Classic British Flight Sim

Hey, long time no see. Due to various reasons i've had to "give up" FS for nearly 2 years .

But anyway im getting a new computer in Januuary just for FSX . The only question is... Would an ATI 3650 HD be good enough for medium / High settings if coupled with a 2.5 ghz dual core processor and 3 gig ram?

If not I'll get myself a Nvidia 9800 GT. But i'd rather use the spare cash for addons

From what i know and understand, the sides go along the route of Intel CPU - Nvidia GFX or AMD CPU - ATI GFX... Ive just built a new rig based around a Duel Core E8500 and ive got my old 8800 GTS 640mb card, which runs FSX great.

But if you didnt see the other post about someones GFX card with reference to tomshardwear charts then take a look at this page and scroll down to your resoulution settings you plan to use and take a look at what cards come top...

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/charts/ga ... ks,30.html

not too bd. the 3650 hd runs at 15fps on ultra high. I can live with that, i just wont use ultra high

Id also say that FSX will respond well to how the rest of the system is set up and matched... My FSX is on mostly customised settings with autogen on the second notch and mostly runs between 15-20 FPS (Locked at 20)

My system is viewable at the bottom of my Xfire profile page.http://www.xfire.com/profile/mezz314/

thats a very good looking system :o.

im considering whether its worth the extra £100 to buy a 3.0ghz duel core over a 2.5ghz duel core.

My opinion would be yes, aslong as the rest of your system matches its specs, such as FSB...

The 3ghz dualcore goes like something very smelly off a shovel. I don't have one myself but have seen one running both FS9 and FSX and it is literally a quantum leap above the 2.24 C2D I have. It also helps that the system I've seen had an 800mb Nvidia 9600 (or was it a 9800??) but as much of the 'footwork' is CPU controlled in flightsim, a lot of that speed must be attributed to the 3ghz C2D. If you can afford it mate.. go for it. You won't be disappointed ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

whoops forgot all about this post :o

Well anyway im going with an intel E8400 over an E6600 duel core as from what ive heard the duel core is performing better, especially for fs.

And also depending on what offers dell have on in january im either getting an ATI 3650HD 3870HD or Nvidia 9800gt.