Simviation Forum - will this run fsx

Apr 10^th, 2011 at 11:32am

Radio Homer Offline
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hey guys
ive been asked my a friend if this pc will run fsx and give good graphics
he already has a 512mb graphics card that he is going to put in there as well
here is the link
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/INTEL-E33400-DDR3-GAMING-COMPUTER-500GB-4GB-CHT-PC-/110671...
will this (along with the graphics card) run well without any problems and at a decent quality and detail??

thanks
awaiting your reply's

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Reply #1 - Apr 11^th, 2011 at 2:13pm

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I am going to have to say no.

It is awfully old technology. It is only a dual core chip running at 2.5GHz.

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Reply #2 - Apr 11^th, 2011 at 2:25pm

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so it is only the processor that will slow this down?

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Reply #3 - Apr 12^th, 2011 at 12:32pm

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It does not mention graphics and it does not tell you what motherboard is being used. I am betting that it has onboard graphics and that also is terrible.

To run FSX I would not buy it, I think you would be real disappointed in the way it runs FSX.

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Reply #4 - Apr 12^th, 2011 at 12:46pm

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he is having my old graphics card nVidia GeForce 7300GT (512mb)
and it says the mobo is a Asus P5G41C-M

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Reply #5 - May 3^rd, 2011 at 4:03pm

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I´d say it all comes down to his expectatives regarding performance. First, that "old" processor is actually a Wolfdale-3M, the last incarnation of the "Core 2" family. Also, remember that he´s paying a really small price for the computer. If you pair said processor with the 7300 card, performance should be acceptable. Not ultra fast, not ultra detailed, but it will work.

For reference, I usually play FSX in a Athlon II Neo K125 (SINGLE CORE 1.7Ghz) with a nvidia geforce 9200 IGP. Eye candy to medium, no traffic, and it performs (for MY personal standards) adequately.

Now, if he plans to max all settings, add plenty of add ons and such, he will definitely be dissapointed with that system. But for casual play, it will work just fine.

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Reply #6 - May 30^th, 2011 at 1:21pm

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idahosurge wrote on Apr 11^th, 2011 at 2:13pm:

I am going to have to say no.

It is awfully old technology. It is only a dual core chip running at 2.5GHz.

Clock speed is generally irrelevant. It's only useful for comparing two otherwise IDENTICAL processors.

I play FSX with an Intel E6320. That has a PassMark benchmark score of 1154, and a ranking of 559th processor. The E3300 in this build has a score of 1678, and a position of 392nd.

The processor should be absolutely for running FSX. Not on the highest settings (at a reasonable framerate, but very cleanly at lower settings).

The issue is the graphics card, or rather, the lack of it. It does not have a graphics card, it has a built in Intel graphics chipset (sh*t-set). That will prevent you from playing FSX with anything above 'minimum' for graphics.

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Reply #7 - May 31^st, 2011 at 2:33am

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Well for starters, it will run FSX but not without problems & not with decent quality & detail.

This rig at best will run at low/medium settings, major blurries and serious stuttering since that is a low quality CPU.

FSX is heavy on the CPU, I struggled running FSX with a AMD Dual (6000+ @ 3ghz) Black Edition. I can only imagine what this Celeron Dual will do.

Running FSX with such a system will just frustrate him. He will be better off using FS9 if he chooses the rig.

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