Im disgusted

[phil509]

No offense taken at all.bottom line is this was a bargain basement special machine that is in no way geared up for gaming.Its fine for everything else;general surfing,records keeping,online banking,mp3's,etc-just not the heavy duty demands that flight simms requier.I just need to keep all my settings on low and turn green with envy when I see these awesome screenshots you guys post!LOL :-/

[Dark Moment]

All interesting reading.  Concur with most advice and just add this for extra weight:

My 600 MHZ computer with a GEForce 2 32MB and 387MB of RAM running Windows 98SE

WAS MUCH FASTER THAN

my 1.8GHZ computer with a GEForce 2 64MB and 512MB of RAM running Windows XP.  

So there you have it.  XP and FS2002 resource hogs?  We're not talking hogs here, we're talking pet elephants.

[Dan Brasoveanu]

FS2k2 is very demanding.  It requires a top of the line computer to run well.  You might get it to crawl on an old machine, but you'll miss all the fun.  Only a top of the line machine reveals all the beauty of the scenery.
One I tried settings recommended for a low end PC and I was horrified by the poor image quality.  Ifyou like I can send you some pictures taking on my PC (a 2.4GHz + Athlon, 512 MB ram, Radeon 9700 pro).  Just send me an e-mail and I'll reply with attachements

[FSTipster]

You have to be careful with your phraseology there Dan.

A "top of the line" PC is now 3.6Ghz with an ATI 9800.


That pitches yours somewhere in the mid-range section, completely at odds with your own comments.

[MattNW]

You have to be careful with your phraseology there Dan.

A "top of the line" PC is now 3.6Ghz with an ATI 9800.


That pitches yours somewhere in the mid-range section, completely at odds with your own comments.

Heck, my machine was "top of the line" when I got the parts. By the time I had it all together, software loaded and everything fine tuned it was just a little off. Now it's about midrange. Of course there was about a six month lag in there because I couldn't afford to get everything at one time.

[motley]

You dont need a top of the line pc. if that was the case I would be s.o.l I run fs2002 on an old computer sliders are not maxed but I get good frame rate and the graphics are fine
P2 450
256mb ram
g-3 ti 200 128mb
40 gig hd
windows me

[BFMF]

Heck, my machine was "top of the line" when I got the parts. By the time I had it all together, software loaded and everything fine tuned it was just a little off. Now it's about midrange.

I know what you mean. I bought my AMD 1.4 ghz a few years ago when it was considered 'fast', now you can't even by a new computer at that speed :-/