Loading FSX into an SSD

[Bubblehead]

I'm in the process of upgrading my PC OS from WinXP 32 Bit to Win7 Home Edition 64 Bit. Win7 Upgrade Advisor indicated that my PC is compatible with Win7. I was thinking of reloading FSX into a separate drive by itself. I can get a 64Gig SSD for around sixty bucks. Will this improve performance of the FSX in addition to an upgraded GPU and increase in RAM?

[Capt_Cronic]

Fsx on an SSD will only speed up the games load time.

if you system is really low end, you might see a fps increase
but better gpu and cpu is how you get better fps.

also, installing a sound card will take the sound load of the cpu and can result in a fps increase

[Bubblehead]

I've got 3.0GHz processor and a Radeon HD 7770 GPU but my sound is built in motherboard. I'll check on the sound card.

Thanks.

[westside]

I just built a new flight computer and I have set it up to do that. I have two 120G SSD with the operating system on one Windows 7-64 bit and FSX on the other. I have just ordered a new copy of FSX Gold as I had so much trouble the last time I switch computers with MS. I I am hoping to not have to go to to much trouble switching up but it is defiantly time.
Any trouble upgrading Saitek and Go-Flight hardware to Windows 7?

Asus P8Z77-VLX, Intel i7-3770, 16 GB Patriot Ram, Corsair H-60 water cooled heatsink, Thermaltake 750W power supply, ZOTAC GeForce GTX 260²

The graphics card is what I had on hand and I am looking for a pair of better cards when I can afford it.

[Bass]

Capt_Cronic is right!

And getting a decent Sound Card wont cost you much

[Bubblehead]

I've had compatibility problem with my HD 7700 (PCIe 3.0) and my mobo (Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0) which is a 2.0 card. Althoug most swear that my GPU is backward compatible with my mobo my FSX kept crashing on me unless I palce my graphic, FPS and scenery settings to mid range and even that I get problems. I took it to Frys PC repair shop where I bought both cards and I was told that no matter what everyone else says, my GPU is incompatible with my mobo and that I should either replace my mobo with a 3.0 unit or replace my GPU with a 2.0 unit which at this time are are to find. But they were able to find a 2.0 GPU on their shelves which I should try. So I bought ($90.00) and loaded the MSI Nvidia GeForce GT 630 4GB DDR3. Now I am not saying that this is a solution nor can I explain why in PC terms this is happening but now I am playing with my FSX with FPS unlimited and all settings MAX with no problems. I suppose the same could be done with super 5GB DDR5 GPUs costing 5-6 hundred bucks.

[westside]

Interesting about the compatibility of the video cards. I like to run to video cards because my set has multiple monitors One card is used with a Matrox Triple head and controls 3 22" monitors and the other runs 2 17" monitors for instruments. As for sound cards Again I use 2. One for FSX and one for VOX ATC.