Buying a new pc, good enouth for fsx?

[Skybird1990]

Hi guys im buying a new pc on tuseday, just wanted to know if ths specs would run it on high with about 20fps

Creative X-FI Xtreme Audio 7.1 Soundcard
Pc Option 800 Watt Dual Fan Power Supply
Arctic Freezer 7 Cpu Cooler - Fitted.  
Gamers PC. Nvidia 9800. AMD AM2 Dual Core 64 X2. (6000 , 1 X Nvidia 9800GTX Plus 512MB , Coolermaster Elite Case  , Zalman 500W Heatpipe Cooled Power Supply Upgrade , Vista Basic & Disc , Asus M2-Crosshair Motherboard , 360GB Sata 2 Hard Drive , 2 X 2GB DDR 2 800 MHz , 19 " Widescreen Cibox 5M/S Monitor )  

thanks Matt.

[Anxyous]

Vista Basic? I reckon you need something else, XP or at least Home Premium.

[ShaneG_old]

I'm gonna have to say : if you mean steady 20fps on high settings no.
                                  :if you expect occasional 20fps moments  yes.
expect more like 10-15fps variations. I run a comparable aystem but with XP pro, and this is what I get. If you can, swap the 9800 for a 8800gtx and go for a quad AMD, I have a similar AMD 2core and it just can't quite cope. My board supports the 4core AMD and I plan an eventual upgrade. And  1 or 2 more gigs of RAM wouldn't hurt either. If I knew what I know now when I built mine I would have gone a lot different! Also note, the Intel quad cores are the best for FSX at the moment. Hope this helps some.

[mjrhealth]

Should be fine i have same setup, and there is little diff between the 9800 GTx and the 8800, not as far as fsx is concerned. I run at 30 FPS  only in heavy airports do i have any issues. By the way you can use an amd with 1066 mhz ram just need to mess with multipliers, and if you use 1066 mhz ram you wont actually be overclocking anything as long as motherboard supports it.

[usapatriot]

Why would you downgrade from a 9800 to an 8800? FSX is Nvidia biased though, ATI cards don't run FSX nearly as well.

[ShaneG_old]

Why would you downgrade from a 9800 to an 8800? FSX is Nvidia biased though, ATI cards don't run FSX nearly as well.

In the hardware forum and on several graphics cards sites they claim the 8800gtx is better then the 9 series, I run an ATI so I feel the pain!

[Wii]

I have an AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+ 320gb hd 3gbs RAM(667) 8800GT and a 22" monitor and I run FSX on ultra high-high with 20-30 FPS steady. If that helps much

[Mushroom_Farmer]

Don't see it in the specs ut is that Vista Home Basic 32-bit or Vista Home Basic 64-bit?

[Wii]

Don't see it in the specs ut is that Vista Home Basic 32-bit or Vista Home Basic 64-bit?

Basic is 32bit only

[Mushroom_Farmer]

Don't see it in the specs ut is that Vista Home Basic 32-bit or Vista Home Basic 64-bit?

Basic is 32bit only

You're a little bit confused. Vista Starter is the only OS in the Vista family supporting only 32-bit architectures. Everything from Home Basic through Ultimate support both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
 The problem with Basic 64-bit is it will only handle up to 8GB of RAM. And of course running any version in 32-bit mode will limit the user to 3GB of RAM. Many OEM systems with Basic installed are in 32-Bit. The retail version of Basic has both 32-bit and 64-bit on the disk. You cannot upgrade from the 32-bit version to 64-bit without doing a clean install.