What are your specs? I can tell you if you want a decent frame rate with the enhanced edition you probably can't max it out no matter what you have on any high resolution. I have seen people with quad sli setups see some frame rate lag around big cities at night.
oh nevermind. I see you specs in your sig. No you won't be able to max it out. You have a great system so don't think I am putting it down but if we are talking about maxing our fsx your going to need multiple videocards.
There's no need to "max" out the game. There are probably some console commands/tweaks/mods that will allow you to get the game looking great while still running decently. Also, if you overclock your E8400 (I've got mine running@3.6) that will help with framerates as FSX is a very CPU dependent game.
There's no need to "max" out the game. There are probably some console commands/tweaks/mods that will allow you to get the game looking great while still running decently. Also, if you overclock your E8400 (I've got mine running@3.6) that will help with framerates as FSX is a very CPU dependent game. BlueBirdTS
Good then, mine is running at 3.8... I guess I'll settle for high at 1440x900, it'll look pretty good nonetheless
I just completed a new computer using an Ausu M3A32MVP deluxe MB, Phenom X4 CPU at 9.6 Gigahertz, a Radeon HD4870 video card, 8 gigs of 566 mhz ram, 4 160 GB harddrives in a RAID 0 array, 850 watt power supply. I can run FSX with the mesh and textures turned maxed out. When I try to add the 3D trees, buildings, traffic, etc. the graphics load in a jerky fashion as if the graphics card is choking on the info being fed into it.Help!
I just completed a new computer using an Ausu M3A32MVP deluxe MB, Phenom X4 CPU at 9.6 Gigahertz, a Radeon HD4870 video card, 8 gigs of 566 mhz ram, 4 160 GB harddrives in a RAID 0 array, 850 watt power supply. I can run FSX with the mesh and textures turned maxed out. When I try to add the 3D trees, buildings, traffic, etc. the graphics load in a jerky fashion as if the graphics card is choking on the info being fed into it.Help! mikewalsworth
First off, just because you have four cores running at 2.4GHz or whatnot does not mean you have a 10GHz processor; it means you have four cores running at 2.4GHz. That is all. Second, just turn down the AA and AF. Third, try it on a smaller monitor, and if that doesn't work get faster RAM.
[QUOTE="mikewalsworth"]I just completed a new computer using an Ausu M3A32MVP deluxe MB, Phenom X4 CPU at 9.6 Gigahertz, a Radeon HD4870 video card, 8 gigs of 566 mhz ram, 4 160 GB harddrives in a RAID 0 array, 850 watt power supply. I can run FSX with the mesh and textures turned maxed out. When I try to add the 3D trees, buildings, traffic, etc. the graphics load in a jerky fashion as if the graphics card is choking on the info being fed into it.Help! krazyorange
First off, just because you have four cores running at 2.4GHz or whatnot does not mean you have a 10GHz processor; it means you have four cores running at 2.4GHz. That is all.
I like how you can say 4 cores running at 2.4Ghz that is all. That's pretty good if a game actually uses all the cores much better than a single 2.4GHz would do. It would prossible take a pentium4 @ 9.6Ghz to have the same processing power as it but MHz doesn't mean much these days.
its not true though. every additional cores adds about a 25% boost in processing performance not the 100% you are assuming. The issue is complex because you are right that the processing power is 9.6 ghz but some of that processing power is being used to coordinate the processing. your processor would really be comparable to a 4.2 ghz single core which is awesome but still less than half of what you are claiming.
its not true though. every additional cores adds about a 25% boost in processing performance not the 100% you are assuming. The issue is complex because you are right that the processing power is 9.6 ghz but some of that processing power is being used to coordinate the processing. your processor would really be comparable to a 4.2 ghz single core which is awesome but still less than half of what you are claiming.adrake4183
This discussion is kinda drifting away from what I am trying to find out. I don't know anything about building a game computer. Most of the ones I have built are for general purpose or office use. I want to run MS FSX maxed out on at least one preferrably three 32 in. HD LCD TVs. I have one now. I started with a Radeon HD 3870, now using a HD 4870, better but still not there. I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction so I don't wast a lot of money on video cards that aren't getting the job done. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
OK, here is your answer from a true flight simmer who has been invloved in Virtual Airlines for years. No one can max out FSX. It has nothing to do with GPU's. FSX is a processor intensive sim and can not be maxed out and still get decent frame rates. If you want to max out a flight sim get a copy of FS9 - A Century of flight. Runs great, Looks Great and lots of addon's for it.
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