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Negative.... for FSXShould be ok for 9.

Negative.... for FSXShould be ok for 9.

Well, Im using FSX. Whats wrong with them?

Well, Im using FSX. Whats wrong with them?

2.93gig. FSX sucks until you can hit 3.8, and even then you'll want more horses. You will be fed up trying to get a consistent 20fps in the Gobi Desert.

2.93gig. FSX sucks until you can hit 3.8, and even then you'll want more horses. You will be fed up trying to get a consistent 20fps in the Gobi Desert.

2.93, and that's with turbo ;)What kind of flying will you be doing? Rural areas with medium sliders? Not a problem. City flying with PMDG MD11 - big problem!

Just about everyone that is getting good performance with an I7 overclocked their CPU. As mentioned, you do need to get over 3.6/3.8 to get in the zone. Of course, it does depend on settings and flying style. That being said, very few people here fly FSX (or FS9) out of the box. Lots of add ons require lots of horsepower

Thanks for the help guys. Do any of you have an Idea of what laptop will work for FSX real good without setting me back $2000 or wieghing 20lbs? I do a lot of travelling, and I like FSX to travel with me :)

Mmmmm, not off hand. The words "laptop" and "FSX" do not belong in the same sentence hehe!Maybe something from Alienware... ick, but they are overpriced.Basically you want the fastest processor and mobile video card out there. I'm a bit surprised actually, that video card in your proposed system isn't all too bad. But the CPU is really weak.

what would be the best mobile CPU for FSX? (By the way, I am currently using an HP Pavilion dv6 with NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M ,Intel Core i7 720QM @ 1.60GHz, 4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24), and a Hewlett-Packard 3659 (CPU) mother board. I am getting around 15-20 FPS with the default cessna in the countryside, and around 8-10 FPS with my PMDG j41@ KORD.)

what would be the best mobile CPU for FSX? (By the way, I am currently using an HP Pavilion dv6 with NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M ,Intel Core i7 720QM @ 1.60GHz, 4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24), and a Hewlett-Packard 3659 (CPU) mother board. I am getting around 15-20 FPS with the default cessna in the countryside, and around 8-10 FPS with my PMDG j41@ KORD.)

Whatever the fastest mobile I7 is. :(

Laptop and FSX are generally not good bedfellows. How can you sim on a laptop anyway? "Mouse as yoke" is the epitome of realisim...

Laptop and FSX are generally not good bedfellows. How can you sim on a laptop anyway? "Mouse as yoke" is the epitome of realisim...

Well, I usually just find a spot with a reasonable ammount of space and use my joystick..

Just about everyone that is getting good performance with an I7 overclocked their CPU. As mentioned, you do need to get over 3.6/3.8 to get in the zone. Of course, it does depend on settings and flying style. That being said, very few people here fly FSX (or FS9) out of the box. Lots of add ons require lots of horsepower

What are you talking? I´m only running on 3Ghz and FSX is mostly over 30 FPS. 3.8 or 4 Ghz might be somehow better, but there isn´t an "have to". It works also well on some "slower"systems.

The main thing is you learn to live with less when you sim on a laptop. I can live with out AA. With the right tweaks though; performance is better, I can live with FPS in the low 20s~10s and still fly smoothly down to 7 FPS. My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5934 reformatted and updated to Win7 x64. I've been simming on this thing for almost 2 years.

What are you talking? I´m only running on 3Ghz and FSX is mostly over 30 FPS. 3.8 or 4 Ghz might be somehow better, but there isn´t an "have to". It works also well on some "slower"systems.

I said "just about everyone" You are obviously an exception. It is probably a better idea to base expected performance on the norm rather than the exception. I also said it depends on your flying style. I highly doubt you are running the addons I run at the settings I run.