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Reply #15 - Jan 18^th, 2006 at 12:32pm

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Don't forget about Moore's Law. The law states that the density of the processors will double every 18 months.

Thats not a law. Thats a prediction.

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Reply #16 - Jan 18^th, 2006 at 12:33pm

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And here I was looking for an excuse to buy a monster new computer...

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Reply #17 - Jan 18^th, 2006 at 4:29pm

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So technically, will I need to upgrade?? ???

Yes. Processer and graphics card. Probibly MOBO too depending on your socket.

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Reply #18 - Jan 18^th, 2006 at 5:41pm

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Thats not a law. Thats a prediction.

Just like gravity, it's a myth......the earth sucks

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Reply #19 - Jan 18^th, 2006 at 6:22pm

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Just like gravity, it's a myth......the earth sucks

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Earth doesn't suck. Blackholes do. 8)

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Reply #20 - Jan 18^th, 2006 at 7:14pm

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Earth doesn't suck. Blackholes do. 8)

Blackholes pull matter in, but I think we are now really getting of track Roll Eyes

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Reply #21 - Jan 21^st, 2006 at 6:24pm

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My pc actualy runs fs2004 at higher FPS with more detail then 2002, I was rearly shocked when I first loaded it up.
Although as the 5*** series does not do direct x 9.0 class shaders quikly at all I think I will ethier have to force directx 8.0 mode or upgrade...

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Reply #22 - Jan 21^st, 2006 at 11:31pm

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The following is a list of ATI graphics boards that are currently compatable with Vista:
By ASIC Name:
All DX9 GPUs
M10 or above
R300 or above
RV350 or above
RS400, RS480, RS482, RC410

By Brand Name:

Desktop
Discrete
All-In-Wonder® 9600 Series or higher
All-In-Wonder® X600 Series or higher
Radeon® X300 Series or higher
Radeon® 9500 Series or higher
Integrated
Radeon® Xpress 200
Radeon® Xpress 200 CrossFire™

And from Nvidia:
The following NVIDIA desktop GPUs are "Windows Vista Ready:"

GeForce 7800 GTX GPUs
GeForce 7800 GT GPUs
GeForce 7300 GPUs
GeForce 6800 GPUs
GeForce 6600 GPUs
GeForce 6500 GPUs
GeForce 6200 GPUs
GeForce FX 5900 GPUs
GeForce FX 5700 GPUs
GeForce FX 5600 GPUs
GeForce FX 5500 GPUs
GeForce FX 5200 GPUs
GeForce PCX GPUs

This list was taken from http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/entpguid.mspx#EB...

I think that about covers what any of use are currently useing.

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Reply #23 - Jan 21^st, 2006 at 11:38pm

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Following is a list of AMD processors that are designed to be ready for Windows Vista.

Desktop
AMD Athlon™ 64 FX Processor
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor
AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor
AMD Sempron™ Processor

Mobile
Mobile AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Technology
Mobile AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor
Mobile AMD Sempron™ Processor

Workstation
Single and Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ Processors

This does not mean you have to have a 64 bit system as there is a 32 bit version of Vista also.

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Reply #24 - Jan 22^nd, 2006 at 1:44am

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Those lists are misleading. They imply that other hardware won't work, which just isn't true. All the lists mean is that the items listed will/should work.

The lists above are short on potential compatible hardware.

More to the point, the best mainstream hardware on offer today should suffice for reasonable performance, ie. CPU's of 3.5ghz and above, 1gb ram and nv 7800GT's and above.

FSX will run on a wide range of hardware, possibly down as far as an FX 5200, but it won't be pretty.

My advice:

Don't rush out and upgrade for Vista or FSX, wait until the software is released and watch what comes out in the aftermath, you'll soon have enough info to make the right choices to an upgrade path.

By the time the upcoming software is on the market, you will see some new hardware released and the current high end will certainly be available at a discount.

Don't be impatient and get caught doing 2 upgrades because you got it wrong the first time.

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Reply #25 - Jan 22^nd, 2006 at 1:49am

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Looking for some info.... Im gonna to be starting a Traveling job working as an A&P Mechanic maintaining blimps, and am going to be purchaseing a laptop.

How well do you think a laptop with these specs, would run FSX

HP ZD8000 series:
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 650 w/HT Technology, 3.4GHz

2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM, 533MHz (2x1024MB
100 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
256MB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) X600

these are the most important ones.

Also im curious out the Video Card, is says its a Pci card with x16 graphics with up to 256mb of dedicated video memory. Is this a whole seperate unit or is it takeing the memory from the system memory, which would be 2.0GB

The X600 is going to be a poor performer, it doesn't match that CPU's potential. There are certainly better mobile options for MSFS.

That "up to 256mb" graphics card is an onboard graphics processor, and we all know what that means right people?

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Reply #26 - Jan 22^nd, 2006 at 5:13am

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An X700 will be much better, also independent graphics memory is a must! Wink

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Reply #27 - Jan 22^nd, 2006 at 8:41am

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I'm afraid the X700 isn't gonna cut the mustard either sorry.

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Reply #28 - Jan 22^nd, 2006 at 8:50am

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You all speak of Vista as though it's going to be as resource heavy as FSX itself. It won't be. It's an operating system. Yes it will require more of your system resources than XP, just like XP did with 98. But it is an operating system, designed to run while letting all sorts of other applications run on top of it. It will not require all the latest hardware to work. Just like XP didn't. Because if it did then it would be months before sales finally got underway as noone would update their OS without updating their PC.

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Reply #29 - Jan 22^nd, 2006 at 10:18am

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I'm afraid the X700 isn't gonna cut the mustard either sorry.

What GFX cards are there that are much better for a laptop?

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You all speak of Vista as though it's going to be as resource heavy as FSX itself. It won't be. It's an operating system. Yes it will require more of your system resources than XP, just like XP did with 98. But it is an operating system, designed to run while letting all sorts of other applications run on top of it. It will not require all the latest hardware to work. Just like XP didn't. Because if it did then it would be months before sales finally got underway as noone would update their OS without updating their PC.

The requirements will be not as bad as a lot of people are saying. This is the first time a 3D card has been required, so i would not expect specs to be any more than double XP. Wink

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