Well unbeknownst to my wife I plopped down the cheese and got my new AMD64 FX-57 today and replaced my AMD64 FX-55 (see full specs in the sig).I just had to say that everything you've heard about the FX-57 is true, especially in FS that depends heavily on the CPU speed for everything, not the video card. In a word...FRIGGIN' SICK!!!!Finally, hardware has caught up to Flight Sim and it only took 20 Years! LOL!!!!!Regards,Mike T.

wow Mikesounds you got money to burn!happy flying with ur street machine!

Can you explain how much of a boost you are seeing? I find it hard to believe personally. My FX-55 doesn't struggle with the game at all, the problem is the graphics engine itself.

Congrats. Can you give us specifics about the performance?Settings, addons, situations, traffic, weather...etc... How smooth? The one thing that seems hard to get rid of with FS9 is that annoying graphical micro-stutter especially in 2D view while taxiing or in turns. Anything on that?I must admit, thats one nice system you have there.

If you do not send me your FX-55,, I will have to rat you out to your wife...........Just kidding......Stan

I too would like to know how the FX-57 outdoes the FX-55. I have had the FX-55 for about a month. Did you see a big jump in frames? How does it do in heavy weather? Regards,Joe

sorry but no offense, this is a load of bull. Framerates are mainly affected by your graphics card (especially real weather with lots of clouds), unless you run 100% traffic, then you are limited to the FS9 engine. So either way, the FX-55 is even overkill for this game IMO.If someone could prove me wrong I'd like to see it!

Here we are talkinkg about a New Generation in Flight Simulationand FX-57 is like a part of a completly new Hardware and Software configuration.My last spec based on 32bit sistem was:AMD FX-55 ABIT Fatal1ty AN8. There is no need for SLI MoBo if FS2004 doesn`t support it :-).Memory: Corsair XMS Pro 1G with Latency 2-2-2-5 by defoltVideo:Asus Radeon X850 XT Platinum 256MB GDDR3 PCI Ex.Why not GeForce 6800 Ultra 512MB/PCI-E? Not too bad ,there is nothing personal but ,not too good enough for Heavy Simmer.What is the first think we need to fly - REAL SKY.Who is drowing better skys? Answer is simple - ATI.I`m not saying anything about 256/512MB we are all start talking soon about TeraBites. 2TB will handle all your slyders on max, with FS2004 at least.2 Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10K in RAID-0 with 2 partitions on it:FS.9 and Scenery Add-Ons1 Western Digital Raptor 36GB 10K with all other supporting programs like Windows XP Pro,Aktive Sky,FSInn ets.You don`t need SCASI unless you going to simulate a nuke explosionCreative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS like routine with Logitech Z5500 5.1 500W Speakers.All 680W of PurePower by Thermaltake under WaterCooling sistem from Koolance in PC3-724BK Black CaseAnd FX-55 is still looks good there,belive me But now I`m driving by service road to HighWay 64and main sighn there is - Dual Core.WideFS users can understand me right I`m not going to exit FX-57 but direct to AMD X2 4800+on CrossFire boardwith dual ATI X850 XT Platinumand 3rd Gen SATA HDWindows XP Pro 64 bit of coarse(Looks like it`s one of the best utility program for FS2004 :-))FX-57 is GoodX2 just better