Spec Me A Fligh Simulator X Pc Plse

freejack2k

freejack2k

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Hi all

First post so be gental!!

Basically ive been playing flight simulator x on my laptop and really got in to it, only problem is i have to have all the settings turned right down

Anyway i have decided to build a pc for it myself, i dont think my budget would stretch to a i7 processor so would be aiming for a quad core (one that can be well overclocked would be nice) . Could you nice people plse spec me one up, will need everything for it as starting from scratch, would like budget to be round £300-£400 but would be interested to see any more expensive ones ( or cheaper but i highly doubt thats possible!! )
One thing i would like to save money on is the case as its going to be sat out of site so dont see the point in spending a bundle on case fashion. Cheaper the better would be great.
Thanks in advance
freejack2k
 
FSX is more CPU-bound than GPU-bound, more so than a lot of games. Bear that in mind when distributing your budget.
 
ok guys thanks for the answers, any advice on what spec would run this game at a decent rate? would like to play normal games like cod ect but 90% of useage will be for fsx.
thanks
 
hmm ok sounds like cpu is main thing, so can someone put me a system together around a quad core and see what price that comes out at, would have a go myself but id end up with all none compatible parts knowing my luck
 
i7 would be brilliant for FSX especially at 4ghz.

On my q6700 at 2.8ghz I get 22FPS but at 3.6ghz I get 35FPS

Its entirely CPU dependent.
 
Cheap quad:

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Good quad:

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I thought FSX preferred a mega-clocked dual core rather than a quad at a more moderate speed? I'd recommend a late-gen Core2Duo or perhaps an AMD Phenom II Dual/Tri-core.

It definitely prefers nVidia cards. Get yourself 4gb of decent PC2-8500 RAM and push the bus speed (HTT link/FSB or whatever other term is used) up a bit.

Skimp on the hard drive, it'll load slower but you'll appreciate distributing the budget to the areas which make it actually run faster.
 
I'm a big FSX fan and run it on my rig below in the sig. (Note I run at 5040 * 1050 over 3 monitors)

As people have stated above it is limited by the CPU so the more CPU you can put on it the better.

Also make sure once you install FSX you add the Service Packs as they added extra support for multi core processes and performance tweaks.

I would say at minimum get a quad core and overclock and probably one of the new 58** series gfx cards or something similar to a GTX260.

If you want to run it in the at a decent resolution eg. 1900*1200 you will still have to crank back some of the details e.g. autogen. But lets remember we're not talking about a FPS with uber graphics. For FSX, it's all about the realism and the flight model.

If you want a pretty flight sim, your better going for something like HAWX, but then you can forget about a realistic flight model.

You can make FSX look pretty by adding real scenery etc, like I have but once you get into that you turn a £35 game into a game that costs a couple of hundred. I've probably spent over £250 on add ons for this baby. Just call me a geek. I should really spend my money on flying lessons I think.

Taff
 
Supertaff said:
I'm a big FSX fan and run it on my rig below in the sig. (Note I run at 5040 * 1050 over 3 monitors)

As people have stated above it is limited by the CPU so the more CPU you can put on it the better.

Also make sure once you install FSX you add the Service Packs as they added extra support for multi core processes and performance tweaks.

I would say at minimum get a quad core and overclock and probably one of the new 58** series gfx cards or something similar to a GTX260.

If you want to run it in the at a decent resolution eg. 1900*1200 you will still have to crank back some of the details e.g. autogen. But lets remember we're not talking about a FPS with uber graphics. For FSX, it's all about the realism and the flight model.

If you want a pretty flight sim, your better going for something like HAWX, but then you can forget about a realistic flight model.

You can make FSX look pretty by adding real scenery etc, like I have but once you get into that you turn a £35 game into a game that costs a couple of hundred. I've probably spent over £250 on add ons for this baby. Just call me a geek. I should really spend my money on flying lessons I think.

Taff
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Have you seen his budget? :)
 
Thanks for all the replies guys, i guess the big question is on the processor, wether to go for high end dual core or a quad or save a while (or hit the credit card and get an i7!!) looks like its a split decision so far
 
That would just put it pointlessly out of budget - the 620 is a great chip, get a half decent cooler on it and push it to 3.5GHz. Some even have unlockable L3 cache.
 
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