(yeah I accidentally misspelled "insanely")Currently I'm using an ATI 5870 with three 22" monitors, and an i7 920 @ 2.67ghz. Basically - I cannot do IFR/airliner flights in dense areas. Even when I turn down the sliders. For example, I put myself on the active at KSFO in the CLS 767, with all autogen and scenery complexity OFF, water effects very low, AA off, UTX lights disabled, mesh resolution etc very low...and I still only got maybe 13-15 fps at most. Even when I switched to the default 172. I have used several commonly known tools to help; I have the Xtreme FSX PC program as well.Do you think this is a limitation of the card or the fact that my CPU is not overclocked and somewhat dated? (It's a premade Dell so the BIOS does not allow for overclocking) Due to all this I've been doing mainly only bush flying in my ORBX areas, which seem to go very smoothly, unless of course I go into a bigger city. I'm really anxious to get the NGX, so I'm thinking about ditching eyefinity altogether (though I still want to keep it as the extra field of vision is very useful when playing ArmA 2 online :P )

Currently I'm using an ATI 5870 with three 22" monitors, and an i7 920 @ 2.67ghz.Do you think this is a limitation of the card or the fact that my CPU is not overclocked and somewhat dated? (It's a premade Dell so the BIOS does not allow for overclocking) I'm thinking about ditching eyefinity altogether

The ATI card is a beaut, Mike! I ran this way for six months - it's a great card: some might even argue it's on par with the 580! (Well - it is close.)The problem is your "dated" Dell proc and it's inability to overclock. (They would make a lot more money, if only....) If the case is big enough, I would suggest another mobo, ($180), an 800w psu, ($115) keep the ATI, get 6 gig of 7 or 8cl 1600 ram (<$100) and put the proc in the new mobo. THEN overclock it to 4.2 gig! the 920 will do it. $400 tops - you'll have a pc that will run FSX 85% better than right now. You will need some good air cooling, though - another $60.Of course - you could spring for an i5 2500K SB (or better), a more modern mobo, same psu, 8gig of ram and a similar air cooler...... You don't need a case, mouse, monitor, or KB, right?