dogdoor Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Hello, Just wondering if the techo's here have any thoughts on squeezing some more frames out of my system. I am toying with upgrading my cpu to something gruntier than my Q6600. My board specs are here: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=2665 OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vistaâ„¢ Home Premium (32bit) Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001 System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. System Model X38-DQ6 System Type X86-based PC Processor Intel® Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F9F, 7/30/2008 SMBIOS Version 2.4 Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB Total Physical Memory 3.50 GB Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 Adapter RAM 1.00 GB (1,073,741,824 bytes) Thanks in advance! I forgot to mention - any advice on which cpu and what the board is capable of taking - in terms of max capacity cpu would be great. Bang for buck, etc,etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest volcom1720 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 This would be a very useful thread for me, found it in the search engine. It's a shame someone hasn't replied. I know they're all busy but. Maybe someone who doesnt work for Orbx could reply? Don't worry if you don't have enough time though guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Well .. if you were thinking of upgrading anyway ... O-clocking your Q6600 sounds worth a try .. Certainly the vid card will handle more throughput ... As for how to do this ... I'll defer to those with more knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Anderson Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Well I have *similar* specs to yours (with my CPU and GPU being the downfall, see my sig) and get roughly between 7-15 fps around YMML. However even though these sound quite low, it runs fairly smooth and is very flyable. There's none of those large hiccups every few seconds that others seem to get. Was talking with Butch last night and he also recommended to overclock the CPU, as FSX relies on your CPU clock speed, no matter how many cores there is (From what I've heard a Dual Core at 3Ghz will beat a Quad Core which is in the mid 2Ghz range). Tom P.S. BTW this post is directed at Volcom, but I guess dogdoor could use it too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest volcom1720 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Well I have *similar* specs to yours (with my CPU and GPU being the downfall, see my sig) and get roughly between 7-15 fps around YMML. However even though these sound quite low, it runs fairly smooth and is very flyable. There's none of those large hiccups every few seconds that others seem to get. Was talking with Butch last night and he also recommended to overclock the CPU, as FSX relies on your CPU clock speed, no matter how many cores there is (From what I've heard a Dual Core at 3Ghz will beat a Quad Core which is in the mid 2Ghz range). Tom P.S. BTW this post is directed at Volcom, but I guess dogdoor could use it too... Thanks got a little snapshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish42 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Dogdoor, I agree with others............overclock the Quad. I was able to easily bump my 2.4 quad up to 3.2 mhz. That's a 33% increase in cpu speed and I think that I received a 33 % increase in FSX performance. Just a thought. Kingfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoor Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 Thanks for the albeit belated feedback, alas too late. I installed a q9650 a fortnight ago. Did a full uninstall and reinstall on vista 64 ultimate. Next stop 2 x velociraptors and windows 7. I had the Q6600 running at 3mhz for a while, but then the jaggies and anomolies started surfacing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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