Computer for Flight Sim X

[Pants]

Hello!

My dad want an upgrade. He is currently on FS9 running an old AMD XP @ 1.6 with a 9700 pro I think. Which works fine. However FSX is unplayable even with low settings.

The computer is not a gaming machine primarily so perhaps more emphasis on system speed than just games and it needs to last a good few years.

It will not be overclocked and the budget is whatever it needs to be for the most future proof components possble.

Can you post up ideas please and I will point him in the direction of this thread. He will be buying from OcUK.

Cheers!

Ant.

 

[Pants]

I get the feeling the GFX card is not so important, more the CPU. So yeahI agree a C2D is a must. However we could use a cheap mobo and memory as if we o/c it will only be by a little.

I will try to spec something up and see what you think.

Also performance may improve with the Vista update and new GFX drivers etc. We can only hope!

 

[Pants]

Yeah as FSX and other flight sims are the only "games" he will be playing perhaps waiting for a low end DX10 card may be better with Vista and the Vista patch.

But I get the feeling he want a new PC now!

 

[Pants]

Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £124.99

Gigabyte GA_945PL_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £52.99

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400 £129.99

HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX1950P-256ICEQT) £134.99

Hiper HPU-4M580 Type R 580W ATX2.2 PSU - Black £44.99

Sub Total : £487.95

Vat : £86.96
Total : £583.86



.... It's a lot of money for FSX when it will still probably run like ****!