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I know... but i've recently been made redundant from my part time job, so unfortunately I can't get everything I wish I could... At least I can always upgrade further down the line! The 9800 still came third... which is better than the next Nvidia card available with the comp!

:bday: Martin. Now onto the next option... which card! :nea: [*] ATI HD 4850 (512MB) [*] ATI 4870 (512MB) [*] NVIDIA Gefore 9800 GTX

Is this the way to go then? (The finance option sure is a pro!)

It's always nice to see Robin shots, even if they're not of the HR20... :nea: Good work, keep it up!

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Not surprised, dual GPU cards tend to be deliberately down rated to avoid overheating issues, and the two GPU's on one card are effectively SLI, which does nothing for the sim. Need to know budget for better advice. An upgrade path to i7 may be cheaper than you think. A complete i7 system from OCUK is only a tad over

Let us know how you get on, Joe. I'll always make your current machine a new home if need be...

Windows 7 is also DX11 which can only be a good thing!

Good Afternoon, I think so, then off to Windows 7 when it's released (or maybe just use the beta over Vista!) What are your specs, Joe? Sam, That look slike a good set-up reallly, although if you could stretch your purse just a very little bit more, you'd do much better (and have a longer lasting system) if you swap out the mobo, CPU and GPU's with a Core i7 CPU and mobo combo, and a bin the Radeon for a GeForce 2xx series GPU - just go to Tom's Hardware Guide to see what i mean, the ATI's just dont do well in FSX! As for the CPU, countless sites (again, Google is your friend!) are sa

Apparently FSX, with the SP's uses more than two! After talking to a friend, I think I'm going to go with this, Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU Overclocked To 3.0Ghz Per Core Quiet Scythe Katana 2 Heatsink & CPU Fan Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 Motherboard 1GB ATI HD 4870 PCI Express Graphics Card 4GB (4 x 1GB) Kingston HyperX PC8500 1066Mhz DDR2 Ram 750GB 7200rpm SATA II Hard Drive Sam

A bit of everything, but mainly 'heavy metal', yeah. So the 'Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz Socket 1366 8MB Cache' would make a big difference to the 'Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz'? - I guess when the i7 has been overclocked, not much could be better! Sam

Thanks, Joe. I want enough to run X smoothly (and post the odd pic on here) without going OTT. Sam :dance2:

:dance2: What an aircraft...

That scenery... Those shots... :dance2:

Hi Guys, I was wondering how these two systems would run FSX; medium settings - no AA, high settings - no AA, medium settings - AA, high settings - AA. Thanks Guys! Sam :dance2:

Stunning paint and pic!!

Great shots, G!

Cheers Guys! It's UK2000's Manchester Scenery (included in Part 6) It has been a while, eh?!?

Congratulations to the very skilled pilots!! 'Status: Arrived over 2 hours ago' I'm not sure i'd say it arrived... but o well. :nea: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE1549/history/20090115/2004Z/KLGA/KCLT http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE1549/history/20090115/2026Z/KLGA/KLGA/tracklog

Thanks for the summary, Joe! Here's to Section 3!!

Thanks Joe! - Batch 2 added.

Cheers Joe! I think... 7, but i'm not 100% Either way, i'll be there again next month, so a fair few times!

Cheers Guys! CA, i'll be sure to take more next time! (These were taken at sunrise*, so any taken earlier would have just been black.) :biggrin:

Good Evening, Here are a few shots from MAN, a few weeks back. Defiantly not my best work - my camera doesn't seem to like the sun. I'll post some more when I edit them. Batch 2 Sam Sam

Hi Guys, A bland title for a bland lot of shots... :biggrin: I managed to get a few hours of 'action' at Manchester Airport on christmas eve, and here are some of the results. If you'd like to see full versions of the shots, either PM me, or wait until they're on JP (within the next few weeks) - or if you really don't care, just enjoy them at 600 pixels wide! Sorry for not much variation (in particular the QTR - i've just edited random images) I really do love the winter sun! Sam P.S - Most of the larger images are now online, here.