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Sep 23^rd, 2008 at 5:07am

ivormills Offline
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I want to add FSX to my computer, I presently use FS2004. First, will my machine run FSX ok? Pentium 4 2.53ghz, Nvdia Geforce FX5500 with 256 ram, 2gig system ram. Secondly, my machine has 2 hard drives, my C drive is very full but my second drive has loads of space. Can I install FSX on my second drive and run it sucessfully?

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Reply #1 - Sep 23^rd, 2008 at 2:29pm

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Your system will stuggle with FSX AT BEST, but yes, you should be able to install it to any drive you choose. Even my system (not great by today's standards) won't run it with what I would call acceptable levels of performance.

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Reply #2 - Sep 23^rd, 2008 at 4:11pm

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You will probably get bad frames at minimal settings. FSX really needs at least a 1.8GHz dual core and I suggest a 512mb card now.

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Reply #3 - Sep 23^rd, 2008 at 4:56pm

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Hello, I have a very similar setup for running both sims from a USB drive 300gb. You have a little faster CPU. mine 1.8ghz. I do get some very good FPS so you should be okay. Go ahead I would.

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Reply #4 - Sep 24^th, 2008 at 5:43am

ivormills Offline
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Thanks for your replys, 2 against, 1 for, leaves me still undecided.
Maybe I will just have to try it and see........unless there are any other opinions.

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Reply #5 - Sep 24^th, 2008 at 6:11am

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The system will run it, but what are you expecting from it? I can say now it's not going to be impressive.

You can install it just fine but don't complain about if its lacking performance you wanted. And hey if it doesn't work the way you want it to, there's this magical button that will un-install the program. That DVD it came on will last a good long time so you can save it till you get a better computer Grin

Oh! Avoid cities to improve frame rates... There's nothing interesting in them for a flight sim anyway Wink

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Reply #6 - Sep 24^th, 2008 at 8:51pm

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Wouldn't even bother with that system, FS9 will give you much more enjoyment visually and actually be somewhat smooth. My old system was similar to that and FSX at the bare minimum settings couldn't get more then 3-4 FPS and it looked like FS98 Tongue

Gave the FSX trial a go tonight, good, but not to my standards when it came to visual verses frames. FS9 with addons looks much better IMHO till there is a system that can max out FSX...AND keep it smooth.

Maxed out, held about 20 FPS without to much trouble, but seemed a little jumpy to me. And that's with this system Undecided

Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB, E6850 CPU.
2 Gigs OCZ PC8500 (1066 MHz) DDR2 RAM.
1 GB PCI-E GeForce 8800GT GDDR3 Graphics Card With DirectX 10.
Gigabyte S-Series P35-DS3R Motherboard.
24-Bit Soundblaster Live Sound Card.
160 GB SATA 3.0GB Hard Drive.
430W Thermaltake PSU.
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Reply #7 - Sep 24^th, 2008 at 9:10pm

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I think the FSX Demo is still available, why not try it out and see how your system takes to it?

http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulatorx/downloads.html

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Reply #8 - Sep 26^th, 2008 at 6:55am

ivormills Offline
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Many thanks for your replys.

I think I will wait untill I get a MUCH better system!

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