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DVA9263
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on December 11 2010
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Scandinavia

1,206 legs, 5,891.9 hours
1,189 legs, 5,808.4 hours online
1,204 legs, 5,886.1 hours ACARS
19 legs, 77.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on September 18 2011 13:26 ET by Peter Lund

Hi All,
I have in the past couble of month been thinking of changing from FS9 to FSX. Of course there is pros and cons, but my biggest concern is if I will be able to run it with almost same result as FS9 (with alot of add-ons.)

My computer is now 1½ years old and here are the specs:
Intel Core i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
6 GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce GT220 graphic card.

Thanks in advance

Peter Lund

Senior Captain, B737-800

DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM

Joined on June 03 2006
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"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 September 18 2011 13:31 ET by Michael Brown

You will need to dumb down the settings a bit, in my opinion.

No one here could legitimately tell you, for sure, whether or not your FSX experience on that particular computer will be satisfying or not. There are too many variables. I'm positive it will run, how many frames and how well it would look is impossible to tell. 15-20 fps on medium settings is my best guess.

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

DVA7016
Senior Captain, B767-300

Joined on February 14 2009
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"I5 2500K - 560GTX - 8GB Ripjaw"
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385 legs, 1,090.6 hours
384 legs, 1,089.6 hours ACARS
1,821 legs, 4,442.9 hours total

Posted onPost created on September 18 2011 14:35 ET by Alan Barber

Peter, you could also look at overclocking the CPU a bit, that could get a bit more performance for you. A quick google shows that 4.5ghz is achievable with this CPU. A lot will depend on your mobo, cooling etc. but I would guess that 3-3.5ghz wouldn't be setting your sights too high. Do some research and see what you think, I'll help if I can. Now, having said all that, I know that FSX is a CPU hog, but I think that your GPU might be a bit of a bottleneck.

Alan Barber

Senior Captain, B767-300

DVA10130
Captain, B737-800

Joined on September 02 2011

West Valley City, UT USA

81 legs, 132.0 hours
79 legs, 129.6 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 18 2011 17:05 ET by Todd Marks

I run FSX on my Asus G73 (core i7 up to 2.7GHz, 8 GB RAM, ATI RadeonHD 5800 series) at medium to medium-high settings with FPS locked @ 20 with an external limiter and it's way better than FS9. Sometimes it's not quite as smooth as what I can get from FS9 at full settings, but the drastic visual improvement is way worth it.

Todd Marks (DVA10130)

AFV564
First Officer, B707-320

Joined on December 20 2009
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Posted onPost created on September 18 2011 21:46 ET by Matthew Kerby

I'm running FSX on a Sony Vaio that's almost four years old. My processor is around 2 ghz, 3 gigs of ram, windows vista and no graphics card... Its just integrated into the system. You'll be just fine.

Matthew Kerby

First Officer, B707-320

Posted onPost created on September 19 2011 18:38 ET by Peter Lund

Thanks for your answers.
I tried installing FSX earlier today, but the result even with default scenery and aircraft wasn´t very good.

So I will be sticking to FS9 for some time.

Peter Lund

Senior Captain, B737-800

DVA10130
Captain, B737-800

Joined on September 02 2011

West Valley City, UT USA

81 legs, 132.0 hours
79 legs, 129.6 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 19 2011 20:26 ET by Todd Marks

Don't give up so easily. It takes some tweaking to achieve the desired results. Often the games graphic suggestions aren't great. I would try this link: http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.html

Todd Marks (DVA10130)

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