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Mon May 30, 2011 9:20 amby happytraveller
First screenshot from the new computer set up
. If anybody is hesitating about the new i7 chips, then do not. Smooth as at 4.2 GHz and I am sure that I can push it much further (on air) as the temperatures and stability is fine. Finally FSX has got it's own gaming computer. Anyway, here is the first screenshot:-
smooth landings.
Posted:
Mon May 30, 2011 11:33 amby Ian Warren
I,m guessing Melbourne as your test airport , Jerry you,d be as pleased as punch
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Mon May 30, 2011 11:39 amby brad63
Have you got the new Sandy Bridge CPU set up?
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Mon May 30, 2011 3:10 pmby happytraveller
yep, got an i7 2500K (supposed to be the better chip for gaming), MSI 560TI Twin Frozr graphics card, 120 GB SSD, 8GB Corsair Vengance RAM 1600 and a MSI G55 motherboard, with Windows 7 64 bit. Overclocking is a breeze, set up is easy and it is SO fast at loading. And temperatures well below limits. My only regret is that I did not purchase one of the power units that lets you plug in cables as you need them, the Corsair unit that I have came with about 15 leads, so looks something like an octupus inside the case.
At the moment, I have almost all the sliders on max, although I have yet to test it with some really heavy clouds. Next upgrade will be to Nvidia 3D, although I have to read up a bit more first.
so the advice is, do not hesitate, go for the I7 2500K chip!!
smooth landings.
Posted:
Mon May 30, 2011 3:15 pmby connor
Adamski wrote:*ENVY!*
Me tooo!
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Mon May 30, 2011 3:33 pmby brad63
wicked
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Mon May 30, 2011 5:19 pmby scaber
Looking good, very good..
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Mon May 30, 2011 5:54 pmby Splitpin
Beautiful HT.
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Mon May 30, 2011 6:40 pmby Naki
Nice shot...nice PC
..what scenery is that?
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Mon May 30, 2011 7:48 pmby AndrewJamez
Yep i'm jealos. i upgraded at the wrong time with the 1st gen of i7 chips. Having my i7 870 running at 3.8ghz with temps getting up there only to see the 2600K pull that speed with just the intel Turbo Boost 2 enabled makes me cry. I'm seriously thinking of upgrading while my hardware is still worth some money.
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Mon May 30, 2011 7:54 pmby Ian Warren
New PC,s .. New Graphics (Video) Cards and the continuation FSX builds in scenery is going to make flight sim the one hard to beat .