Get a PC that uses a 64 bit CPU, faster is better, and 2 Gb of ram. Make sure your PC has a motherboard that will accept all the new PCI express cards, not just a slot but enough space, power and cooling.
Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 25 Reply 2, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2685 times:
The sky's the limit, without knowing what you're willing to spend noone can give you a sensible answer.
I know that if I could build any system I wanted I'd end up with something costing about €10.000 but I doubt that's the kind of money you're looking to spend
NHGrafx From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 198 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 20 hours ago) and read 2492 times:
Be careful with the CH rudder pedals, some of the wires inside mine that run to the potentiometers on the toe brakes chafed themselves on the mechanism that connects the 2 pedals, and got severed. So go easy on them. I ended up rewiring mine completely with a heavier gauge wire and they work flawlessly now.
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Dan2002 From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 2055 posts, RR: 6 Reply 6, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 2423 times:
Quoting EK156 (Thread starter): am looking to buy a new FS setup within this year to prepare for the FS X launch. I want to get the whole lot:
Dont buy a new PC just yet. At the rate technology advances, wait until after FSX comes out, so you know the system specs, and you would be able to figure out an ideal set up. For example you dont want to go and by say a 64 bit processor,to find out FSX isn't going to support it.
Dan
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NHGrafx From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 198 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (6 years 4 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 2373 times:
Quoting NHGrafx (Reply 5): I ended up rewiring mine completely with a heavier gauge wire and they work flawlessly now.
Well not heavier, I used the wires inside a standard RJ11 phone cord. Their plastic insulation is much stronger than the paper thin rubber the original wires in the pedals used, but the wire itself is exactly the same thickness.
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Dan2002 From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 2055 posts, RR: 6 Reply 8, posted (6 years 4 months 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2344 times:
Quoting NHGrafx (Reply 7): Well not heavier, I used the wires inside a standard RJ11 phone cord. Their plastic insulation is much stronger than the paper thin rubber the original wires in the pedals used, but the wire itself is exactly the same thickness.
RJ11 wire is like 24-gauge, pretty light, but I see where you're coming from. I've rewired my joystick innards many atimes, but thats just because they are so old.
Dan
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NHGrafx From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 198 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (6 years 4 months 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2306 times:
Quoting Dan2002 (Reply 8): RJ11 wire is like 24-gauge, pretty light, but I see where you're coming from. I've rewired my joystick innards many atimes, but thats just because they are so old.
Yeah the wires CH used had insulation so thin, you could strip them with your fingernails with very light pressure, and they were held in place on notch like protrusions which after lots of use caused the insulation to split almost and eventually causing the wire to break entirely. The RJ11 wire insulation is very tough though, fingernail doesnt even make a scratch, which holds up very nicely.
Quoting YooYoo (Reply 4): I always thought a good throttle quadrant would be a great addition to FS
CH has one of those out now which looks pretty cool.
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AC773 From Canada, joined Nov 2005, 1730 posts, RR: 3 Reply 10, posted (6 years 4 months 17 hours ago) and read 2223 times:
Quoting Jwenting (Reply 2): I know that if I could build any system I wanted I'd end up with something costing about �10.000 but I doubt that's the kind of money you're looking to spend Wink
DeltaGator From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 6341 posts, RR: 18 Reply 11, posted (6 years 4 months 16 hours ago) and read 2217 times:
Quoting Dan2002 (Reply 6): Dont buy a new PC just yet. At the rate technology advances, wait until after FSX comes out, so you know the system specs, and you would be able to figure out an ideal set up. For example you dont want to go and by say a 64 bit processor,to find out FSX isn't going to support it.
The 64 bit processors are backwards compatible with 32 bit applications. The bigger issue is what will be capable of running Vista when it is released. The prelim specs from Dell are mentioning an nVidia 7800 card and 2GB of RAM. That's a hell of a lot of horsepower to run an OS!
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Dan2002 From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 2055 posts, RR: 6 Reply 12, posted (6 years 4 months 4 hours ago) and read 2183 times:
Quoting DeltaGator (Reply 11): The prelim specs from Dell are mentioning an nVidia 7800 card and 2GB of RAM. That's a hell of a lot of horsepower to run an OS!
I've heard worse than that. The beta will run on just about anything 900Mhz and up with 512MB of ram and up. The most important factor in this new OS will be the graphics card, without a doubt.
Dan
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Dan2002 From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 2055 posts, RR: 6 Reply 14, posted (6 years 3 months 4 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 2097 times:
Quoting DeltaGator (Reply 13): I have a nVidia 7800GT slightly overclocked and it seems it will be on the low end of Vista's support. I suppose I'll be buying a new one in 9 months.
Thats supprising, because I have a backup Geforce FX5200 that runs on vista perfectly. I suppose its a driver problem.
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DeltaGator From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 6341 posts, RR: 18 Reply 15, posted (6 years 3 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 2061 times:
Quoting Dan2002 (Reply 14): Quoting DeltaGator (Reply 13):
I have a nVidia 7800GT slightly overclocked and it seems it will be on the low end of Vista's support. I suppose I'll be buying a new one in 9 months.
Thats supprising, because I have a backup Geforce FX5200 that runs on vista perfectly. I suppose its a driver problem.
I haven't even tried Vista with it yet. Honestly I haven't even looked at it in almost two years when it was still Longhorn. (Geez, what a long ass development cycle for an OS!) I have a friend who is using it at work for development and he says it is a resource hog and that there are few drivers for video cards right now but nVidia does have them. Having not seen the full product yet I can't speak to what is so intensive about this OS but I'm sure I'll find out soon enough.
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Portcolumbus From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 1609 posts, RR: 5 Reply 16, posted (6 years 3 months 4 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 2036 times:
Certainly don't buy a plasma if you fly long-haul. After a LAX-SYD run, you'll have a nice cockpit burnt into your screen.
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