Hi there,I would like to have your opinion on this PC that I am trying to put together. Please advise if it should work fine with FSX. using Vista as OS.1-Processor: Intel core 2 DUO E8400 3.00G/1333/6M/S775. I am looking to OC to 3.4 or 3.6 G.Hard Drive : 500G at 7200 RPM 16MMother Board: S775 ASUS P5K-E WIFI-AP P35 PCIEMemory: 800MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 2048 MO TWINX C4 X 2 to get a total of 4G.Video card: The PCIE GF* 8800 GTS 512M or 8800GTX 712M. or GE 9600GT 512MB PCIE DDR3 PCI-E Which one is better.I am looking also to add the Matrox Triple head2GO to have 3 screen display.Please let me know what you think?Thanks in advanceWalouigi

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>Hi there,>I would like to have your opinion on this PC that I am trying>to put together. Please advise if it should work fine with>FSX. using Vista as OS.>>1-Processor: Intel core 2 DUO E8400 3.00G/1333/6M/S775. I am>looking to OC to 3.4 or 3.6 G.>Great CPU. It's a no brainer for the price...if you can find one. I grew tired of waiting for it so I went for the 6750 and O'Ced to 3GHz.>Hard Drive : 500G at 7200 RPM 16M>Many people suggest to have a HD for OS and another one for the sim for performance reasons.>Mother Board: S775 ASUS P5K-E WIFI-AP P35 PCIE>I trust Newegg reviews. It has 180+ reviews and a 4-star rating. The Gigabyte P35-DS3L has 800+ reviews and a 5-star rating. Take a look at that one to see if it fits your specific needs.

Thank you I will look at them.regardsWalouigi

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What about the Video card any idea?Thanks

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If your going to use a Matrox Triple Head, you most definitely want the 8800GTX. You may also want to consider and ATI 3870X2.

Thank you very much, I looked at the ATI 3870 x2 but I was not sure .Appreciate your helpwalouigi

If you don't mind spending $600, you can buy the newly released GeForce 9800 GX2. I would ask about that though, and see if it's worth it.The performance of the card itself is 30% to 50% better than the 8800 Ultra.

>The performance of the card itself is 30% to 50% better than>the 8800 Ultra.A FSX benchmark shows a FPS gain of only 2.4 frames between a 7800GTX and a 8800Ultra even at a very high resolution. I personally would not spend hundreds more for 2 frames.http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_200...2=722&chart=293

I can't find this card in Canada yet, already the 8800 GTX is hard to find, so I had to look for the ATI 3870 x2.However I looked at some comparison of the ATI 3870 x2 and the 8800GTS and it is not that big of a difference. FPS wise but for the $ it is huge.I think I will go for a bit less then the GTX the GTS can perhaps do the job.walouigi

I think $ wise the 8800 GTS is the best performance and value, I hope I can find it in Canada.Thanks

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*9800 GX2* and 8800 Ultra. The 9800 GX2 is about $200 cheaper than 8800 Ultra but gives only a few more FPS.http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/03/18/nvi...view/page6.html