Geronimo989 Posted October 6, 2013 Posted October 6, 2013 Ok so my current computer is old and slowly failing, with freezes happening every now and then, and I decided to change the motherboard, CPU and RAM (has to be DDR3). Im gonna keep my GeForce 560Ti, maybe change it in a year or so. So I am asking this here because flight sims are gonna be the most difficult task for this new computer to handle. I want it to run DCS, Cliffs of Dover, and BOS in the future flawlessly. I may play other games occasionally, but in my experience they are mostly GPU intensive. The work I do on the computer is not demanding on performance. So the main question is one from the topic title: Will I get anything from spending those extra 90 euros, specifically in flight simming?
Drona Posted October 6, 2013 Posted October 6, 2013 Save those 90 euros and invest it in your future graphics card. An i5-3570k is more than enough for gaming. http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Core_i5_3570K_and_i7_3770K_Comparison/11.html
Paganus Posted October 6, 2013 Posted October 6, 2013 Mine is old and slow also. If you can, wait a little longer to find out what EDGE is going to require. Keep saving while you delay. That's what I'm doing.
Geronimo989 Posted October 6, 2013 Author Posted October 6, 2013 Mine is old and slow also. If you can, wait a little longer to find out what EDGE is going to require. Keep saving while you delay. That's what I'm doing. I would, but those freezes I get, especially when I put more than 4gb or RAM, are suggesting a motherboard problem. So it has to happen this week, because I need a stable platform for work.
Pepec9124 Posted October 6, 2013 Posted October 6, 2013 I would, but those freezes I get, especially when I put more than 4gb or RAM, are suggesting a motherboard problem. So it has to happen this week, because I need a stable platform for work. If you mean ingame then invest in SSD.
Lange_666 Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 Will I get anything from spending those extra 90 euros, specifically in flight simming? According to this test not much. Win11 Pro 64-bit, Ryzen 5800X3D, Corsair H115i, Gigabyte X570S UD, EVGA 3080Ti XC3 Ultra 12GB, 64 GB DDR4 G.Skill 3600. Monitors: LG 27GL850-B27 2560x1440 + Samsung SyncMaster 2443 1920x1200, HOTAS: Warthog with Virpil WarBRD base, MFG Crosswind pedals, TrackIR4, Rift-S, Elgato Streamdeck XL. Personal Wish List: A6 Intruder, Vietnam theater, decent ATC module, better VR performance!
VanjaB Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 In my opinion, at this point not really that much. Apparently EDGE will change all of that, because of multithreading etc, but I wouldnt bet on that. Not according to past experience at least. Get the i5 but make sure you get the K version, which you can overclock. Even a modest overclock to 4 GHZ nets an impressive gain in DCS.
159th_Falcon Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 Even a modest overclock to 4 GHZ nets an impressive gain in DCS. Only if your CPU is the bottleneck. If your limited (like me) by your graphics card, overclocking your CPU won't help much. I have an Radeon 6950 card btw, and its bottlenecking my CPU big time. (4770) CPU usually doesn't come above 70% for any core when playing DCS. GFX is usually maxed out though. (90 to 100 % load) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] The keeper of all mathematical knowledge and the oracle of flight modeling.:)
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