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Check this out. Is YOUR PC good enough for FSX? (Read 2924 times)

Oct 25^th, 2006 at 12:45pm

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This site will do it for you.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

Great site. 8)

EDIT: How does this compare for those of you who have already got it?

Windows 7 Pro 64bit
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 2GHz
GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2) DDR2 6400C4 800Mhz
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
2 x 22" monitors
200GB Sata
Be Quiet! Straight Power 650W

Flying FSX with Saitek's pro flight range:
Radio
Switch panel
Auto-pilot
Yoke and throttle quad
Pedals

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Reply #1 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 12:45pm

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Well I tried it on my lappy. Quite pleased with the results. Wink

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Windows 7 Pro 64bit
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 2GHz
GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2) DDR2 6400C4 800Mhz
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
2 x 22" monitors
200GB Sata
Be Quiet! Straight Power 650W

Flying FSX with Saitek's pro flight range:
Radio
Switch panel
Auto-pilot
Yoke and throttle quad
Pedals

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Reply #2 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 12:56pm

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It says I pass with flying colors, the problem that it can't know is my graphics card uses 400 or so MB of my system ram.... Thanks for this site, I will use it to check if I can run games.... if its acurate Grin

Grin

Gunny

EDIT: And compared to my system on the test thing and how FSX runs, I get medium settings with no AI, Boats, or Cars, No clouds, and lowest visibility posible and it says my computer is half way in the recomended....

AMD athlon 3800 Venice Socket 939 64 bit at 2.4Ghz, 6100K8MA-RS Foxconn Motherboard, 1gb (2X512) OCZ Platinum PC3200 Ram, EVGA 8800GTS 640MB OC, 500 Watt NZXT psu, and Windows Vista Ultimate Total hard drive space 530gb

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Reply #3 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 1:01pm

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Before you get too excited read this. Quote:

What it does
System Requirements Lab looks at your computer's hardware and system software to determine whether or not your current system can run a product. Each of your computer's components is evaluated to see how well it meets the minimum and recommended requirements for specific products.

If they're going by the unrealistic minimum requirements on the box I reckon most computers would pass with flying colours. Roll Eyes

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Reply #4 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 1:03pm

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Yeah right... Tongue

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Reply #5 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 1:05pm

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So do you have FSX? If you do is that accurate? That's the question really. It needs people who can state their performance levels and post their specs with this. Otherwise it doesn't mean much.

Windows 7 Pro 64bit
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 2GHz
GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2) DDR2 6400C4 800Mhz
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
2 x 22" monitors
200GB Sata
Be Quiet! Straight Power 650W

Flying FSX with Saitek's pro flight range:
Radio
Switch panel
Auto-pilot
Yoke and throttle quad
Pedals

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Reply #6 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 1:10pm

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I think its acurate, Because the only thing holding my computer back is Mr. 7300LE and it says my 3800+ CPU is one bar from max.... Bah!

Cheers, Gunny

heres my system on that site

My FSX scenery settings (Note that Low clouds, Highest water, Lowest visibility, No cars, AI, or boats)

Now obviously this test goes on Video card ram, My card is a crappy 7300LE..... other than that, the test seems precise!

AMD athlon 3800 Venice Socket 939 64 bit at 2.4Ghz, 6100K8MA-RS Foxconn Motherboard, 1gb (2X512) OCZ Platinum PC3200 Ram, EVGA 8800GTS 640MB OC, 500 Watt NZXT psu, and Windows Vista Ultimate Total hard drive space 530gb

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Reply #7 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 1:10pm

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I think it should be concluded by now that these so called system checks are never going to be any more useful than spam mail. Grin

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Reply #8 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 2:30pm

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Went past ALL recommended requirments in everything!!! But I still cant run FSX.... The best FPS I get is 13fps and in areas with trees and houses, buildings, ect. I get 4fps if best. This doesnt make any sence. I have went far and beyond recommended and I still cant run FSX.

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Reply #9 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 3:26pm

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Whats your setup grunt? Your computer is as fast as the weakest link Roll Eyes

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mine happens to be a 7300LE

Cheers, Gunny

AMD athlon 3800 Venice Socket 939 64 bit at 2.4Ghz, 6100K8MA-RS Foxconn Motherboard, 1gb (2X512) OCZ Platinum PC3200 Ram, EVGA 8800GTS 640MB OC, 500 Watt NZXT psu, and Windows Vista Ultimate Total hard drive space 530gb

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Reply #10 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 4:00pm

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Maybe i´m not telling something absolutely new,but i found these lines in the description of the Nvidia driver site;

Updated October 17, 2006: Updated driver to include NVIDIA SLI profiles for Battlefield 2142, Company of Heroes, and Flight Sim X.

