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What should i look at when buying a PC for FSX?


Dmetrey Taborko 1079623
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Dmetrey Taborko 1079623
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Hello,

 

My title says my question. PC got fried and now im looking for a new one. I wana know what should i look for in the specs so i could run FSX with decent Frame rates?

 

thankyou

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Darrol Larrok 1140797
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Dual or quad core(2.8 GHz pr higher, I recommend AMD) CPU, 4-6 gigs of ram, 64 bit OS, high-end graphics card(Nvidia GTS 250 or better, made by a reputable manufacturer, BFG is quite good, although they are exiting the graphics card business)

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Add to that atleast a 650-700 watts SMPS and something to keep it cool, either tower that can do the job properly or good fans nearby

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Erhan Atesoglu 1050499
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most important thing is the i7..

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Darrol Larrok 1140797
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You don't need an i7 to run FSX, I get good performance out of an AMD Phenom II(I recommend it highly, good price and quality).

 

Charan, good point about the power supply. As for fans, you can get a small fan thats loud or a large fan thats quiet.

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You don't need an i7 to run FSX, I get good performance out of an AMD Phenom II(I recommend it highly, good price and quality).

 

Charan, good point about the power supply. As for fans, you can get a small fan thats loud or a large fan thats quiet.

 

 

You don't need an i7 to run FSX, but you're going to get so much better performance with one of Intel's Core iX series, it's unbelieveable. I have an i5, and tried FSX a few months back - with similar graphics card and same amount of RAM, I had almost double the FPS an AMD Phenom X4 had.

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