The Need for speed
Last year was an interesting time in hardware development. The highlight was arguably the release of NVIDIA’s latest flagship, the GTX 1080 (reviewed in Issue 105). There have also been advances in other areas, in particular drive technology with improved support for an emerging standard called M.2. Although it was initially announced in 2013, it was not until recently that it started to become more commonplace. This year promises to be equally exciting and started with a bang when Intel unleashed its latest processor codenamed ‘Kaby Lake’.
Wired2Fire which has been building PCs aimed at flight simulation for several years was quick off the mark to release a new machine, called the Sim X-15, which uses this new processor. Equipped with the latest and fastest hardware currently available, the machine is made with one job in mind, to run flight simulators at maximum frame rates. So without further ado, we are going to see how it measures up against four of the most popular flight simulators on the market: FSX, Prepar3D, X-Plane and DCS World.
Introducing the Sim X-15
The Sim X-15 is powered by Intel’s latest high-end central processing unit (CPU), the Core i7-7700K. Based on the Kaby L…
