Gearing up for MS Flight...

[Wing Nut]

Ok, so it's time to start getting back into it, much to the chagrin of my wife.

So in anticipation of the as yet unannounced release of MS Flight I went out and bought a new PC.

[Fozzer]

Hello Wing...

That minuscule 250 Watt PSU rings alarm bells for me!

The Standard 320 Watt PUS in my Dell Dimension 5000 Tower severely restricts any up big upgrades for me!
I am restricted to a low power nVidia GF 9500GT PCIe Video card to prevent overloading of the PSU.
With my Pentium P4 dual-core 2.8 MHz Processor, it will run FS 2004 fine...but not FSX!...
...and I don't yet know about Flight!

Paul... 8-)...!

[Keep It Simple]

Also be aware......
"ATI Radeon 4200 integrated"

Intergrated graphics shares memory with system memory. So, that 4 gigs is actually not that much when you consider that.

Sys + other Windows programs running in the bacground, +

[Fozzer]

[quote]Also be aware......
"ATI Radeon 4200 integrated"

Intergrated graphics shares memory with system memory. So, that 4 gigs is actually not that much when you consider that.

Sys + other Windows programs running in the bacground, +

[Wing Nut]

Actually, it's 8 gigs and I plan on having a video card and more RAM installed by the release.  You are correct about the power supply.  I think it needs to go...

Kevin

[BrandonF]

[quote]I also ordered a fresh, brand new copy of FSX Gold to replace my old worn out one.

[Wing Nut]

[quote][quote][quote]I also ordered a fresh, brand new copy of FSX Gold to replace my old worn out one.

[pirate21213]

Oh it was a joke? I too thought you were serious 
Maybe next time you should be more clear that it was a joke.

[Fozzer]

[quote]Oh it was a joke? I too thought you were serious

[Steve M]

Or.. You could put your FSX cds in upside down and phone the MS help line, cursing and demanding your money back.     

[machineman9]

Its true!... [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]...!

If you put a brand new FSX Gold CD in a 2-speed CD ROM Drive and run it at high speed, the game will run twice as fast.... ...!

...trust me!... ... ...!

Paul..... ... ...!

Less dust = lower drag coefficient. It helps the scenery to load faster 

[Wing Nut]

Yeah, I'm thinking about 400 watts, but I'm not sure which one. 

In the mean time, I did find a second monitor out in the garage, so I have a dual setup now.  Never seen onboard graphics that can support two monitors before.

[Wing Nut]

To be continued in the hardware forum...