Im about to get a new laptop (alienware M14X) with the "1.5 DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 555Musing NVIDIA Optimus Technology" video card. Has anyone had problems with this vid card for FSX? Processor is the i7 2720QM 2.2 (3.3 Turbo boost). Hard drive is 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s. Should this all put me in good shape? Thanks for all your help, Mitch

Im about to get a new laptop (alienware M14X) with the "1.5 DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 555Musing NVIDIA Optimus Technology" video card. Has anyone had problems with this vid card for FSX? Processor is the i7 2720QM 2.2 (3.3 Turbo boost). Hard drive is 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s. Should this all put me in good shape? Thanks for all your help, Mitch

Good shape compared to what? I have no idea what you expect. Compared to the high end GF 580 card the GT 555M is not that impressive IMO,. Some key figures from the specs: CUDA cores: 144 for GT555M and 512 for the 580Texture fill rate (billions/sec): 16.2 for GT555M and 49.2 for 580.Memory bandwidth (GB/sec): 50.2 for GT555M and 192.4 for 580. If you keep most FSX display settings low I guess that you'll get a smooth flight with that laptop. But you'll never be able to fly FSX with a lot of clouds, autogen and AI traffic.

Good shape compared to what? I have no idea what you expect. Compared to the high end GF 580 card the GT 555M is not that impressive IMO,. Some key figures from the specs: CUDA cores: 144 for GT555M and 512 for the 580Texture fill rate (billions/sec): 16.2 for GT555M and 49.2 for 580.Memory bandwidth (GB/sec): 50.2 for GT555M and 192.4 for 580. If you keep most FSX display settings low I guess that you'll get a smooth flight with that laptop. But you'll never be able to fly FSX with a lot of clouds, autogen and AI traffic.

Im not looking to max any sliders out. I just want smooth flying with mid settings, It seems like unless you buy some 3,000 laptop your screwed...

Good shape compared to what? I have no idea what you expect. Compared to the high end GF 580 card the GT 555M is not that impressive IMO,. Some key figures from the specs: CUDA cores: 144 for GT555M and 512 for the 580Texture fill rate (billions/sec): 16.2 for GT555M and 49.2 for 580.Memory bandwidth (GB/sec): 50.2 for GT555M and 192.4 for 580. If you keep most FSX display settings low I guess that you'll get a smooth flight with that laptop. But you'll never be able to fly FSX with a lot of clouds, autogen and AI traffic.

So even though it's a quad core with those specs its still not going to do great?

So even though it's a quad core with those specs its still not going to do great?

I've got a quad core CPU at 4.1GHz with a GTX 480 GPU and this system won't let my use FSX with all sliders maxed out and with 100% UT2 AI traffic. Off course a cheap laptop won't perform great. But you still have to do define what is great performance in your opinion. So far I may only come to the conclusion that your GPU is not a high end card. Maybe that GPU is a good choice with that CPU - I dont know. But my guess is that your CPU/mobo will be throttled down by the GPU. But that's only my guess and hopefully some other, more educated simmer will chime in and give his/hers opinion. In general you always get what you pay for. With mid display settings in FSX (8x AA combined, 3 cloud layers, normal autogen and 30% AI-traffic) I'd guess that the GTX 555M won't live up to my expectations. If you decrease some settings and accept to lower the AA, I'd guess that the 555M will be fine.

I've got a quad core CPU at 4.1GHz with a GTX 480 GPU and this system won't let my use FSX with all sliders maxed out and with 100% UT2 AI traffic. Off course a cheap laptop won't perform great. But you still have to do define what is great performance in your opinion. So far I may only come to the conclusion that your GPU is not a high end card. Maybe that GPU is a good choice with that CPU - I dont know. But my guess is that your CPU/mobo will be throttled down by the GPU. But that's only my guess and hopefully some other, more educated simmer will chime in and give his/hers opinion. In general you always get what you pay for. With mid display settings in FSX (8x AA combined, 3 cloud layers, normal autogen and 30% AI-traffic) I'd guess that the GTX 555M won't live up to my expectations. If you decrease some settings and accept to lower the AA, I'd guess that the 555M will be fine.

Well I ordered the laptop, so i guess ill let you know in a few weeks what kind of performance I get. For me I usually fly with clear skies to preserve fps and ditch boats and cars, and keep sliders conservative. To me it's all about the airplane im flying looking and performing good than some of the airport scenery.

Well I ordered the laptop, so i guess ill let you know in a few weeks what kind of performance I get. For me I usually fly with clear skies to preserve fps and ditch boats and cars, and keep sliders conservative. To me it's all about the airplane im flying looking and performing good than some of the airport scenery.

If you use FSX with no clouds and no AI ground and sea traffic, I'll guess that your laptop will serve you well. I'm looking forward to your report

If you use FSX with no clouds and no AI ground and sea traffic, I'll guess that your laptop will serve you well. I'm looking forward to your report

I got the laptop! I am pleased to announce that with all sliders to Max and the NGX installed, I am running 30+ fps!

Very impressive, indeed!!!! With what video driver settings (AA and such)? Do you use nVIDIA Inspector to optimize image quality? You have autogen maxed with no fsx.cfg tweaks that decreas autogen buildings and trees? Clouds visibility range and AI air, ground and sea traffic maxed out? 30+ fps over New York or over ?

It's a 14'' laptop, I would think a GT555M should be able to handle 8xS/8xSQ at 1366x768 just fine