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Is this OK for FS9?

Postby gypsymoth » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:46 am

I'd appreciate your opinion about this computer I've been offered.  I thought it might be OK for FS9?   Is the CPU & Graphics card OK?

Model....................       Dimension XPS 720 H2C
Case Type..............       Tower
CPU......................       Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX6800 2.93GHz
Memory (MB)...........       6144
Hard Disk (GB)..........       2x 750
Optical Drive/s..........       COMBO & DVD-RW
Video ....................       2 x 768mb GeForce 8800GTX
Soundcard...............       Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
USB Ports................       8
Card Reader............       Yes
1394 Firewire Port.....       Yes
Bluetooth................       Yes
Extra Info...............       H2C Cooling System
Extra Info...............       128mb AGEIA PhysX Card Ageia

Thanks,
Terry.
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Re: Is this OK for FS9?

Postby ShaneG_old » Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:34 am

That thing should ROCK FS9 pretty hard! ;)
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Re: Is this OK for FS9?

Postby Fozzer » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:02 pm

I bet you didn't wake up one morning and suddenly find that left abandoned on your doorstep... :o...!

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Re: Is this OK for FS9?

Postby gypsymoth » Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:34 am

It's a refurbished Dell from a local company & it's where I got my 9150  from.   I get low frame rates at big airports now with extra AI (as you know) & I thought a better computer would cope with decent FRs.   It's
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Re: Is this OK for FS9?

Postby Fozzer » Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:59 am

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Re: Is this OK for FS9?

Postby Mazza » Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:52 am

:o :o :o :o :o that's for FSX ;)
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Re: Is this OK for FS9?

Postby gypsymoth » Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:37 am

Oh dear - If I knew you wanted another 'bike you could have the Pan European I've just given away  :-[

Won't it run FSX then Mazza?    I thought it might be ok for fs9  :-?
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Re: Is this OK for FS9?

Postby Fozzer » Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:42 am

Oh dear - If I knew you wanted another 'bike you could have the Pan European I've just given away  :-[

Won't it run FSX then Mazza?    I thought it might be ok for fs9  :-?


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Re: Is this OK for FS9?

Postby gypsymoth » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:56 pm

No no - made to measure stainless steel exhaust from the collector back, by an artist in Wales  :P :P    
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