PC questions

[skysurfer2010]

I'm sure it's been asked before, but please just bare with me.

I saw the final system requirements and I'm sure that's just the bare minimums to run it. My question is how will it run on the minimums? I know it won't run anywhere near maxed out, but will it look and run better than flight sim 04? Right now I can run FS 04 with everything almost maxed out and it runs great. I don't want to upgrade to X and have it look and run worse than 04. What's the point then?

With that said, I'd like to upgrade my PC in the near future. How does the Duel core e6600 2.4ghz processor with the Nvidea 7950gtx video card sound? I'd couple it with a 250GB hard drive and probably 2 GB of memory. I'll have it custom built since I really don't want to invest more than $1,000 into it to just run FS. I'd have a friend install Windows Vista on it when it comes out. Will this set up be good enough to run it better than FS 04 and will this set up be something that will run X with a lot of features turned on? I don't want to buy a few thousand dollar pc just to run one video game on.

I'm sorry for asking questions that were probably already asked and I appreciate any feedback. Thanks guys!

[eno]

It's not worth upgrading at the momemt. The transition to Vista will be starting in January closely followed by the next version of DirectX (which is only for Vista) all this will be followed by DX10 compatible hardware and as FSX is optimised to run on Vista and DX10......

.............i'd wait till next year and Vista with DX10 are up and running then consider a new machine with all the latest hardware.

[Fozzer]

...and in the meantime, continue to enjoy your FS 2004 with all the sliders maxed... ...!

(Even tho' I also have FSX, that's what I am doing)... ...!

Cheers...!

Paul... ...!

Duel Core..... Dual Core

[skysurfer2010]

I really appreciate the replys, especially since I don't know a heck of a lot about PCs.

The computer I planned on building said it was Windows Vista ready (I'm thinking of just bighting the bullet and getting a Dell). Are you guys also saying that just because it's Vista compatible that the hardware might not be DX10 compatible? If i find out it is compatible, will it be as simple as a driver upgrade for DX10 or no? I'm not a very patient person haha.

Once again, thanks a lot for the help. I probably would have ordered a PC today if I didn't have this information.

duel = dual noted

[commoner]

lol...and BARE with you?..........NO THANKS.......I'll BEAR with you certainly.....commoner

Note..

[eno]

I'd just wait a few months ....... and don't go for the Dell. The component most affected by DX10 will be the graphics card  and there are NO DX10 compatable cards at the moment.

[Jakemaster]

I'd just wait a few months ....... and don't go for the Dell. The component most affected by DX10 will be the graphics card  and there are NO DX10 compatable cards at the moment.

Yes there are...The Nvidia 8800GT

[skysurfer2010]

[quote]lol...and BARE with you?..........NO THANKS.......I'll BEAR with you certainly.....commoner

Note..

[Fozzer]

Thanks for being of absolutely no help, commoner.

....^^^^...!

An appreciation of Simviation Humour gradually comes with frequent visits......!

It sometimes takes a while, but we all get there in the end... ...!

Paul... (Biting the bullet)...........!

[commoner]

Thanks for being of absolutely no help, commoner.

...mmm..lol...a sense of humour young man is a prerequisite of this wonderful world we call SimV.........as Fozz says......it will come have no fear..............commoner

[skysurfer2010]

...mmm..lol...a sense of humour young man is a prerequisite of this wonderful world we call SimV.........as Fozz says......it will come have no fear..............commoner

I don't have a humour, but I do have a sense of humor.

[commoner]

lol...would that be British sense of humour or an American sense of humor?.......they do seem to be totally different.

[skysurfer2010]

lol...would that be British sense of humour or an American sense of humor?.......they do seem to be totally different.

I thought since I'm an American the world revolved around me?
 ;D

[skysurfer2010]

Ok... one last thought.

I'm very close to being stubborn and upgrading now to this:

Dell XPS 410
Intel core 2 duo e6600 2.4ghz
Windows XP Media with a free upgrade to Vista
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM)
256MB nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache
$1150

I would then purchase a DX10 compatible video card (probably the 8800 gtx) in the future when vista comes out. How does this sound? I talked to a Dell tech and they told me the only component that would be affected by DX10 would be the video card. So I would just upgrade in the future.

[DizZa]

Yes there are...The Nvidia 8800GT

GTS and GTX you mean