will my note book work -

will this laptop be able to drive MSFS 2004/2 at all?

i dont expect stellar performance
(ie id be happy to set detail sliders down but id like decent framerates so the i dont do little 'time warps' everytime the stupid thing stutters ....)

any advice on what sort of frame rates i could reasonable expect from this setup would be greatly apreciated!!

(ive picked this because ive been offered this for an absolute bargain)



thank you!!




Notebook - Home/Office
Brand Toshiba - Tecra
Product Toshiba Tecra A3 PTA30A-01V002 (PM 730 1.6GHz/512MB/40GB/15"/DVDRW/XPP)
Product URL Link to / find the Manufacturer Page
Description �6¦1 - Intel Centrino Mobile Technology
�6¦1 - Intel Pentium-M 730 1.6GHz
�6¦1 - L2 Cache: 2MB
�6¦1 - Memory: 256MB DDR RAM + BONUS 256M FREE!
�6¦1 - Hard Drive: 40GB (5400 rpm)
�6¦1 - Display: 15" XGA TFT (1024 x 768)
�6¦1 - Graphics: Intel GMA 900 (PCIe) with up to 128MB Shared Video RAM
�6¦1 - Optical Drive: DVD SuperMulti (DVD¡ÀRW/DVD-RAM) Drive
�6¦1 - FDD: Optional
�6¦1 - Audio: AC97 Audio
�6¦1 - Modem: 56k V.92
�6¦1 - Network: Fast Ethernet, 802.11a/g WiFi
�6¦1 - PCMCIA: 1 x Type II
�6¦1 - Pointing Device: Touchpad
�6¦1 - Interfaces: 1 x Parallel, 1 x Serial, 1 x VGA, 3 x USB 2.0, Mic, Headphone, 1 x RJ11, 1 x RJ45, 1 x IrDA, 1 x FireWire
�6¦1 - Dimentions: 280 x 338 x 29-37mm
�6¦1 - Weight: From 2.7kg
�6¦1 - Battery: 6 Cell Li-Ion / 4300mAh
�6¦1 - Microsoft Windows XP Professional
�6¦1 - Software: MS OneNote, RecordNow CD+DVD, WinDVD, ConfigFree, Toshiba Recovery tools.
�6¦1 - Warranty: 1 Year parts and labour

From what I understand, I don't think it'd run FS9 very well at all. Your CPU is fairly low at 1.6 Ghz and I don't think your graphics card will successfully run FS9. Someone else may be able to advice you a bit better than that

oh no.................

ive had a look , and it does seem to more than meet the specs for the program.


i dont think ill ever be able to understand this computer stuff



flight sim 2002


System Requirements

Microsoft® Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP
PC with 300 MHz equivalent or higher processor
64 MB of system RAM
650 MB of available hard disk space; additional 100MB for swap file
4x speed or faster CD-ROM drive
8 MB 3D graphics card
Sound card, speakers or headphones required for audio
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device. Joystick or flight yoke recommended
56.6 Kbps or better modem



anyone else?

Your CPU does seem a bit on the slow side (but that's notebooks for you ). I personal don't see the problem, FS9 should be able to work fine. You will have to keep the sliders on the very minium. You will also use up alot that 40Gig HD.

Hope this helps

Liono

perfect , thats all i needed to know!
thank you.


i dont care what the surrounds/landscape detail look like, so long as the framerate keeps up
(meaning ill be able to use the machine to practice instrument approaches)

again thank you for your time guys! big help-

BTW, I ran FS9 on a PIII at 1.2 and a nonexistant graphics card- and 640?480 resoloution

I had a 1 Ghz AMD as my main FS machine until now- ran great with an nvidia 4.