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I am looking to get a new imac and I am not sure if getting the i7 prosessor vers the i5 is very important . The imac I am looking at has 3.2 GHz intel core i5 prossesor With two GB video memory. So my question is would there be a big differance in xplanes performance between the two prosessors ? Thanks in advance for any help.

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If it's the top-end i5 (4570,4570K) then it should be fine for X-Plane. Those CPUs blow my old i7 950 out of the water and it ain't to shabby for X-Plane. 

 

Go for the i7 if you do a lot of video encoding, editing, streaming or animating. Hyperthreading is the main difference. 

 

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It's my opinion that you should go for the i7, XPlane is CPU heavy. Also I'd say stack up on RAM if you can, it will shield you for the future as well. 

 

It's CPU heavy only from the standpoint of single-thread performance.  X-Plane is not as thread intensive as one may think.  The i7 will only help if you intend to have a lot of AI aircraft.

 

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It's CPU heavy only from the standpoint of single-thread performance.  X-Plane is not as thread intensive as one may think.  The i7 will only help if you intend to have a lot of AI aircraft.

 

Read this.

 

True but it also depends on the planes you own and fly. Despite the devs best efforts, complex planes with complex systems are complex to run. 

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