Glad to hear you have this. It comes with Windows 7 Premium.
I already have several 200GB HD's that I will use for backing up.
I would get an NVIDIA Geforce 9800 GTX with 1GB of RAM. That's what
Microsoft recommends for Flight Simulator. I also plan to use Roller
Coaster Tycoon.
You can go to cnet and check the specs, in case I got them wrong. The only
place I can find this computer is at Best Buy.
Diane
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 5:40 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> 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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