Hey guys ive given this alot of thought please comment this is ther system i have choicen atm i was going to get dual 5970 and run them in cross fire with just a i7 920 but been told it will bottle neck and i am better off gettina 980x and 1 5970 costs about the same plus i can always buy another 5970 later on when they are cheaper :) please comment on everything thanks. Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 980X (3.33Ghz/12MB/ 6.4GT QPI/ 6 Core)Asus Rampage III Extreme Corsair 6GB Kit (3x2GB), PC-12800 (1600MHz) DDR3, Dominator GT DHX+ Fan, 7-7-7-20, Triple Channel Kit ( will buy 2 for 12 gig ram)XFX Radeon HD5970 Black Edition (725mhz), 2GB GDDR5 (4000mhz), PCI-E 2.0, Fan Cooler, G.Skill 256GB 2.5" SSD, Falcon Series, 64MB Cache, Read 230MB/s, Write 190MB/s (for fsx and w7)Pioneer BDC-202BK OEM Blu Ray Combo Drive, Blu Ray Reader & DVDRW, BlackD-Link DWA-510 Wireless G 11/54MBPS PCI Adapter, Reverse SMA Detachable AntennaSilverStone RV01B-W, Black/Silver, ATX, No PSU, 2 x USB2.0, Ravin Tower with WindowMicrosoft Windows 7 Ultimate DVD Retail PackWestern Digital 1TB, Caviar RE3, SATA-II, 7200RPM, 32MB Cache,24x7 Reliability (FOR movies documnets etc etc might get 2 and run in raid 0 but i have had problems with raid in the past so might just play it safe)g19 and g5Thermaltake W0171 ToughPower 1500 Watt Active PFC Cable Management, SLI & EPS Noctua NH-C12P-SE14 Performance CPU CoolerNoctua NF-P14-FLX 140mm P-FanThanks guys :)

Looks like a great system, the only thing I would change is I would install W7 on the Western Digital, maby on a partition about 160 gb then use the rest of the drive for documents, movies, pictures etc etc, and use the SSD strictly for FSX and other games, anyways sure your system will rock either way, good luck

This is quote from Jetline Systems (and they are well known pros who custom-build systems for FSX):The Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 and ATI Radeon 5970 has tested to be a significant performance inhibitor to FSX. This is due to their integrated dual GPU design. Jetline is not offering these models due to low FSX test results.

Hey mate what other graphic cards would you name that are good for fsx?http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/01/05/...rmance_review/6

Hey mate what other graphic cards would you name that are good for fsx?http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/01/05/...rmance_review/6

The ATI 5870 and nVidia GTX 480 are the best you can get for FSX at the moment. bojote's VSYNC and shader 3.0 tweaks are required with the ATI 5870.

hey according to that link the ati 5970 is fater then the 5870?

hey according to that link the ati 5970 is fater then the 5870?

Yes and no , Yes for most of applications/games and No for FSX, FSX cannot use dual GPU config, benchmarks and tests show fastest single GPU works better than dual GPU card(again I mean on FSX), so Nvidia 480GTX :( or ATI 5870 can be nice choice.

hey thanks ill probably get the 5970 and suck it and see ill be playing other games as well as fsx :)

Holy Pennies Batman! I almost dropped me coffee cup when I noticed the price of the XFX Radeon HD5970 Black Edition at NewEgg.