years ago.
Thanks, Rich
So, I run my water-cooled, i7-2600k at 5GHz, (holding a max temp of 72C), and get a solid 30-33 FPS rate. I also use my computer for work, (running the CPU at it’s everyday speed of 4.3GHz), and is definitely helped by the Hyper-Thread capability of the 2600k. So my point is that I DO need the Hyper-Threading options.
Does anyone know if the latest $250 to $350 Intel quad cores can be pushed like the i7 2600/2700k’s could? I mean, are there real numbers that can be found which can support any claims that the new Intel CPUs are as fast or faster at 4.6/4.8GHz than an i7 2600k @ 5GHz?
I’m getting too far behind the technology and know I need to seriously consider updating my system soon, particularly, the CPU, GPU, and Motherboard. In fact, it’s likely that the mobo and CPU will be purchased simultaneously when I finally stop doing my “deer in the headlights” impression.
There doesn’t seem to be a group of articles and/or posts on the web indicating that people are successfully overclocking their latest Intel CPUs to speeds much faster than 4.5 or maybe 4.7Ghz. Even then, it seems they’re getting that with the turbo applications of the mobo. However, I speaking about the way that the i5-2xxx and i7-2xxxk’s used to be OC’d a few years ago.
Thanks, Rich
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