I have this computer with a Nvidia GeForce GT 220, I GB, Win Vista x64,
One 750 GB SATA HD , 500 GB SATA HD(Which I added), SATA DVD RW and 8 GB
RAM. I'm currently waiting for my free Win7x64 upgrade. I have three USB
externals attached, two are USB/NAS. I wouldn't bother with putting a
200 GB drive in this thing with large drives being so cheap
What video card and what OS are you looking at?
It has a PCI-E slot and one IDE connetor. Mine has no firewire, but you
mention one in the specs.
It's been very reliable and could certainly handle MS Flight Simulator.
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Video Graphics Cards
From: Diane <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, December 06, 2009 1:41 pm
To: [log in to unmask]
I went to Best Buy looking for a gaming computer, figuring that's what
I'll
need for this video card and Flight Simulator. I found the asus
cg5270-bp004 for $650. The reviews I've found have been good.
It has expansion interfaces: 1 x Display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub
(HD-15) , 1 x Display / video - DVI-Digital - 24 pin digital DVI , 1 x
Display / video - HDMI - 19 pin HDMI Type A , 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) -
6
pin FireWire , 1 x Network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T -
RJ-45
, 1 x Audio - SPDIF output - TOSLINK , 10 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB
Type A
( 4 front, 6 rear ) , 1 x Storage - eSATA-300 - 7 pin external Serial
ATA
My questions are:
Do you think my current IDE interface 200GB Maxtor ATA drives work with
it?
How about my external USB case for my drives?
It doesn't have a firewire connection for my old iPod, can an old card
work? Is there a cable that I can plug into a USB slot with USB on one
side
and Firewire on the other?
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:24 PM, David Gillett
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> On 2 Dec 2009 at 15:22, Diane wrote:
>
> > *I'm planning on getting a new computer and want to get a good video
> > graphics card for Flight Simulator X Deluxe. I found a computer with
> > an NVIDIA nForce MCP61 Chipset, but I don't know how much memory it
> > has. It was recommended that I get one with at least 1 GB of RAM. It
> > was also recommended that I get an NVIDIA Geforce 9800 GTX or above.
> >
> > Does anyone know about graphics cards?
>
>
> "nForce" is, I believe, nVidia's line of motherboard chipsets,
> nothing to do with video. I've had a couple of machines with
> their chipset -- on one, I could never update to XP SP3 because
> if they ever produced a compatible IDE driver, I couldn't find
> it.
> On another, and also on a machine owed by a friend, the
> onboard Ethernet died.
>
> In my book, that's three strikes. I will not be buying
> another systemwith an nForce chipset as long as I have any
> choice.
>
> nVidia and ATI are the two main players still making Video
> Graphics cards such as the GeForce series. I've personally been
> happy with both. But I hear some people prefer one or the
> other. Your best bet might be to try to find a forum of Flight
> Simulator players and see which they recommend.
> (I play Second Life, and I hear folks there recommending
> nVidia despite three issues introduced by nVidia drivers in the
> last year. But those issues may relate ONLY to Second Life, so
> they wouldn't affect you....)
>
> David Gillett
>
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