Sometimes I feel like people are throwing money out the window for FSX... they go way overkill because they think that's the only way to get any good performance.

 

The sad part is; even those that put $3000.00 or more into their computers complain about poor performance, OOM errors and CTDs. Nothing like trying to throw good money after bad.

I take my advise from NickN at Simforums about the appropriate hardware to buy for an FSX system and on setting up Windows and on installing FSX and addons etc. You  know NickN. Yea that guy who everyone who is awake in FSX world knows and respects. Yea the guy who has been around in flight sim for a few decades now. When I here people making claims about $1200 computer running FSX with resource hungry Addons and sliders at 70% and fps never below 30 I simply don't believe.

 

 

You  know NickN. Yea that guy who everyone who is awake in FSX world knows and respects.

You might not want to check out the thread about Global being delayed a week, Nick N does not seem to be as great as you say.

 

 

When I here people making claims about $1200 computer running FSX with resource hungry Addons and sliders at 70% and fps never below 30 I simply don't believe.

 

When I hear people making claims about any computer running FSX with resource hungry addons and sliders on full and fps never below 30 I don't believe them either.

 

Usually it ends out that Road vehicles and/or Airline, General aviation or Airport vehicle density sliders are not all at maximum.

 

 

Usually it ends out that Road vehicles and/or Airline, General aviation or Airport vehicle density sliders are not all at maximum.

Why would you want to run road traffic at full, you cannot see the cars from the plane, and they have a huge effect on performance. AI traffic on the other hand is always worth running at near full.

70% sliders at 30 is not that hard. 750 can get you a computer to do that.

 

 

Why would you want to run road traffic at full

 

I wouldn't and couldn't as I have a very low end computer. Still when people make claims about all sliders on full, that can only be true if all their sliders are indeed on full.

You might not want to check out the thread about Global being delayed a week, Nick N does not seem to be as great as you say.

Well when you want to suggest that probably the most respected FSX guru in the world is not as great as un-measurable amount of FSX user know from experience he is you have lost any credibility you might have had. IF you want the best possible performance form FSX you are looking at top shelf hardware. Period. Even if you build a PC with mid-range hardware you will ultimately be frustrated that you cannot achieve the FPS and detail the good stuff can achieve and that will go a long way toward spoiling your experience. So for the last time to the original poster. My advise to you is to do one of two things with regard to your interest in FSX. 1. Follow the advise of the established Guru's here on AVSIM. There is a document in the Hardware section of the website the is updated regularly which offers instructions of building a PC for FSX.

2. Go take a look at Simforum and read NickN's Latest FSX Guides and take your advise from there.

 

To get back to the point. OP, You want a laptop, fine. I cannot offer you any advise there. My opinion is that laptops are for business not simming or gaming but each to their own. I don't know if you already have a PC that will run FS2004. If so then enjoy that and build on your $450 over the next year or two depending on how much you can afford to put away. Don't let it burn a whole in your pocket Build yourself a top shelf PC for FSX when have the money and never regret the hundreds of hours of regret free pleasure it will give you for the next 5 years.

 

My opinion is that we are entering a golden age of Flight Sim. Finally, there is hardware that is a match for FSX and my first impression of XPX 64bit is that it is Awesome. And perhaps P3D V2 is on the horizon. You need to spend on the hardware to enjoy this stuff.

 

Anyone telling you can be satisfied with FSX performance with budget or mid-range Hardware is plan wrong.

That's my last word on the subject.

Well when you want to suggest that probably the most respected FSX guru in the world is not as great as un-measurable amount of FSX user know from experience he is you have lost any credibility you might have had. IF you want the best possible performance form FSX you are looking at top shelf hardware. Period. Even if you build a PC with mid-range hardware you will ultimately be frustrated that you cannot achieve the FPS and detail the good stuff can achieve and that will go a long way toward spoiling your experience. So for the last time to the original poster. My advise to you is to do one of two things with regard to your interest in FSX. 1. Follow the advise of the established Guru's here on AVSIM. There is a document in the Hardware section of the website the is updated regularly which offers instructions of building a PC for FSX.