That was new to me,so i am happy with this Testsite!

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Reply #11 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 5:32pm

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Quote:

Posted by: Gunny04 Posted on: Today at 3:26pm
Whats your setup grunt?

I have a AMD64 4200 X2, GeForce 7900GT KO running in SLI, 250Gig Sata HD, 2Gig of RAM. I might have to try those new drivers for nvidia SLI.

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Reply #12 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 6:22pm

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Try some CFG tweeks and defragmentation and dont expect anything over 20FPS at best! if its smooth, its good Grin

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Cheers, Gunny (And if it isnt smooth, well, your screwed)

AMD athlon 3800 Venice Socket 939 64 bit at 2.4Ghz, 6100K8MA-RS Foxconn Motherboard, 1gb (2X512) OCZ Platinum PC3200 Ram, EVGA 8800GTS 640MB OC, 500 Watt NZXT psu, and Windows Vista Ultimate Total hard drive space 530gb

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Reply #13 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 7:54pm

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This was mine (not bad for a free computer)

CPU
Minimum: Pentium III/Athlon or better
You Have: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+
PASS
CPU Speed
Minimum: 1 GHz
You Have: 2.09 GHz Performance Rated at 3.00 GHz
PASS
System RAM
Minimum: 256 MB for Windows XP, 512 MB for Windows Vista
You Have: 511.4 MB
PASS
Operating System
Minimum: Windows XP
You Have: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
PASS
Video Card
Minimum: 32 MB 100% DirectX 9.0c video card with Pixel Shader 2.0
You Have: VisionTek Radeon 9550 (ATI RADEON 9550 AGP (0x4153))
FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this minimum requirement. Upgrade to a more powerful video card will make all your applications look better. Click the 'We Recommend' button to see some great options.
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card

Video RAM: Required - 32 MB , You have - 128.0 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 2.0

Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)
Your driver version number is: 6.14.10.6626
FYI: Make sure you have the latest driver for your video card. Click 'Free Driver Update' and we'll direct you to your video card manufacturer.
DirectX Version
Minimum: 9.0c
You Have: 9.0c
PASS
Sound Card
Minimum: Yes
You Have: Creative SB Live! series
PASS
Sound Card Driver Version
Your driver version number is: 5.12.2.252
FYI: Make sure you have the latest driver for your sound card. Click 'Update Driver' and we'll direct you to your sound card manufacturer.
Free Disk Space
Minimum: 14 GB
You Have: 27.5 GB
PASS
DVD
Minimum: Yes
You Have: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-H21N
PASS, but the Speed could NOT be analyzed.

The only thing I added to my free computer was the $5 yard sale video card, lol (I got the computer for free because some thing was wrong with it and it only need XP reinstalled but to get this for free not half bad)

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Reply #14 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 9:35pm

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These web sites are stupid. They just collect your system info and don't tell you anything about your computer. If you want to know how your system does download the demo.

BTW Gunny how is the slideshow? LOL Grin

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Reply #15 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 10:10pm

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isnt a slide show to be honest..... Unless I fly in NYC which I am usually a canadian bush FS pilot... or alaska or some remote place. I run 9-15FPS thank you kindly Grin

Grin

Cheers, Gunny

EDIT: Its the joystick thats causing me hell, not my hardware.... though Replacing my 7300LE would solve what lag I get in Cities!

Also its not a 'slide show' But it does stutter a little bit on external views, who needs an external view anyways? have a look at my cruddy 9.4FPS somewhat stable at the settings I put up in here earlier

AMD athlon 3800 Venice Socket 939 64 bit at 2.4Ghz, 6100K8MA-RS Foxconn Motherboard, 1gb (2X512) OCZ Platinum PC3200 Ram, EVGA 8800GTS 640MB OC, 500 Watt NZXT psu, and Windows Vista Ultimate Total hard drive space 530gb

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Reply #16 - Oct 25^th, 2006 at 11:00pm

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9-15 fps is non-playable for me. Grin

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Reply #17 - Oct 26^th, 2006 at 1:53pm

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9-15 fps is non-playable for me. Grin

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Yep. I like 20+ My target is 30. I can't bare flying in the single figures.

Windows 7 Pro 64bit
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 2GHz
GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2) DDR2 6400C4 800Mhz
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
2 x 22" monitors
200GB Sata
Be Quiet! Straight Power 650W

Flying FSX with Saitek's pro flight range:
Radio
Switch panel
Auto-pilot
Yoke and throttle quad
Pedals

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