well i finally did a mini upgradei went from my 1 gig of ram to 2 gig of ram, i also replaced my 6600GT to a 7600GT AGP card, i ran a before and after AquaMArk 3 at default settings i got the following with my pre upgrade systemGFX 3615 pointsCPU 7203 pointstotal score 28905then i installed the above and i got a 100% increase in performanceGFX 9459CPU 7405total score 57725 !!!i then did a test flight, in the PMDG 737NG textures are loading so much quicker and my dreaded approach into klax was now really smooth! so i am very happy with this upgrade it will keep my going for 12 months till i do a complete new system overhaul and hopefully get into the new directx 10 cards which should be well and truly on the market by then.

>>i then did a test flight, in the PMDG 737NG textures are>loading so much quicker and my dreaded approach into klax was>now really smooth! >Those hi-fi aircraft eat up the ram don't they???>so i am very happy with this upgrade it will keep my going for>12 months till i do a complete new system overhaul and>hopefully get into the new directx 10 cards which should be>well and truly on the market by then.>>You are on about the same upgrade schedule I am...probably a year or even a little more until I rebuild. But then if DX10 is just way too good to pass up, I might have to do it sooner. If I can resist.I don't want to spend 10,000,000 $$ on a DX10 card.RhettAMD 3700+, eVGA 7800GT 256, ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8, etc. etc.

yep trueand the thing is i managed to get FSX demo up and running as well, on my 6600GT i couldnt even get 1 fps now i am getting a nice 15-20 fps with medium autogen so i am quite happy with this as i will be able to use FSX for the next 12 months as well.

That is So Cool!! I love stories like this...Hope you enjoy your new set-up..Have Fun!!

Wow, I didn't think there would be THAT much difference in FSX between a 6600 vs. a 7600. Well that really was a very good upgrade for you then.They keep saying FSX will scale better with GPU's than any previous version of FS, and I guess your experience kinda bears that out...RhettAMD 3700+, eVGA 7800GT 256, ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8, etc. etc.