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Ohh yeah, it would run FSX better.It won't run it at Max settings, but it should give reasonable FPS. The 9800GT is about the same as an HD5670, which is quite a bit faster than your current card, it also allows for future upgrades as the motherboard is fairly new.

The parts list certainly looks good, I guess its a pre-assembled machine? As far as FSX goes your FPS will depend on how you set sliders and what scenery and AI and aircraft addons you are using at the time. 30-40FPS should be achievable most of the time, but at a busy airport with lots of AI and a complex aircraft model you will still see it drop into the 20's on occasion, sometimes lower possibly. Seems like with FSX it gets to a point where no matter how much $$$ you throw at it you get diminishing returns. That rig should set you up nicely for other more modern games...

Both REX 2 and Overdrive installed and working properly no more Firewall alerts /thumbup1.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :thumbup: border= 0 alt= thumbup1.gif />

Looks good, you have some similiar components there to what I plan on using for my build. Though I'm slowly buying things bit by bit. Looking forward to seeing what the GTX 560Ti produces as far as results with FSX.

QUOTE (harold @ Sep 19 2011,9:32 PM) Hi Zkiwi thank you that is most helpful, and slightly embarrassingt for me, as I thought it was a module problem, bummer, had better go back and apologise, not that I was rude to them but more nusiance value I suppose. kind regards Harold No problems, Don't ask how i know this... /icon_redface.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :whoops: border= 0 alt= icon_redface.gif /> Hope it all works now.

Is your new rig up and running Dean? If so are you pleased with it?

If you are using FSUIPC disable the autosave, some systems that tax's them too much if they are on the limit. Will cause big pauses.

that record beating pc was probably developed so that it could run MS Flight over 10fps /winkyy.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= ;) border= 0 alt= winkyy.gif />

QUOTE (jastheace @ Sep 1 2011,7:23 PM) no worries, good luck let me know if i can be any more help. i see you are in gore, used to live in tapanui, and conical hill when i was a kid, got to see lots of snow. Jason Hi Jason, Thanks for that, we had snow again today first day of spring " Global warming what a lot of horses patuti " got another flight yoke in my sights, however my tech friend said he will give the old one the once over and as long as it is not an IC Chip he should be ab le to do something. Regards Tom /thumbup1.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :thumbup:...

QUOTE (AndrewJamez @ Aug 26 2011,4:09 PM) So when i put my i5 2500K together I bolted on a Corsair H60. SUPER quiet while not gamming and only pulls high 40's running FSX clocked at 4.0ghz. Holy cow, that thing looks like the radiator out of a Caterpillar bull-dozer /laugh.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :lol: border= 0 alt= laugh.gif /> Real interesting info re the case design and H20 coolers tho Andrew, cheers mate, gives us something else to consider

Cheers for that Snowman, I found that scenery at the oz site, looking forward to redoing the sir Frances flight with appropriate scenery. He ended up going all the way to Japan so will research the whole trip, I quite like the whole historical aspect of a trip like this. Thanks again. /smile.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :) border= 0 alt= smile.gif />

Well its now ready. Custom Build PC Intel i5 2400 3.1Ghz 4G DDR 3 Ram 1TB Hard Drive DVD Writer Saphire HD5850 1G Graphics Card 420w Power Supply Windows 7 Home Prem 1 Year return to base warranty. Have gone for 500w power and the ATI card. Looks klike some clean installs of FS9 and FSX to be done. Then hope get back into simming as present comp no good for it and was getting p****d of with its slow responces. Heres loking up. Will report as soon as able. Thanks for all your comments. Adrian.

Problem was that my C drive is bigger than my SSD so It wouldn't fit anyway

QUOTE (mfraser @ Aug 5 2011,2:14 PM) After a few hours reading, experimenting, swearing, re-reading and experimenting I have successfully managed to write a simple LUA script Cheers dude - legendary suggestion!!! /thumbup1.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :thumbup: border= 0 alt= thumbup1.gif /> You are welcome. That little snip brings back my first experience with L:Vars /winkyy.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= ;) border= 0 alt= winkyy.gif />

Get the i5 2500K on a P67 or the newer Z68 Mobo. You will waste $150 on the i7 2600K for nothing because the hyperthreading you get for the extra cash does nothing for FSX. Get at least a GTX 460 or 560 video card and 8Gb of DDR3 ram. Try and get at least 1600mhz ram. Make sure your power supply is at least 550watts and has 2 PCI express connectors. Also a decent cooler for your CPU. Then a nice fast drive and your good to go. Seperate drives for FSX are better. A nice case and your all done for around $1500. /biggrin.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :D border= 0 alt=...

QUOTE (AlisterC @ Aug 1 2011,5:40 PM) Pete, where exactly are you? Have you posted your PC specs anywhere? You might be surprised how well you can run FSX if you just do it right. There is good advice here for starters, especially defrag and turning off processes not required by windows.. I have a modest PC by moden standards, and can run it just fine. I'm in Nelson myself. Maybe I can help get your PC to your magic 30fps mark without spending any money? Hi Alister. Yes I would be interested to talk to you.I can go over all the problems when we hook up.I can't send a PM until...

I have the saitek throttle quad , Control Axes set X Y Z for there operation then go to Buttons/Keys Throttle (Button 21) Black reverse thrust , ... Propeller (Button 22) reverse prop , ... Engine shutdown (Button 23) with the use of FSUIPC , this come with the payware PMDG 747 .

QUOTE (AlisterC @ Jul 7 2011,5:49 PM) What does the FSL texture fix do? I've not heard of it before? /smile.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :) border= 0 alt= smile.gif /> *google wasn't much help as to what it actually is/ does It's basically a GUI for applying Jesus Altuve's config tweaks: fsl-texturefix-v11-zip disappearing-textures-fix-for-fsx It's really ggod!