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Flight SImulator X Laptop Requirements  
User currently offlineAviator1990 From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 82 posts, RR: 0
Posted (4 years 11 months 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 26210 times:

Hello I am having trouble playing FSX on my laptop. The frame rate is ridiculous and it it no fun for me now. I bought the game when it came out and since then I have only used it once. SO please if anyone can help me with the laptop requirements to run the game like the pictures on the box. Thanks!

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User currently offlineEA CO AS From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 11595 posts, RR: 68
Reply 1, posted (4 years 11 months 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 26264 times:
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In all honesty, there are very few expensive DESKTOP computers that can come close to running FSX smoothly. I doubt a laptop exists that can handle it right now without looking like a slideshow.


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User currently offlineJwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10208 posts, RR: 25
Reply 2, posted (4 years 11 months 2 days ago) and read 26254 times:

Quoting EA CO AS (Reply 1):
n all honesty, there are very few expensive DESKTOP computers that can come close to running FSX smoothly.

oh? My midrange desktop runs it quite smoothly, thank you very much.
But I'm not stupid and don't think I can turn every single slider all the way up and still get decent performance...


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User currently offlineBurkhard From Germany, joined Nov 2006, 3813 posts, RR: 2
Reply 3, posted (4 years 11 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 26237 times:

FSX does require a system with dedicated video memory of 128 MB ( all sliders left) or more. If your laptop uses a shared memory, and every bitmap has to be transported over the main system bus for every frame, there is no chance.

User currently offlineEA CO AS From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 11595 posts, RR: 68
Reply 4, posted (4 years 11 months 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 26227 times:
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Quoting Jwenting (Reply 2):
My midrange desktop runs it quite smoothly, thank you very much.

Define your terms - what does "smoothly" look like to you? And what do you define as "midrange," exactly?


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User currently offlineEbs757 From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 753 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (4 years 11 months 10 hours ago) and read 26185 times:

I have 1gb -ATI X1400- 1.86Ghz dual core Dell laptop and it struggles pretty bad in FSX, it runs FS9 pretty well though


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User currently offlineLASOctoberB6 From Japan, joined Nov 2006, 2380 posts, RR: 1
Reply 6, posted (4 years 11 months 10 hours ago) and read 26179 times:

Quoting Burkhard (Reply 3):
. If your laptop uses a shared memory, and every bitmap has to be transported over the main system bus for every frame, there is no chance.

how can we change that?


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User currently offlineN231YE From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 7, posted (4 years 11 months 6 hours ago) and read 26166 times:

It HAS to have a GPU...none of that "integrated graphics" crap. Just look for the fastest CPU, most memory, and best GPU that you can find. However, a sacrifice must be made between performance and portability...so try to lean towards what you truly want.

User currently onlineFURUREFA From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 690 posts, RR: 3
Reply 8, posted (4 years 11 months 5 hours ago) and read 26162 times:

FSX runs great on my 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo macbook (with 1.5GB of RAM). I get decent frame rates and can take advantage of the new features (such as jetbridges, etc...).

Matt

User currently offlineBurkhard From Germany, joined Nov 2006, 3813 posts, RR: 2
Reply 9, posted (4 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 26131 times:

Quoting LASOctoberB6 (Reply 6):
how can we change that?

Only with the purchase. It either reads GPU with 128(256..)MB of memory, or GPU with up to 128(256..)MB of memory. The second means that system is used, there is no graphics memory, and for FSX you can just forget it. No way to upgrade.

If you have a desktop with shared memory, you can plug in a real card, like the GF7600 with 512MB and will be happy.

User currently offlineLASOctoberB6 From Japan, joined Nov 2006, 2380 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (4 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 26112 times:

Quoting Burkhard (Reply 9):
If you have a desktop with shared memory, you can plug in a real card, like the GF7600 with 512MB and will be happy.

so basically, changing the GPU in laptops is impossible?!


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User currently offlineMd11fan From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 111 posts, RR: 1
Reply 11, posted (4 years 10 months 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 26053 times:

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so basically, changing the GPU in laptops is impossible?!

yes that is correct and so is changing the graphics card, there are like 2 laptops out there that can change graphics card, so basically the only things you can swap in a laptop are HHD, Optical drive, and memory!

[Edited 2007-03-25 21:08:12]

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