SRT

[VirginAus737 0]

Hello, OK, I don't care what you say, "oh no you shouldn't waste your money on an SSD for SRT", its what I am doing. It will help speed up the overall system performance, I am not looking to really improve FSX. Since I have to go down to PCCG I would like it to be from here if possible.http://www.pccasegear.com/What I am looking at is weather it'll matter getting a SATA II or SATA III for the SRT. Its only really there for caching and SATA II is still pretty quick. However I am also considering selling my RAM and getting these instead of the SSD:http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=16934What would give me more performance boost overall?Anyone wondering, I will be getting this screen.http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=17297Thanks for any suggestion, Regards,

[VirginAus737 0]

been playing some Crysis 2 fully maxed out, nothing below max, I get a solid 60FPS, LOCKED! I wish EA would do MS Flight, might actually be worth putting on a PC. I am still having trouble using 4 cores. When I see the task manager, core 2 (1) seems to be doing most of the work while the others are slacking off at about 20%, lazy buggers. Afinity Mask is set to 14.

[NGX 1]

Monitor looks good. That'll be a good upgrade by itself. Personally I'm going to recommend the RAM over the SRT. But wait and see what other guys say first.Edit: I'd rather EA didn't make flight. All there games are ported from console to PC that's why they run so good.

[VirginAus737 0]

I just can't believe how well Crysis 2 runs. It is supposed to be one of the highest detail gamoes out there and yet I am getting max FPS with a pretty modest system, whats the point in SLI, 990X?

[NGX 1]

Like I said. It was made for console then ported to PC. If they had made it for PC, it would've had even better graphics.

[VirginAus737 0]

The graphics are stunning regardless of which platform, can't imagine how they could be better. So what, should they make FSX for PS3? I only bought it so I could gauge how good the PC actuall was, got it for $30 and I thought it might be a little fun. Should save for more hardware.

[NGX 1]

No. FSX is PC based. No console has the power to run FSX. Crysis 2 was made at the max each console could handle. It is the limit of console graphics.

[VirginAus737 0]

Yes ut I wonder what it would be like if it was made for an X Box is what I was trying to say. Anyway, back to topic, SSD or RAM.

[NGX 1]

Probably be better optimized than it is now hahaha

[VirginAus737 0]

It is so terrible. I just sit their wondering why, why I spent so much money.

[dazz 69]

What was your current resolution again Andrew? For what I've heard about Crysis 2, it won't be the same in that 24'' monitor

[VirginAus737 0]

Oh, I actually have been borrowing my brother's monitor. Its a 22" BenQ and l have had Crysis at 1920x1080.

[VirginAus737 0]

OK, here is what it is looking like now. I have actually decided to save a bit on the monitor cos with my bro's screen, I can see that 24" will be very big. So I just decided to downsize but with that comes a increase in response time. It is 5ms which is still not too bad:http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/vs247h-asus-vs247h-black-p-52912.html?sort=2aEnds up saving me a valuble $30 which I will put towards a pair of these the way the drift is going:http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/12800cl8d-8gbxm-gskill-ddr3-2x4gb-128001600-12800cl8d-8gbxm-p-53073.html?sort=2aI have $205 sitting at home with about $50 arriving soon. The rest of the cash is supposed to some from the old machine which is going on eBay soon. E46008400GS2 DVD DrivesGA-P31-S3GMid tower case420W PSU2GB RAM Only problem is, yes, there is no HDD and no OS and we think the PSU is broken. I asked in the PMDG forum but I will ask here, what do you think this is worth as a parts only system. It was refurbished in 2007.

[NGX 1]

$200-300?

[VirginAus737 0]

Really? I need more opinions on this. Remember it is not working and was built originally in 2004, refurbished with new GPU, CPU in 2007. I have been thinking more along the lines of $120 but my Dad and bro say no way.