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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | New simming comp
DVA10028
Captain, DC-6
OLP

Joined on August 03 2011
50 State Club
Globetrotter
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
Commuter Conquest
Everett 500 Club
Flying Colonel
Million Mile Club
Online Fifteen Century

"Accidentally headed down the path less traveled"
Anchorage, AK

1,720 legs, 3,281.1 hours
1,524 legs, 2,866.7 hours online
1,715 legs, 3,276.9 hours ACARS
16 legs, 27.6 hours event
Posted onPost created on April 08 2012 01:18 ET by Chase Parker
Just bought the ASUS G53SX-XA1 laptop. Its running FSX amazing, averaging about 40-50 FPS. I have maxed out at about 102 FPS.

Intel i7 2630QM 2.0 GHz
Nvidia GTX 560M 2.0 GB
8GB Ram



DVA8441
Captain, MD-88

Joined on March 27 2010
Everett 250 Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Six Century Club

"Gravity is not just a good idea. It's a Law. "
Southeastern United States

661 legs, 1,752.7 hours
93 legs, 166.9 hours online
657 legs, 1,740.2 hours ACARS
1 legs, 3.8 hours event
Posted onPost created on April 08 2012 09:53 ET by Sid St. Clair
Was this post meant to make us feel bad? wink Congrats on the new flight deck!


DVA10028
Captain, DC-6
OLP

Joined on August 03 2011
50 State Club
Globetrotter
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
Commuter Conquest
Everett 500 Club
Flying Colonel
Million Mile Club
Online Fifteen Century

"Accidentally headed down the path less traveled"
Anchorage, AK

1,720 legs, 3,281.1 hours
1,524 legs, 2,866.7 hours online
1,715 legs, 3,276.9 hours ACARS
16 legs, 27.6 hours event
Posted onPost created on April 08 2012 12:35 ET by Chase Parker
biggrin


DVA9505
Captain, B757-200
OLP

Joined on February 19 2011
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Everett 500 Club
US Coastal Club
Online Century Club
Commuter Conquest
Flying Colonel
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Million Mile Club
Cascadia Club

Virginia Beach, VA USA

1,807 legs, 3,271.3 hours
102 legs, 201.1 hours online
1,805 legs, 3,266.0 hours ACARS
2 legs, 3.3 hours event
Posted onPost created on April 08 2012 21:24 ET by Sean Costello
Nice, a guy I work with just got an Asus setup. Chase if you dont mind me asking,was it around 8-9 hundred?

Sean Costello

Captain, B757-200
DVA10028
Captain, DC-6
OLP

Joined on August 03 2011
50 State Club
Globetrotter
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
Commuter Conquest
Everett 500 Club
Flying Colonel
Million Mile Club
Online Fifteen Century

"Accidentally headed down the path less traveled"
Anchorage, AK

1,720 legs, 3,281.1 hours
1,524 legs, 2,866.7 hours online
1,715 legs, 3,276.9 hours ACARS
16 legs, 27.6 hours event
Posted onPost created on April 09 2012 19:29 ET by Chase Parker
Sean Costello wrote:

Nice, a guy I work with just got an Asus setup. Chase if you dont mind me asking,was it around 8-9 hundred?


I got it for about 1200, that's the cheapest i could find for the computer.



DVA5092
First Officer, B747-400
OLP

Joined on October 13 2007
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Everett 500 Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
Pacific Rim Club
White Knuckles Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Nashville, TN

1,263 legs, 3,177.5 hours
8 legs, 13.9 hours online
1,185 legs, 3,015.5 hours ACARS
1 legs, 2.1 hours event
Posted onPost created on April 16 2012 01:34 ET by Vincent Thomas
Congrats Chase, you got one of the best cockpits around, err laptop smile I still have Alienware as my target, but looks like I will settle for the desktop instead of laptop version.

Vincent Thomas

First Officer, B747-400
DVA10131
Captain, MD-11
E-MAIL

Joined on August 29 2011
50 State Club
Century Club
Online Century Club

"If it's not Boeing, I'm not going"
Charleston, SC USA

136 legs, 473.3 hours
123 legs, 428.0 hours online
130 legs, 451.7 hours ACARS
11 legs, 38.5 hours event
Posted onPost created on April 16 2012 05:44 ET by Robbie Johnson
Vincent Thomas wrote:

Congrats Chase, you got one of the best cockpits around, err laptop smile I still have Alienware as my target, but looks like I will settle for the desktop instead of laptop version.


Alienware have nice cases, but they are terribly overpriced... If you're going with a desktop I would strongly recommend building your own; you can still buy an awesome case, but you would save at LEAST a few hundred dollars and end up with a much better overall system.



AFV313
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on June 11 2010
Diplomatic Mission
Pushing Tin Club
Online Millenium Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
The Penguins Of Madagascar
Double Millenium Club
50 State Club
Boeing Buckle Down
Four Million Mile Club
GVA 10 Year Anniversary

"Come fly with me, lets fly, lets fly away!"
Howick, KwaZulu-Natal ZA

2,941 legs, 9,560.6 hours
1,901 legs, 5,926.6 hours online
2,853 legs, 9,199.0 hours ACARS
58 legs, 272.0 hours event
350 legs dispatched, 155.5 hours
Posted onPost created on April 16 2012 09:13 ET by Robert Armstrong
Robbie Johnson wrote:

Vincent Thomas wrote:

Congrats Chase, you got one of the best cockpits around, err laptop smile I still have Alienware as my target, but looks like I will settle for the desktop instead of laptop version.


Alienware have nice cases, but they are terribly overpriced... If you're going with a desktop I would strongly recommend building your own; you can still buy an awesome case, but you would save at LEAST a few hundred dollars and end up with a much better overall system.


This is where our forum needs a like button.



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