kharne Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 I've been playing DCS A10 for a few months now, but it's time for an upgrade. I currently have a Core 2 Duo E8500, 4 GB DDR2 RAM, and GTX 260. I play at 1900x1200, however I recently added a second monitor that displays my left and right MFCD's (at about 1280x1024). Gameplay is decent on medium settings, but it could certainly be better. With all the new PC games coming out, I am anxious to upgrade. I'm learning towards: i5 2500k 8 GB RAM GTX 560 or 580 My 3 big questions are: 1) Would an i7 2600k be worth $100 more than the 2500k? *Most* gaming benchmarks don't seem much higher. 2) Is 8GB of RAM enough for DCS A10, or will it benefit from 12GB? Memory is pretty cheap at the moment. 3) Can I run at 1900x1200 on high with a single GTX card, and if so, what is the minimum about of memory I should get? Is 2GB enough, or do I need a 3GB card if I'm not doing SLI? I want good performance, but I also don't want to waste money by going overboard. Thanks for your input :)
Lane Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) -Most games actually don't use more of 4 cores ( or 4 threads ), but, i can't tell for DCS A10 .. now if you don't have the use of the multithreading the 2500K is a good choice, and some OC even better the 2600K .. ( not all, Sandybridge oc really well to 5ghz and 5.2ghz, but then it's really a question of luck, and cooling don't forcibly change anything. - Intel HT don't increase a lot the performance, it use inactive time on the 4 cores.. and is stuck at 25% gain max .. ( or 35%, my memory can fault me ). - now ofc if a software use completely the 8 threads, this will ofc give a big advantage on the 2600K.. Ofc, games of tomorrow will maybe use more of 4-6 "cores" or if you like multithreaded upper of 4-6cores. SLI or CFX don't work well with DCS, maybe due to the lack of profile sadly .. some look to have got SLI working, but even in this case the gain is not extreme. for the Vram on the card, i can't respond sorry. Edited September 10, 2011 by Lane - I7 2600K @5.2ghz ( EK full Nickel waterblock ) - Gigabyte P67A-UD7 B3 - 8GB Predator 2133mhz - 2x HD7970 - EK Nickel EN H2o block - 2x Crucial realSSD C300 Raid0 - Black Widow Ultimate - X52 -TrackIR 5 - XIfi Titanium HD - Win 7 x64Pro
AtaliaA1 Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 YouTube I've been playing DCS A10 for a few months now, but it's time for an upgrade. I currently have a Core 2 Duo E8500, 4 GB DDR2 RAM, and GTX 260. I play at 1900x1200, however I recently added a second monitor that displays my left and right MFCD's (at about 1280x1024). Gameplay is decent on medium settings, but it could certainly be better. With all the new PC games coming out, I am anxious to upgrade. I'm learning towards: i5 2500k 8 GB RAM GTX 560 or 580 My 3 big questions are: 1) Would an i7 2600k be worth $100 more than the 2500k? *Most* gaming benchmarks don't seem much higher. 2) Is 8GB of RAM enough for DCS A10, or will it benefit from 12GB? Memory is pretty cheap at the moment. 3) Can I run at 1900x1200 on high with a single GTX card, and if so, what is the minimum about of memory I should get? Is 2GB enough, or do I need a 3GB card if I'm not doing SLI? I want good performance, but I also don't want to waste money by going overboard. Thanks for your input :) I saw a Youtube Video with the exact same specs. you are leaning toward. take a look the game is awsome on it. Six gigs of ram is overkill for now. so six is good for A10 The 2600K is the better of the CPU you mentioned, Over clocking headroom alone makes the K a better chip, among other things. That 580 knocks the socks off of every card on the market, last time I looked. I have seen post were the more video ram the better. due to the stuttering issue in all top tier titles. So a 460 with 3Gigs may be something you want to concider. This was a Boutique Builder iBuypower rig. Until I got the tinker bug again i7 920 @3.6Mhz 12Gig Corsair XMS3 ram 1600 Nvidia 760 SLi w/4Gig DDR5 Ram Intel 310 SSD HDD 160 Gb + Western Digital 4Terabyte HDD Creative SB X-Fi HD Audio Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround Speaker System Dual Acer 32"Monitors. PSU 1200 w Thermaltake Win10 64Bit.
PeterP Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 1) Would an i7 2600k be worth $100 more than the 2500k? *Most* gaming benchmarks don't seem much higher. There are almost no benchmarks using/compeering flightsims - maybe this will help to make a decision: I also plan to make a major upgrade and want to use a i7 2600K. Here is the article that helped me the most to make this decision: http://www.cleared-to-engage.com/2011/01/24/my-5ghz-sandy-bridge/ and this also http://www.cleared-to-engage.com/2011/01/17/simulation-and-sandy-bridge/
TZeer Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 For GPU card, 2GB VRAM. I have a single 580 GTX with 1,5GB VRAM, and it`s maxed out most of the time. This is on a single monitor @ 1900x1200.
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