Thanks for posting, my specs are a touch higher at amd3000+ (2.2) with the rest the same. I don't have the beta, but the demo runs fairly well on mid settings, good to see low end machines are usable.Ian.

Well I hope both you and Jimbofly are right Rhett, because I've run a few of the missions in the time-limited beta at less than FS9-equivalent graphics settings that give me very low FPS on three rigs that I have ran them on (the two below and an Athlon XP 3200+, 1G RAM, Radeon 9800 128M). The "Jet city" mission in particular requires settings of medium high or lower on all three rigs to get above 10fps and even then it looks skanky compared to FS9 beaming through the same quality scenery at 20+fps. Looking forward to those last minute performance tweaks between the FSX beta and FSX final!Gary

I never imagined there would be a miraculous increase in FPS in the release product, but there are always optimisations that are made to the performace before any game is released.I am a aware that it won't run as well on a similar system as FS9, but that doesn't mean it won't run well considering how graphically intensive it is. Even if I have to move a lot of sliders to the left I'm sure I'll still be left with a sim that's graphically more appealing than FS9 (not saying FS9 isn't great, though!), with as good performance.And as I've said, I'm happy with what I've seen in the demo and I'm reserving judgement for when FSX is released.James

Well the beta runs like a dog at 6 to 10 fps on my pc and thats with all the sliders in the middle!P4 3.2Ghz 800fsbGeForce 256mb 6800 GT2Gb DDR400 RAMI can feel an upgrade coming on.

I meant to say another very important finding as well-Although my frames do occastion drop down into the 7-9 FPS area I have a feeling that yet once again the frame rate counter is different than for FS9, because my sim experiance is more fluid even when frames are low. I actually love flying the Lear jet now in this version because it has a nice flight deck but doesnt kill performance like the default 737 does in FSX. Go figure, I guess Im just lucky 'cause I am tickled pink that I feel a new system will be wonderful for performance for me when I upgrade in Feb for DX10 hardware. The big test will be when PMDG releases their new 737NG for FSX. That will probably run my system down, but I expect it to. As for the default aircraft and scenery, it will hold me over till I upgrade.