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Originally Posted by Richie
I'm too lazy to go all threw this but has there been any word on cpu speeds needed and will a high end quad core eg. 975 i7 be good enough?
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you'll be pretty safe with a quad core (presuming BoB will be released in the next few months, which by all indications he is on track for). oleg previously stated dual and quad cores will be recognized by his new engine, so the game will be able to use them
all i5 and i7 quad cores are high end processors, one from either range should do you fine on BoB release (since oleg is unlikely to make the mistake microsoft made with flightsim X, which at release was pretty much unplayable even on any high end machine, mostly because of very inefficient coding)
if you can afford an i7 quad core and already have one, that usually this means you can afford a CURRENT high end gfx card (like an ati 5870 for ex). if your gfx card is a year or more old, that might be your weak spot.
as a flightsim BoB will be both cpu and gpu intensive, but performance on higher end pc's will mostly depend on your display resolution. either way, try and avoid doing upgrades till it is released so you know exactly what olegs recommended specs are and some reviews are done to compare performance on various systems.