I would love to be able to play this game with the scenery like this, but my computer can't handle it. What video cards are you guys using that lets to max it out no problem? I have 2.5 gigs of RAM.
Bascially you need a medium - high end balanced system to run the scenery at medium settings with good FPS. Min real specs would be 2.4Ghz,2Gb Ram and atleast a 8 series graphics card with 512mb ram to run at medium, take the CPU to 3.2Ghz and 4Gb you'll be at high. Bascially FSX gains about 4-5fps for every 400mhz or so of Dual core CPU, more cores the better.. Big city airports you still won't get all the Autogen,AI traffic,planes,cars boats etc maxed out on a 4Ghz+ machine. Possibly on a overclocked Quad Core at 4.6Ghz+.
I have all settings maxed out except Autogen and AI traffic (at 35%) and can fly the PMDG 747 at 50fps+ away from big airports, drops down to about 20 at airports like KJFK. This is on a 4.2Ghz Dual Core,4Gb Ram,2x8800GT's. Though FSX currently doesn't support SLI. VFR/Bush flying I can max all the sliders.
The real frame rate killers have always been Autogen and AI traffic for FS9,FSX. Thankfully Intel are brining out fantastic chips that are cheap and easily overclockable. So should really be able to start cranking up FS once they add full DX10 and SLI support will be close to photo realistic at good frame rates.
Cripes, on a 4ghz plus quad core you could probably run FSX and AH2 at the same time.
<S>...-Gixer
