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DVA6626
Captain, MD-11
Joined on November 07 2008
Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
""PROFILE CLIMB"" Las Vegas, NV
753 legs, 2,288.9 hours
28 legs,
55.2 hours online 747 legs,
2,255.7 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 20 2008 16:11 ET by Michael Pare
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I'm shopping computers and there is a lot of stuff out there in varying price ranges as high as $10,000. What specs do I need to run FSX with all sliders at least halfway or the best possible performance? I think some gaming computers are over hyped.
I could care less about fancy cases, I just want performance.
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DVA950
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on November 19 2002
Online Quadruple Century Club
Millennium Club
Million Mile Club
Events Double Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"Houston, We have a Problem" Nazareth, PA USA
1,210 legs, 2,875.1 hours
1,147 legs,
2,716.7 hours online 886 legs,
1,977.2 hours ACARS 206 legs,
484.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 21 2008 09:36 ET by Anthony Piasecki
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Wait til January or February and go i7 and DDR3 2000 if your going to blow a couple of G's on a rig, otherwise you can go with a q core 9550 or better and ddr3 1333 for around 1500 and some change
Anthony PiaseckiSenior Captain, B737-800
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DVA6626
Captain, MD-11
Joined on November 07 2008
Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
""PROFILE CLIMB"" Las Vegas, NV
753 legs, 2,288.9 hours
28 legs,
55.2 hours online 747 legs,
2,255.7 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 21 2008 09:40 ET by Michael Pare
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Yeah I am not in a big hurry as I know this stuff keep coming down.
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DVA3680
First Officer, B767-300
OLP
Joined on November 01 2006
Stock Car Racing Club
Century Club
Berthoud, CO
114 legs, 232.4 hours
97 legs,
212.8 hours online 106 legs,
215.1 hours ACARS 2 legs,
3.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 21 2008 13:40 ET by Kevin Williams
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yep... wait for the i7
Kevin WilliamsFirst Officer, B767-300
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DVA6626
Captain, MD-11
Joined on November 07 2008
Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
""PROFILE CLIMB"" Las Vegas, NV
753 legs, 2,288.9 hours
28 legs,
55.2 hours online 747 legs,
2,255.7 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 22 2008 02:49 ET by Michael Pare
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Now what is i7? I haven't heard of that, is this a new processor?
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DVA950
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on November 19 2002
Online Quadruple Century Club
Millennium Club
Million Mile Club
Events Double Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"Houston, We have a Problem" Nazareth, PA USA
1,210 legs, 2,875.1 hours
1,147 legs,
2,716.7 hours online 886 legs,
1,977.2 hours ACARS 206 legs,
484.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 22 2008 08:14 ET by Anthony Piasecki
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http://www.techspot.com/review/124-intel-core-i7-920-940-965/
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Intel-Core-i7-Nehalem,2057.html
Anthony PiaseckiSenior Captain, B737-800
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DVA6626
Captain, MD-11
Joined on November 07 2008
Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
""PROFILE CLIMB"" Las Vegas, NV
753 legs, 2,288.9 hours
28 legs,
55.2 hours online 747 legs,
2,255.7 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 22 2008 11:48 ET by Michael Pare
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Well it looks worth the wait, I'm not getting a computer for at least another year, so they will be faster and cheaper by then.
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DVA950
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on November 19 2002
Online Quadruple Century Club
Millennium Club
Million Mile Club
Events Double Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"Houston, We have a Problem" Nazareth, PA USA
1,210 legs, 2,875.1 hours
1,147 legs,
2,716.7 hours online 886 legs,
1,977.2 hours ACARS 206 legs,
484.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 23 2008 11:40 ET by Anthony Piasecki
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If you can hold on It will be well worth the wait, Let the other jump in and work the bugs out. I am going to make the switch next year water cooled going to keep my 8800 GTX cards for now even though there PCIE1 cards, they will keep the cost down, leaving me with only a mobo and mem and cpu to purchase.
Anthony PiaseckiSenior Captain, B737-800
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DVA6626
Captain, MD-11
Joined on November 07 2008
Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
""PROFILE CLIMB"" Las Vegas, NV
753 legs, 2,288.9 hours
28 legs,
55.2 hours online 747 legs,
2,255.7 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 25 2008 10:18 ET by Michael Pare
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I once proclaimed it was stupid to spend so much money on a computer just to play a silly flightsimulator game, well I am now over time as budget permits will be spending more money to fly flightsim.
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DVA950
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on November 19 2002
Online Quadruple Century Club
Millennium Club
Million Mile Club
Events Double Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"Houston, We have a Problem" Nazareth, PA USA
1,210 legs, 2,875.1 hours
1,147 legs,
2,716.7 hours online 886 legs,
1,977.2 hours ACARS 206 legs,
484.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 25 2008 10:51 ET by Anthony Piasecki
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I hear ya, Thought the same thing, and when i jumped 2yrs ago, I jumped in the deep end
Anthony PiaseckiSenior Captain, B737-800
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DVA2253
Senior Captain, DC-8-61
COMM
Joined on April 01 2005
Everett 250 Club
Online Century Club
Eight Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"I'd rather be flying!" Church Hill, TN USA
862 legs, 1,344.5 hours
108 legs,
165.2 hours online 299 legs,
485.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 25 2008 11:21 ET by George Lewis
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I gave up on FSX for frame rate purposes... I'll upgrade my system sooner or later, but probably later...
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DVA6626
Captain, MD-11
Joined on November 07 2008
Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
""PROFILE CLIMB"" Las Vegas, NV
753 legs, 2,288.9 hours
28 legs,
55.2 hours online 747 legs,
2,255.7 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 25 2008 11:41 ET by Michael Pare
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"I gave up on FSX for frame rate purposes... I'll upgrade my system sooner or later, but probably later... " I am in the same boat as I just can't stand running a sim in cartoon mode. I would rather not fly it if that is the case.
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