Cheap computer

Thanks for your advice people-and good luck, Bazzer-i have taken the plunge!-its a re-conditioned one from PC world-will be a lot better than the one i’ve got, anyway!

This sounds like good advise from JOHN Y. If the computer your buying has got integrated graphics then I think you’ll find that it can’t be upgraded with a different graphics card (as mine is) and, as John says, you finish up with a few things to load like scenery etc, but not enough graphics etc to drive them, pretty frustrating it is too. I’m also looking around for a new computer too, and I think it will be along the lines that John has suggested.

The above really is the bare minimum. One of the reasons is that once you’ve got FSX, you start to want to put more and more and in the end FSX only becomes the engine for everything else you put on.

There’s a wealth of addons (quite often free) but they all take Memory (Ram) , and disc space. And the more you put on, the more processor intensive FSX becomes.

Don’t buy cheap. It’ll cost a fortune in the end. Buy at least dual core, (preferably quad) buy at least a Q66600 processor, buy at least an 1GB 8800 GT graphics card and a computer with 4 GB RAM. Buy extra power, say 850w and extra cooling. Lastly, buy a minimum of 3 (preferably 4) 150 GB disc drives.

You’ll then have a machine you can chuck anything into and know it’ll work with no stutters, no blurries and no frame rate worries and not need upgrading for a considerable time.

John

Minimum (and they do meen minimum) Specs required, more is better!!!:diablo:

* Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista
* Processor: 1.0 Ghz
* RAM: Windows XP SP2 – 256MB, Windows Vista – 512MB
* Hard Drive: 14GB
* Video Card: 32MB DirectX 9 compatible
* Other: DX9 hardware compatibility and audio board with speakers and/or headphones
* Online/Multiplayer Requirements: 56.6 kbps or better for online play

Thanks for the advice, what sort of spec should i be looking for then?-and can you buy them without a screen?

Suspecting you mean 512 MB of ram,

I’d say NO. FSX requires a pretty strong configuration. What about the CPU ? What about the graphics card ?

You probably could upgrade it, but this might end up costing more than buying something else…

you could purchase it and then just upgrade it mate…shouldnt be too hard or expensive