Flight Simulator X

[Mike Huss]

A buddy of mine finally joined the 20th century (yeah, I said 20th) and got a pc. He wanted to go as cheap as possible, so when I spec'd it for him I ordered it with the integrated video card. It came with a NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE.

He has now decided he wants to get Flight Sim X. I've been trying to find info if that will even work with an integrated video card or not, and while I think it will, I can't verify it for sure. Anyone out there know?

[EXTACAMO]

A buddy of mine finally joined the 20th century (yeah, I said 20th) and got a pc. He wanted to go as cheap as possible, so when I spec'd it for him I ordered it with the integrated video card. It came with a NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE.

He has now decided he wants to get Flight Sim X. I've been trying to find info if that will even work with an integrated video card or not, and while I think it will, I can't verify it for sure. Anyone out there know?

The best thing to do is look at the system requirements for the game. They are usually printed on the package. If not check the Microsoft site. Normally integrated sound and video are not good choices if you want to play the newer game releases. Hope that helps you out. Good Luck!

[Chris Blount]

The 6150 might work but the game will probably run very slow. Flight Simulator X is a huge beast and to get any decent performance, you need a pretty fast computer and a high end video card.

I'm running a dual core processor with a GeForce 8600 and I still have to turn some of the settings off in MSX to get a good frame rate.

[Mike Huss]

Thanks guys. I told him to go ahead and try it and if it doesn't work he should be prepared to spend another $100 or so....