Hugh Johnston Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 G'day All, Just briefly, what do you think? - Intel E8400 3.0GHz - Gigabyte EP-45 mobo - 4 x 1GB DDR2 1066MMHz - Vista Permium 64bit - LG dvd burner - 500GB + 160GB for the OS - Cooler master 690 case - Vantec Ion2 600W - Nvidia 9500GT Super 512mb Cheers Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Hanley Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 HI Hugh, Have a look at my specs on my signature. Cost me about $1000 3 months back, but the $Aus may have killed that price now. Runs FSX / FTX very well. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I'd be cautious about 64 Bit Vista, Driver's might be an issue in the short term , but the specs look good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 if its for FSX, please get a better card than the 9500gt To make it easier to understand, the Geforce 9500GT is a halved 9600GT, it still uses 128 bit memory interface btw. settle for a 9800gt $160/ 9800gtx $265/ or a double card 9800gx2 $465 prices are from MSY sydney http://www.msy.com.au (the 9500gt is $86) I don't know anything about the ATI cards atm, its been ages since I had one the rest of the system looks just like mine apart from the card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Johnston Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 Thanks guys, The graphics card isn't new. It was part of my old machine but have left room to upgrade later because I thought that it might hold it back Craig: Very similar and I'm looking forward to getting everything loaded on and enjoying FTX a whole lot more How does YMML go for you Craig? I haven't bought it yet but I am considering. Mozz: I will keep an eye on vista as it is a 1st for me. Lots of reading to do! Cheers Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotspot Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I'd be cautious about 64 Bit Vista, Could you give us the low down on your doubts about 64bits please Mozz - I have two rigs running Vista 64bits at the minute and (fingers crossed) no troubles yet - what should I look out for? if its for FSX, please get a better card than the 9500gt Also Meatycus is right on - my suggestion would be to go for the most powerful card you can get - the GTX 280 in a similar setup to yours that I use is doing well, but anything less may not cope as well as expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapsup Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 have a look at the acer aspire preditor g7700 gaming machie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Hanley Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Hi Hugh, YMML runs ok, it does get a bit slow if I wind everything to the right, but if I leave the autogen set to normal, and keep the scenery radius set to medium, it runs fine. I probably neeed another 2gb of Ram, but just havent got to buy that as yet. Should have bought the whole 4gb when I had the chance.....ahh but the old hip pocket and the minister of finance, (aka the wife), stepped in though \ The ATI 4850 is good, but I am still tweaking the settings to get the sweet spot. Been ages since I had an ATI card as well, but so far so good. The ATI 4870 or the GTX 280 both were just of the budget, but I can upgrade further if I need to. Overall runs FTX /FSX way better than the old AMD Athlon 3000+ ever did ;D Regards Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Johnston Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 Thanks Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I was just under the impression that there weren't a lot of drivers available still but they have possibly caught up with a rush too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heiko Glatthorn Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 No driver problems over here with Vista 64. Not one. Hugh, the CPU and RAM are fine, but the GPU will most likely bottleneck big time. For which screen resolution are you aiming ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Johnston Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 Just 1280x1024 at the moment but plan to upgrade sometime in the future. Will that res be alright? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Johnston Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 Would a Galaxy 9800GTX+ fix the problem Mango Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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