[jhb] Re: FSX and Win 7
- From: "Frank Fisher" <ffisher991@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 14:41:04 +0100
That is one humdinger of a spec Kevin, I say go for it.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
FSX should very literally fly in it.
DDR3 memory is not cheap, and is reckoned to be faster than the bog standard
DDR2. FSX will not use half that memory, most of my 8gb sits idling, and
that is only DDR2.
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kev Townsend" <175@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 10:41 AM
Subject: [jhb] Re: FSX and Win 7
I am just having to replace my 14 year old Dell
which the family has used for everyday work.
This machine has served me well and only works
out at around £200 per annum........ eeks!
I've managed to acquire a sister machine to my FS
unit locally, at a quarter of the cost of the
original, second-hand from Gumtree.com
The seller is obviously in IT for a financial
institution, and it comes with a brand new Win 7ultimate x64 activated.
The machine (after negotiation) was £250 cheaper
than I paid a year ago, but includes a Blue Ray
player and 2Gb extra RAM (8), also pleasingly has
3 years to run on a Premium warranty.
He has a another identical machine, with a
slightly faster i7 processor and dual graphics
cards, which prompts the sale of this one.
I bought 2nd hand as Dell have upgraded this
model (Studio XPS 435 MT) and it is no longer
available in the original configuration.
My question is: Will I gain much benefit if I
install FSX on the incoming machine, Win 7 but
with the same graphic card? What pitfalls may there be?
The considerable spec is:
Dell studio XPS 435 MT
Intel Core i7-920 processor 2.66GHz, 8 MB Cache, 4.8 GT/sex
8GB of DD3R SDRAM running at 1067MHz
512MB ATI Radeon 4850 HD video card
2 x 500 GB SATA2 7200RPM hard drive striped as raid 0
19-in-1 media card reader with Bluetooth 2.0
Blu-Ray combo drive Blu-ray playback only / 16X DVD+/-RW
Integrated 7.1 channel audio
Dell Wireless PCIE device
8 USB ports (4 on back, 4 on front)
1 Firewire (IEEE 1394) port
1 Mini (4-pin) Firewire (IEEE 1394) port
1 eSATA port,
360 Watt power supply
standard headphone/microphone jacks
10/100/1000 network port
Wireless Logitech MX revolution Cordless Laser Mouse
Dell multimedia USB keyboard
Windows Vista Ultimate ( 64 bit )
4 Year XPS Premium warranty ( 1 year expired,
warranty expires in January 2013).
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