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i7, is it worth the price?

Postby RacingLad » Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:28 pm

I hear that Intel
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Re: i7, is it worth the price?

Postby Mushroom_Farmer » Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:39 pm

Wait!
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Re: i7, is it worth the price?

Postby drummer_tom » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:03 pm

Interesting. You can pick up an i7 over here, even if it is the lowest model, for about
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Re: i7, is it worth the price?

Postby drummer_tom » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:14 pm

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151477

As seen there.
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Re: i7, is it worth the price?

Postby RacingLad » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:49 pm

How long will it take before the price finally drops...
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Re: i7, is it worth the price?

Postby NickN » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:04 pm

The pro clockers are getting 4.2GHz on air with the i7 920

and yes it is worth its weight in gold to FSX if you get that clock up to 3GHz+


If you dont overclock I suggest either the 940 or the 965
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Re: i7, is it worth the price?

Postby Papafox » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:13 am

My i7 920 is a $300 chip and I've briefly run it at 3.8Ghz, and with some tweaking I expect 4Ghz. Of course you have to spend an extra $65 for a top of the line cpu cooler, because the stock fan is really inadequate at those speeds.

I concur that it's a much smoother flying experience. I also have a Penryn quad cpu and at the same CPU speeds the advantages of the i7 are quite noticeable when both computers are cranked up.
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Re: i7, is it worth the price?

Postby NickN » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:17 pm

read my writeup in the FSX forum
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