Hello i'm very eager to buying your new plane! I think i'ts the most detailed boeing ever made. But one question: there has been said that during the BETA testing, there was going to be a post on the framerates en minimum system, I can't find it anywhere and was wondering what kind of system i need.My config. : AMD Athlon 1600+ 256MBRAM and a 32MB shared videocard.Will it run (smooth) on my system??PLease respont, and thank in advance..William

Well I am one of the beta testers and you can see my specs below. I have wonderful frame rates. I have my slider locked @ 30 and get that both in cockpit and spot view. The only item I disable is Aircraft shadows. My video card is the very first GF3 released if that tells you anything ;). [h5]Best Wishes,Randy J. Smith[/h5][h6]Are You Ready For The Next Great one? PMDG's 737NG is almost here![/h6][h3]" A little learning is a dangerous thing"[/h3] [h5]AMD XP 2200 |MUNCHKIN 512 DDR RAM |ECS[/b ][i] K7S5A MB[/i] |GF3 64 MEG @ 215/545|WIN XP PRO |MITSUBISHI DIAMOND PLUS 91 19"[/h5]

Hy Randy,and yes that tells my everything, but ehm.. your system is well over mine. But as i understand, what your saying is that i will gett acceptable framerates and smoothness. ( or at least as far as you can tell)????I wanne buy tell me, tell me:DWilliam

I was getting about 15FPS at 1280X1024 32 bit with the VC (but no cabin) version. I may need to bump some display settings down to make it completely smooth - the visual model did cause quite an FPS hit on my system. I'm buying a whole new system the week 2004 comes out though so I'm not worried... ;)My system is very similar to Randy's but his CPU is better, which appears to be the main factor in NG framerate...1.4Ghz Athlon, 512MB DD266, GeForce 3 64MB (original)New one is gonna be: 3.2Ghz P4, i875P chipset, 1GB DDR400, All-In-Wonder Radeon 9800 Pro - I hope I'll get at least 20FPS with everything maxed in FS2004 with this config. Ryan

Thank you Ryan, was helpfull information:)Ow and good luck with your new system, i't will rock!!:DWilliam

Hi WIlliam,Randy already told you the story. Some more technical details.Your auto flight, FMC and panel graphics systems will work within 90% accuracy for as low as 2-3 FPS, round 95% at 4 FPS and 100% accurate from 5 FPS upwards. Also beta testing reports on a PIII 800 (!) indicated sort of 9-10 frames with display sliders mid way. I guess this says it all.All I can say is enjoy it when you get it Captain, while the whole team will be your reliable ground staff !Regards,Vangelis====================================== E. M. Vaos Precision Manuals Development Group www.precisionmanuals.com======================================

Forgot to post this last night - I switched to the 2D panel only model and I'm getting FPS in the mid 20's now - it runs great, cranked up the LCD Smoothness option too and man the displays look so real!Ryan