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DVA8512
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
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Joined on April 11 2010
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"I love to fly and it shows."
Cary, NC

1,168 legs, 3,873.9 hours
709 legs, 2,390.0 hours online
1,096 legs, 3,596.3 hours ACARS
25 legs, 104.5 hours event
746 legs dispatched, 564.5 hours

Posted onPost created on October 04 2010 17:00 ET by Elise Van De Putte

I will be getting a new computer soon, and I'm not sure what to get. I have an IBM computer right now with Windows XP, with NVIDIA GeForce MX440 with AGP8X right now and I know FSX doesn't run very well. Any tips on computer type I should get?

Thanks

Elise Van De Putte (DVA8512)

DVA7899
Captain, B737-800

Joined on October 29 2009
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"PMDG or go home :)"
Springfield, MO USA

304 legs, 743.8 hours
283 legs, 682.2 hours online
303 legs, 740.0 hours ACARS
30 legs, 47.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 04 2010 17:31 ET by Skylar Macminn

This couldn't have been more vague of a question.

Budget? Do you want to build it yourself?

Skylar Macminn (DVA7899)

Posted onPost created on October 04 2010 17:37 ET by Elise Van De Putte

i dont have a lot to spend, only about 600-1000 dollars, and I can't build it myself. I would like a computer that has the ability to run fsx better

Elise Van De Putte (DVA8512)

DVA4410
Captain, A320

Joined on May 05 2007
Double Century Club
50 State Club

"I don't belong on the ground"
Hollywood, FL USA

224 legs, 588.8 hours
73 legs, 225.9 hours online
206 legs, 537.3 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 04 2010 17:50 ET by Devin Davis

Desktop or Laptop??

Devin Davis (DVA4410)

DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200

Joined on September 19 2004
Triple Century Club

Monterrey, NL Mexico

357 legs, 860.4 hours
72 legs, 132.3 hours online
255 legs, 668.3 hours ACARS
1 legs, 1.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 04 2010 18:03 ET by David Eugenio Gomez

A quick search on Newegg.com threw this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229199

Yes, you mentioned you can't build it yourself, but if you ever change your mind about that, do build it yourself, it'll save you big bucks.

Any computer with an i5 or i7 (better) processor, and a strong NVIDIA GTX card should do the trick. No less than 4 GB of RAM DDR3 and at least 250GB in Hard Drive.

Hope this helps a little bit!

PS. Do your research, and do it well before buying a PC... ask around, what speeds, what clock rates, how much memory, etc...

David Eugenio Gomez (DVA1933)

Posted onPost created on October 04 2010 18:07 ET by Elise Van De Putte

ok thanks, any newer processor should be better, i hope.

Elise Van De Putte (DVA8512)

DVA8622
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on April 14 2010
Century Club

"We're off, like a heard of turtles."
Commack, NY USA

189 legs, 783.0 hours
182 legs, 751.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 04 2010 18:08 ET by Ethan Olshever

Also, try to buy one with an SSD drive(Very fast/no moving parts, so no noise), but I don't know if any computers come with them, but I know they are easy to install (If you're not great with computers ([like me], just go to Best Buy and the Geek Squad will install it for $50...thats what I'm doing when I get my Intel 80GB SSD)

Ethan Olshever

First Officer, B777-200

Posted onPost created on October 04 2010 18:09 ET by Elise Van De Putte

ok im pretty sure my dad will help me for free. How much is an SSD drive about?

Elise Van De Putte (DVA8512)

DVA3419
Captain, MD-88

Joined on July 31 2006
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"Propellers keep you kewl!"
Newark, DE

67 legs, 89.6 hours
61 legs, 82.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 04 2010 18:13 ET by Norm Hare

Elise Van De Putte wrote:

ok im pretty sure my dad will help me for free. How much is an SSD drive about?

About half the cost of what you can spend. Might want to hold off on that.

Norm Hare (DVA3419)

Posted onPost created on October 04 2010 18:17 ET by Elise Van De Putte

wow ok thanks. I might get it in the future. Thanks for the tips guys smile

Posted onPost created on October 04 2010 18:22 ET by David Eugenio Gomez

DO NOT waste your money on Geek Squad... no better way to throw money to the trashcan... as harsh as it sounds!

