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Dec 23^rd, 2004 at 12:49am

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I am looking to buy a new pc for flight simulator and was wondering if a Dell Diminsion 3000 has enough kick to enjoy flight simulator 2004 along with 98 . Here are the spec's

Intel® Celeron® D Processor 320 (2.40GHz, 533MHz FSB, 256KB L2 cache)It is XP windows

512 MB - 1 GB (dual channel) shared3 DDR SDRAM at 400MHz

Note: 400MHz memory performs at 333MHz with 533MHz front side bus processor

2 DIMM slots

Dell is at
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/dimen_3000?c=us&cs=...

Flight simulator website say's that this is enough .

Microsoft® Windows® 98/Me/XP/2000
PC with 450 MHz equivalent or higher processor
128 MB of system RAM for 2000/XP, 64 MB RAM for 98/Me
1.8 GB available hard disk space
4x speed or faster CD-ROM drive
8 MB video card required
Sound card, speakers or headphones required for audio
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
56.6 Kbps or better modem for online play

Does it have enough to handle this game ?

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Reply #1 - Dec 23^rd, 2004 at 1:54am

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Personally I wouldn't get a Celeron CPU. They are a budget cpu with a low L2 cache. This is why they are cheaper though and if its the best you can afford then you wil have to stick with it.

If not try to go for a P4, many of those have 1mb L2 cache which is a vast improvement over the Celerond 256kb.

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Reply #2 - Dec 23^rd, 2004 at 2:22am

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I wouldn't buy a dell.

They can't be upgraded or so I heard.

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Reply #3 - Dec 23^rd, 2004 at 3:37am

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I wouldn't buy a dell.

They can't be upgraded or so I heard.

Dells can now be upgraded ........ they even give you a manual to show you how to do most things. They have even got their customer services sorted.

A very happy Dell customer
eno

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Reply #4 - Dec 23^rd, 2004 at 1:42pm

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Yes they can my friend bought a Dell and upgrade his RAM and video card. Yes as for the Celeron I would go for a P4 because Celerons are like Gixer said they are budget CPUs and will cost you more money in the long run... go for a P4(to bad Dell dosent have AMD Undecided

) You might want to look into building your sysem if you feel comfortable doing that Wink

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