Building a new computer, wondering how well it will do.I also am waiting for the new Mugen 2 Rev b coolerCore i5Asus P7P55DXFX 5770OCZ 550 watt PSUCORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600Antec 300Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPMThanks!

It will run FS9 maxed out with add-ons. FSX will need some over-clocking to approach playable framerates at the same settings. A couple notches down on AI and autogen should take care of that though. Hardware choices look good! I have the same PSU and HD in one of my rigs, both top-notch.

Building a new computer, wondering how well it will do.XFX 5770Thanks!

Keep in mind that the latest drivers from ATI (9.11's) do not allow you to force AF on FSX or FS9.It's not a problem with FSX as you can select AF in game and use application's settings in ATI's control panel, but with FS9 there is no option in game for

Keep in mind that the latest drivers from ATI (9.11's) do not allow you to force AF on FSX or FS9.It's not a problem with FSX as you can select AF in game and use application's settings in ATI's control panel, but with FS9 there is no option in game for

Wow that kind of really throws things off, AA, works though right? Do older drivers, that work well with FS, also work with the 5770? So I could roll back until compatible ones work?

Yes AA does work and forcing AF did work with the Catalyst 9.10's but performance has improved for the new 5000 series cards with the 9.11's and I would expect it to get better with the 9.12's and beyond. One other thing is Super Sample AA which provides excellent image quality with the new 5000 but was practically unusable with the Catalyst 9.10's because of the performance hit. ATI/AMD has optimized Super Sample AA with the 9.11's and with a lot of the games/sims I run has become usable without the major performance hit from before. Again I expect this to get better with future driver revisions. ASUS Rampage II Extreme (1639 BIOS) Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition w/Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RTMushkin Redline Ascent 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) (6-6-5-18-1N)Asus/ATI 5870 (Catalyst 9.11)Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1tyWD VelociRaptor 150GB

Yes AA does work and forcing AF did work with the Catalyst 9.10's but performance has improved for the new 5000 series cards with the 9.11's and I would expect it to get better with the 9.12's and beyond. One other thing is Super Sample AA which provides excellent image quality with the new 5000 but was practically unusable with the Catalyst 9.10's because of the performance hit. ATI/AMD has optimized Super Sample AA with the 9.11's and with a lot of the games/sims I run has become usable without the major performance hit from before. Again I expect this to get better with future driver revisions.

So it is not a reason to buy different card?

So it is not a reason to buy different card?

That's up to you, I know I wouldn't base hardware choice for a new system solely on FS9 or FSX for that matter. At this point with FS9 being as dated as it is and FSX being pretty much a dead end street I would not sink money into hardware that doesn't have the ability to run other sims/games with up to date graphic engines. You could always hold off and see what happens with the Catalyst 9.12's or wait for Nvidia's upcoming GPU. ASUS Rampage II Extreme (1639 BIOS) Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition w/Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RTMushkin Redline Ascent 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) (6-6-5-18-1N)Asus/ATI 5870 (Catalyst 9.11)Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1tyWD VelociRaptor 150GB