Along with many of us in this AVSIM FSX forum, I purchased my copy of FSX Deluxe last year in November too. And just like most of us here, my expectations were soon to be reduced from very high, to

I am a "ditto" and will be posting more real specs when my 8800gt card comes tomorrow-but after using a 4 year old machine and upgrading finally a week ago (used my son's 7800 gts while I wait for my 8800 gt to come tomorrow-my computer builder messed up and ordered the wrong video card)-what a difference an upgrade makes-even with the 7800 gts- no blurries and great performance-can't wait to see what it will be with the new video card!Reinstalling my many programs was a huge royal pain!-and once my new video card comes I will have to make the painful vista activation call-but anticipating butter here-have already seen the potential...http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/1b5baf...b9f427f694g.jpgMy blog:http://geofageofa.spaces.live.com/

FSX takes a lot of criticism, but Imo it's really a beautiful program. A real joy to behold when you can crank up some of the sliders. I just find the visuals so relaxing at times.Core2 cpu's are really great performers, great bang for the buck. Congrats to you both on your purchase.

>I am a "ditto" and will be posting more real specs when my>8800gt card comes tomorrow-but after using a 4 year old>machine and upgrading finally a week ago (used my son's 7800>gts while I wait for my 8800 gt to come tomorrow-my computer>builder messed up and ordered the wrong video card)-what a>difference an upgrade makes-even with the 7800 gts- no>blurries and great performance-can't wait to see what it will>be with the new video card!>>Reinstalling my many programs was a huge royal pain!-and once>my new video card comes I will have to make the painful vista>activation call-but anticipating butter here-have already seen>the potential...>>http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/1b5baf...b9f427f694g.jpg>>My blog:>http://geofageofa.spaces.live.com/Congrats Geofa, you will LOVE that new card! :)

"All I needed now was some icing on the cake and this I found when I purchased and installed Eaglesoft

Me too. Once I unchecked FSX antialiasing and just relied on the NVIDIA card alone man the sucka burns under XP and looks awesome. Count me a FSX Fan-Boy.