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Does this system rock or is it silly ?? (Read 466 times)

Nov 5^th, 2003 at 10:29pm

Flyboyfitzy Offline
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Reading all these things i notice that you guys are pretty close to professionals so try this one on for size

I want to know if this system i have ordered is a great system to play FS2004 maxed out, or nearly maxedout.
it is a:

P4 processor/3.0 gHZ
1 gig ddr ram
80gig hd
19" monitor
Nividea Geforce4 TI5200 pro

please tell me. This is worth $3115aus and ihave already ordered it and is in transit

Please tell me if this is going to last a while and provide me with silkt smooth performance i need for FS2004.

Cheers Mick

(the more replys the better) Wink

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Reply #1 - Nov 5^th, 2003 at 10:35pm

Iroquois Offline
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Sounds good to me. I have FS2004 fairly smooth and your machine is nearly 3 times faster than mine. You probably have a TI4200 because the TI5200 does not exist.

I only pretend to know what I'm talking about. Heck, that's what lawyers, car mechanics, and IT professionals do everyday. Wink

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Reply #2 - Nov 5^th, 2003 at 10:59pm

Flyboyfitzy Offline
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lol

yer that sounds typical of me,
thanks mate

keep em coming i would love to hear from lots of ppl

cheers

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Reply #3 - Nov 8^th, 2003 at 6:50pm

Daz Offline
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just a few things....

the cpu is prob about as good as your gonna get so no problems there

the ram is it PC2700 or higher if so should be fine PC3200 ram is quite sufficient also make sure its in 2 x 512 layout as it runs quicker....a gig is more than enough

80 gig is more than enough i should think for the hard drive.. make sure its 7200 not 5400 rpm coz they stink and have a much higher read latency compared to the 7200 rpm one

19" monitor sounds nice nothing realy to add to that

nvidia geforce 4 ti4200..... the main thing here is make sure its the 8x version of this card and that it has 128mb memory....the older 64mb cards do not incorporate direct x 8
...these cards are pretty old now a good year or 2 but i run a ti4200 on my machine and i have it all maxed out....but saying that i have overclocked it to the extreme and it just about keeps up with the FX5600 or the ATI 9500 so im pleased.. i wouldnt suggest overclocking unless you know what your doing.

more specific details on the graphics card would be helpful...

you have quite a fast pc there should get very good performance out of it..if anything is the bottleneck it will be the graphics card

AMD athlon XP2800+ @2.34ghz&&Epox 8RDA3G 400 fsb, 8x AGP&&1024MB DDR400 PC3200&&XFX 256MB FX5950 Ultra (oc 525/1.04)&&40 gig maxtor 7200rpm&&80 gig seagate baracuda 7200rpm&&

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Reply #4 - Nov 9^th, 2003 at 6:39pm

Flyboyfitzy Offline
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yes i NOW have the specific details

its a Geforce 4 FX 5200

is that good >?>

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Reply #5 - Nov 9^th, 2003 at 9:19pm

swanny338 Offline
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its a Geforce FX 5200
no 4,

and its not a great card for gaming

Still have a nice PC but I just switched to a hella nice mac

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Reply #6 - Nov 10^th, 2003 at 10:10am

Jared Offline
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Quote:

its a Geforce FX 5200
no 4,

and its not a great card for gaming

What do you mean it's not good for gaming ?!?

I've been getting upwards of 60 FPS on clear days, and around 20-25 with some pretty nasty weather in the vicinity...

I guess it all depends on all of the other variables that are part of the system as well...

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Reply #7 - Nov 10^th, 2003 at 8:26pm

Flyboyfitzy Offline
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Jarad

do u have the same card as me ??

I am getting a bit worried about it now casue i bought this computer strictly for flightsim

now people tell me that it is not good to play FS2004 maxed out

GREAT!! Sad

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