Hi allLooking to upgrade my PC in the near future but I am a bit unsure of what hardware is good, bad or indifferent. ( not very computer savvy).The PC would be used to run FS9 , hopefully with all the bells and whistles.The company I am looking at is Alienware and they give various options for the models they sell. This is the model I'm looking at , and as you can see they have various build options. The PC would be used primarily for Flight Sim and not much else.The dashed lines represent the base model fittings would they run FS9 OK or would I need to upgrade to some of the other options listed?Any advice would be appreciated.Operating SystemsWindows Vista

Not enough information on the Intel processor.

Intel

That computer should run FS9 superbly and even run FSX decently.

Guys With the above in mind is this a better option?It's a little cheaper!!!!!!!!!!I have seen this computer with the following specs,Microsoft Windows XP Home Asus P5N-D 750i Chipset Socket 775 Thermaltake Toughpower 650WCore 2 Duo E8500 6MB cache BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC 896MB PCI Express 2.0 2GB Corsair DDR2 800MHz C5 TwinX 320GB Caviar SE16 SATA 300 Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Thanks for helping out a computer dunce ( This is the last question. Honest!!! )

Guys With the above in mind is this a better option?It's a little cheaper!!!!!!!!!!I have seen this computer with the following specs,Microsoft Windows XP Home Asus P5N-D 750i Chipset Socket 775 Thermaltake Toughpower 650WCore 2 Duo E8500 6MB cache BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC 896MB PCI Express 2.0 2GB Corsair DDR2 800MHz C5 TwinX 320GB Caviar SE16 SATA 300 Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Thanks for helping out a computer dunce ( This is the last question. Honest!!! )

That's even better, though the 9800GT may be a little better than the GTX260. Ask all the questions you want.

Thanks once again Art