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I want to know at what specs FSX will run smoothly enough to avoid complains.

The main thought behind my question is,there seem to be many users who have issues with the FR or the display of FSX.Ok,it´s "only" a Demo,but...

So in order to find out what the minimum Specs for FSX are,and to point out how many Money is needed to upgrade the System,my question is asked.

Reading the Topic which asks for the Specs and comments of the Members of SimV becomes more and more difficult as the number of Posts decreases.(hope its the right word for growing more) and so at the end some readers may have lost the overview.

Ok,but my thought is... that a lot more of "Freaks" are Members or take a look into this Forum as a Guest.
So,becomming a Freak too,my question should be interesting for a lot of Viewers.

Those are the minimum requirements.
With this hardware setup, FSX would look no better than FS5.

The testers here that had fairly good frames were all using very last generation cards, some even se two cards in SLI, with the latest possible Pentium proc, like at least 3,4 GHz, and 2 gigs of speedy RAM. Even with that configuration, the frames would eventually get under 20 from time to time.

keep in mind that this is onlt a demo. im sure they are gonna give FS a bit of tweek before its release to squeeze more frames out.

I still believe that you can't pinpoint minimum specs for any game. Two people with exactly the same systems may not have the sim run in exactly the same way, due to other deciding factors to do with their own individual computer. Sure, in a 'straight out of the box' form, the performance difference would be minute, but over time, more and more stuff is there to contribute to the overall performance of your computer. One example, being a simple defragging of a hard drive, which, in some cases, can improve performance no end.

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how much would all that cost?
looks and sounds rather pricey

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That is praticarly my setup. I have an AMD 3500+, Nvidia 6800Ultra and 1gig of ram.

I have my settings pretty good but I have no AI at all, though I fly mainly online so I dont require it anyway. My frames are generally 25-30 (locked @30) but flying low with Autogen on dense over a forest has it stuttering a bit, but thats it really. I am hoping upgrading to 2gig of ram will help that problem out a bit!

dual core processer is a must


that is one of the major reasons for the 'over land' stuttters allot of people complained about


FSX considers a medium quality system:

Dual core (medium spec)
7900GT or GTX or X1900Xt
1GB ram (XP) 1.5GB ram (vista)

Vista sucks 512mb of ram for the OS alone so having 1 gig is not enough for FSX and Vista. 2GB will be needed for best results

DX10 will NOT be available for WindowsXP. You must purchase Vista for DX10 and M$ will release a DX10 patch for FSX which will only install into Windows Vista.

The specs I posted above are what you need to accomodate your question:

I want to know at what specs FSX will run smoothly enough to avoid complains.  


I'm running the full version on windows vista and I can vouch for those specs


SLI or Crossfire using either ATI or Nvidia's flagship cards will be required to bring frame rates up in FSX to what you are use to seeing in FS9 with ultra high graphics and other settings enabled

In your case I think waiting and saving up for good hardware is the best choice.

Be aware the demo has missing files and although the full version may be somewhat smoother than the demo, more memory is not going to fix what you were experiencing.

FSX is going to be a DX10 flagship product. You will want DX10 when it arrives in March-May 07 because FSX performance a visuals will increase dramatically with DX10. The only downfall is you must install Vista to have DX10 as well which will not be cheap.

My advice is to wait. Unless you just have to have it and cant wait, purchasing todays top end hardware would be the best solution for FSX future-proofing but there will be shifts in the hardware market after xmas which I intend to wait for myself before purchasing anything.

At last everyone has to decide by himself.Wether he should upgrade his Computer or buy a new one.
Btw. this makes me thinking of a marketing idea.The SimV Computer!Designed to play FSX!In Germany some bigger Store Companies(like Aldi) have already a Computer in their stock which was designed to proove good performance for a low price.Maybe we should do the same? But as you can read above,some Hardware is not available yet.So,lets just wait...and see!

I'm running an AMD 3400 + Athalon 64 with XP SP2, 2 GB RAM and a Radeon X1900 and the game runs smooth until things get a bit cluttered then it stutters and the scenery takes a hit, flickering and whatnot... How do you check your frame rates?  I have max frame rates set... but I couldnt tell you what its actually pushing out...

(edit)  I just wanted to chime in on the hardware debate...  Does it really make sense to spend $1000-$2000 to upgrade just to play a $60 game?  It depends on who you ask...  I have a lot of games here that would benefit from an upgrade, so I was planning to build my own dedicated gaming computer to be used only for games... I was going for the low price range of the high end hardware to keep cost down... Planning on Dual core, dual channel, dual vid card... SLI Raid0 Striped HDs... plenty of fans to keep everything nice and cool... no neon lighting...  its too distracting!  The price for this dedicated gaming system is looking at about $1500...  I havent decided yet if it would be worth it...  It would be nice, but do I NEED it?  For someone who is a hardcore gamer, and has plenty of money to throw away, I would say the answer is yes.  To someone who struggled to even buy his last computer that was obsolete before he got it off the shelf, I would probably have to say no.  Me?  I fall blissfully somewhere in the middle...  I have a modicum of disposable income, but I still struggle with the question, is it worth it?

Wayne