cpu and video card

Niether of those will get you high settings. You will get decent medium high preformance.

I take that back, You might get ok high preformance but try to upgrade your CPU.

If your running XP 2 gigs is fine, if you have Vista you should get 2 more gigs.
Check the power supply also, don't go with under 700w.

Why would you ever need a 700w PSU (especially for a mid-spec PC)? A good 350w-400w should be fine.

Is it a 'special FSX requirement', or is it just generally good for gaming. I think if the PSU gives enough energy for the hardware parts, then it should be fine.

I think 4GB RAM is too much personally, especially if the buyer is on budget. The 2GB should be fine in my opinion.

And why would Vista require 2 more gigs than XP? Are people saying that with same hardware, you will get better performance with XP than with Vista? For some reason, I do not agree. Vista is supposed to run FSX even better, as Microsoft said.

737 doesn't know what he's talking about. YOu can ignore his comments.

I know a lot lore than you do. While you are sitting around and making false acusations, I am trying to help people ❗

I was running 2 gigs of memory corsair 6400 800 mhz and i was running on really high and my flight sim would shut down due to lack of memory
vista 32 bit only supports up to 3 gigs (according to corsair) i have 4 gigs and my system only shows 3.25 mhz being utilized the 64 bit vista supports more

my system
amd dual 6000 +
4 gigs 6400 ddr2 ram utilizing 3.25 gigs
8800 gts 320 mb in sli
vista 32 bit home

If i had that same set up but with 2gb of memory would I get good preformance.

go with 4gbs u can get decent ram cheap enough and its not worth skimping on it

go for a E6600 or E6400 CPU

have a look at the ATI XT 1950 XTX 512mb its same cost as card u suggested but is 512mb not 256mb

it runs mine smooth as 😀

as long as u have enough power to run ur hardware parts it isnt a problem

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Anonymous wrote:

737 doesn't know what he's talking about. YOu can ignore his comments.

737 is trying to help people and is a known member here and I think other members respect his opinion.

I like many other's think 737 is full of BS.

I think the same of you now that you started acting negitivly toward me.😀

Anonymous wrote:

Why would you ever need a 700w PSU (especially for a mid-spec PC)? A good 350w-400w should be fine.

Is it a 'special FSX requirement', or is it just generally good for gaming. I think if the PSU gives enough energy for the hardware parts, then it should be fine.

I think 4GB RAM is too much personally, especially if the buyer is on budget. The 2GB should be fine in my opinion.

And why would Vista require 2 more gigs than XP? Are people saying that with same hardware, you will get better performance with XP than with Vista? For some reason, I do not agree. Vista is supposed to run FSX even better, as Microsoft said.

😂 Microsoft say a lot of things.

I have 2GB DDR2 and vista uses 40% of that without any other programs running.

parman wrote:

I plan on buying a new pc soon. The only game I want to play is MFSX. I want to be able to play it in high quality. I realize that the system requirements on the box are far less than what I really need. My question, what is the weakest processor and video card I can purchase without giving up performance. Will a Pentium E6300 with an 8600gt graphics card and 2 gigs of memory do it? Can play it with less? Or is an AMD 64 X 2 4800 enough? Thanks in advance

Well my computer has the following specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Socket AM2
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT
Motherboard: ASUS M2R32-MVP
Memory: Corsair XMS2 DDR2 2 GB (matched pair 2x1024)

And I am getting 15-25 FPS on the ground and 25-30 FPS crusing. I have set the frame rate lock at 30. I have and had the weather on "High" and Aircraft at "Medium High". All the other settings are on "Custom" and they are somewhere around "Medium High" or "High".

I would say get the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ with the 2GB of ram and GeForce 8600GT. If I could suggest something I would change it to the 5000+ or 5200+, the GeForce 8600GTS or the 8800 and 3 or 4 GB of ram.