Hello!Below are the hardware specs for my PC - is there anything I can do with my hardware without paying so much to boost performance of FSX!? I currently play games such as Crysis and Modern Warfare 2 beautifully and smoothly at max settings (without overclocking) but FSX is the only game I play which I cannot achieve beautiful and smooth gameplay at MAX settings. Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated! :)Thank you!HP Pavilion Elite m9050.pt Processor: Core 2 Quad Q6600 (K) 2.4 GHz (95W) - 1066 MHz front side bus - Socket 775Chipset: Intel G33 ExpressMotherboard: Asus IPIBL-LA Berkeley-GL8EMemory: 3GB - 240 pin, DDR2 SDRAMHard Drive: 320 GB SATA 3G (3.0 Gb/sec) - 7200 rpmCD/DVD Drive: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X RAM (+/-)R DL LightScribe SATA driveGraphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB DDR5 memory (the original used to be a GeForce 8500GT 512 MB GDDR2 memory but I had it upgraded)Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit

Unfortunately, no.That Q6600 is becoming ancient much like my AMD6000.I see you have some sort of off the shelf PC. They rarely allow overclocking so your best bet is to save up for a new system and build it yourself.

Hello!Below are the hardware specs for my PC - is there anything I can do with my hardware without paying so much to boost performance of FSX!? I currently play games such as Crysis and Modern Warfare 2 beautifully and smoothly at max settings (without overclocking) but FSX is the only game I play which I cannot achieve beautiful and smooth gameplay at MAX settings. Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated! :)Thank you!HP Pavilion Elite m9050.pt Processor: Core 2 Quad Q6600 (K) 2.4 GHz (95W) - 1066 MHz front side bus - Socket 775Chipset: Intel G33 ExpressMotherboard: Asus IPIBL-LA Berkeley-GL8EMemory: 3GB - 240 pin, DDR2 SDRAMHard Drive: 320 GB SATA 3G (3.0 Gb/sec) - 7200 rpmCD/DVD Drive: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X RAM (+/-)R DL LightScribe SATA driveGraphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB DDR5 memory (the original used to be a GeForce 8500GT 512 MB GDDR2 memory but I had it upgraded)Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit

I've got a Q6600 that I've overclocked to 3.2 GHz without changing voltages or cooling..Suggest you read up on overclocking a Q6600 and try it, in steps - this gives you "free" horsepowerand a real boost in FSX. (If your motherboard allows it..)