Will My PC Run FSX?

CrashGordon · Chief Captain Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 4694

What frame rates are you getting? What are they locked at?
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Butler · Trainee Joined: Oct 13, 2006 Posts: 2

Id like to hear from someone with similar specs. I have heard people with 3+ Mhz, better video cards, and 1gig of ram only get 10 fps. I want this simulator but I am not upgrading PC anytime soon so if it is unflyable Ill wait.

Oh and this was my post:

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject:

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I have been to the game advisor but I am still skeptical. I scored in the "WWOW" range but we know how that goes. "Yeah buy our game for 70 bucks it'll run great on your computer."

Should I trust them and buy? Or do I need more juice?

my system:
Processor Intel Pentium 4 2539MHz
Display Card NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700LE
Memory 1024MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 141.57GB
Display Card Memory 256MB
Display Driver Version 8.4.2.1
DirectX Version 9.0c
Optical Drive DVD
Sound Card SoundMAX Digital Audio

henry5 · Trainee Joined: Oct 15, 2006 Posts: 2

I got the deluxe version last week. I'm on:

athlon 64 3800 x2
gforce 6200 256
1 gig ram
xp media center

I've put the display sliders in the middle and I'm getting around 16/17 fps when I'm not in a high density area. It goes down to the low teens when I'm in Vancouver or Seattle with a stutter or two but quite flyable.

Overall the performance is about the same as fs9 with the downloaded scenery I'd added. Out of the box the scenery is much more accurate and the missions are a hoot so I'm happy with it.

Butler · Trainee Joined: Oct 13, 2006 Posts: 2

Guest · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:49 pm Post subject:

How do I know if my computer can play FSX with its DVD format. That site just says Optical Drive: N/A when I check to see if my computer can run FSX.

Guest

Hey there FSX experts, here's the specs on my pc:

WinXP SP2
AMD Athlon 2200+
1.8 Ghz
512 MB RAM
NVidia GeForce FX5200 128MB graphics card
55GB HD space (+ external HD of 149 GB)
19" Samsung Sycmaster 997MB Monitor
DirectX9 compatible
DVD drive

..... and there I went and bought FSX because I looked at the system requirements and said 'well, my PC should be fine! Very Happy

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But then I installed it. I launched it (which took at least 10 minutes.... Embarassed

) and when I went for a free flight it didnt work smooth at all.... And then I felt a little angry at Microsoft, especially after I went to the PC game advisor website that ranked my PC as WOW Exclamation

So what do I do now, experts? Should I upgrade my MB RAM to at least a Gig, like the Staples guy told me? What's really wrong with my PC after I upgraded it already several times?!! If you have an answer to my concerns, please e-mail me at cristian_fs2002@hotmail.com. You can be sure it will be very much appreciated if you help me out here!

RadarMan · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:47 am Post subject:

Your CPU is on the low side but not all that bad.
You should bump up your memory.
The biggest bottleneck it that old video card.
If you have an AGP slot get the best you can afford, that should show some difference.

Be careful with the settings and you should enjoy flying.
Right now the best flying that you can do is in Alaska in the winter.
Shut down all scenery and boost up mesh, don't have any autogen.
You can max out the aircraft detail but stay away from the AI.

Radar

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Guest · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:44 am Post subject: msx

Hi Guys
Just thought I would let you know bought this msx sim weekend and unless you have it running at lowest settings I would give this a big thumbs down and stick with 2004 version, I have now been able to return my msx to the retailer, and get my money back and I will stick with 2004 and I also feel sorry for those people who have spent there hard earnt cash on the sim and not getting the enjoyment they should have

SPEC,S

AMD ATHLON 64 2700+ (clawhammer)
2 GIG MEMMORY
160GB FREE SPACE
DVD REWRITER
WINDOWS XP SP2

And that dont even run half settings

CrashGordon · Chief Captain Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 4694

Not the fastest processor and no mention of what graphics card.
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spitfiresrule · First Officer Joined: May 17, 2005 Posts: 231

How crappy is this ????Graphics Card: RADEON X300 SE
Thanks for your input Exclamation

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brooksd · Trainee Joined: Jul 17, 2004 Posts: 1

Hi
On another point I'm going to New York at the weekend and looking at buying FSX in the US as it's cheaper I believe, will this work in the UK or will it have region protection?

Goose34343 · Guest

Sorry for another post about this Embarassed

I HAVE FSX installed on my comp and I have setting on low and because I have upgraded from FS 98 to FSX, even on low settings FSX still kicks ass. So for me there is no dissapointment.

I have the bug however to upgrade my PC. My dilemma however is whether to wait until the end of 07 and build a MEGA PC with all the latest stuff which will last at least 6 months. OR give my current system a minor facelift.

Current system is:-

Processor: AMD Athlon XP/MP/4 1798 MHz
Memory: 512 MB ( 2 sticks of 256 )
Card: NVIDIA GeForce Ti 4400 (128 MB)

I know for a fact I can upgrade the RAM to a max of 2048 MB. So I can get two 1 GB sticks at £82.24 each. Question is will this make any real difference to flight sim? Is the upgrade from 512 MB to 2 GB RAM worth £164.48 GBP ?

I know I need to upgrade the card but I figured I would wait until the DX 10 cards are available?

I don't think there is anything I can do about the processor in terms of an upgrade... is there ?

Any advice much appreciated.

CrashGordon · Chief Captain Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 4694

Wait and build.
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Guest · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:23 pm Post subject:

To all the video/graphics card experts what are your opinions on these:

nVIDIA® GeForce™ 6150LE
ATI Radeon® Xpress 200

Which do you think is better? Will they run FSX with decent graphics?

JarJarBinks · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:42 pm Post subject:

as some of you may know im not very good with technical stuff on PC`s so heres my question.....

How can i find my system specs?

thinking about going and getting FSX tonight......
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