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REAL system requirements for playing Microsoft Flight simulator x smoothly?

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I am going to build a new computer now and have fsx. my previous computer was extremely slow so im making a new one, but i really cant believe the system req. on the box, so does ...show more
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  • Nigel answered 7 years ago
Yup, the "minimum system requirements" listed on the FSX package are pure rubbish though Micro$oft and the FSX developers state otherwise. The truth is you will need at MINIMUM:

3GHz CPU with good cooling.

80 gig Hard Drive (15 gig for FSX and then when you start adding Addons, your HD space gets used up quickly).

A good DVD ROM.

2 gig of memory / RAM

256MB Graphic Card with good cooling that supports Shader, advanced 3D graphics and at minimum, Direct X 9.

Windows XP SP2 or Windows VISTA.

A quality Sound Card.

Plenty of chassis cooling.

These, again, are MINIMUM specs. With FSX, more is always better, so go as bold as you can afford.

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thanks. i dont really know what will be a quality sound card, good dvd rom or watever like that, but everything else gave me a good idea of what i should build, thanks :D
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  • Bluwind answered 7 years ago
    lol, a small military supercomputer
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  • REAL system requirements for playing Microsoft Flight simulator x smoothly?
    I am going to build a new computer now and have fsx. my previous computer was extremely slow so im making a new one, but i really cant believe the system req. on the box, so does anyone out there who actually play the game know what you really need in order to have pretty nice graphics (a little over average) still running very smoothly?
    (im willing to empty my wallet on this, but dont go waaay too far)
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