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My PC (specs below) is "enough for FSX"...In the end it all depends on your expectations...Enough to run FSX full-sliders with no tweaking? H-E-Double Hockey Sticks no.Enough to run FSX at higher-than-avg sliders with some tweaking? Probably.Enough to run FSX at medium sliders with some tweaking? Probably so!All the money in the world won't buy you FSX-usable processor cycles until the chip manufacturers extend out a generation or two. For certain, the machine will be nice! But do not expect to run full sliders. (In case you don't yet know, FSX at moderate slider settings is a gorgeous looking simulator!) Good luck!-Greg

>My PC (specs below) is "enough for FSX"...>>In the end it all depends on your expectations...>>Enough to run FSX full-sliders with no tweaking? H-E-Double>Hockey Sticks no.>>Enough to run FSX at higher-than-avg sliders with some>tweaking? Probably.>>Enough to run FSX at medium sliders with some tweaking?>Probably so!>>All the money in the world won't buy you FSX-usable processor>cycles until the chip manufacturers extend out a generation or>two. For certain, the machine will be nice! But do not expect>to run full sliders. >>(In case you don't yet know, FSX at moderate slider settings>is a gorgeous looking simulator!) >>Good luck!>-GregThanks - that's what I had hoped to hear. :)

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In a word, NO. (not with sliders beyond half way anyway)Why pay that much for Alienware?EDIT - Nevemind, dual 7950GT's in SLI = $$$$ = no FPS gain in FS9 or FSX. Only buy if you play other games (HL2, FEAR etc)Plus Nforce4 mobo = limited overlcock with Core 2 Duo. P965 or 975X chipset required for decent overclock.If you must have SLI, wait till November for Nforce 600 series.I built my rig last month for $1380 CADWill be buying new GPU for 2nd gen DX10 cards.Glenn

Just to give you an idea...I have the following system specs:Intel Core 2 X6800 Extreme CPU O/C'd to 3.41GhzAsus P5W-DH Motherboard running BIOS rev 14072GB of OCZ Platinum PC2-8000 DDR2 RAMBFG GeForce 7950 GX2 1GB Video CardSoundblaster X-Fi Elite Pro Soundcard2 Seagate SATA II 150GB HD's1 Plextor SATA Dual Layer BurnerI built this thing myself and spent over $5000.00 CAD.All of my settings in FSX are set at Ultra High with the Exception of Scenery (I think that's what it was called) which is set to High and a Frame Rate lock set to 25 FPS.The sim runs pretty smoothly but gets bogged down to 10 FPS when in external view flying through alot of cloud cover.Anyone that thinks they can crank up the settings to max with their "top-of-the-line" equipment must be sniffing some serious glue.It will be interesting to see what machine will actually be able to end up running FSX with max settings.