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Cristel
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:25 am 

Question Gday all
Looking for good advice re what PC system to buy. Continue to love FS 2004 but opportunity a knocking as I plan to replace home PC. So, me thinks I want to switch to FSX now and run it across the best gaming PC that around 3.5K can buy, Im assuming FSX accomadates multi-screen play allowing centre, right and left forward display simultameously. Have sought online advice from system suppliers but my head is being done in with the technobabble. Anybody willing to cough up a hardware check list as such for a system that maximises speed and 3 x graphics for the bucks Im willing to spend.
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GundamWZero
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:57 am 

3.5K? Is that in USD?

I would start here:

http://www.falcon-nw.com/

However, many budget-conscious consumers would sneer at the idea and go for a much less budget system.

But a laptop with TWO graphics cards???? Shocked

http://www.falcon-nw.com/laptops/drx


Now that has my attention. Very Happy
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:01 am 

GundamWZero wrote:
3.5K? Is that in USD?

I would start here:

http://www.falcon-nw.com/

However, many budget-conscious consumers would sneer at the idea and go for a much less budget system.

But a laptop with TWO graphics cards???? Shocked

http://www.falcon-nw.com/laptops/drx


Now that has my attention. Very Happy



FSX doesn't support SLI or Crossfire, two cards are useless for it.


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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:30 am 

I couldn't recommend anything more than a fully customized Alien Area 51, best $5500 I ever spent. Runs fsx like I never thought I would be able. Everything's an addon pretty much. REX, UT2, you name it, plus all the airports I fly into are Flytampa and LatinVFR.
The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.
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truckernick
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:33 am 

RadarMan wrote:
GundamWZero wrote:
3.5K? Is that in USD?

I would start here:

http://www.falcon-nw.com/

However, many budget-conscious consumers would sneer at the idea and go for a much less budget system.

But a laptop with TWO graphics cards???? Shocked

http://www.falcon-nw.com/laptops/drx


Now that has my attention. Very Happy



FSX doesn't support SLI or Crossfire, two cards are useless for it.


Radar

I disagree
You can enable if not already enabled make fsx use both cards. Mine are dual GTX 460's
FSX utilizes both.
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