Thank you Autopilot and the other kind helpers,

I am concidering to upgrade exlusively for FS9,  to:-
Mobo MSI K8N Neo2 Pltnm &
AMD 64 3500 90nm, and 1Gig  Ram.
Any better sugestions? Around £250 UK

Also will need Gfxs card, like AtiRadeon 9800pro
or any sugetions? Around £100 UK

Present 3y.old home build:-
Board: VT8366-8233
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 09/23/2002
CPU1533 mhz AMD Athlon 1800XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
512 Megabytes Installed Memory
GRFXS SiS 5598/6326 [Display adapter] 8mb!!!
Windows XP Home Edition (build 2600
Maxtor 80gb HD

Thanks and a healthy New Year,                nick