Dear pilots, in the near future I'll be building/upgrading to a new pc. Linux compatibility and optimising for Flightgear are the driving criteria. I have a few considerations for which I seek some advice.
dual core vs. quad core. If I understand correctly, for many games dual core is still preferred to having quad core, but FG might be different, I don't know. Also future changes in flightgear could justify a quad core. I think of FGCOM, more complex weather, scenery and AI models etc. But again, a dual core might be faster doing all these in parallel. Also less cooling is nice. memory is cheap, so it'll be 4 GB. graphics card: Most advice I heard/read regarding 3d and linux is to stick to Nvidia. My budget is around $250. By the time I'll order an Nvidia 9800GTX could be in reach. Are there other concerns such as taking a slower gpu but with more vid memory? I really like the paris scenery, but am currently landing with 5 fps. What hardware is able to display Paris in 30+ fps at high resolution? (I know, this depends on many factors and settings, but just for a rough idea.) Thanks for any advice and help. Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
