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Old May 5th 05, 12:57 PM
jmiguez
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derFlieger wrote:
I've purchased ms century of flight. I've tried running it on my ibm
laptop - 256 memory - but not sure if it was the computer or the

cheap
joystick - it just did not respond well to inputs - seemed slow.
I'm considering getting a tower pc - used, or build my own. Can
someone give me ideas as to what configuration I need to run the
software the best? The laptop meets the ms stated minimums - but

runs
badly.
All suggestions will be very much appreciated - plus suggestions
regarding yokes and rudder pedal set ups?
Cheers,
Pete



Pete, Most laptops don't have the graphic's card necessary to do a
decent job with MSFS. You need an 3D accellerated graphics card like
the ATI 9000 series with as much graphics memory as possible.

However, you can run MSFS on a laptop. Try turning down the graphic
setting as much as possible. Get rid of shadows and light reflections
and AI aircraft. These are power hungry features. Try to get 15+ FPS.

If you get a PC to run the game, any 1+ gig processor will do. Make
sure you have a 3D card such as the ATI Raedon or the Nvidia cards with
128-256 Mb of RAM. Of course, processor speed is like money in the
bank, the more the better.

John