A Good Graphics Card?

[Jay29]

Just wondered if any of you could give me an opinion on a good but not extremely expensive graphics card I could get so fsx runs a lil smoother. Right now this is what I am working with.

Dell Insiron 530s

4GB Ram

160 GB hard drive

Vista basic

ATI Radeon 2400 HD 256mb graphics card

Intel (R) Pentium (R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00 GHz  2.00 GHz

I'm lucky if i get 7 fps currently an the only thing I can think of is this graphics card just isn't cutting it. Its running very choppy, if i have Direct X 10 checked then some of my add on aircraft don't work right then if i check it off I lose the high cockpit resolution of my standard included aircraft.

Theres no reason I can think of that this simulator shouldn't be running smoothly other then the card. the system i think is more then able to handle fsx. So any feedback advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank You All!

[usapatriot]

Your graphics card is alright although your CPU is holding you back more than anything else.

Consider the following upgrades:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU 3.0GHZ ~ $180

or

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHZ ~ $200

I wouldn't know what video card to recommend since I don't know what your computers power supply can handle.

[reider]

The E2180 is a prime candidate for an over clock. Your risk if you do it but search around its possible.