Old/ New Computer

[WestJetter 1]

Received an older computer from a friend and these are the specs.

 

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

-Intel® Core i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67 GHz

8 gigs of RAM and 500 gig disk space

 

I know very little about computers so if someone could comment on how this system would handle FSX that would be great!!

 

All The Best

Brad

[TechguyMaxC 516]

It will do alright, but you'll want to overclock the CPU dramatically if you would like to run high settings and add-ons like complex planes, airports, traffic, and weather. I have a customer that has an i7 930 which was built a couple years ago and overclocked to 4.4GHz, a healthy 50%. At this point in time it is no longer adequate for his needs, so we will be upgrading to an i5 3570K and overclocking to 4.5GHz or better.