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FSX On Athlon X2 Versus Opteron

Indy From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 4368 posts, RR: 9
Posted (5 years 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 4232 times:

I've recently upgraded my computer and moved to the dual core world with an Opteron 1212 processor. I'm still not happy with the FSX results. Would it have been better of me to spend the money on the Athlon X2 6000+? I have 2 gigs of ram and a 7200 rpm Seagate drive with a 16mb cache. Short of buying a Tyan board that supports quad Opteron processors what can I do to boost performance? Is there a difference in the X2 architecture versus the Opteron that makes one more conducive to gaming?

Indy = Indianapolis and not Independence Air

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CLEwatcher From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 243 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (5 years 10 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 4228 times:

have you downloaded and installed the FSX update SP1?

-Raymond

Jamesbaldwyn From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (5 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 4202 times:

Check your video card and RAM. This may be the problem.

1GB+ 2GB Ideal
256MB Graphics Minamum.

Indy From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 4368 posts, RR: 9
Reply 3, posted (5 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 4180 times:

I didn't get SP1. Thanks for the tip.

Indy = Indianapolis and not Independence Air

N521NA From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 509 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (5 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 4167 times:

I have an Opteron 170 overclocked to 2.8 ghz and it runs FSX SP1 perfectly. Try overclocking if you have experience with that or, go with the Intel Core 2 Duo which is better than anything AMD has to offer today.