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DVA3684
Captain, B767-300
OLP
Joined on November 04 2006
Double Century Club
Everett Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Piranha Club
Front Royal, VA
288 legs, 763.6 hours
221 legs,
635.6 hours online 257 legs,
641.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
April 18 2009 14:13 ET by Alex Bigles
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I am returning from Iraq in a couple of months and need to buy or build a new pc. I want to run FSX at the highest graphic and sound settings possible along with add-on software. The PC will support only FSX and acars on it. Does anyone have suggestions as to what parts to buy or which brand to buy?
Alex BiglesCaptain, B767-300
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
April 18 2009 16:49 ET by John Alusik
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how powerful it is depends on how much you want to spend
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"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
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Posted onPost created on
April 18 2009 19:28 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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send an email to Anthony Piasecki - he'll hook you up.
his email address is in the staff section
Almost - welcome home
Kaufmann
LTC, AV (Ret)
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AFV153
Senior Captain, A320
Joined on January 12 2009
Double Century Club
"Brace yourselves this might be bumpy" Sandwell GB
207 legs, 362.1 hours
207 legs,
362.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
April 19 2009 05:52 ET by Dave Gandolfo
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FSX at highest settings,
Is there any hardware currently avaialble that can run FSX at 100%?
Chuong has a serious Core I7 setup which will probably be the best bet for running FSX anywhere near full tilt. Maybe he can shed some light onto the performance he is getting and whether he has been able to max out all the settings.
You will need to spend some serious money to get a CoreI7 rig though. In the UK you are looking at £280 for the cheapest I7 CPU, about £200 for a decent X58 chipset Mobo, another £200 for a tripple channel DDR3 Memory Kit. That is before you look at a decent case, high quality PSU, Meaty GFX card, 3rd party sound card, hard drives etc etc etc
I would love an I7 setup, but due to the cost and the lack of money I will have to wait. The cost will come down, I bought into Core2 when it was expensive and look at the prices now.
Dave
Dave GandolfoSenior Captain, A320
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DVA6824
Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on January 03 2009
50 State Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Globetrotter
Everett 250 Club
Black Pearl Club
Piranha Club
Quincentenary Club
Online Triple Century Club
Watlington, Norfolk GB
536 legs, 1,434.5 hours
315 legs,
538.9 hours online 525 legs,
1,402.4 hours ACARS 10 legs,
17.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 19 2009 12:40 ET by Gary Morris
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I have a fairly cheap setup and still run FSX on the highest. Granted, frame rates are not in the 300's like Rice Man's, but they are consistently around 75 during climb/descent and around 150 during cruise.
This is mine:
Intel 2.66 Dual Core
Asus P5Q Motherboard
2GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 8800+
nVidia GeForce 8600 GT 512 MB
Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
As i said, not the fastest kid on the block but it runs FSX on the highest. Just don't get too greedy with your add ons any you will be fine.
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DVA3520
First Officer, B747-400
Joined on September 07 2006
Double Century Club
"Feelin' good is good enough!" Riverside, CA
280 legs, 834.6 hours
120 legs,
384.6 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
April 19 2009 13:16 ET by Bryan Lee
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I fiind it very hard to believe that setup can run FSX with all sliders maxed and still be playable Gary. I have pretty much the same specs as you save for 3gb of RAM and an AMD processor(dual core). My system barely gets acceptable framerates around busy airports, and the only real reason I can use FSX is thanks to AMD's new Fusion program. Of course Im a real add-on junkie, ASA, PMDG MD-11, Coolsky Super 80, Traffic. Running all these add-ons (especially active sky advanced) may have a performance hit for anyone. I have tried maxing the sliders out with no addons running and its still choppy at best when on or close to the ground. If theres some magic keypress out there that lets people with systems like me and Gary's run FSX at at least 15 frames everywhere in the sim with all sliders maxed PLEASE let me know about it, I'll even pay you if it works. lol
Bryan LeeFirst Officer, B747-400
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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
April 19 2009 14:32 ET by Anthony Piasecki
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Even with the i7 965 Overclocked, your not going to MAX out FSX, I run an i7 940 at 4.22 GHz on Water, 6Gigs of Triple channel DDR3 12800, GTX285 Every add on imaginable, I run Smooth at AG= very Dense, Scenery complex= Extremely dense, LOD=Large, Mesh=85, Mesh Res=10m, Texture Res=15, Water effects=Low2x, Ground shadows enabled, and land detail textures enabled. No Light bloom, aircraft set at very low. Weather detailed max coverage, thermals =natural. Airport vehicles =Low, road 15% ships ferries=15% Leisure=15% no aircraft labels either. So you can see even the new tech that is out there is not going to get you MAX settings.
