Seeing that PMDG are likely not to make their 737 v2 in FS9, I'm looking into the possibility of upgrading to FSX.I've recently upgraded to a Intel i7 920, which gives me alot of lattitude for overclocking, but my problem is I won't know how well FSX runs until I repurchase all of my addons for FSX.Is there a way of evaluating how well FSX will run with high quality arcraft, scenery and weather addons, without having to purchase all the upgrades. By the way, I already own FSX.Thanks.

Seeing that PMDG are likely not to make their 737 v2 in FS9, I'm looking into the possibility of upgrading to FSX.I've recently upgraded to a Intel i7 920, which gives me alot of lattitude for overclocking, but my problem is I won't know how well FSX runs until I repurchase all of my addons for FSX.Is there a way of evaluating how well FSX will run with high quality arcraft, scenery and weather addons, without having to purchase all the upgrades. By the way, I already own FSX.Thanks.

Run it, crank the sliders, and see what happens. Then figure that everything you add will take a little but away. (Or not. Some programs take away nothing at all.))I have an E6700/2GB RAM/640MB 8800, with FSX+GEX+UTX+Genesis mesh and it runs well enough to have lots of fun with. Granted, I don't fly heavies into JFK very often, more of a mountain/bush flyer, but I get good enough FPS to have very enjoyable flights. And as FSX is CPU heavy, and you have that lovely new CPU, assuming your video card is up to snuff, you're going to have a great show. :(

If you can get your 920 to 4.0+ GHz you should be able to run high end addons such as PMDG's MD11 or F1's Mustang in NYC with 20 ish fps - using high settings and AI traffic. If that's not enough for you might want to think about sticking with FS9 or creating a separate CFG file while flying in high population areas. I consider NYC to be the toughest area in FSX on FPS. Add in UT2 traffic, FS Dreamteam's JFK airport, and you'll need a very fast CPU to support all of it.

Seeing that PMDG are likely not to make their 737 v2 in FS9, I'm looking into the possibility of upgrading to FSX.I've recently upgraded to a Intel i7 920, which gives me alot of lattitude for overclocking, but my problem is I won't know how well FSX runs until I repurchase all of my addons for FSX.Is there a way of evaluating how well FSX will run with high quality arcraft, scenery and weather addons, without having to purchase all the upgrades. By the way, I already own FSX.Thanks.

Most important of all. Don't use the fps counter to judge performance in FSX DX9 mode. If the sim is smooth and stutter free, you've got good performance. Use Nicks guide when you setup FSX: http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=29041

Really simple formula - buy an i5 750, i7 860 or i7 920 and a decent motherboard (been very happy with my MSI one) - buy a good cooler and overclock the CPU to ~ 4GHz. Get 4GB+ DDR3 memory. GTX260 or better Nvidia card. Get an SSD if you can afford it.That's the best you can do in FSX right now. Performance has been very good for me with my new machine.