Hello, I am a new member to avsim and I am currently planning on upgrading my system. I usually only fly the Level-d 767 and I usually have no problem with framerates as long as I stay away from NYC and as long as I dont use any traffic whatsoever. It gets pretty lonely being the only plane in an airport and in the skies but a huge drop in fps has limited me to not using any traffic. I use the triplehead2go and my resolution is 3480 x 1024. I also have Win 7 64 bit version. Below are my specs on my current computer. Please let me know what you guys think I should upgrade. Thanks a bunch. OmarEVGA 896-P3-1260-AR GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8500 G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQTRIPLEHEAD2GO (3480 x 1024 resolution)Level-D 767 SimWESTERN DIGITAL 320g hard driveWIN 7 64bit version

Hello, I am a new member to avsim and I am currently planning on upgrading my system. I usually only fly the Level-d 767 and I usually have no problem with framerates as long as I stay away from NYC and as long as I dont use any traffic whatsoever. It gets pretty lonely being the only plane in an airport and in the skies but a huge drop in fps has limited me to not using any traffic. I use the triplehead2go and my resolution is 3480 x 1024. I also have Win 7 64 bit version. Below are my specs on my current computer. Please let me know what you guys think I should upgrade. Thanks a bunch. OmarEVGA 896-P3-1260-AR GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8500 G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQTRIPLEHEAD2GO (3480 x 1024 resolution)Level-D 767 SimWESTERN DIGITAL 320g hard driveWIN 7 64bit version

Omar, my $0.02 is the your current system will not gain much by changing any one or two things. A fast system is just that, "a system" where all the parts work together and are dependent on each other. Save your money until you can upgrade the entire system. The latest, fastest system is not necessary to enjoy FSX. But it is necessary if you want peak perfromance.

For that system you may have to reduce resolution a notch? You should definitely go for an overclock, that processor should go to 4 GHz easily. Don