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    Core i-7 or i-5?

    which is better?
    Take my love, take my land / Take me where I cannot stand, I don't care, I'm still free / You can't take the sky from me.

    Take me out to the black / Tell 'em I ain't comin' back.

    Burn the land and boil the sea / You can't take the sky from me...

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    Simplest answer? i-7 is better for running FSX. i-5 is better for your wallet.
    "There is an art . . . to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss"
    — Douglas Adams, 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'

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    Get an I7. I have I5 and it was completly waste of money regarding the FSX. It runs much worse than on my C2D E8200. I had to apply few tweaks to the cfg to run it on the "normal" settings, but still Iam not satisfied. I have no idea why it is that, but some i5's 2,66 just don't work OK with the FSX. I talked with some guy on another forum who has the same problems like me. He changed mainboard, ram and nothing... He then switched to the I7 860 for the 1156 socket (same as the i5) and he has no problems at the moment.

    Lucas

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    harleyman
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    i-5 is slower for FSX...Thats why its cheaper too !

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    I actually run an I5 and I'm getting 30FPS with all maxed out.

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    harleyman
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    Quote Originally Posted by skyhawka4m View Post
    I actually run an I5 and I'm getting 30FPS with all maxed out.


    But where are you flying at ?

    What aircraft?

    What add ons are you running?

    Running any traffic?

    Running any weather programs?

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