The graphics card isn't the main thing you should look at when buying a new computer for flight simming. It's the processer that makes the big difference. Any AMD dual core will work great. I would stick away from intel mainly because the front side bus isn't as high, and you would be paying a lot more for just the name of the company. Nvidia graphics cards work the best with fsx especially when surrounded by lots of clouds. I would reccommend a graphics card with memory over 512mb built onto it. As for the RAM go for high performance gaming RAM and definatly get 4 gigs of duel channel if your motherboard supports it. O and btw remember to geta high watt power supply that will be able to handle your new graphics card. I have a 600W PSU now, and it's great. Anything above 500W should work with any of the newer cards out there, but remember if you want to do multiple graphics cards together then you'll have to upgrade to 800W and up PSU's.

 

What kind of joysticks are you guys using? I am setting up FS X on a 2.6 gigahertz machine with dual xeon processors 2gigs of RAM (WinXP)and a Gforce vid card with 768 gigs of memory on it. Should run nice.

 

WOW, where'd you find a video card with 768 GIGS on it??

 

I'm using Saitek's Pro Flight Yoke & Rudder Pedals system. Works for me!!! Looking to add another gig or two of memory and update video card.



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Can anyone provide a list of GA airports in the NE for MSX? I've been doing a lot of IFR flying in the SE, but want to see if "traffic" is heavier in the NE corridor so to speak.



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