Military AI Works

Just wondering what you guys think are the best and most inmportant thing to get when getting a PC?

Well, for any of the flight simulators...it's all abut the CPU.

Backup-ability followed by upgrade-ability.

Whatever you get make sure you can recover from any system software and/or hardware problems either with an internal solution or a network solution.
Secondly, no matter how much you like your puter now in 12 months you will want to upgrade some/all of it. Make sure you can.

Hi Dale

The best advice I got was to buy the highest spec CPU/RAM your wallet can stretch to,
then build the rest of the system around these. Motherboard choice depends mainly on
the CPU you choose but also consider if it will do SLI/CROSSFIRE (which do you prefer).
You may only be able to afford 1 graphics card to start with but thinking ahead makes
the upgrade path much easier. Also think about how big a box you want and where its
going to sit a full tower with 6 fans whirring may be great in a dedicated computer/games
room but not so suitable in the lounge. The PSU is something else you must consider
carefully, if its only just got enough wattage to cover the kit in your initial purchase then
adding graphics cards and extra HD's could well entail another visit to your PC store of
choice to buy another unit.

Remember that you Don't have to get all the bits you want straight away but thinking ahead
will probably save you grief and money in the long run.


Regards

Dale,
if your up for building a new computer (not that hard, I just did it myself for the first time) take a look at my post

http://www.militaryaiworks.com/newforum ... 24&t=10088

I have been running FS9 for about a month with with nearly 40-50fps with max Airline/GA/Mil AI at most airport, KLSV being an exception with around 20-30 in the PMDG 737 VC. The build ended up costing my about $1100 including shipping, but newegg.com I think is one of the best sites out there for computers and parts.

Ok, thanks guys. Sounds like the CPU is the most important thing to get first. I have to be honest I don't know much about pc components. I will have a shop around. At the minute I have a good sized HD and I am happy with my graphics card, so adding more RAM is the way to go I think. Thanks all

The i5 2500 is great in performance and value. See my last build...

I just ordered an Alienware PC.. Want to run FSX in high settings.
Spec is......

Intel 2600K
Windows 7 64bit
8GB 1600mhz Memory
3GB Nvida GTX590 card
256GB SSD HDD for OS/FSX
1TB for other stuff
Liquid cooled
23inch 3d Screen

A bit expensive, BUT I am hoping to run FSX with a frame rate above 5!
Anybody got the same sort of specs and can say how it performed?

Barry

I haven't got the same spec, but I would certainly like to have it.

This looks an interesting option for FSX users. Any one tried it?

http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.html

This looks an interesting option for FSX users. Any one tried it?

http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.html

I run a tweaked FSX.cfg from there and it runs and looks great, I don't spend much time comparing stock to the new cfg so it could just be smoke and mirrors but I'm happy with what it's done.

Performance wise it's great outside of the massively AI populated areas like London or NYC, Las Vegas for instance with of course MAIW Nellis nearby and right now 316 AI aircraft in the load area I get low 20's which is perfectly flyable. I run FSX at 1920x1080 with 8xS FSAA and 16X anio.

Core I5 2500K is an overclock monster, to me the bast bang for the buck today.

I brought DCS A-10C and just wont run at a good frame rate on current PC. STILL waiting for my Alienware PC! Been a month now and starting to get stroppy..

They say there is a shortage of ATX590 cards globally?

btaylo24 wrote:I brought DCS A-10C and just wont run at a good frame rate on current PC. STILL waiting for my Alienware PC! Been a month now and starting to get stroppy..

They say there is a shortage of ATX590 cards globally?

Is the boxed version out? I bought the beta download and could never get it to work. I'm running a Asus G73 with i7 and Nvidia GTX460M laptop, no issues with high settings in FSX.

Dale

I've had three from these guys over the years you can sort of build it yourself from their options
Just choose a base machine and mod away


http://www.meshcomputers.com/


gary

Victory103 wrote:

btaylo24 wrote:I brought DCS A-10C and just wont run at a good frame rate on current PC. STILL waiting for my Alienware PC! Been a month now and starting to get stroppy..

They say there is a shortage of ATX590 cards globally?

Is the boxed version out? I bought the beta download and could never get it to work. I'm running a Asus G73 with i7 and Nvidia GTX460M laptop, no issues with high settings in FSX.

Its on STEAM for download. But STEAM is still showing the old version for DL. What you can do is buy it from steam, and then use the CD Key option to then download it from the main site(new version) , and type in key.

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/e ... s/warthog/

Personally I use -

ASUS motherboard - M3N-HT
Phenom II X6 1100T CPU (6 x cores running at 3.3Ghz each)
4Gb DDR2 1066
ATI 5770 1Gb Video card

Works well enough and relatively cheap, CPU came in at only 200AUD!
If 3 or less cores are only being used the CPU automatically downclocks the unused cores to 800MHz and boosts the active cores to 3.7GHz.

Would run better on a socket AM3 motherboard (could use DDR3 @ 1333), but was a nice cheap upgrade from my 9550BE quad core CPU.

If you can hold off AMD's new CPU's based on the 'Bulldozer' core will be out by the end of this month. They are supposed to be blindingly quick, and will cause the whole current range of AMD CPU's prices to drop.

A great site for PC's in Uk is

http://3xs.scan.co.uk/

Their PC's are well spec'd

The Jellyfish model they have is a dream..
http://3xs.scan.co.uk/Category.asp?Syst ... egoryID=20

Here is the Jellyfish!!!

http://3xs.scan.co.uk/ShowSystem.asp?SystemID=1036

Well the Alienware finally turned up.

Its loaded FS9 with all settings at MAX and I get between 30-70 FPS depending on where I am.
At Nellis with the base FULL of AI I am getting between 18-30fps (depending on where I look)


With FSX I am getting between 30-80fps , it has defaulted with all settings to MAX......But I have NO AI or scenery loaded.


The final specs of system are

i7 2600k o/c to 4.1ghz
8GB DDr3 1600
256GB SSD Drive for FS9 / OS etc
Gtx590 Graphics card
23' 120htz 3d screen at 3ms response


The lights on the keyboard/system are lovely. Will post a pick up/

So I have been looking around for a while now and I think I may have come to find what I want. What do you guys think is ok or should be better?



EDIT: missed a few things out