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12-08-2008, 12:20 PM #1
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A good PC spec!
Hi guys,
Another question (im everywhere lol) !
Can anyone tell me a reasonable spec for a pc running fs2004?
The pc i have at the moment is only a 2.6ghz single core and its real rubbish dell stuff, with only 1gb of ram, ive seen better graphics on a calculator compared to the graphics on my rubbish dell pc, my monitor is bulky and the whole thing is just horrible, no good for games other than playing tetris, viewing internet or word.
i loaded FS2004 on to the WINDOWS XP partition on my Apple MacBook, just to see how the performance is and graphics etc, my macbook is an intel core 2 duo, with 2gb of ram and 64mb graphics, and FS 2004 works like a dream, its perfect!
So am i right to think that an intel core 2 duo processor with 2gb of ram will be a completely reasonable spec to have to have and a 64 or 128mb graphics card be ok?
Again i cant stress how much i need to keep the cost down as im a poor student lol, so im going to make the pc tower myself.
So guys whats your verdict on a completely satisfactory spec that wouldnt cost too much?
Thank you very much if you can help!
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12-08-2008, 01:07 PM #2
I am very far from being computer guru, but from your description I would say that one more gb of Ram, a 128mb video card , and a good monitor would do wonder on your "rubbish computer" and fit a "poor student" budget.
Just a thought.Jackpilot
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12-08-2008, 01:19 PM #3
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Cheers for the advice,
Ive upgraded my pc as far as i can get it, my pc wont accept another 1gb of ram, and i dont think my power supply could handle a graphics card as it just about copes with the graphics card built into the motherboard!
Im thinking on the lines of......ebay?
Thanks
Alex
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12-08-2008, 02:13 PM #4
Yeah ebay is a good start. My fs2004 PC I use for testing has a pentium 4 single processor at 3.0ghz which runs with 1.5gig of ram with a 6600gt nvidia card and I can get 25fps in very dense addon areas and 60fps cruising etc.
A single core will run fs2004 excellent just make sure its a good one and nothing like celeron or a budget cpu. You can get a pentium 4 cpu over 3ghz for next to nothing now
Rhys B
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12-08-2008, 03:02 PM #5
I have an Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 processor with 2GB L2 cache, two gigabytes of memory, and a 256mb X1950 video card on it's own power supply.
There isn't anywhere in the world I can't go with less than 20FPS including any and all third party scenery installed and the DF727.
You can buy or build a computer that will make FS9 scream for dirt cheap.
When I bought and upgraded this system out of the box, I nearly died at what I had been missing on my old system.Boeing Skunk Works
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12-09-2008, 11:44 AM #6
Im running a AMD AthlonXP 1700+ 1.4Ghz with GB ram and 512Mb video and that runs fine for me
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12-09-2008, 11:51 AM #7
Have a look on your local craigslist. I see systems in my area alot for $150-$300 that would be a step up.
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01-18-2009, 07:25 PM #8
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Skunky! This may very well be true, and I REALLY hope it is , but I don't know enough about the dark dungeons of Windows systems to be able to make the right choices so that this Valhalla will be mine!
At this point I must confess to being a Mac user - and I just would love for there to be a Mac version of FS so that I can get on with it, and not have to faff about with the Windows OS. I won't tell you the trouble I have got into with … no, I'll take that no further, because I said I wouldn't tell you!
But of course that won't happen. MS will absolutely not produce a version of FS for the Mac, and I can't afford a new Mac with Intel which will run Windoze quite happily, and I've now decided that the basic PC with Windows XP which I got for other stuff (mainly writing PIC code using Microchip's absolutely excellent IDE) just does not do it, even after upgrading to an Nvidia 6200 (wow, I hear you say ), so it's time to get down and dirty and build a PC (and as a Mac user, I must now go hence and wash out my mouth with soap and water, for uttering these words).
But … yep, you got it. What do I put in the box? Your starter for ten. My budget $300US. Your mission, should you wish to accept it. This message will self-destruct in ten seconds. Nine … Eight …
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01-18-2009, 09:17 PM #9
I've never built a computer. I wouldn't trust myself to match components so everything plays nice together.
I shopped until I found a pre-built system with the specs I was looking for and could afford. None will come with very good graphics as you are using what's on the mother board.
Find at least a 2 gigabyte system memory at 800 Mhz FSB or better, and at least a 2.0Ghz processor with at least an L2 cache of 2MB. This is way beyond what was available when FS9 was released. Well, it might have been available, but it was very expensive back then. You'll have to add the video card so get a system with the latest PCI x16 slot.
You can still find Pentium IV processors way above 2.0 Ghz for a single-core. Now, FS can't take advantage of more than one core, but if you get a dual core system, it leaves room for background programs to run without choking FS. If you buy a single-core Pentium IV, buy the fastest you can comfortably afford, over 2.0 Ghz. It is usually based on the 775 socket, same as most dual and quad-core processors.
If you get a dual-core processor, at least 2.0 Ghz, but higher are even cheaper now. But make sure the L2 cache is high so you don't have stutters and delays in loading scenery.
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01-18-2009, 09:23 PM #10
Hey P1IC, I've seen FS running on a Mac
Alex, I agree, try and stretch your budget to a 128 or 256Mb video card (I'm not sure you actually buy anything below 256Mb these days??). The rest of the system should screem FS9 along!
Ken.
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