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Will this Laptop "Do" for FSX DX10

Postby FLFlyGuy » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:50 am

I am considering purchasing the following laptop as a desktop replacement:

Gateway P-173XL FX Edition
Intel C2D T8300 2.4 GHz 800 FSB
4GB DDR2 Ram
2-200 GB SATA 7200 RPM in a RAID 0 Configuration
GeForce 8800M GTS 512 MB
Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1

There seems to be so many threads on Vista/Acceleration/Etc, I don't know where to start.  I just want whatever amount of DX10 eye candy I can get.

Right now I have FSX Deluxe installed on XP Prof desktop, but I'm going to uninstall so I can place on laptop.  Besides updating the video drivers, , and Vista updates, is there anything else I need to do before installing to this laptop?

Do I need the Acceleration pack, or just Sp1 and Sp2 to get the DirectX 10?

Thanks in advance.
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Re: Will this Laptop "Do" for FSX DX10

Postby Anxyous » Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:46 pm

You probably won't get good DX10 performance outta that, but you'll be able to run FSX just fine :)
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Re: Will this Laptop "Do" for FSX DX10

Postby FLFlyGuy » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:34 pm

Thanks.  800FSB that's going to bottleneck it?  

My XP desktop E6600 runs at 1066 and I get ~30FPS, less in heavily congested, but never lower than 15 or so and that's just for the take off roll, after that they climb along with the aircraft ;)

Would the same laptop setup, but with an X9000 (Extreme Edition 2.8 GHz) really improve it, or do I need to move on to next generation of boards coming out with larger FSB?
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