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Chock · 7 November 2009, 08:06 PM

Generally speaking, for a quid, add about half as much again and you've got Dollars, i.e. 20 Quid is a shade over 30 Dollars.

Might want to sling another Gig or two of RAM in there. One Gig of RAM is pushing it these days, four is probably a sensible minimum to aim for. Being that they calculate a large expanse of 3D terrain, as well as the flight trajectories of numerous objects, flight sims usually use up a lot of memory to store the required info, and if you don't have much, the resultant constant reloading and dumping data from your RAM will bottleneck your system and delay data going to your graphics card and processor. Doing that generates more heat too, and that puts wear and tear on your system's components right across the board. So if you've got the free slots, fill em up with the fastest RAM you can use.

Al

7 November 2009, 08:06 PM	#7 (permalink)
Chock Scout Pilot Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The grim north of England Posts: 405	Generally speaking, for a quid, add about half as much again and you've got Dollars, i.e. 20 Quid is a shade over 30 Dollars. Might want to sling another Gig or two of RAM in there. One Gig of RAM is pushing it these days, four is probably a sensible minimum to aim for. Being that they calculate a large expanse of 3D terrain, as well as the flight trajectories of numerous objects, flight sims usually use up a lot of memory to store the required info, and if you don't have much, the resultant constant reloading and dumping data from your RAM will bottleneck your system and delay data going to your graphics card and processor. Doing that generates more heat too, and that puts wear and tear on your system's components right across the board. So if you've got the free slots, fill em up with the fastest RAM you can use. Al __________________ Wiseman: When you removed the book from the cradle, did you speak the words? Ash: Yeah, basically. Wiseman: Did you speak the exact words? Ash: Look, maybe I didn't say every single little tiny syllable, no. But basically I said them, yeah. Last edited by Chock; 7 November 2009 at 08:16 PM.