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DVA9181
Captain, B757-200
Joined on November 07 2010
Bellevue, WA USA
81 legs, 386.0 hours
7 legs,
15.3 hours online
81 legs,
386.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 11 2010 22:07 ET by Ivaylo Ivanov
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I hav about $200 I can spend on upgrades to my computer. It handles FSX fine, but I'd like to add more addons and have decent frame rates.
I have a Core 2 Duo E6600 (yes, I know, these are old now, but they used to be awesome back when they came out!) that I was thinking about replacing with another LGA 775 processor. Would this make any difference in frame rates? The E6600 is currently running at 3.5 Ghz.
My graphics card is a GTX 260, and I won't be replacing it.
FSX is installed on my only hard drive, a 300 GB Seagate. Would getting a faster (maybe 10,000 RPM) drive help with frame rates or anything?
Any other ideas? Should I just save up money until the new line of processors from Intel comes out?
Ivaylo IvanovCaptain, B757-200
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DVA3419
Captain, MD-88
Joined on July 31 2006
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Propellers keep you kewl!"
Newark, DE
67 legs, 89.6 hours
61 legs,
82.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 11 2010 22:16 ET by Norm Hare
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Your CPU should be plenty powerful for FSX. How much memory (ram) do you have installed?
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DVA9181
Captain, B757-200
Joined on November 07 2010
Bellevue, WA USA
81 legs, 386.0 hours
7 legs,
15.3 hours online
81 legs,
386.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 11 2010 22:27 ET by Ivaylo Ivanov
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I have 4 GB installed and I'm running Windows 7 64-bit.
Ivaylo IvanovCaptain, B757-200
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DVA364
Captain, A330-300
Joined on October 23 2001
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett Century Club
Double Century Club
"COWBOY UP!"
Carrollton, GA
276 legs, 507.7 hours
5 legs,
6.5 hours online
236 legs,
390.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 12 2010 22:48 ET by Ralph Templeman
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I have a 2 duo core and I love mine. I has the storage space that I need and the ram (8 gigs) of ram that is wonderful! I would love to have a quad core, but I like the way this is running.
Ralph TemplemanCaptain, A330-300
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DVA7702
Captain, B747-400
Joined on August 25 2009
"If it ain't Boeing, I'm not going!"
Scandinavia
75 legs, 174.7 hours
41 legs,
104.7 hours online
61 legs,
131.4 hours ACARS
7 legs,
19.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 13 2010 16:45 ET by Tommy Hansen
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Well, how about a new harddrive for either system or FS, Intel X25-M SSD 80GB? MUCH faster than a Velociraptor @ 10.000 rpm.
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DVA9181
Captain, B757-200
Joined on November 07 2010
Bellevue, WA USA
81 legs, 386.0 hours
7 legs,
15.3 hours online
81 legs,
386.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 13 2010 19:19 ET by Ivaylo Ivanov
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Do you think that would improve my FPS?
Ivaylo IvanovCaptain, B757-200
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DVA3419
Captain, MD-88
Joined on July 31 2006
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Propellers keep you kewl!"
Newark, DE
67 legs, 89.6 hours
61 legs,
82.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 13 2010 19:24 ET by Norm Hare
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Its never a sure thing. Too many variables.
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DVA7176
Captain, B747-400
E-MAIL
Joined on February 16 2009
50 State Club
Millennium Club
Two Million Mile Club
Everett Millennium Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Wasilla, AK USA
1,291 legs, 5,878.5 hours
90 legs,
370.7 hours online
1,261 legs,
5,676.9 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 13 2010 22:58 ET by Jerry Friz
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I would say the Raptor Hdrive [10,000 rpm] would help you a lot. 2 in Raid0 would be even better. They were on sale at NewEgg a couple of weeks ago.
Cheers,
Jerrell
Jerry FrizCaptain, B747-400
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DVA7702
Captain, B747-400
Joined on August 25 2009
"If it ain't Boeing, I'm not going!"
Scandinavia
75 legs, 174.7 hours
41 legs,
104.7 hours online
61 legs,
131.4 hours ACARS
7 legs,
19.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 14 2010 13:46 ET by Tommy Hansen
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If you are looking for better performance by FPS, your best option is overclocking your CPU or getting a new one.
A new harddrive will not bring your FPS up that much. But with the SSD disk I reccomended I guarantee much better overall performance and faster loading of FS and better loading of textures in any scenery,which may improve FPS in certain complex scenery areas. If you experience stutters, it may completely disappear.
But I would recommend one for FS and one for system,to get full benefit.
Btw Jerrel, the rather old Raptor is not even close to SSD. Even my Velociraptor is slow compared to my Intel SSD's. 
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DVA4965
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on September 07 2007
Online Quintuple Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
Everett Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Saratoga Springs, UT USA
1,195 legs, 3,500.8 hours
566 legs,
825.5 hours online
1,174 legs,
3,437.6 hours ACARS
26 legs,
51.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 14 2010 19:58 ET by Alan Cluff
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Not all motherboards are capable of making the changes necessary to overclock so you'll want to check into that as a data point for your decision. It's too bad you aren't able to upgrade the video card. I think that is where you'd get your greatest gain on your paticular system.
Alan CluffSenior Captain, B737-800
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