Buy or not/wait ?

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Hi FS experts,

I have for many years been running AMD-based PC's but got an offer...

1. Do you see any problems running FS9 on a PC based on an
Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 830 DualCore processor?
2. And will it still be able to support other applications and hardware?
3. What limitations can I expect?

I know that FS9 only will take advantage of one of the cores but still
FS10 may soon be around - and who knows?

Intel says about this processor:
Intel® EM64T requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS,
operating system, device drivers and applications enabled for Intel
EM64T. Processor will not operate (including 32-bit operation) without
an Intel EM64T-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on your
hardware and software configurations. See
www.intel.com/technology/64bitextensions/ for more information including
details on which processors support Intel EM64T or consult with your
system vendor for more information.

Best regards,
Klaus

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Klaus <klaus@anywhere.righthere> wrote in
news:430f5a19$0$68348$edfadb0f@dread14.news.tele.dk:

> I forgot this info: I come from an AMD 1700+
>
> Klaus wrote:
>> Hi FS experts,
>>
I'm running an 830 DualCore Dell with 2gb of ram and a ATI RADEON X850 XT
Platinum Edition 256mb video card and run FS9 at full everything with 38
mesh terrain and 9 mesh where available. Fly mostly low level VFR and
love it.
Please note that the video card will have a lot to do with how any system
will handle any program.

>> I have for many years been running AMD-based PC's but got an
>> offer...
>>
>> 1. Do you see any problems running FS9 on a PC based on an
>> Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 830 DualCore processor?
>> 2. And will it still be able to support other applications and
>> hardware? 3. What limitations can I expect?
>>
>> I know that FS9 only will take advantage of one of the cores but
>> still FS10 may soon be around - and who knows?
>>
>> Intel says about this processor:
>> Intel® EM64T requires a computer system with a processor, chipset,
>> BIOS, operating system, device drivers and applications enabled for
>> Intel EM64T. Processor will not operate (including 32-bit
>> operation) without an Intel EM64T-enabled BIOS. Performance will
>> vary depending on your hardware and software configurations. See
>> www.intel.com/technology/64bitextensions/ for more information
>> including details on which processors support Intel EM64T or
>> consult with your system vendor for more information.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Klaus
>