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Phil · 6th July 2009, 18:46

Yep, about 2 minutes ago. So along with the spaniel damaged keyboard and now this, I think a new laptop is on the cards. I'm on quite a budget but what can anyone recommend that might play simulators like flight simulator and what ever others there are? I thought the Acers seemed quite good value, but I don't really know what I'm talking about.

James.uk · 6th July 2009, 19:46

Hi Phil. I can't help with laptop info.

But as far as FSimulator goes, you need a HUGE PC to run it even half effectively. It was an MOD prog and as such they had collosal computer power to run with, we don't.

I bought FSX and all the UK updated scenery early last year, and whilst it does work, it is not very good, the scenery gets blurry at any sort of speed. I have to pause it a lot in order for the thing to catch up..

I am running WinXP pro sp3 2 gig Ram on duel system. AMD Athlon 3.2+ with a Radeon X800 platignum graphics card.

And it is nothing like fast enough.

Quad core would help, but I think only NASA could use the prog to its full potential.

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Zeb · 6th July 2009, 19:46

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Originally Posted by Phil

Yep, about 2 minutes ago. So along with the spaniel damaged keyboard and now this, I think a new laptop is on the cards. I'm on quite a budget but what can anyone recommend that might play simulators like flight simulator and what ever others there are? I thought the Acers seemed quite good value, but I don't really know what I'm talking about.

Join the club...just dropped my open laptop down the stairs (I know I know..)and smashed the screen...

johnnyallan · 6th July 2009, 20:27

Acer do a mini computer with 120 gig harddrive and 1 gig memory for £140.00, 8.9 screen

JohnDotCom · 6th July 2009, 22:50

Most generally claim on their contents House Insurance for accidental damage to their Laptops.
You either get the same model or current equivalent.

Phil · 11th July 2009, 11:29

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Is this any good?
Would it meet these requirements?

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Windows XP or Vista
2.4 Ghz Intel® Pentium® IV or AMD® Athlon™ processor
1 GB RAM
4x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
Approx. 500 MB free hard disk space
128 MB 3D accelerated video card with support for Vertex and Pixel shader 1.1. (nVidia GeForce 5900, ATI Radeon 9800 or comparable).

Windows XP or Vista
3 GHz Intel® Pentium® IV or AMD® Athlon™ processor
2 GB RAM
4x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
Approx. 500 MB free hard disk space
256 MB 3D accelerated video card with support for Vertex and Pixel shader 1.1. (nVidia GeForce 6800, ATI Radeon X800 pro or comparable).

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- Windows XP SP2 with 1024 Mb RAM
- Windows Vista with 1024 Mb RAM
- 2.0 GHz+ Processor
- DirectX 9.0c compliant Video Card with 256Mb RAM
- 15 Gb Hard Drive Space
- DVD Drive

How much better is it than this:
AMD Turion (tm) 64 mobile technology ML-34 789MHz, 896MB of RAM?

mr.bimble · 11th July 2009, 12:53

This site has some good info about laptops and how well they work. www.notebookcheck.net Avoid anything with intel graphic chips if you want to use it for any games. All the dual core processors are pretty good though.

Phil · 11th July 2009, 18:28

Thanks, I'll have a look.

quinlan · 17th July 2009, 21:17

Zeb, What laptop was it you dropped...... I have an acer 1522wlmi I am breaking for spares. Would the 15 inch widescreen be any good to you. Don't want any money Just want the bits out of the way

quinlan · 17th July 2009, 21:21

Phil
I would suggest you get the fastest Intel dual core you can get with at least Nvidia 9600 discrete graphics card. Personally i prefer the Radeon 4800 series of graphics cards which are now getting into laptops. Any graphics intensive games will need discrete graphics if you want them to be playable

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quinlan Newbie Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sheffield Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Phil I would suggest you get the fastest Intel dual core you can get with at least Nvidia 9600 discrete graphics card. Personally i prefer the Radeon 4800 series of graphics cards which are now getting into laptops. Any graphics intensive games will need discrete graphics if you want them to be playable __________________

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James.uk Passed Away 2002 Pale Blue. Rover 75 CDTi Connoisseur auto. 170K miles Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Near the M67. Posts: 14,509 Thanks: 199 Thanked 585 Times in 397 Posts	Hi Phil. I can't help with laptop info. But as far as FSimulator goes, you need a HUGE PC to run it even half effectively. It was an MOD prog and as such they had collosal computer power to run with, we don't. I bought FSX and all the UK updated scenery early last year, and whilst it does work, it is not very good, the scenery gets blurry at any sort of speed. I have to pause it a lot in order for the thing to catch up.. I am running WinXP pro sp3 2 gig Ram on duel system. AMD Athlon 3.2+ with a Radeon X800 platignum graphics card. And it is nothing like fast enough. Quad core would help, but I think only NASA could use the prog to its full potential. .

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