solomod Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I am looking at buying a refurbished HP Z600 workstation, running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, for general computing and also for running FS9. At present I am using a small-form HP 6000 and FS9 runs quite well. But I want 3d-clouds, no pauses and a few more sliders over to the right. I use Ultimate Terrain and Ground Environment Pro. The Z600 has four cores, a 630 watt PSU and plenty of RAM. I will be loading FS9 onto an SSD. Specs available here: https://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/product_detail/18778/HP-Z600-Tower-PC-Xeon-Hex-Core-X5650-2-66GHz-Processor-12GB-RAM-2TB-Windows-7-Professional/ Can anybody advise me on what Nvidea graphics card to buy please? PCI slots are available. Many thanks, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger1962 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Hi David, any NVidia GTX 500 series or above with 2GB VRAM will monster FS2004 on this workstation, and used prices are quite reasonable these days. HOWEVER, I think you could get a much better setup than this for less money elsewhere: https://www.cclonline.com/pc/gaming-pcs/ I'm thinking of getting one myself in the New Year Sales... Tim Wright "The older I get, the better I was..." Xbox Series X, Asus Prime H510M-K, Intel Core i5-11400F 4.40GHz, 16Gb DDR4 3200, 2TB WD Black NVME SSD, 1TB Samsung SATA SSD NVidia RTX3060 Ti 8Gb, Logitech Flight Yoke System, CH Pro Pedals, Acer K272HL 27", Windows 11 Home x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solomod Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 Thanks for info - must have Win 7 for all the other stuff I run on the computer. Also I notice that gaming computers are all Win 10 and only have 3 or 4 USB ports. I have 5 USBs in continual use. All the best and have a good Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I'm using a GTX950 2gig card that easily handles FS9; was about $100 a year ago, probably cheaper now. (I wouldn't have W10 either, lol.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solomod Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 Thank you -the GTX 950 is £149 to £169 on Amazon UK today. Together with the GTX 500 series on my Amazon wish list. If that car is your GT40 I envy you. Back in 1970 I remember chasing one along Brighton sea-front on my BSA Goldstar - beat him off the lights every time but then all I saw were the rear lights... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 I wish. The car is #1012, never street legal (http://emotion-automobiles.com/gt40/ ). Owned by a local attorney who raced it frequently in vintage events for about fifteen years (a friend-of-a-friend put in a good word and I got to drive it in a couple of races about 25 years ago, when that photo was taken); it is now in the hands of a private collector in Italy who, I am told, still races it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solomod Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 Well I never. I wish I still had my Goldstar but I'd probably be dead. Happy Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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