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@Bert ..... that Orbx scenery is spectacular .... I'm more into heavies and business jets in and out of LAX, SFO, SAN, JFK, DCA/IAD, ORD, etc though ... as far as the MOBO, is the ASUS P6X58D a good choice? definitely going Win7/64 with the fastest RAM available ...@Crewecut ... didn't know that about a lot of RAM ... and worth knowing ...Thx,JF

Far as I know nothing out there delivers 4ghz without overclocking; so can you get a i7-970 to that speed without getting into specialized cooling subsystems? I would have thought that these high-end Intel processors with a lot of cache, running on a fast bus with fast RAM would be delivering just a ton of throughput .... but, FSX is demanding for a high-quality experience and I don't know how well it takes advantage of system resources ... it is an old code base at this point in time ...I'm sort of out of the loop on this stuff; I haven't overclocked a chip since we all used to do it with the 80286 .... all the way up to 10MHZ !!btw, how much difference do these addons like REX make in terms of the overall experience? It looks like it's a lot ...Thanks, and thanks to everyone who's responded ....John

dazz,thanks for the reply; I need the 16gb and the 970 chip for other, non-FSX stuff; I need to be able to run a VM running a database instance w/o interfering with everything else .... what I'm trying to figure is what difference there is in a really high end GPU vs just a really good one like the 460; haven't been able to find anything on the web to watch where you could see the differences; it comes down to the same old story of wanting a great experience without having to put out a pile of moneyJohn

I'm putting my specs together for a new system: i7 970, 16GB RAM, etc and need a solid recommendation for video card that's not too pricey ... like somewhere between $125 and $175 I've been looking at the GTX 460; what can I expect from this card for FX performance / experience? Like everyone else, I'd like detailed scenery and a generally smooth ride from the board. FSX is the only game application I run; can I get a high quality experience from this board or am I giong to have to shell out more money for that? I'm also open to other board recommendations.I'm considering using the ASUS P6X58D MOBO .... anyone know if the GTX 460 fits in it? I've been using computers well over 20 years but this will be my first build and I'd really like to get it right without a return / replace cycle ...Thanks,John