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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | FSX question
AFV248
Captain, B747-400

Joined on March 03 2010

"Eyes turned skyward "
Brighton-Le-Sands, NSW AU

18 legs, 142.8 hours
17 legs, 133.7 hours online
16 legs, 124.6 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on April 12 2010 22:02 ET by Daniel Faulkner
G'day guys,
I bought a brand new PC last year with the following:
Corsair TR3X6G1600C9 6GB (3x XMS3 2GB) PC-12800 (1600MHz) XMS DDR3 RAM
Intel I7 920 2.67GHz overclocked to 3.4GHz
Nvidia GTX 275 896mb GDDR3
P6T SE motherboard
1TB HDD @7200RPM
Vista x64 bit
I was thinking about making the switch over to FSX and was curious if my computer could actually handle it as well as get some half decent frames rates. I am just don't want to make the switch over if it means being stuck with default scenery/aircraft and poor fps. So I was hoping some of the seasoned FSX users could give me a bit of an idea about what to expect.
DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM

Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club

"pitchpowertrim.com"
Anderson, MO

619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs, 503.1 hours online
580 legs, 1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs, 191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1 hours
 Posted onPost created on April 12 2010 22:08 ET by Michael Brown
You have a 1TB HDD .... why not have both FS9 & FSX installed?? Then you can have the best of both worlds.

Oh, and by the way, your system will handle FSX just fine. I have a nearly identical setup.


DVA6356
Senior Captain, A350-900
OLP
E-MAIL

Joined on September 05 2008
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Century Club
Ten Million Miles and Beyond
White Knuckles Club
Everett Bi-Millennium Club
Tri-Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Panda Club

"Now, where's the rice at?"
Atlanta, GA

3,777 legs, 35,278.5 hours
109 legs, 605.9 hours online
3,770 legs, 35,214.9 hours ACARS
40 legs, 88.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on April 12 2010 22:55 ET by Chuong Nguyen
Michael Brown wrote:

You have a 1TB HDD .... why not have both FS9 & FSX installed?? Then you can have the best of both worlds.

Oh, and by the way, your system will handle FSX just fine. I have a nearly identical setup.


i agree


AFV248
Captain, B747-400

Joined on March 03 2010

"Eyes turned skyward "
Brighton-Le-Sands, NSW AU

18 legs, 142.8 hours
17 legs, 133.7 hours online
16 legs, 124.6 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on April 12 2010 23:39 ET by Daniel Faulkner
Thats great to hear, just out of curiosity what is your average framerate Michael at high density airports like JFK or LAX?
DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM

Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club

"pitchpowertrim.com"
Anderson, MO

619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs, 503.1 hours online
580 legs, 1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs, 191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1 hours
 Posted onPost created on April 13 2010 02:09 ET by Michael Brown
I use ImagineSim's KATL with TrafficX 2010...also have UTX, GEX, and REX....phew!!

Using PMDG's MD-11 and with all setting nearly at max (airline traffic @ 60%) I can expect around 15-18 depending on how many cloud layers ActiveSky X generates. All things considered that is a great number IMO. Once I take-off the FPS just gets better.


DVA5919
Captain, MD-11

Joined on May 13 2008
Everett Century Club
50 State Club
Commuter Conquest
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Quincentenary Club

"...and don't call me Shirley"
Hillsboro, OR USA

507 legs, 1,438.9 hours
4 legs, 3.7 hours online
506 legs, 1,436.4 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on April 13 2010 03:29 ET by Jack Vogel
Frame rates are not an accurate measure of what you experience in FSX, as
is pointed out many times in the avsim forums, its smoothness of the sim,
and often times lower rates still give a perfecty smooth experience.

I have a less powerful system than yours, only a Q9300, although I'm just
about done building my i7 975 system, should be up within the week. However,
Ive been happy with FSX for a couple years now. You just have to study the
tuning threads on avsim, once you get used to it FS9 looks very worn indeed smile

Even with no special scenery, I'm flying into Hong Kong right now, setting are
at max for scenery, I have REX cloud textures and GEX, and its just beautiful!!
FS9 can't even come close smile


Good luck,

Jack Vogel

Captain, MD-11
AFV248
Captain, B747-400

Joined on March 03 2010

"Eyes turned skyward "
Brighton-Le-Sands, NSW AU

18 legs, 142.8 hours
17 legs, 133.7 hours online
16 legs, 124.6 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on April 13 2010 23:33 ET by Daniel Faulkner
Thanks guys, its great to know that I won't have to upgrade any of my parts (Other than upgrade to windows 7). Looks like I can look forward to flying the PMDG 777 after all smile

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