by big_guns » Wed Oct 08, 2003 1:58 pm
It's all up to you. Personally, flight simulators are an extreme hobby of mine. I am a Naval Academy grad, who hoped to be a naval aviator: however; I had an undiagniosed medical problem that will keep me from being a pilot forever. So, flight sims are my way to fulfill my ambitions. Thats why I try to get the sims to be as realistic as possible. My personal preference is WWII. So for me, if I have to spend money to upgrade to get a more realistic experience; I will. There are only 2 good WWII flight sims out there, in my opinion, CFS3 and IL-2 (org. or FB).
As far as you;it sounds like you have the hardware, except the aux HD, to run the game quite well.
Two things: check your FSB on the main. Your graphics card may not be getting everything it could. #2) CFS3 is a hog for mem and attention. You should run this alone. As far as multiplay; the servers out there are not that great, you may have better play experiences at a less graphic quality than you would with single player.
FYI- I run a 4.8GHz cpu with a 1:1 FIC 1st main, 2.048G RAM, 160G HD + 4G HD aux, 256Mb DDR ,16x , AGP ATI. Also , I run 6 Sony 4ft speaker stacks with an Audigy 3500 surround sound 5.1 digitally enhanced sound system, and a 27 inch HD TV off of a S-video connection. I still have problems from time to time with CFS3. Look at my earlier post, some of the problems are inherent in the logic.
If you really want to play the game you will. If it's not that important to you, it's not worth the money to play this game that well.