Is my Cpu or Gpu bottlenecking

[JAYFRESH1271]

i know the fx 8120 is not that great for gaming i have it running at 4.2ghz right now i am using to play Flight Sim x (FSX) I do not get FPS anywhere near what most people with addons like ngx rex gex mega sceneries my FPS with ngx over addon sceneries like mega sceneries is 10 below i think it is my video card any suggestions here are my specs


Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX AM3+ Motherboard, AMD FX-8120 X8 3100MHZ 16MB 125W AM3+, Sony Optiarc 24X DVDRW SATA OEM, WD Caviar Blue 1TB SATA HD 7200/32MB/SATA-6G, Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB PC12800 DDR3 1600MHz 2x4, Thermaltake Overseer RX-I Full Tower Gaming Case, EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB GDDR5 PCIe 2.0, Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler for i5, i7, 775 and AMD, COOLMAX ZP-750B APFC/V2.3/EPS12V/V2.92 80+ BRONZE

 

[kiezz]

Id say its the gpu but it could depend on your overclock settings too but at 4.2ghz if done properly there should be no problem

 

[kiezz]

Have a read of this
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/10/12/amd-fx-8150-review/12

 

[aljabawi]

Hi man
Microsoft flight simulator with a lot of add-ons can kill any CPU or GPU
if you are using Rex and X cities and PMDG planes you will get a 10 fps on the airport
I have a 670-OC my fps without PMDG planes reach 50-60 fps with rex
once I choose the PMDG-747 I get 15-18 fps
so be careful with the add-ons especially if they are cracked you will have poor performance no matter what is your PC.

 

[HEXiT]

the big issue with fsx is it only uses 1 thread your best bet would be to drop it all together and switch to m.s flight. its free to play and looks even better.

 

[JAYFRESH1271]

Id say its the gpu but it could depend on your overclock settings too but at 4.2ghz if done properly there should be no problem

well to get it to 4.2ghz all i did raise the multiplier disable a few things in Bios raise cpu voltage in bios to 1.36 n LLC to extreme

 

[JAYFRESH1271]

Hi man
Microsoft flight simulator with a lot of add-ons can kill any CPU or GPU
if you are using Rex and X cities and PMDG planes you will get a 10 fps on the airport
I have a 670-OC my fps without PMDG planes reach 50-60 fps with rex
once I choose the PMDG-747 I get 15-18 fps
so be careful with the add-ons especially if they are cracked you will have poor performance no matter what is your PC.

i am thinking in getting a 560 ti or 570 since i do not want to spend too much money on a gpu

 

[kiezz]

well to get it to 4.2ghz all i did raise the multiplier disable a few things in Bios raise cpu voltage in bios to 1.36 n LLC to extreme

Yeah which for photo editing would improve performance for gaming a higher bus frequency would improve frame rates try raising the bus to 300 and the multiplier to 13 it will give you 3.9ghz and better performance for frame rates than the overclock you have now

 

[JAYFRESH1271]

Yeah which for photo editing would improve performance for gaming a higher bus frequency would improve frame rates try raising the bus to 300 and the multiplier to 13 it will give you 3.9ghz and better performance for frame rates than the overclock you have now

hmmm never heard that but how can i get it to 4.2ghz doing what u told me n what setting do i need like voltage ram ect since i am novice in overclock i got it to 4.2ghz like i told u by research n asking on here

 

[kiezz]

hmmm never heard that but how can i get it to 4.2ghz doing what u told me n what setting do i need like voltage ram ect since i am novice in overclock i got it to 4.2ghz like i told u by research n asking on here

Keep all the other settings you have for your current overclock but just change the bus to 300 and the multiplier to 13 and then run a program like prime95 to check stability if thats stable and your holding a good temperature then you can raise the multiplyer to 14 and you would have a 4.2ghz overclock but make sure you monitor your temps and run prime95 for 20 mins to half an hour you will know by then if its stable

 

[JAYFRESH1271]

Keep all the other settings you have for your current overclock but just change the bus to 300 and the multiplier to 13 and then run a program like prime95 to check stability if thats stable and your holding a good temperature then you can raise the multiplyer to 14 and you would have a 4.2ghz overclock but make sure you monitor your temps and run prime95 for 20 mins to half an hour you will know by then if its stable

well right now i run prime95 blend test for 2 hours on my settings n the highest temp i got was 58c cpu temp n 45c core temp i have an NH-D14 NOCTUA do i need to change ram voltage or timings which i never done like i said right now i have at 4.2ghz on multiplier had to raise the cpu voltage in bios to 1.36 n LLC to extreme n disable a few things on bios

 

[JAYFRESH1271]

can u help me if u do not mind ?