Ok folks - I am looking at getting an athlon 2600 to replace my 1800anyone have one?400 bucks for CPU and motherboard change out - just wanting to know I am going to get a bit of a bang for the buck -Right now I get 18 fps on short final into EGLL ( uk2000 ) with SB on and a fair ammount of wxNot asking for 200 FPS just a nice 25 - 30Richard GreenVATUSA4Events and VA Director

How much RAM do you have? And what kind of video card do you have? Lets assume for a moment you have 128MB of RAM and a standard video card. I'd upgrade to at least 256, or even 512MB. Then I'd go out and buy a newer video card (GFORCE or similar product) with 128MB of video memory. That would be cheaper and probably give you what you want. On the other hand, if you already have the RAM & the V. Card, and you don't mind dropping $400, I'd go for it. Personally I think 18 FPS is a great rate. I wish I had that...lol. I'm running a 1Ghz w/ 512MB & a weak video card (32MB) and I can put out around 12FPS. But for x-mas, I'll be upgrading big time!!

Your CPU is the MOST important as regards to FPS in FS2002. And yes going from an 1800+ to the 2600+ will make a world of differance even if you don't change you video card. The other thing you might want to do is use the fast ram availible the PC3200 mhz DDR to give it that extra jolt. Just add a GF4 46oo Ti and your in heaven!The Price seems right, just make sure it's a good MB like Asus, Abit, Soyo and your in luck. Best, Randy Smith

Hi there i also am looking to upgrade I currently have an Athlon 1200 with 768 megs of ram and a ATI radeon 64meg video card . my question is ( and I can only afford to upgrade either the CPU or videocard NOT both!) is it better to upgrade to say an Athlon 2200 or is it better to go to a 128meg video card-which will give me the biggest performance boost in terms of frame rate (right now I get 12-22 fps depending on how dense the scenery is) appreciate any help with this.

>Hi there i also am looking to upgrade I currently have an >Athlon 1200 with 768 megs of ram and a ATI radeon 64meg >video card . my question is ( and I can only afford to >upgrade either the CPU or videocard NOT both!) is it better >to upgrade to say an Athlon 2200 or is it better to go to a >128meg video card-which will give me the biggest performance >boost in terms of frame rate (right now I get 12-22 fps >depending on how dense the scenery is) appreciate any help >with this. If I were you I would go CPU for sure. The 64 meg card should do fine and with that amount of ram, you should be set. Remember, CPU is the most important when it comes to FPS at least with Fs2002. Randy

I am yet to install it but I just purchased a P4 2.4 Ghz, ASUS P4PE Socket 478 MB, another 512MB DDR PC2700 RAM and a GeForce 4 Ti 4600 128MB. It took quite a large chunk of money out of my pocket.I am installing the new components this week and am very anxious to see the results.Best Regards,

I have a gig of sdram so I don't have to worry about that for a while.

Where'd you get it from?

One word of caution:I really love AMD CPUs.....and I have the 2200+ xp. However, AMD seems to have a reputation for running hot. Right now, I have my case open and a fan blowing into it....that's the only way i can keep the thing below 60 deg. without spending hundreds for a liquid cooled case. So when getting a really fast AMD chip....think about heat as well.Lagaz.

Just so you know - I currently have:Athlon1800XP512 of 21 or 2700 ddr ramGf3ti200hurc fortisimo2 sound card windows xpnot sure what else is relevantLooking to for now - just upgrade the MB and CPUthen later faster memoryHas anyone made a jump like mine - or has real world experience let me know what kind of gain I can expect - I mean I lock my slider at 30 and keep it in all but Simflyers or UK2000 stuff or of course WIlco's Framekill er I mean Aiport seriesRichard GreenVATUSA4Events and VA Director

I purchased it from the great guys at pccanada.com.Best Regards,

>...that's the only way i can keep the thing below 60 deg

Well.... I dis what I swore I would NEVER DO.... go back to INTELBut the price of the p4 2.6 was LESS than the comprable athlonSo we will see how it pans out - I am busy reinstalling EVERYTHINGRichard GreenVATUSA4Events and VA Director

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