Just finished burning in and establishing my new FS computer.For a change I tried to stay with the technology curve, rather than a year or so behind. My new system, which runs FS9 in an amazing, locked always at 30, high AA, AF, Transparancy, Triple buffered all Nvida glory. It now runs FS at all settings 95% or above, many at 100%.The system was easy to build, and I'm very pleased with both the performance and the price. Why am I telling you all of this? To let you know, have faith. FSX will perform nicely I think on this next gen HW, and will only get better with DX10. Without further adieu, moi system!ASUS P5B DeluxeMSI NVidia NX 7900 GTX (512DDR3)Core 2 Duo E66002 gigs Kingston3 300 gb Maxtor SATA's. 1 Boot, 2 Striped Raid 0 (FS drive)Brand new Saitek X52, cuz my X45 was all dirty, and I like the lights on the X52! :)Not here to brag, just to share my belief that FSX will do nicely when released.Cheers,bt

Your post is very encouraging. I wish I could build my own system like yours. I'll have to get a ready built system. I'm eying one of those Dell XPS gaming machines that has all the goodies you describe. I'm afraid I'll spend a lot more than you did. However, like you, I know everything will perform as it should.Lee

I got the P5B Vanilla (no need for the features of the deluxe, and the basic model is just as stable) and built a pretty similar system, with a few minor changes:Asus P5B - $169Powercolor X800GTO 256MB $89Core 2 Duo E6600 - $3692GB G.Skill DDR2 800 - $200 after instant rebateI already had a 300GB WD SATA 2 drive, so I kept that, plus the DVD-RW I had, and purchased my CH Flight Yoke topped off the purchase. I listed the prices I got on NewEgg as well. I can run the beta at 1024x768 with most settings maxed or close at a solid locked 20fps, sometimes less (or half) that near big cities, but it's still admirable. I decided to get a cheaper card to hold me over till DX10. All told, with a few other goodies, it's a great rig for under $1000.

Your in for a rude shock if plan on turning up the settings in FSX and flying over cities.

I concur, well at least with FSX beta code anyway.Hope it improves as I'm not that impressed with the performance with my new machine.Nels

Unless you have money to burn, I would have waited for the dx10 video cards...

guys, quick question.. will the upcoming DX10 cards be conpatible with the P5B mobo? ThxJohn

>guys, quick question.. will the upcoming DX10 cards be>conpatible with the P5B mobo? >Thx>JohnRealistically, yes, they should just be PCI-e x16. The real question is one of power supplies. They are (as rumors suggest) going to be rather power hungry.

>I concur, well at least with FSX beta code anyway.>>Hope it improves as I'm not that impressed with the>performance with my new machine.>>NelsWhere are you finding trouble? There's no way that it is CPU limited, I'm barely seeing any hit on my processor with all AI sliders up to max.The 7900GS should have plenty of pipelines (20 I think) to handle water effects... Have you tried adjusting the settings to see where your performance loss is coming from? Because unless you have a terrible harddrive or your RAM is of poor quality, you have a better system than me, and it runs just fine and smooth as silk for me.Also, what resolution/video settings (AA, AF) are you running at?

This is crazy, I have seen the video and screenshots of FSX. I want it to look and run maxed out, all out, and have waited 8 months to start building a new PC. FSX is due out soon and I am not convinced it is YET time to build "THE" PC for my FSX experience.Am I really going to have to wait until sometime in 2007 to buy/assemble? I have the funding now to build something outrageous but it took time to get to this point. But I only want to do it once for the next few years and mainly to run FSX....sorry I just needed to vent!http://www.lemosnet.com/misc/gpilotsig.jpg

Yeah but it's not 100% maxed out until your cloud draw distance is 100%30 fps fluid, hah! :)

>Yeah but it's not 100% maxed out until your cloud draw>distance is 100%thats computer suicide! LOLhttp://www.lemosnet.com/misc/gpilotsig.jpg

It will be just like FS9 was. You will see improvments as mods come out and Cpu's and Video Cards improve. Just turn your sliders down and enjoy it like we all did with FS9.Sounds like you built a great rig.:-) Should do pretty well.

>This is crazy, I have seen the video and screenshots of FSX.>I want it to look and run maxed out, all out, and have waited>8 months to start building a new PC. FSX is due out soon and I>am not convinced it is YET time to build "THE" PC for my FSX>experience.>It's not time!! But it will be, probably about a year down the line.I think, based on what the dev's have said, that if you try to run a lot of sliders right in FSX right now, you will have a problem with todays hardware.>Am I really going to have to wait until sometime in 2007 to>buy/assemble? Yes, haha. But put your money in an interest-bearing account, like a 6-month CD, or even a 1-year CD, and after that you'll have enough interest money to buy a little better cpu, or a little better DX10 card.Example: 13-month certificate of deposit, 5% interest. You drop $1000 in today. In October 07 you can withdraw with $1050. $50 isn't much I guess, but it's enough to maybe bump you up a notch on the CPU or DX10.RhettAMD 3700+, eVGA 7800GT 256, ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8, etc. etc.

I want it to look and run maxed out, all out, and have waited 8 months to start building a new PC. FSX is due out soon and I am not convinced it is YET time to build "THE" PC for my FSX experience.If you NEED FSX to run fully maxed out with good performance, you're gonna have to wait... a year, maybe even two. The best of today's systems will look and perform very well as compared to FS2004, but nowhere near full sliders. Keep in mind that only in the past year or two did hardware become available to run FS2004 at full sliders and good performance. Remember the sacrificing that everyone had to do with AI traffic, mesh density, and autogen? ...not to mention the cloud tweaks and AI removal tweaks.On a new computer today, FSX will run good, and it will look at least a generation better than FS2004 could! It just can't run to its fullest potential. Consider that a GOOD thing, so that down the road when you have to update your computer again, you'll end up getting even more out of the simulator.I know it will go against your itchy checkbooks, but just wait for people like BT who have purchased a new system and rigged it for FSX to come back with reports from the front lines. The hardware isn't going anywhere, and you can get a better idea as to the usefulness of the upgrade for you before you shell out thousands of dollars for equipment that will probably get you a slideshow at maximum scenery and feature density.Preaching patience,-Germ