2. Go take a look at Simforum and read NickN's Latest FSX Guides and take your advise from there.

 

To get back to the point. OP, You want a laptop, fine. I cannot offer you any advise there. My opinion is that laptops are for business not simming or gaming but each to their own. I don't know if you already have a PC that will run FS2004. If so then enjoy that and build on your $450 over the next year or two depending on how much you can afford to put away. Don't let it burn a whole in your pocket Build yourself a top shelf PC for FSX when have the money and never regret the hundreds of hours of regret free pleasure it will give you for the next 5 years.

 

My opinion is that we are entering a golden age of Flight Sim. Finally, there is hardware that is a match for FSX and my first impression of XPX 64bit is that it is Awesome. And perhaps P3D V2 is on the horizon. You need to spend on the hardware to enjoy this stuff.

 

Anyone telling you can be satisfied with FSX performance with budget or mid-range Hardware is plan wrong.

That's my last word on the subject.

Ran fsx on AMD CPUs for a couple years it was sufficient then I got i5 desktop with 760gtx. Better off spending $1200 on machine can run fsx decently than spending $3000 as not all here can afford to spend that amount. Also, diminishing returns after i5 CPU and overclock above 4.5. why would I need 780 or 690 for that matter bragging rights it's for single monitor. money wasted on hardware overkill is been a lot here. Everybody flying style different and majority would not spend $3000 on a pc.

 

 

Go take a look at Simforum and read NickN's Latest FSX Guides and take your advise from there.

Well it seems that all of the gurus need to sit down and agree upon what is recommended. Word Not Allowed's guide says that you could get away just fine while spending only 1000 dollars. And avsim's guide would total your hardware purchases to be about 1500. NickN seems to disagree with all of the other experts, and from his guide, seems to like to tell people that they are flat out wrong, and that ORBX does many things wrong. That guide looks more like a political agenda than a blog. Why don't you go check out Word Not Allowed's blog, or the local avsim guide. Both actually do a good job of helping you, not telling you that everybody but NickN is wrong. NickN also seems to have some deep pockets, and must have let some of that money go to his head. A 780 is never needed. If someone ran only fsx with that card, the usage would never go above 50%. Also, the 4870k and the 4770k are the same chip but the i7 has no hyper threading. FSX does not use hyper threading, so why would you need it. Also why would you want a 850w psu with a single GPU. 850w is enough for SLI titans if you wanted. NickN's guide just seems to be off in so many ways, I find it hard to be credible.

They are guides, nothing more, nothing less.

 

Read them, become educated, do your own research, and then then do what you think is best.

 

Guides are written to help people, not be the end-all on a subject.

 

Nobody needs to agree or disagree and if you feel that strong, write and post your own guide somewhere.

Fair enough my bad. I make a lot of money and $3000, although not pocket chance is really not that much to me. I didn't have to save for it. I just dropped it and no big deal! I didn't get to be able to do that for nothing but what the heck do what you like.

What would I know!

Just forget it, i cant even run FSX on my 5000$ alienware laptop, all other games but not FSX, Trying to setup FSX on a laptop wil just get you frustrated, you will not ever get rid of blurries and dont even try with addons.

Specifications: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 (3.4GHz) Processor Core: Quad-Core Memory: 12GB DDR3 (PC3-10600) Max Memory: 32GB Memory Slots: 4 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 (2GB dedicated) Video Ports: HDMI, DVI Hard Drive: 2TB SATA (7200rpm) Optical Drive: SuperMulti DVD±RW

I found this desktop on the web. do you think it will give me good performance?? i´m just a little worried about the GT 630. i don´t know if it is good enough.

Computer Case : Thermaltake Versa I Mid Tower ATX Power Supply Upgrade : 550W Heavy Duty TOUGH Series SATA Power Supply Motherboard : Asus P8B75 1155/Intel B75/DDR3/SATA3&USB3.0/A&GbE/(m)ATX DDR3 Memory : 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3-1600 PC3-12800 Hyper-X Processor : Intel Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz Quad Core 8MB CPU Cooling Fan : Original Factory Cooling Fan and Heatsink Hard Drive : 1TB Seagate 7200RPM SATA-3 UDMA 300 32MB Cache Video Card : EVGA nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB DDR DVI/HDMI PCI-Express Video Card DVD Recorder : Asus 24X DVD+/-RW SATA Sound Card : 8-Channel Digital Sound Card (onboard) Network Card : 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Card (onboard) Case Fan : Case Fan 80mm

 

Is this one better than the previous i posted??

Yes, the second one is better.