Simviation Forum - is this system good for FSX and if not, how can I upgrade it?

Reply #15 - Dec 11^th, 2011 at 6:11pm

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Fozzer wrote on Dec 11^th, 2011 at 5:05pm:

..the only thing I would be a bit wary of is the Power Supply Unit... Roll Eyes

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My Dell Dimension Tower is fitted as standard with a 320 Watt PSU, which severely prevents me from using any more powerful graphics cards..
I am limited to using a special low-power, PCIe, nVidia GeForce 9500GT, 1 GB Card.
Anything more powerful (9800) will overload my PSU!

Personally, I would go for at least a good quality 750 Watt Power Supply!

Just my two-pennyworth... Wink

...!

Paul.

ok, thanks, I'll be sure to look at that

@Dave71k, The system with the specs I listed above costed about 870 USD (555 pounds) direct from the manufacturer (HP)

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Reply #16 - Dec 12^th, 2011 at 12:48am

Faildozer. Ex Member

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AMD FX-8150 eight-core processor [3.6GHz, 8MB L2/8MB L3 Cache]

8GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [2 DIMMs]

1TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive

1GB DDR3 Radeon HD 6570 [DVI, HDMI. VGA adapter]

300W Power Supply

Wireless-N LAN card (1x1)

15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB 2.0 (front), audio, 2 USB (top rear-facing)

Beats Audio (tm) -- integrated studio quality sound

The processor is poor value for money and power hungry, the graphics card is a bit slow and the power supply is too weak for any upgrades. I'd give it a pass. Not worth the $870 and in my opinion its true value is probably worth about $625 including windows, not including peripherals or screen.

The only really good AMD processors at the moment are their A-series, E-series and Phenom II x4, all of which are fairly low end so they are really too slow to run FSX really well with loads of addons. The AMD FX-series is poor value, hot, and slow for the price. Intel 2nd generation i5 and i7 is where it's at.

With graphics cards IMO get GTX 560 or better. On the AMD Radeon side of things then Radeon 6870 or better.

If you let me know where you're from I could find a much better one if you like.

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Reply #17 - Dec 12^th, 2011 at 4:09am

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Its amazing what we can get away with, with FS 2002/FS 2004.
Even my lowly, 2005 Dell Dimension 5000 Tower will run FS 2004 smoothly, and flat-out, locked at 25 FPS, with all the sliders wound up to the max.... Kiss

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My FSX is definitely a no-no for me... Cry

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My tip: If you are reluctant/cant afford to spend a shed-load of money on hardware to run FSX, do yourself a favour, put FSX back in the drawer, (you know you want to), and pop out and get yourself a sweet copy of FS 2004 Century of Flight, and spend your time flying around the World every day, instead of fretting over your lack of suitable hardware to run FSX... Wink

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...that's what I do!... Smiley

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Paul...FS 2004...FS Navigator...lots of free-ware stuff...and a big smile!... Grin

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I think we should have a Club, for happy-bunny, FS 2004 enthusiasts!...There are a lot of us around!... Grin

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Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
Yamaha MO6,MM6,DX7,DX11,DX21,DX100,MK100,EMT10,PSR400,PSS780,Roland GW-8L v2,TR505,Casio MT-205,Korg CX3v2 dual manual,+ Leslie 760,M-Audio Prokeys88,KeyRig,Cubase,Keyfax4,Guitars,Orchestral,Baroque,Renaissance,Medieval Instruments.

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Reply #18 - Dec 12^th, 2011 at 6:48pm

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Quote:

AMD FX-8150 eight-core processor [3.6GHz, 8MB L2/8MB L3 Cache]

8GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [2 DIMMs]

1TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive

1GB DDR3 Radeon HD 6570 [DVI, HDMI. VGA adapter]

300W Power Supply

Wireless-N LAN card (1x1)

15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB 2.0 (front), audio, 2 USB (top rear-facing)

Beats Audio (tm) -- integrated studio quality sound

The processor is poor value for money and power hungry, the graphics card is a bit slow and the power supply is too weak for any upgrades. I'd give it a pass. Not worth the $870 and in my opinion its true value is probably worth about $625 including windows, not including peripherals or screen.

The only really good AMD processors at the moment are their A-series, E-series and Phenom II x4, all of which are fairly low end so they are really too slow to run FSX really well with loads of addons. The AMD FX-series is poor value, hot, and slow for the price. Intel 2nd generation i5 and i7 is where it's at.

With graphics cards IMO get GTX 560 or better. On the AMD Radeon side of things then Radeon 6870 or better.

If you let me know where you're from I could find a much better one if you like.

Ok, Thanks so much for helping me with this, I would go off buying some 900$ computer that I couldn't use. I meant to put where I was from in a previous post, but it must've slipped my mind. Right now, I am living in North-Eastern Pennsylvania in the US. I would buy a copy of FS2004 but I would have to upgrade my computer at one point or another to accomodate the newer games anyway.

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Reply #19 - Dec 20^th, 2011 at 3:34pm

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I was thinking, maybe it would be more cost-effective to upgrade my laptop instead of buying a whole new computer. I don't need major FPS, just 15-20 with decent settings at airports like KLGA with advanced add-ons. Would this be something I can do? My current laptop Specs are:

AMD Athlon II X2 M300 (Dual Core)

AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD4200

Windows 7 64-bit

4 GB Ram

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