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| Thinking about buying a new pc for fsx? | |
Dave Wave   7th Jul 2011 08:39:36 | Well, before you rush out and buy something consider this.
What I think is likely. CPUs Q3 2011 : AMD bulldozer chip (up to 8 cores) Q4 2011 : Intel Sandy Bridge ex chips. (Performance versions of Sandy Bridge) March 2012 : Intel Ivy Bridge (15-20% faster then Sandy Bridge?) GPUs Q4 2011 : AMD Southern Islands (Expect badged as HD7xxx series) Late Q1 2012 : Nvidia Kepler ( Possibly 6xx series) And then we have Microsoft flight rumoured to launch Feb 2012 March 2012 looks like a good time to buy a PC! |
Laurence Woodside   7th Jul 2011 10:24:26 | My thoughts exactly, I have been postponing buying a new pc until the launch of "Flight". March seems a long time away! |
Darren Carey  7th Jul 2011 11:56:05 | the cost for a pc to use flight will be around £2500 to £4000 but get one from ebay like i did the game will need high spec and i think we should keep to fsx as not a lot of users will have ££££££ to spend on new pc etc |
| Dave Wave 7th Jul 2011 12:42:13 | No, Microsoft say flight will run with good frame rates on current hardware at launch. Unlike fsx which still has problems 6 years after launch.
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Isak Kindgren  7th Jul 2011 13:09:21 | Isn't that because FSX was developed to run on 1 core only? I think I've read something like that. I don't think that I'll have any problems playing Microsoft Flight on the highest settings. Atleast not when I've bought the i7-2600k and the GTX570 I've been looking at for a while now:) |
| Joe Lewis 7th Jul 2011 13:28:37 | Isak, that is correct. If I could turn back time, I would have gotten that dual core. But no, I got this silly quad core, if I had that E8400, heck, I'd have been able to actually RUN AUTOGEN. |
| Dave Wave 7th Jul 2011 13:36:03 | Isak, thats right but sp1 and 2 made it sort of multi threaded.
I'd only go for an i5-2500k though. Spend the money saved on making sure your mother supports sli and your psu would drive it. Then when flight comes out you can add another 570 and later upgrade to ivy bridge which should work with the motherboard. |
| John Godfrey 7th Jul 2011 15:43:06 | Intel changing the game again!!! Waiting for LGA 2011 or Socket R :) |
Tommy Steak  7th Jul 2011 18:26:49 | Here's my build...
NZXT Phantom - Full tower - extended ATX - red - USB/Audio/E-SATA Asus Crosshair V Formula AMD 990FX ATX Motherboard (3-Way CrossfireX, Nvidia SLI support) G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL Palit GeForce GTX 580 NVIDIA Graphics Card with 3D Surround Ready (3GB,PCI-E 2.0, GDDR5) AMD FUSION FX-8000 OCZ Vertex 3 Series SATA III 2.5-inch Solid State Drive 120GB Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB SATA II 10,000 RPM 32MB Cache 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive & Mounting Plate - OEM And a small freezer to run it in lol!!! |
| Nigel Harvey 7th Jul 2011 20:29:03 | Please oh please someone else tell me that they haven't got a bloody clue what everyone is talking about here?????
Mine has got an 'ON' button - thats all i know....... |
| Gordon Thorpe 7th Jul 2011 21:51:24 | i have been at it for 5 years & still don't no what they are on about, its another language for these computer buffs |
| Laurence Woodside 8th Jul 2011 10:03:23 | Nigel, when I say "my thoughts exactly" this really means well yes I defer to the knowledge of Mr Royce and Mr Rolls, not that I understand quantum physics.
However this would be my build and what I think is likely: A slim elegent saphrrone back body with a hint of blood ruby, highlighted in a cyrstal blue with matching keyboard and accessories. A full bodied mouse with a sexy litte tail in matching colours empasised with flashing lights and self gliding capacities. A stand alone sexy alluring piece with mesmorising capabilites, a beauty to behold, that would grace the table of any redblooded man. There! Much more interesting in all that crap inside! |
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