Sandy Bridge 2600k @ 4.6 + FSX + Lancair - Flight 1

This is a quick video update of my flight sim cockpit. I abandoned the Q6600 and jumped at the i7 Sandy Bridge 2600k. The reviews were looking good and I was due for an upgrade. Here are the specifications:

Intel Sandy Bridge 2600K @ 4.6 GHZ
Asus P8P67 Pro
Corsair Hydro 70
G.Gkill DDR3 1600 (CAS 7)
eVGA 460 1GB Superclock
Samsung SSD 128gb (Sata II)
Asus x3 22" LCDs

The rest of the hardware is typical - trackIR / Saitek everything..

Settings in this video

AA = 8xSQ (nVidia Inspector)
AF = x16

FSX Settings:

Autogen Complexity = Extreme
Autogen Density = Extreme
Water = 2x Low
Clouds = Max

Plan : Lancair (Orbx) with HD Cockpit
Scenery : ORBX FTX - Northern Rocky Mountains
Textures : REX 2.0

Vatsim
Fraps Recorder

Resolution 5040x1024 (cropped in this video) If you have any questions or need more information before you dive into the Sandy Bridge or SSD world, let me know. They are both outstanding. Now that I have an SSD - I will never go back. Expensive - but worth every penny!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• FSX
• Sandy
• Bridge
• Asus
• Intel
• Saitek
• Fraps
• ORBX
• FTX
• Lancair
• REX
• Matrox
• Flight
• Sim
• Simulator

[Aphrobyte]

what do you use for the Multidisplay grafik? 3 Monitors and?

[flybman2007]

@Aphrobyte I use Matrox Triplehead 2 Go. However you now have alternate choices with Eyefinity (ATI) and soon to be released nVidia cards. So, really, you can just do it with the correct GPU + 3 monitors. Eyefinity wasn't around when I wanted to go triple monitor. Matrox was the only solution and it has been rock solid for years.

[TortillaGaming]

@flybman2007 Why "soond to be released nVidia cards"? You can already do something 3D Vision & Surround.

[flybman2007]

@TortillaGaming You are correct - you can get a 590 series card with SLI built in ($750 smacks) or two 5xx series cards and run them in SLI to get nVidias "surround vision". Certainly an option, agreed, but not so viable (for me any way based on out of the box expense) as compared to the ATI Eyefinity or Matrox options. Honestly, I haven't paid much attention to the GPU market lately as my combo currently works great. Give it a few months and I will be back on the market.

[jakers11]

i have an i7-950, ive been having problems overclocking. do you think this would be a better cpu?

[flybman2007]

@jakers11 Sandy Bridge is certainly a stronger CPU in my opinion but I don't know that it would be worth burning through the money to upgrade you mobo, CPU and ram to make the small leap from i7 to Sandy Bridge. I suggest keep working the overclock and visit the OC forums for problems that you may be encountering.

[TortillaGaming]

@flybman2007 :) You can do Surround with GTX2XX series cards but yeah, you need 2 of them so the triplehead would be probably cheaper.

Anyways, FSX is such a CPU killer, i can't wait to see how the 8-core AMD CPU's are going to be like on this game.

[guitargamery]

congrats man

[pwrmx24]

If I could ask how much did the system set you back? Can you say where you got all your parts? thanks.

[mahmoud729]

@flybman2007 thank you very much