What is the Ideal system for FSX??

dutchie936 · Guest

O.K.,I've put off building a new computer for almost a year now.In anticipation of the release of FSX.So I would like some advice from more experienced computer guys.I have a good chunk of money saved,what would the "IDEAL" set up be for FSX?? Thanks for your help. Very Happy

Guest · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:08 am Post subject:

ideal? as good as your money can buy, in my opinion.

The more the better.

CtrlAltDlt · Guest

I suggest waiting a tad bit longer. Wait and see what people say about how it runs on their systems. I have a feeling that many people will be quite upset performance-wise. I can't even get FS9 to get past 15 fps. (I have integrated graphics with 128 mb shared video mem) I really need a new gpu, but I'm waiting for fsx to come and everybody to start hollering from both joy and pain. Call it a bittersweet experience.

But then again, what do I know?

Thunderbirdman2 · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:04 pm Post subject:

Hew Would 20 Fps be goood what is the best

encarta2006 · Trainee Joined: Feb 23, 2006 Posts: 46

HI!!!

I happen to be an expert in this field. Laughing

An ideal system would have an AMD Athlon FX or an Intel Pentuim 4 (one that is DualCore and 64 bit). For the graphics card, a nVidia GeForce 7950 is ideal (you can get a ATi GPU also, if you want). nVidia SLI or ATI Cross-fire also boost the speed. With nVidia SLI and two or four GeForce 7950s, your PC would be the fastest around. Shocked

If you want to get Windows Vista (which is 64 bit), get a nVidia nForce motherboard. Windows Vista will run FSX MUCH MUCH faster than Win XP. I belive Vista will have Windows Aero and DX10.
You can get a 200GB HD (those are big but not too expensive).

How much money do you have saved? Question

If you have $3,000 or more, go to Dell.com and check out the XPS.
If you have between 1,000 and 3,000, just look around for a fast system. Wink

If you have $1,000 or less, KEEP saving. Hack

Or, you can just upgrade your system.

I reccomend you wait until THE LAST moment to get a new system. That will give you more time to save money, and also, the price will be lower on everything. Juggle

I hope this answered your questions!

dutchie936 · Guest

Thanks Encarta!! Thats exactly what I was looking for.I have just over 2grand saved,and am going to build my PC from the motherboard out.But I will wait til FSX comes out then away we go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RadarMan · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:36 am Post subject:

encarta2006 · Trainee Joined: Feb 23, 2006 Posts: 46

RadarMan · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:04 am Post subject:

CtrlAltDlt · Guest

Keep in mind that while these cards will or might be dx10 compatible, that doesn't mean they're optimized. So far no one has even the SDKs for dx10 and the hardware companies haven't yet designed cards for Vista. All this takes time and patience unfortunately. However, dx10 looks promising performance-wise.

encarta2006 · Trainee Joined: Feb 23, 2006 Posts: 46

tabjai · Guest

I'm planning to upgrade my PC to play FSX> I bought a new one in 2003 for FS2004 and I still use it and it runs amazingly. I have the Geforce FX5200. For about $1000-1300 I'm planning to upgrade everything but the case, HD and CD/DVD drives. I'm planning on getting a Geforce 7900 (when FSX is released and prices are lower), 3.6 GHx processor (intel), a good motherboard and 2GB 433 MHz RAM.

I think that with that I can run it with Vista appropriately.

encarta2006 · Trainee Joined: Feb 23, 2006 Posts: 46

CRJCapt · Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:04 pm Post subject:

I suggest that you wait until Microsoft Vista is out before buying a system. If you want a top of the line system, take a look at a few places that I'm considering getting my next computer from. Smile

www.falcon-nw.com/

www.widowpc.com/

www.velocitymicro.com/category.php?cid=12&PHPSESSID=4d8be3d768602850ada1c93649b91428

tabjai · Guest

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