Everyone forgets how FS9 was in the beginning, Slow on the current rigs, when it cam out, two service packs later, 5 years of tech later and FS9 screams on today's machines. With ACES and FSX in limbo for now, don't expect to see major changes for a time to come.
Run FSX at a setting that your sim will fly smooth at, no jitters, Shut OFF the frame rate counter, I and everyone who flies these sims seriously, don't even bother with that counter, it's a Simulator, not a bench marking utility. 3D mark if you want to see frames.
So with all that said, yes you are going to need a relatively descent system to run FSX in Comfortably. Do your homework first before you punch the buy button, Read reputable sites on systems pertaining to FS in general, Make sure the hardware you are buying will work in unison with each other, IE: don't buy a motherboard with a 1066MHz FSB and throw PC2 8800 in it, or get a 1333Mhz rated Processor, and wonder why it is struggling.
Took me years to get this right, and I have some reputable people that can vouch for it, Sure I still can learn and still am, but that cuts it down to the nitty gritty of what FSX will and won't do.
As Always, "You are free to fly around the country"
Anthony PiaseckiSenior Captain, B737-800
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DVA6824
Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on January 03 2009
50 State Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Globetrotter
Everett 250 Club
Black Pearl Club
Piranha Club
Quincentenary Club
Online Triple Century Club
Watlington, Norfolk GB
536 legs, 1,434.5 hours
315 legs,
538.9 hours online 525 legs,
1,402.4 hours ACARS 10 legs,
17.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 19 2009 18:28 ET by Gary Morris
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Bryan, the only add-ons i have are aircraft, and even then they are only freeware. When the new PMDG 737 comes out then that will be my first payware but even so, i can run any fleet aircraft and still get the FPS i stated.
Don't ask what i did and how i did it, because i dont know, but i tinkered with something and my FPS went sky high.
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DVA6356
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP E-MAIL
Joined on September 05 2008
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Century Club
Ten Million Miles and Beyond
White Knuckles Club
Everett Bi-Millennium Club
Tri-Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Panda Club
"Now, where's the rice at?" Atlanta, GA
3,584 legs, 33,327.7 hours
109 legs,
605.9 hours online 3,580 legs,
33,303.7 hours ACARS 40 legs,
88.8 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 26 2009 22:53 ET by Chuong Nguyen
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well, anthony is right. getting the best machines settings will not get you the max out settings you want.
for some reason, when fsx was developed, they never thought about those things..........they just make the settings.....without considering the hardware that was available for purchase at that time. Even with the newer technology, it's still not supporting the old format that fsx has in mind.
it's up to you to explore and test your own machine.
for example, SLI is not really compatible with fsx. When i have the two most expensive graphics card run on the same machines...guess what? constant crashing........
keep the budget in mind, test your system out, do some long hauls....and see how stable it is...and if you're happy with the graphics...........keep it. good luck buddy.
Kevin.
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DVA2299
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 24 2005
50 State Club
Quincentenary Club
Windsor, ON Canada
560 legs, 1,204.2 hours
16 legs,
25.2 hours online 300 legs,
596.1 hours ACARS 2 legs,
2.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 01 2009 13:00 ET by Steve Brayford
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I just built a nice machine for a friend for around $1000 ... can run FSX fairly maxed out and looks fantastic using add-ons such as UTX, REX, Level D 767 etc. In fact i liked the build so much i upgraded my pc as well - here are my specs. I found that going the AMD route gave me the best price:performance. No requirement for an expensive motherboard to run the latest AMD processors
Cooler Master case
OCZ StealthXStream 600W PSU
Gigabyte GA-MA78 US2H motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 940
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR21066 RAM
WD Velociraptor 150GB 10000 RPM
Hitachi 7200 RPM 500GB HDD
Samsung DVD burner
XFX 9800GT V-card
Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP1
Steve BrayfordCaptain, B767-300
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