Will My PC Run FSX?

RadarMan · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 11:32 pm Post subject:

Good card, maybe another gig of ram would help, especially if you have Vista.

Go into the cards settings, set the AA at 6X, the AF at 16X and mip-map at quality.

When you set the settings in the sim, take it easy on shadows, clouds, AI traffic and autogen.

Radar

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crepno · Guest

thanks m8 had a look on my m8s comp he has the same spec part from he has a nvidia 7600 gt and he can run fsx on high apart from scenery he has it on medium low but he has 2 gig so thats must mean ya right
but im going to get 4gb and a new mortherbpard that will support ddr2 and xfire so that will make it even more sweeter

JLangevin · Captain Joined: Sep 24, 2004 Posts: 506

RadarMan - Two things to note about Vista and Ram... Im still running 2gigs of DDR2-800mhz and have seen no slowdown compared to XP, in fact, Vista runs MUCH faster then XP in all areas... I wouldnt necessarily reccomend that someone add 1gig to a 2gig setup because that would promote a mixed ram situation. That leaves only these three possibilites...

Channel 1:_____________Channel 2:
1gig + 512mb_____________1gig + 512mb

or
1gig + 1gig_______________1gig

or
2gig_____________________1gig

The first keeps a true dual channel configuration, however the lower capacity 512mb will slow down the channel response. The latter two options will force the mobo into single channel mode, which defeats the purpose of dual channel configs and benifits.

Just a thought.
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RadarMan · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 5:32 am Post subject:

JL,
He's only running 1 gig now, adding another of the exact same would help.
He can't be running dual channel ram if he only has one to start with.
Mine came with 2 gigs so I reconfigured it to 4, that way all would be matched, brand and speed.

He doesn't have that option, running Ultimate would eat that ram and leave nothing for FSX.

To match what he has now he can go to www.crucial.com and run their free checking utility so he can get an exact match for that one that he now has.

Radar

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JLangevin · Captain Joined: Sep 24, 2004 Posts: 506

Ah, I was mostly reffering to the guys with 2gig looking to get another 1 gig.
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RadarMan · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 5:46 am Post subject:

Guest · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject:

what graphics settings would i need to run fsx at 20fps(ish) with a e6700 2.67ghz core2duo a 500gb hard drive windows vista home premium and a nvidia 8800gts 640mb directx 10 card.

RadarMan · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject:

Guest · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject:

thanks i have 2gb of ram but could upgrade it if necessary

Guest · Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: Is this system good

Hi i am about to buy this pc from dell and could you tell me if this is good enough for FSX. Very Happy

It is a DELL XPS 210

Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6600 Processor (2.4GHz,1066MHz,4MB cache)
Windows Vista Home Premium
4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [4x1024]
250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro PCI Express graphics card
8X DVD+/-RW Drive

This all sounds good but im not an expert so could anyone kindly tell me if this would be good for FSX. Thanks!!! Confused

RadarMan · Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: Is this system good

Guest · Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 2:57 pm Post subject: Re: Is this system good

That was the only option for a graphics card. If i buy a better one will it be fine for FSX. Thanks!

JLangevin · Captain Joined: Sep 24, 2004 Posts: 506

The X1300 is a waste of money, in any variation that it comes in. I owned an X1300Pro 512mb before I got my 256mb 7600GTKO and it could barely run FSX on mid. It also could not keep up with games like Battlefield 2 or 2142. It could barely run Counter-Strike Source.

The X1300 is going to be the bottleneck in that system.
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Guest · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 3:57 pm Post subject:

i have a e6700 cpu and am able to overclock to approx 3.33ghz from the stock 2.67ghz is it worth it? will i see an improvement on fsx? i have a cooling system on the cpu and a 600w psu and is overclocking ram adviasible or is it fine the way it is.

JLangevin · Captain Joined: Sep 24, 2004 Posts: 506

When you overclock the cpu, you are already overclocking the ram. The frequencies have to work in conjunction with one another.
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