Hi and Merry Xmas everyone!I want to upgrade my current p.c. not only for fs9.1 but also for half life 2 and the other new games out and coming out.Currently I have a radeon 9700pro with 1gb ram, 250gb hdd and asus a7n8x deluxe mobo.I don't know whether to stay agp or go over to pci-express and would appreciate any suggestions relative to the UK market. I like the look of the x800xt radeon card but don't know too much about it such as is it only pci-e or is it agp as well?Any suggestions for super quick gaming machine are much appreciated - budget is about

You can get the X800XT in either AGP or PCI-E :)

thanks for that, but what I really want are suggestions as to optimum configuration i.e. processor, ram, mobo, graphics.Rick

This is what I built,(specs are in the futuremark link), http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3514940 I used the Athlon FX55 Processor. With PMDG 737,USA Roads, KLGA scenery by Shehryar Ansari,(lga2004.zip)New York Objects Version 3.0,by Tatu Kantomaa (nyc_obj3.zip)FSGenesis Appalachians & NE 38.2m Terrain, Active sky, Radar Contact 3,Ultamate Traffic,with traffic set on 50%,Display 1600x1200x32 with second monitor at 1024x768x32,I get around 14 FPS doing touch and goes at LGA. My graphics settings are at the top settings in the dropdown boxes,except no water effects. My desktop FSAA is4x,with AF at 8x. As you can see,even with my system I have to make compromises.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/101889.jpg

Wow, what a mess, LOLI hope this doesn't happen to me when I upgrade. I think even the top-of-line computers are still behind in being able to handle so many add-ons. That's really a lot of add-ons you have running at once. Hopefully one day we will be able to run the sim with whatever eye candy we can and get good frame rates. The problem is, we get bored and desire the newer sim. I'll bet the fast computers out now run 2002 like never before.

Maybe someday we will have a sim with all that built in from the start,that wont need $2000.00 worth of CPU,Vidio card and ram to run it.