Just checking as I may need to do an upgrade before it releases. I hope it would be ATX compatible, as I have a nice case and wish to put in the best of the best looking out ahead (dual processors, dual core, AMD, whatever looks the most hopeful for the forseeable future.Not sure if SLI video is the way to go so opinions here would be great.Noel

Apart from MS and a few beta testers, nobody knows for sure what will make FSX tick. Your rig is plenty powerful enough for FS2004 and, if previous releases of FS are anything to go by, should offer at least reasonable performance when FSX comes out. Save your upgrade pennies until then, when you'll know for sure what will make FSX tick.Gary

What sort of performance are you getting now with FS9? What things give you buttery smooth flawless performance, and what (specific) things pull your frames down?---Will

Well I've got over 3 years on this current rig so actually I was contemplating transferring everything but the SCSI's to my daughter who needs an upgrade. It is a bad time I agree so far out from FSX and DX10, but if we need to buy a machine for her I'd rather just move parts over to her and keep my nice Lian Li case, tho it's ATX, and my drives, and pick up a cheapie case and SATA drives for her. I could also keep my GF6800 and wait to upgrade the video part of a new system til next year, provided I buy a mainboard that would accomodate next gen GPUs. My current rig runs FS9 just dandy.Anyway, the question posed is still the same: what's the best looking parts for mainboard, CPU (dual processor/dual core?) into the forseable future. I don't think there are any paradigm shifts in processing coming along anytime soon, so other than a few more megahertz for next year's offering, I'm guessing top end parts in the next few months will be quite comparable to what's out next year when FSX comes along. SLI?