December 11, 200619 yr Ok, so - I've sort of found myself with a faster computer than my Celeron 1.2.I've been loaned, for an indeterminate duration, a Dell Precision 380.From what I can tell, it has a sticker on it that says Pentium D, it's a dual 3.2, 4 gigs of ram (3.2 available) and a NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 card.I see that card is only 128MB.Maybe it's a stupid question, but as I've seen lots of concern about the idea that not even high-end systems can run FSX that well, relatively speaking. I suppose this is possibly "higher-end" if not high end.I'll say this: FS9 runs fine essentially maxed out. I don't know the most detailed airport/area, but flying through NY City with everything all the way up, I stayed around 24 fps.So... I'm wondering if I should go drop some cash on FSX, and possibly (at some point) a better graphics card?Any help appreciated.Andrew H e l p k e e p A V S I M f l y i n g
December 15, 200619 yr Author Anyone?I'm not good at analyzing this stuff...thxAndrew H e l p k e e p A V S I M f l y i n g
December 15, 200619 yr Doubt that low-end FX540 video card is going to do you much good with FS. The nVidia Quadro cards are designed for business multimonitor support...they're great for spreadsheets spread out over multi monitors, but pack nowhere near the GPU power the GeForce based cards bring to bear on Direct3D apps like MSFS. 128MB of VRAM is going to be a problem, especially for FSX.For either FS9 or FSX I'd recommend an nVidia 78xx or 79xx based card. 256MB of VRAM minimum...512MB if you can.That said, FSX is going to require some compromises on a 3.2GHz Pentium D no matter what kind of video support you have.CheersBob ScottATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-V L-300Santiago de Chile Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
December 15, 200619 yr Author Thanks Bob.Well - so far, so good; the machine runs FS9 really nicely, and I may upgrade the card and stick with that.CheersAndrew H e l p k e e p A V S I M f l y i n g
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