Thinking I was wasting my time, I decided to try the FSX Demo, on my modest computer. My system: P4-1.5, Ram-1024mb, Radeon-9600SE-128mb.First impression, at default settings.------Not good (see above).After a good defrag---------------------Better (but still not good).More flying, and more defragging-------This may work.Read blogs

Nice screenshots for a system from the good ole days. :)I will say that it seems to me that the resource allocation is better as you say. From what I've seen with what little flying I've done in the FSX demo it seems to me that FSX will be a noticeably more fluid sim than FS9. We will see when the final product hits the shelves, but I have a feeling people are in for a pleasant surprise when it comes to performance, at least with the proper hardware. Very interesting to see that you are almost getting a reasonable framerate on your old rig! :) I take it that's with slider mostly turned down though?Cheers

You know, I think that is pretty amazing that FSX can run acceptably on a older model P4.Rhett

I asked a similar question herehttp://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...mode=full#17564and got a reply that says FPS is difficult to predict but FSX shouls be a lot smoother and less stutteryMarkDell XPS Gen3 (3.6GHz/800FSB) | 2GB DDR SDRAM | 360GB SATA RAID 0 | 256MB ATI Radeon X850 PE (Catalyst 6.5) | Audigy 2 ZS Sound | Saitek X52 | WindowsXP Pro (SP2) | DirectX 9.0c