David Eugenio Gomez (DVA1933)

Posted onPost created on October 04 2010 18:23 ET by Skylar Macminn

David Eugenio Gomez wrote:

DO NOT waste your money on Geek Squad... no better way to throw money to the trashcan... as harsh as it sounds!

Depends specifically on the service and your technical knowledge. $50 for them to plug in a HDD is absolutely insane though.

They have a target market which serves it's purpose. The HDD install really isn't one of them though

Skylar Macminn (DVA7899)

Posted onPost created on October 04 2010 18:32 ET by David Eugenio Gomez

Skylar Macminn wrote:

They have a target market which serves it's purpose.

Ah, true, I should have clarified that... thanks Captain!

David Eugenio Gomez (DVA1933)

DVA6235
Captain, CRJ-200
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Houston, TX

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863 legs, 1,700.5 hours online
2,346 legs, 5,514.4 hours ACARS
73 legs, 129.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on November 14 2010 01:42 ET by Robby Huffman

I use a asus and it is the best laptop ever for useing fsx it feels like u are piloting a real plane u can get it at bestbuy for around 1000 dollars new but it is worth it never been a better gameing laptop you should at least look at the specs it has i love it i use fsx and fs2004 they both work as good as they can get on my computer does that help your question

Robby Huffman (DVA6235)

DVA5643
Senior Captain, DC-6

Joined on February 08 2008
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Hampton, GA USA

1,916 legs, 2,889.8 hours
5 legs, 3.8 hours online
1,909 legs, 2,879.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on November 17 2010 21:23 ET by Jim Daigneau

Robby--what windows program are u running?

Jim Daigneau (DVA5643)

DVA2541
Captain, B737-800
E-MAIL

Joined on August 17 2005
Century Club

"What's that button for? OOPs"
Erwin, TN USA

122 legs, 206.7 hours
1 legs, 1.1 hours online
1 legs, 1.2 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on January 05 2011 20:33 ET by John Swisher

Robby what Asus Laptop do you have?

John Swisher

Captain, B737-800

Posted onPost created on January 05 2011 21:39 ET by Elise Van De Putte

I think my brother has one of those. We installed fsx on it and it looks ok. Dont about fps. I'm looking for a desktop though. I found one from lenovo but I don't know the specs.

Elise Van De Putte (DVA8512)

DVA5919
Captain, MD-11

Joined on May 13 2008
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"...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 January 05 2011 22:39 ET by Jack Vogel

SSD's are expensive and not that much improvement to FSX for the cost, the first things you want to
make sure of is that you have as powerful a CPU as you can, we (Intel) are just about to release a new
generation of systems called Sandy Bridge, you want CPU -> enough memory -> good video in that
order. Sure if you had money to burn the SSD would be a nice frill, but the other stuff is world's more
important first. I would get an Nvidia GTX 570 video card, one of the new CPU's and 6G or more of
memory.

Jack Vogel

Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on January 06 2011 16:18 ET by Elise Van De Putte

Ok, thanks. Do you have any idea when the Sandy Bridge is going to come out? I hope before June, which is when I should be getting a new computer

Elise Van De Putte (DVA8512)

DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
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Joined on January 19 2007
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"De oppresso liber"
Surry, ME

1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs, 767.8 hours online
1,107 legs, 1,674.5 hours ACARS
55 legs, 114.8 hours event
195 legs dispatched, 134.4 hours

Posted onPost created on January 06 2011 16:20 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

slated for release in April 2011 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and Mac

Andrew Kaufmann (DVA3931)

Posted onPost created on March 10 2011 16:23 ET by Elise Van De Putte

Sorry to make this a zombie thread, but my dad says I cant't build my own computer, and he also said that I should get a laptop since I'll be going to college in a few years. I found these two which are in my price range (under $1200). I was just wondering if I could get your input on my choices, or if there are any others you would recommend.

http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-m11x/pd?refid=alienware-m11x&cs=19&s=dhs&~ck=mn
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834127365

Elise Van De Putte (DVA8512)

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