by Djem » Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:00 pm
Ok ok, let me see if i get this straight. except for the ram you think this computer isn't all that bad? I had the same computer from 2001 or 2 till 2006, and im telling ya, it sucked. It barely managed slideshowing BF1942 maxed out. now, i have a fairly new dell with 4 gigs, an Nvidia 7800 GTX 256 mb, and i am from time to time happy with my FSX performance. With everything maxed out (except for boats, cause they look wierd) i get a reasonable frame rate of around 20-27 FPS flying in the countryside or among the caribbean islands. of course, if i encounter a heavy storm or something like that, it drops to around 10 fps, and in the horrible city of new york the FPS is abysmal, even when i lower the settings to below medium.
So the best thing to do is to upgrade the entire computer or get a new one, or simply getting more ram and keep the settings at a minimum. I tried to get more RAM to my computer when i had the same as yours, but i couldn't find any that fit a year ago, but thay may simply be my noobishness when it comes to advanced computer stuff. So i think the best thing to do is to by a new one.
It isn't that expensive either. i have intel pentium D 830 3.4 ghz processor, 4 gigs RAM, nvidia 7800 GTX 256 mb, and it cost me nothing more than $1900. Which is cheap for Norway.
You should definately try to fly the 757 once. it's like a rocket!
