How to make FSX look amazing on a low-end computer

[hayhay7789 0]

Hey all,

I saw this YouTube video that caught my eye. (video shown below)

As you can see, the graphics are really awesome. Is there a way I can get the same graphics quality with my mid-2010 MacBook? (money is no object)

On FSX, I use the PMDG 737NGX and the Shader 3.0 mod.

 

Here are my specs:

 

Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (4GB-RAMPatch-Multilingual-12.7.2010 installed)

 

Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8600 (2.4 gHz, 3072kb L2 cache)

 

NVIDIA GeForce 320M (integrated, 256MB of shared memory)

 

Crucial M4 512GB Solid State Disk (500MB/s read, 260MB/s write)

 

13.3-inch, LED backlit, glossy widescreen display (1280 × 800)

 

8GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM (1066 MHz)

 

 

 

Thanks for your help!

 

hayhay7789

[cianpars 1,170]

You really need a CPU running at 4 GHz plus before you start to see really good results. Mine's running OK at 3.8 ish.

 

A decent videocard with at least a gig of DRAM is also a good idea (prefereably Nvidia with FSX).

 

IAN

[Jim Young 2,356]

Agree with Word Not Allowed. Look in the Hardware forum and you'll see some similar questions and recommended systems that will run fsx well (some under $1000).

 

Best regards,

Jim

[stans 703]

The closer you get to 4GHz on the CPU speed, the smoother FSX becomes. Also, 256MB of shared video memory is really insufficient.