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DVA9080
Senior Captain, DC-6
OLP
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Joined on September 30 2010
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Carolina Club
Online Seven Century Club
Eight Century Club
Events Century Club

Elizabethtown, KY

865 legs, 2,390.3 hours
778 legs, 2,126.8 hours online
821 legs, 2,255.0 hours ACARS
107 legs, 261.1 hours event
70 legs dispatched, 109.8 hours

Posted onPost created on April 12 2011 22:24 ET by Nathan Cox

I am going to stop procrastinating and finally purchase a new computer sometime in the next few months, my question is: at which point would the amount of processing power be overkill for FS9 and pretty much demand a switch to FSX. My CPU will probably be somewhere in the ballpark of 3.0-3.4 ghz, but probably most likely on the higher end (3.2-3.4 ghz) of that range. Also, what kind of FSX performance would I get with that speed, running REX and probably a few more addons eventually? If I decide to stick with good old FS9. Finally, I plan on salvaging parts from an old PC, probably disc drives, the graphics card, and the moniter, would you recommend for or against this? Are there any possible adverse effects this could have on my PC's performance?

I will probably just purchase REX for it and call it a day, and maybe some nice payware too.

Thanks,
Nathan

Nathan Cox (DVA9080)

DVA4965
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on September 07 2007
Online Quintuple Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
Everett Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Saratoga Springs, UT USA

1,195 legs, 3,500.8 hours
566 legs, 825.5 hours online
1,174 legs, 3,437.6 hours ACARS
26 legs, 51.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on April 12 2011 22:44 ET by Alan Cluff

Tell us more about your hard drives and video/graphics card.

Alan Cluff

Senior Captain, B737-800

Posted onPost created on April 13 2011 16:58 ET by Nathan Cox

Alan Cluff wrote:

Tell us more about your hard drives and video/graphics card.

Sorry, I guess I had a typo, when I said disc drives I meant the CD/DVD drives. My graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200.

Nathan Cox (DVA9080)

Posted onPost created on April 13 2011 18:21 ET by Nathan Cox

Nathan Cox wrote:

I am going to stop procrastinating and finally purchase a new computer sometime in the next few months, my question is: at which point would the amount of processing power be overkill for FS9 and pretty much demand a switch to FSX. My CPU will probably be somewhere in the ballpark of 3.0-3.4 ghz, but probably most likely on the higher end (3.2-3.4 ghz) of that range. Also, what kind of FSX performance would I get with that speed, running REX and probably a few more addons eventually? If I decide to stick with good old FS9. Finally, I plan on salvaging parts from an old PC, probably disc drives, the graphics card, and the moniter, would you recommend for or against this? Are there any possible adverse effects this could have on my PC's performance?

If I stick with FS9, I will probably just purchase REX for it and call it a day, and maybe some nice payware too.

Thanks,
Nathan

Posted onPost created on April 13 2011 20:25 ET by Nathan Cox

Oops, I don't know what happened there, sorry. confused

I have a sneaking suspision it was my cat investigating what various buttons and keys on my laptop did while I was away...

Nathan Cox (DVA9080)

DVA3696
First Officer, B757-200

Joined on November 06 2006

"De Plane, De Plane!!!"
Victor, NY USA

91 legs, 184.4 hours
64 legs, 137.0 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on April 15 2011 13:06 ET by Joseph Glick

Well, i use an old core 2 quad at 2.4 ghz from 2008, and i can run FSX pretty much fine, with REX and medium high settings, so if you plan on getting one of the new i7's or i5's, i'd recommend switching to FSX. Also, i'd highly recommend getting a new graphics card, since that card is getting a bit dated. Reusing the monitor is fine, but a new DVD drive is ~$20, so i really see no reason not to get a new one, but it's up to you. With a new graphics card and processor, i'd expect to see at least 40+ fps with addons.

Joseph Glick (DVA3696)

DVA2541
Captain, B737-800
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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 April 15 2011 19:26 ET by John Swisher

Nathan, FSX is all about CPU/Ram. As long as you have a midrange video card you will be fine. CPU,CPU,CPU. Just my humble opinion.

John Swisher

Captain, B737-800

DVA7130
Senior Captain, B727-200
OLP

Joined on March 23 2009
50 State Club
Everett 250 Club
Events Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Eight Century Club
Online Eight Century

"Hudson, we have a problem"
Tyrone, GA USA

846 legs, 1,482.4 hours
814 legs, 1,429.8 hours online
818 legs, 1,443.2 hours ACARS
178 legs, 322.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on April 15 2011 20:12 ET by Ryan Morse

The 3.0 I run is enough fo 30 f/s on the ground and limited to 45 in the air, WITH a fair amound of clouds and autogen wink

DVA9638
Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on March 31 2011
50 State Club
Century Club

"Now... Where did I leave my keys?"
Roy, UT USA

163 legs, 449.4 hours
11 legs, 14.6 hours online
163 legs, 449.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on April 18 2011 18:12 ET by Chris Wetzel

Im sitting on an I7 870 quad with 8mb ram and a 580 gtx... Sitting on the ground at LAX with most of my settings maxed, my fps is anywhere between 12-28. Flying over nonpopulated areas Ive seen spikes over 200 fps. I havent overclocked yet so my I7 runs with that hyperthreading thing... Id like to see better fps in dense population but Ill just have to tweak a little bit.. Hope it helps

Chris Wetzel (DVA9638)

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