Simviation Forum - Best specs for running FSX on highest settings?

Feb 1^st, 2009 at 7:41am

alexrogers Offline
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Can anyone give me some good specs that can run FSX on highest settings?
I am looking to upgrade my pc, so Fsx can run better.
I want to run it on highest settings, as well as scenery add-ons.
Can anyone help me?

Thanks
Alex

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Reply #1 - Feb 1^st, 2009 at 7:43am

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No computer can....... some can run it very good tho.

Core i7 965
ASUS P6T OC/palm
6gb DDR3-1600+
GTX 285.
Raptor 300gb.
Thermalright TRUE

overclock the hell out of everything.

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Reply #2 - Feb 1^st, 2009 at 8:05am

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Thanks a lot

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Reply #3 - Feb 1^st, 2009 at 9:36am

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Quote:

No computer can....... some can run it very good tho.

Core i7 965
ASUS P6T OC/palm
6gb DDR3-1600+
GTX 285.
Raptor 300gb.
Thermalright TRUE

overclock the hell out of everything.

Water cool the CPU and GPU and you can even do some more overclocking Roll Eyes

CPU Core i7 965 EE from the default 3.2 to 4.5
GPU nVidia GTX 285 from default 648/1476/2484 to 750/1650/2800

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Reply #4 - Feb 1^st, 2009 at 9:40am

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Dutch60 wrote on Feb 1^st, 2009 at 9:36am:

Quote:

No computer can....... some can run it very good tho.

Core i7 965
ASUS P6T OC/palm
6gb DDR3-1600+
GTX 285.
Raptor 300gb.
Thermalright TRUE

overclock the hell out of everything.

Water cooling the CPU and GPU and you can even more overclocking Roll Eyes

Sure, use Liquid Nitrogen while you're at it.

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Reply #5 - Feb 1^st, 2009 at 12:30pm

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To get all the sliders up, this is what I use:
http://tinyurl.com/cnj8dp

Of course, it still stutters in turns.....

i7 940 at 4.0ghz • Asus P6T Deluxe • 6gb OCZ Gold 1600 • BFG 285 Superclocked • Velociraptor 300gb HD • LG BlueRay Burner • Thermalright 120 cooler • PC Power 750W PS • Antec 1200 • Windows XP 64

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Reply #6 - Feb 1^st, 2009 at 12:43pm

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stevehookem wrote on Feb 1^st, 2009 at 12:30pm:

To get all the sliders up, this is what I use:
http://tinyurl.com/cnj8dp

Of course, it still stutters in turns.....

:laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh

Intel i7 940 2.93 clocked to 4.0ghz Asus P6T Deluxe 6gb OCZ 1600 8-8-8-24 EVGA GTX 260 Superclocked Edition Thermalright 120 CPU Cooler Power PC & Cooling 750w PSU 1 tb Seagate Barracuda HD 500 gb Seagate Barracude HD 22" Viewsonic Widescreen Track IR 4 XP Pro x64 www.fairtax.org

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Reply #7 - Feb 1^st, 2009 at 12:50pm

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stevehookem wrote on Feb 1^st, 2009 at 12:30pm:

To get all the sliders up, this is what I use:
http://tinyurl.com/cnj8dp

Of course, it still stutters in turns.....

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Excellent advice/warning for all the new, Newbie, FSX enthusiasts... Grin

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"You cant go wrong with a Cray!"... Smiley

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Paul...(Guess what Sim I'm using)... Wink

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Reply #8 - Feb 1^st, 2009 at 2:11pm

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I would really like to see the system MS used to run FSX. You know they had to have a computer fast enough to test everything and make it work fully maxed out. Why don't they just put THAT on the side of the box as a "recommended" system? haha

Recommended for maximum performance:

University of Washington Supercomputer
IBM Manufactured
360 Teraflops (minimum)
One large empty warehouse
300-400 milion dollars
Staff of 50 for maintenance

And we'd still have to ask Nick for tuning tips!

(nick, I want to overclock my supercomputer. It's only 360 teraflops now. Can I get to 400 with this set-up?)

i7 940 at 4.0ghz • Asus P6T Deluxe • 6gb OCZ Gold 1600 • BFG 285 Superclocked • Velociraptor 300gb HD • LG BlueRay Burner • Thermalright 120 cooler • PC Power 750W PS • Antec 1200 • Windows XP 64

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Reply #9 - Feb 1^st, 2009 at 8:31pm

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jewenham....thanks...priceless probably the best fsx humor ever!!
maybe thats why ms gave up...fs11 might have been a vast improvement, where a person would have had to spend $10,000 on a rig to have it run properly...impractical....

intel i7 950.....asus p6t delux v2....asus gtx 285......raptor 150g...raptor300g (fsx)......liquid cooled cpu cooler.....6gb corsair 1600-777........windows 7......antec 900 case.....

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Reply #10 - Feb 1^st, 2009 at 10:44pm

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yancovitch wrote on Feb 1^st, 2009 at 8:31pm:

jewenham....thanks...priceless probably the best fsx humor ever!!

hey! who? yeah, that's right! Wink

i7 940 at 4.0ghz • Asus P6T Deluxe • 6gb OCZ Gold 1600 • BFG 285 Superclocked • Velociraptor 300gb HD • LG BlueRay Burner • Thermalright 120 cooler • PC Power 750W PS • Antec 1200 • Windows XP 64

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Reply #11 - Feb 2^nd, 2009 at 12:58pm