Major_Spittle
Charter Member
I will be building a new system soon. I currently run a Q9450 (3.7ghz), 4 gigs of DDR2 1066, ATI 4890, on a Win 7 64bit system.
Due to where I work my upgrade options are:
A: i5 750 for $100
B: i5 650, 660, or 670 for free
C: Wait 3-6 months and get an Gulftown 6 core processor free
D: i7 920 for $145
I do Over Clock my processors heavy on Air and figure I could get 4.6-5.0 Ghz out of an i5 670 but can't find any info on what kind of performance that would give me in FSX. I have a feeling that might give me the best performance though.
Has anyone ran FSX on an Overclocked i5 dual core processor or a Gulftown?
Has anyone ever used the Affinity command in the .cfg to see the difference that 2 vs 4 cores has on FSX? Perhaps I should set Affinity to use only 2 cores of my current Quad and see what it benches at at different speeds vs using all 4 cores? Heck, if I only use cores 3 and 4 to run FSX I could probably Overclock my current processor to 4 Ghz due to the lack of heat and it might be faster.
Any way, does anyone have any input on the Clarksdale/Gulftown processors or what would be my best option?
Due to where I work my upgrade options are:
A: i5 750 for $100
B: i5 650, 660, or 670 for free
C: Wait 3-6 months and get an Gulftown 6 core processor free
D: i7 920 for $145
I do Over Clock my processors heavy on Air and figure I could get 4.6-5.0 Ghz out of an i5 670 but can't find any info on what kind of performance that would give me in FSX. I have a feeling that might give me the best performance though.
Has anyone ran FSX on an Overclocked i5 dual core processor or a Gulftown?
Has anyone ever used the Affinity command in the .cfg to see the difference that 2 vs 4 cores has on FSX? Perhaps I should set Affinity to use only 2 cores of my current Quad and see what it benches at at different speeds vs using all 4 cores? Heck, if I only use cores 3 and 4 to run FSX I could probably Overclock my current processor to 4 Ghz due to the lack of heat and it might be faster.
Any way, does anyone have any input on the Clarksdale/Gulftown processors or what would be my best option?