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[ignaciojapan]

Hi all,

I'm looking to buy a fairly cheap laptop that I will dedicate solely to FS2004. Here's the setup I've been considering:

• 1TB SATA 5400rpm Hard Drive
  
• 8GB DDR3 RAM
  
• 2GB dedicated video memory
  
• Intel 3rd Gen i7 2.4GHz processor (With Turbo Boost up to 3.4GHz) <--don't know what that quite means
  
• NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Graphics Card

Ideally, I want a nice balance of scenery to AI Traffic to FPS, looking for any FPS rate that can take me at the speed I'm going (i.e. my current frame rate takes me 1 hour to go 350nm at 450kt GS).

Also, I'm new to the FS world (after converting from X-Plane), so any starter tips would be greatly appreciated!

[FSX_Gamer]

Turbo boost to 3.4 GHz is good enough, VGA card is a bit slow, HDD and RAM won't be a problem (even a 60GB HDD will run FSX properly, but it's not recommended). If space and mobility is not your problem, you can buy a desktop PC of higher specs of the same price.

[ignaciojapan]

Okay, what are some recommended graphics cards? Again, I don't need 100s of fps, but enough to run comfortably.

[ignaciojapan]

EDIT: How about this?

• AMD FX-Series 3.5GHz Processor
  
• 8GB DDR3 SDRAM
  
• 1TB SATA III 7200rpm hard drive
  
• AMD Radeon HD 7750 Graphics card
  
• 1GB Dedicated video memory

Thanks,
Ignacio

[FSX_Gamer]

That's better than the first even the VRAM is half as much. Is that desktop PC? And for the graphics recommendation, go with VGA cards with at least 1GB GDDR5 with 256 bit or more bandwidth. Many people said NVIDIA is better, but my machine (AMD Radeon together with Intel i5) can run FSX flawlessly