Tomol

Hi, I posted about a new PC build in the other hardware forum yesterday, but because of exams and stuff id forgotten everything about hardware so I did a bit more research and this is the setup I think is good enough for whatI want Id like you guys to comment on any hardware upgrades that I may need. Ok so what I wanted was to run FSX in 3 screen Nvidia surround and be able to get at least 20-25fps minimum and 15-20 fps at busy places like NY etc. Also wanted for a few light add ons such as aircraft add ons and maybe a couple of airports. So here is the spec I am hoping to get... CPU: i7 3770K Cooler : corsair H60 water cooler Motherboard : Asus P8Z77-V LX RAM:16GB corsair 1600MHz vengeance Hard drive: 1TB SATA 3 6GB/s GPU: GeForce GTX 680 2GB standard sound and networking and windows 7 premium 64 Bit operating system. Let me know what you think :) Thanks, Tom.

Hi, I'm new to this forum and I just want some help building my pc so that it works the way I want it. I have the spec I think i'm going to be getting in it and would like some comments and advice on wether anything needs changing/adding. So first of all here is what I want my flight sim to do. -The main one, run on 3 screens in SLI mode seamlessly -Run at max settings and still be getting at least 20fps in most places (+- a few fps at busy airports eg NY) -Be able to handle add-ons such as scenery add ons and a few aircraft add ons I looked into this a while ago but it has been put on hold with exams and things so I'm reposting on this forum but back then I was going to be getting a radeon GPU and put two of them in X-fire but I heard they dont like clouds? Wondering if this is still true. So here are the specs of the computer: Computer Case: Cooler Master 690 II Lite CPU: Intel Core i7 960 D0 (4 x 3.20GHz) 8 MB CPU Heatsink: Intel Heatsink & Fan - Low Noise (may upgrade) Memory Corsair: 12GB (3x4GB) XMS3 1600MHz - Lifetime Warranty (DDR3) Graphics Card: 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 - 1.5 GB - SLI (not sure if I should upgrade to the 670 or wether the 580 is sufficient enough?) Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Guerrilla (Intel X58) Standard sound and networking Power Supply: Cooler Master 750W PSU - Low Noise 500 GB hard drive and operating system will be windows 7 Premium 64 BIT Let me know what you think! Thanks, Tom.

Ok, so what would you reccomend, getting one GTX 680 or 2 GTX 570's in SLI?

Ok so I have been pricing up other set ups and how about this one: - Case: Silverstone Precision PS04B - CPU Intel Core i7 2700K Unlocked (4 x 3.5 GHz) 8MB - CPU heatsink - Intel Heatsink & Fan - Low Noise (probably will get better one) - RAM - corsair 16GB PC3-10666 1333 MHz (4x4GB) - Lifetime Warranty (DDR3) - GPU - 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 - 1.2 GB - SLI -Motherboard - Asus P8Z77-V LX (Intel Z77) - PSU - Cooler Master 750W So a single Nvidia 680 card can do surround gaming even when not in SLI?

This guy has what I want, here are his specs: Full specs: Case: Corsair 800D Full Tower Case w/ Side-panel Window Power Supply Upgrade: 900 Watts Power Rocketfish Power Supply CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ i7 960 OC @ 4.04 GHz 12MB cache LGA1366 Water Cooled: Corsair H100 Motherboard: : EVGA Classified 3X SLI X58 Chipset 6 Slots for Triple-Channel DDR3/1600 MAX 24 GB RAM, SATA RAID w/ eSATA, Dual GbLAN, USB2.0 Memory: (Req.DDR3 MainBoard)(3 x 4GB) PC12288 DDR3/1600mhz Triple Channel Memory Video Card: RADEON 6870 OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit So i've agreed with you guys I will go for 2700K i7 processor, however I still don't understand how an AMD RADEON HD 7950 wouldnt be able to handle what I want when this guy has a Radeon HD 6870 a worse series? Also this guy has Radeon card The reason I don't want to go NVIDIA is because I've heard FSX doesn't like SLI and I cant have Surround without going SLI so I need to go eyefinity as I can have one card and still go eyefinity? its not that I have a grudge agains NVIDIA i'm currently a NVIDIA card user :)

Yes I have just read it and it doesn't answer any of my questions sorry, first of all I want to run either surround or eyefinity and I can't run surround without sli with an NVIDIA card, but fax doesn't like sli so I thought one radeon HD6970 card would be excellent for the job as it allows eyefinity on one card. What is wrong with the rest of the setup? Thanks, Tom

Hi, so I'm a flight simulator enthusiast and this is what I want out of the game; To run on 3 screens in SLI or Eyefinity, have at least 20-25fps , be able to install add-ons that will run seamlessly, be able to max out the graphics. So I have been looking at computer components and for the new computer this is what I am thinking; -CPU - Intel Core i7-2600K (3.4GHz, 8MB Cache) -Motherboard - Asus P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0 SAATA 6GBs, ATI CrossfireX -RAM - 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz -GPU - 2x 1GB AMD RADEON HD6790 - Hard Drive - 500GB 3.5" SATA-3 6GB/s -Power supply - CORSAIR 650W Enthusiast Series TX650 V2-80 -CPU cooling - Standard intel cooler Including all standard sound cards and network facilities, Will all of this be compatible? and will it run the game how I want it? Thanks for the help guys much appreciated! Ps. Been researching more and ive found that maybe 2 NVIDIA cards would be better in SLI mode as the clouds for the AMD cards dont work in fsx what you think and which cards? I know I will have to change mothorboard for this.