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FS ramp gates
EHM-1539 Pierre:
If you want to get the max out of a game that is still in alpha phase, then you have to buy the best of the high end ;D
It should take advantage of 64 bits architecture, so for now the only thing I would recommend is to get 64 bits CPU.
EHM-1703 Philip:
Rico, I have been researching this myslef a little lately.
The only other "rumours" I have heard is that Vista and FSX will be Dual Core compatible so an Athlon X2 or a Pentium 800 series processor would be your best bet.
With it using DirectX 10 this may be where your main problem lies. An Inquirer article ( http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25902 ) states that Microsoft will cut compatibility with previous DirectX versions meaning more software will be required to run older games and apps that will be included with Vista but will innevitably slow performance. I would really suggect that you buy a PC with a low end Graphics card and save some money now, then fork out for an Nvidia G80 (The codename for the next Nvidia chip) or ATI equivelant when they become available (they will probably begin at around the 300USD mark as well so make sure you budget this in) I would be tempted to put it of for 6 months if you can, things will be a lot clearer then and will probably save you money in the long run.
EHM-1651 Christian:
In PC-Pilot there is an article about this issue:
Recomending this setup roughly
AMD Athlon x2 64bit 4400+/3800+
Motherboard: SOething supporting PCIexpress 16x
RAM DDR2 2GB
HD 250GB SATA 16MB CACHE
Monitor 19LCD with 8/12ms response
GeForce7800GTX 256mb or the card phil talks about i would have bought
EHM-1539 Pierre:
Not sure it would actually fully use the 2GO of RAM.
I have 1GO DDR for quite much time (my computer is a 3D rendering station) and excepting when rendering 3D work, I never filled the 1GO.
Games so far have taken 512 at most (Windows 2000 Pro) even the latest and demanding ones (HL2, Battlefield 2, FS2004 with loads of addons and tools, and many more)...
I don't know how much RAM Vista will need though, so if it's really the highest end you want, go for the 2 GO.
EHM-1001 Robert:
Well, after I start my FS2004 with add-on sceneries, add-on softwares, and lots of Project-AI airlines, the normal memory useage is 730MB only for FS ;) So I am thinking on updating to 2GB instead of 1, because the HDD still works too much in the background.
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