Hi All,

   I am plannign in buying a new PC and am very much interested in FSX. I definitely want to have FSX run smoothly on the new pc. My question is what would be your recomendation and what price range I'm looking at?

  It seems to me that it will cost me above $2000.

  Now if I have to compromise, becuase of the price, could you please priorotize which components are less important: please start the list from the LEAST important:

-cpu
-RAM
-Graphic card
-Hard drive

Thanks
Best Regards

Simply put, you cannot run it on todays hardware mate. Wait another year or so, then enjoy it. But for now..if you want to have a good balance between graphics and performance..I would focus on the graphics card, and CPU. They are all just as important as each other, but you may be able to skive off with said parts. With RAM and hard drive, you get faster load times, and "smoother" frames, but you don't really get much except for .5 of a frame, if at all. FSX is dependent on the graphics card and CPU, for the most part. I do recommend you have at least 1 gig of RAM so you don't wait for an hour for the simulator to load.

So, in list form, and starting from the least important...

~RAM~
~Hard Drive~
~CPU and Graphics Card Tie With Each Other~

And again, each component is really just as important as the other..but the CPU and card are infront of the others...just BARELY.

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hosseing wrote on Sep 28^th, 2007 at 8:26pm:


I just built up a new system specifically to improve my performance in FSX. Total cost with
tax and shipping came to around $1500 from NewEgg.
Here's what I purchased ( I used my existing monitor, a floppy from another old system, keyboard, atc )

CPU:     Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562Q6600
M-Board: GIGABYTE GA-P35C-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
Memory:  CORSAIR Dominator 2GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit
Video:   EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3
HD's:    2 x Seagate Barracuda ES ST3250620NS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
DVD\CD:  LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write SATA Model LH-20A1S
Power:   Thermaltake Purepower RX W0143RU ATX12V 550W Cable Management
Case:    COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP ATX Mid Tower Case
Cooling: Rosewill RCX-Z775-EX 92mm 2 Ball PWM CPU Cooler
        CORSAIR CMXAF1 Memory Fans, 3 x 120mm case fans
3DMark05 Score: 15009 with CPU overclocked 25% ( 3000 Ghz ) and 8800GTS overclocked 30%
Temperatures are well under the CPU max of 71C and the GPU of 85C. ( 50C & 65C in FSX )

As I noted, I have the CPU overclocked and I've now pushed it to 3.1 Ghz with the memory
running at 1098 Mhz (549Mhz x2). Vcore is only 1.3 volts and I only increased the Vram and Northbridge
voltages by +.1 volts.

I have my frame rate locked at 25 ( 1/3 of my monitor refresh rate ) and most sliders either
max'd or close to it except traffic (51%), GA , boat, airport at  7-15%.

No blurries and everything looks great. My only bitch now is the autogen "popping" which
is VERY annoying! I can't believe ACES bought into this "solution"...that and the inability
to see contrails from below...

I only fly from the VC now, due mostly to ACES neutering the 2D views and the fact I
now have TrackIR4, I find the FSX world to be pretty immersive when you aren't low
enough to see the "popping". In any case, the Intel Q6600 is a great processor for running
FSX and coupled with good ram and a good MB it will easily overclock to 3 Ghz.

     Paul

aussiewannabe wrote on Sep 29^th, 2007 at 4:25pm:



You dont see me here postin tweaks, do ya?

Ya know why?

Cause I don't tweak anymore, I just fly, fly, fly