my new rig and FSX

[flymo]

im getting a new rig. just wonderd if any one could give me an insight as to how they think FSX mite run on it.

cpu - AMD Athlon 64 4000+ Socket939 , San Diego Core, 2.4GHz , 1MB Cache, Retail

gpu - nVidia GeForce 7800GT

hdd - 250 Gb Maxtor 6V250F0 DiamondMax 10, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 9.0 ms, NCQ

ram - 1GB Corsair XMS, DDR PC3200 (400), 184 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 2-3-3-6

MB -

[Ecko]

Looks good, but I'd say 2 gigs of RAM at least.

[Katahu]

Just so you know, that rig will expire in about 6 months.

[flymo]

cheers kat. u sinical bugger

if i can get that little more cash i will add anotehr 1gig stick. and then mb top that up to 3gig after xmas.(if MB will take it)

the OC can always be OC though whihc is a +

thanks for takeing the time to anser my question guys muchly appreciated

john

[Craig.]

Just so you know, that rig will expire in about 6 months.

I agree 100%.
If your buying this for FSX, dont buy it now. Theres no rush, wait till the final specs are released, this will also give you more time to save more money thus go for higher specs. Its impossible to say yes the system will be good right now because no-one knows what its going to need.

[Kolbeck10]

Don't buy.

Wait for DX10 compatible video cards.

That cpu is dated.

Get atleast 2 gigs of ram.

[NicksFXHouse]

Agreed with the wait comments..



but if you cant wait, 2gigs of memory and a GOOD DUAL Processor

Everything else is fine

[Woodlouse2002]

Just so you know, that rig will expire in about 6 months.

So will any other PC he chooses to buy.

[PisTon]

Great, 2gb of RAM isn't needed for fsX, but get it for Vista and other apps. also get an 7900GT instead. They are slightly more expensive by twice as fast.

Oh and get a dual core processor, maybe 4600 x2 or 5000+ x2. Oh and get a Seagate or Western Digital HD instead. My experiances with Maxtors is they fail and are loud.

[flymo]

im not a purely dedicated FS player.
im a gamer who spends somewhere in the area of 30hours a week on other great titles. so this rig is not purely for FSX. but thanks for the advice fellas.

i have been pondering over whether to go duel core or not. and now im strongly going towards it.

cheers

john.

[PisTon]

im not a purely dedicated FS player.
im a gamer who spends somewhere in the area of 30hours a week on other great titles. so this rig is not purely for FSX. but thanks for the advice fellas.

i have been pondering over whether to go duel core or not. and now im strongly going towards it.

cheers

john.

OK, definatly Dual core, then 4600+ x2 and 5000x2 have had massive price drops, so they shouldn't cost more than the 4000+.

Also, if you play other games, 2gb RAM is a must, BF2 runs like crap with 1gb.

Same with the 7900GT

[flymo]

looking at priced 2day and the 7900GT i found for cheaper than the 7800 i was getting. had all the same stuff 256mb HDTV all that crap but was a higher end card for cheaper. so thought BARGAIN.

i am now going with a duel core. 2.4ghz AMD hopeing it will OverClock, if not 2.4ghz will do me for a year or so

if u think BF2 runs crap on 1gig of ram

i run it atm on


just rememberd. it sais i will have to do a bios upgrade for the processor to work properly. does that come with the processor or do i have to download ir from somewhere??
GeForce FX5500
AMD athlon 1700+pro (1.5ghz)
512mb ram

now that makes it run like crap. works tho...well kinda

[Saitek]

Wait, do wait! It's wasted cash really. Wait until at least after Xmas, but if you can wait until the DirectX10 cards are out. You will see a price drop after Vista and direct x9 cards after certain dates too.  

[x_jasper]

My advice would be:

1) Get MS to tell you what they used.

2) Wait ! read reports etc.

3)  Go for as much raw processing power as you possibly can.

4) Go for as much RAM as the best boards support.

I would also suggest dual core processing, again sheer processing power is the key. See if you can stretch your wallet to a MAC quad G5, or one of the latest intel MAC's at top spec. MACs now run windows apps.

Cost is likely to be the major factor.

Personally, I'll be going MAC later in the year purely for the power of these machines and the ability to break from MS when desired.

The cost will probably be around

[flymo]

kl. well cost is a major factor, il only have about