FSX Panel pic update 16.5.06

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you all are morons in thinking your outdated computers are going to be able to handle FS-X, It barely handles FS9.

Errrr, sorry but my outdated computer runs FS9 at an average of 40fps using custom scenery (including VFR photographic scenery) and
all settings maxed. It's an athlon 64 3500+, 1gig RAM and a Radeon X1800 graphics card.

The LEAST you will need (and the RAM depends on how bloated VISTA is) is like an Athlon X-2 4200+, if not more. About 1-2 gigs
of RAM

I work in the computer industry which allowed me to apply and be accepted as an official Vista beta tester. It's big? Yes. it needs at least a
gig of RAM? Yes. But it it's not bloated in the sense of being a resource hog, it's surprisingly efficient and it'll happily run very quickly on an
Athlon 2.0Ghz machine with 1gig of RAM and a 128Mb Geforce FX5200 graphics card. Of course, FSX will need more than this but
your X2 4200+ is certainly not the minumum.

And last but not least, a Direct3D 10 graphics card, which doesnt exist yet. While you may think your going to be able run FS-X in
medium to high settings, Think long and hard about that one.

DX 10, at the moment, does not require any extra graphics processing hardware than what you find in a modern high end graphics card
today. DX has always been designed to be backwards compatible with older cards so whilst you might not see some of the fancier
effects, you will still be able to make the most of your available hardware capabilities.

Im sorry but your lousy Athlon XP and P4 3.0 Ghz CPU's just WILL NOT CUT IT. Nor will those lousy graphics card like the X-300
(its a beginners card,
not a gamers card)

I agree with you on the graphics card. Maybe that's why I mentioned it in my previous post But just think about it. Why on earth would
M$ produce a game that 90% of users wouldn't be able to run at a reasonable quality level because they don't own £2000 + worth of dual
core system and SLI graphics?

I'll quote you again: 'Think long and hard about that one.'



Post Edited ( 05-15-06 20:42 )