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    flight simulator X on FW140D?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by aahubert, Sep 13, 2008.

  1. aahubert

    aahubert Newbie

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    hey, i was just wondering if i can play flight simulator century x on my Sony vaio FW140D. will it run smooth and fast?

    my specs
    Intel core 2 duo CPU 2.26ghz
    3 gb ram
    vista home premium
    ati mobility radeon hd 3470 256mb vram

    flight simulator
    Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 / Vista
    PC with 1 GHz equivalent or higher processor
    256 MB of system RAM for Windows XP SP2 / 512 MB Vista
    14 GB available hard disk space
    DVD-ROM drive
    32 MB DirectX 9 compatible video card required

    Thank you!
     
    aahubert, Sep 13, 2008
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  2. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    I doubt it. Even with the latest desktop graphics card, FSX tops 30 to 40 fps with some details turn down. With entry level 3470, I doubt you can run FSX at playable frame rate, at least not with all details turned down and at very low resolution.
     
    hendra, Sep 13, 2008
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  3. Wolf04

    Wolf04 Sony Fanatic

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    Say what? Did you compare the minimum requirements vs. the laptop's specs. The laptop is perfectly capable of playing the game at medium settings even.
     
    Wolf04, Sep 13, 2008
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    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    Microsoft stated minimum system requirement is a joke. They always under estimate it in order to get more sales. I remember they stated that the minimum system requirement for Flight Simulator 2004 was an 8 MB card. What the hell :mad: . There is no way that you can get FS 04 to run at decent frame rate with an 8MB card. And currently, there is no hardware that can play FSX with *smooth* frame rate at dense cities with all details at max.

    Bottom line, 3470 is not for gaming. You have to turn down the details, play games at lower resolution or both in order to get playable frame rate. Try to play Crisis with it and you will be very disappointed.
     
    hendra, Sep 14, 2008
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  5. travelspace

    travelspace Notebook Enthusiast

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    not to forget you mention having solely 14gb of harddrive space free? Is it solid state? My addon scenery install was around 160gb + depending of addon ram consuming utilities like a FSInn, a weather engine and other radar monitoring apps, 4GB ram instead would become more useful.
     
    travelspace, Sep 14, 2008
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