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Alright, so I got enough $ and upgraded a lot of my parts, but now I need to know if there is anything that will bottleneck me.

I can run FS9 with full sliders on everything except traffic (40%, haven't tested higher), and get 30 FPS minimum.

8600 GTS
Q6600 <--- not OC'd, but the Mobo won't let me, *cough* DELL *cough*
3 Gigs of DDR2 RAM
450 Gig hard drive
a Dell Mobo for a Vostro 400 (Mom got a new comp, so I got her old parts)
WinXP pro 32 bit
And 2 fans that I got from FRY's that can cool the 8600 GTS when I OC it.



Thanks,

Alex

Looks good but that Q6600 isn't doing anything in FS9. FS9 doesn't "use" all 4 cores. Instead it uses a 25% load on each. You would do better in FSX SP2.

It looks very nice to me... ...!

You don't mention wanting to change to FSX, so it looks perfect for running FS9, with no problems at all...... ...!

Enjoy it!... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]...!

Paul....G-BPLF... 8-)...!

Very nice computer for FS9. You'll be very pleased. And the Quad Coe will be good in other applicatons like Photo and video editing software.

Alright, I have noticed some others that are getting very nice screens with what I believe are lower specs than my comp on FSX.


I have FSX, as I tried it a few times, and I am wondering now if I should install it again or if it'll just clog up the hard drive.

Hmm, well my only two two cents (four cents are):

You shouldn't need 3gb RAM. I use 2gb on FSX on Vista and I use up to and around 70% of that tops.

The quad core will not be fully utalised, so either use a program which will use the cores better (Like FSX, and Vista makes better use of cores too) or get a better but dual core CPU to keep the load okay.




The 8600GTS is the graphics card I own- it is fairly good, and will run FS9 on full spec no problem. If you plan to go to FSX, then try and get the 8800GT now. It is

[quote]Hmm, well my only two two cents (four cents are):

You shouldn't need 3gb RAM. I use 2gb on FSX on Vista and I use up to and around 70% of that tops.

The quad core will not be fully utalised, so either use a program which will use the cores better (Like FSX, and Vista makes better use of cores too) or get a better but dual core CPU to keep the load okay.




The 8600GTS is the graphics card I own- it is fairly good, and will run FS9 on full spec no problem. If you plan to go to FSX, then try and get the 8800GT now. It is

I her comp came with 2 gigs and I put in my 1 gig o' RAM =P.



Ok, so I DL'd SP 1 and SP 2.


I'm going to work at my Dad's office this summer, and I hope to get a 8800 GT, =).


Thanks guys, =P.

I'll stick with FS9 for now, as FSX doesn't look perfect for me right now, maybe when I upgrade to a 8800.