First OfficerHey all.... well, first off, as many of you know, my system was running FSX VERY well, with high frame rates, and very smooth performance. If you havent seen, you can look at the videos in my signature to get an idea of my previous performance.
Yesterday, I changed my motherboard from an ASUS-P5NSLI to a Gigabyte-965P-DS3 ($139.99 locally). I had previously been able to overclock the P5NSLI with E6300 Core2Duo 1.86ghz up to 2.94ghz, but had been having some stability issues. I would get random reboots, lockups, etc... this was attributed to the overclocking of the RAM and the fact that the P5N was not really intended to be an overclocker. So yesterday, I picked up the new board, and a few days prior, purchased 2gigs (2x1gig) Patriot DDR2 800mhz memory... Since the P5N is rated to 667mhz, I waited to install the memory (even though the new bios flash supported it in the end).
NOW.... I literally have been up all night doing stress tests and benchmarking of this new mobo and memory, and man... I have to say... its REDICULOUS! First off, the construction of the mobo is far superior to the Asus P5N and offers solid capacitors, passive cooling, etc. Where as the ASUS was having issues in the benchmarks, and throwing out periodic errors, the DS3, FLAWLESS! The chipset is so stable, I was able to run a 5hr stress test on both overclocked CPU and Memory! Not only is it more stable, I am now running my little 1.86ghz @ 3.15ghz (there is even more potential), and my 800mhz mem at 900mhz. ALSO!!!! Please keep in mind that this is all being performed with ONLY ONE Nvidia 7600GTKO... yes, Im getting this performance from a 7600 chip!!! I have yet to find any real reason to upgrade, when Im getting this kind of performance out of it... Im almost convinced I got an 8800GTX wearing a disguise! lol.
How does this relate to FSX? Well... just look for yourself! I was getting frame rates in the mid 20's, and into the 30's in some areas... now, steady 50's in the Los Angeles area, if you have tried to fly there, you know that it is a very detailed and TAXING on the system... Here are the sliders, and some screenshots. The pics look gritty because of the limitations of photobucket. These pics were taken at 1289x1024, but photobucket only allows 1024 max. So it downsized them.
:😀isclaimer::
I personally have been overclocking computers for years. I have never had a component fail on me while overclocking. Overclocking can be very reliable if done properly. Do not under any circumstance attempt to overclock your computer without first doing the proper research. Your components may not handle the added load and temperatures that result from overlocking your PC. Overclocking is a science, and if done improperly, will result in damages.
This video here shows some of the detail... this video has a few chops in it, but these are not present when playing, this is a product of the rendering, editing, compressing of the video... there are NO CHOPS or stutters when flying on my PC.
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