I9 7980XE Extreme 18 cores

[Jon]

Has anyone tried running there sim on one of these bad boys yet? Thats some real muscle.

[Jon]

Does anyone no if a gtx770 graphics card could be installed in a PCI Express x16 slot/. I'm pretty sure it will fit, just not sure if the card is backwards compatible.

[Kent]

There is no need for an i9 processor for any of the sim programs that I am aware of. The muscle needs to come from the video card, not the processor. An i5 is typically plenty of muscle. The GTX770 typically uses a PCI Express 2.0 or 3.0 and will definitely be backwards compatible down to 1.0, but the question is whether the bios will recognize the card. That card may not have enough muscle to run some of the software. If you want a more definitive answer, state which sim software you are using and the specific motherboard you are wanting to install the video card in.

[vrpunk]

Kent is correct, I am running i7 but with a 1080ti OC, its all about the GPU! so spend your money on the right components...also M2 NVMe hard drive helps

[Jon]

I was looking at a refurbed Dell Optiplex 990 MT Intel Core i7-2600 3.40GHz 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD. Definitely good to know that i5 will do the trick, though. I still currently on an iPad using ST app and WGT. I'v only had my ST for a week now. As much as I would like to go with the golf club, I'm currently leaning towards JNPG. Mostly die to the significant added expense involved in going with TGC. Could you elaborate on "M2 NVMe hard drive" ?

[Kent]

M2 nvme is just a type of SSD hard drive that is fast.

[vrpunk]

M2 - if you have the right motherboard, then if your normal car goes 60mph an M2 SSD goes 320mph,
With PCs there is always a bottleneck, no good having fastest memory and best CPU if they are waiting for another component to do their job, hard drive use to be a bottleneck, but M2s have improved the performance for fetching data.
My GC2 fires on FR1 and TGC less than a second over Bluetooth, tested on i5 slower GPU and slower Hard drive, same Bluetooth adapter, fires after 2.5 seconds.

[Jon]

Thanks for the explanation. I've never owned a windows computer. Lots of new jargon and tech that isn't nearly as spoon fed as a Mac.

[vrpunk]

No probs, I build them for clients even though a software developer, any advice just ask.

[Jon]

You mentioned certain motherboards are compatible with an m2 ssd. Which motherboard? Is it in all computers with a specific generation of intel processor?