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FSX - AMD Phenom x4 955 BE - Windows 7 64 Bit (Read 1938 times)

Jul 3^rd, 2009 at 1:49pm

Flight_1 Offline
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I just finished a new build for FSX :

Windows 7 64 Bit OS
AMD Phenom x4 955 Black Edition - overclocked to 3.6
Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P AM3 Motherboard
4GB Patriot Viper 1600Mhz DDR3 ram at 9-9-9-24
Enzotech Ultra-X CPU Cooler
40" Samsung 1080p HDTV (running 1920x1080)

I am reaching 50-70 FPS on Sitka approach mission , and between 25-40 FPS on free flight over New York with maxed settings , extremely smooth flight.

The weird thing is if i overclock pass 3.6 , FSX will crash to desktop , but every other program runs fin overclocked to 3.8 - 3.9 . I have only changed the CPU multiplier and havn't messed with the voltages , so that could be the reason . Just wanted to show that FSX runs extremely well on the AMD 955 . Yes , i was trying to decide between AMD 955 and Intel I7 920 , but went with AMD and am very happy with the result.

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Reply #1 - Jul 4^th, 2009 at 4:38pm

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Could please tell us which graphics card you are using?
I am very happy for you and for the results achieved.

Best Regards
ATC PapaSierra

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Reply #2 - Jul 4^th, 2009 at 8:33pm

Flight_1 Offline
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PNY GTX 260 Core 216

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Reply #3 - Jul 5^th, 2009 at 10:03am

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Fantastic - that is excelent value for money. Well done !
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E6600 overclocked to 3400. Asus P5N E sli with 3GB memory, Vista and 7900GS vid card. new Pro Yoke and pedals

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Reply #4 - Jul 12^th, 2009 at 10:56pm

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OK , I managed to get a stable 3.9 overclock with a cooler master V10.

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Reply #5 - Jul 26^th, 2009 at 5:57am

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Yeah AMDs are S*** at overclocking unless you have the BE, around $10 on each one, good money Grin

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I can only get mine to 2.42 before it fails Grin

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Nice work on that setup Cheesy

Cheesy

Sunset Chasing...RULES

AMD 9550 2.43 X4 - 2Gb RAM 800Mhz DDRII - Asus 4670
Corsair TX-750W

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Reply #6 - Jul 26^th, 2009 at 8:32am

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The Phenom II overclocks extremely well actually.

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Reply #7 - Jul 27^th, 2009 at 7:05am

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The Phenom II overclocks extremely well actually.

That's why I want one! Grin

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Sunset Chasing...RULES

AMD 9550 2.43 X4 - 2Gb RAM 800Mhz DDRII - Asus 4670
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Reply #8 - Sep 3^rd, 2009 at 6:42am

Daniel Holm Ex Member

I have the exact same issue. 3.6 is the limit here to on a BE here also. The temps are fine.

/Daniel

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Reply #9 - Oct 5^th, 2009 at 9:01am

volunteer Offline
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FSX flying is cool
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here is a good link to over clock this AMD chippy.

http://www.overclock.net/amd-general/574585-overclocking-955-help.html

Personally, I would not bother as you are only going to get a couple of frames extra over the fantastic performance you already got!!
You gotto keep it well cool and get the air flow just right. Get the latest bios and away you go!!
I have had trouble overclocking Gigabyte boards = most likely me as Gigabyte make brilliant boards = but for some reason I find the Asus boards are easier to clockout.

Unless you can make a significant improvement to the game (which is unlikely) - there is no point. Going from 65 FPM to 68 FPM ain't goin to make much difference!
In my humble opinion.

E6600 overclocked to 3400. Asus P5N E sli with 3GB memory, Vista and 7900GS vid card. new Pro Yoke and pedals

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Reply #10 - Oct 15^th, 2009 at 10:31pm

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...how the hell you get 60 70.. I 'm running, almost the Sam config but with Phenom X3 720 OC to 3.2 ..... despite all the tweaks, and shmeaks I' still struggling with the FPS cant get more the 10FPS 12FPS, some times it goes down to 3-4FPS which is totally absurd Cry

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Reply #11 - Oct 16^th, 2009 at 3:07am

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The secret is the OS.

Windows 7 rocks - at least with some systems.

http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-games/1827-flight-simulator-x-anyone-install...

I just installed Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit, on my old mediocre system: AMD Phenom 9650 2.3 Ghz, XFX "Black Dog" 9600 GT 768/1950/1080, 4 Gb ordinary DDR2 800 Mhz Kingston Ram, and I'm getting from 45 to 65 FPS at Friday Harbour with the Trike!

No defrag, no tweaks, just a "raw" install...

This is better than my current Q6600 / 8800 GTS / 800 DDR2 Crucials on Windows XP 64 bit.

People are apparently getting better performance with Win 7... and yes, I know, NickN doesn't recommend Win 7, maybe on his High End system there's no difference.

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Reply #12 - Oct 17^th, 2009 at 7:17pm

NickN Offline
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FSX runs fine... the problem
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actually

I will bet 50 thousand USD that the original XPx64 installation had a problem

Because Windows7 will in no way, shape or form increase the performance of a computer under FSX use..

N

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The application (FSX) was desinged under WindowsXP driver and memory management specifications and anyone who says they see a better result under W7 had a problem with XPx64 they did not know existed or how to resolve

FSX will perform EQUAL if not better under XPx64 especially with payware aircraft

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Reply #13 - Oct 19^th, 2009 at 8:37am

laurits Offline
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I respect your tech experience and knowledge, but in this case you are wrong!

Just made 2 separate installs of FSX on the same HP Pavilion. (AMD Phenom 9650, 9600GT 512 Mb, 4x1 800 DDR2 Ram.)

No.1 with XP 64 bit OS

No.2 with Win7 Ult. 64 bit OS

No tweaks, no defrags.

Same settings on OS and FSX.

Loaded the default Trike at Friday Harbour.

Target Frame Rate: Unlimited

All other settings at the same level for both...

Result:

XP 64: FPS ranging from 32/36 to 48/52

Win 7 64: FPS ranging from 49/54 to 62/68 and an occasional hit in the 70's!

I'm not a tech guy, but I have a pair of extremely wellfunctioning eyes, and in this case there's no doubt:

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit version, outperforms XP 64!

Maybe on lower- and medium spec PC's there's an advantage in using W7, I don't know, but if that's the case then your experience doesn't say much, because I would guess the last time you used or tested on such a machine was in the last century! No offense intended... Wink

Wink

BTW - I'm looking for at tweak to the CFG, so it's possible to see the average FPS. Anynone know this setting?

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Reply #14 - Oct 19^th, 2009 at 10:30am

NickN Offline
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FSX runs fine... the problem
is you or your system

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You threw a set of wild card variables into your test that

makes the test beyond worthless for true compare

and I am going to get into it

People have no idea what they are doing and ASSUMPTION with NO TECH EXPERIENCE TO TEST such things is the mother of all rumors.

Micrsoft loves it when people dont know what they are doing, it sells more OS's

Ever stop to think there are registry changes and settings items in W7 that are already set up (MS does learn sometimes) which require the user set the same ones up manually/correctly in XP so the OS's are equally tuned and the test is valid?

and XP would then be EQUAL or better???

No?

enjoy!

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