2048 Textures ???

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Most all my Aircraft in my FSX Gold Acceleration are using the 1024 Textures, recently I purchased another Aircraft that uses these high quality 2048 X 2048 Textures. 

My computer even with a really Decent Video Graphics card and 12 Gigs of Ram and a quad core processor, just doesn't seem to be able handle those 2048 X 2048 textures without slowing down the performance something fiercely,, 

I have to lower my Flight Sim settings, to be able to get them to work, which, is kinda pointless just to be able to use the Aircraft, while everything else around it scenery wize looks dull. 

Frankly, i'm NOT all that impressed with the 2048 X 2048 textures, I can see they make the rivets and some guages in the cockpit look somewhat better, and probably easier to paint for the painters maybe,, but as far as Flying & operating the Aircraft, I feel its pointless, unless your the type that likes RIVETS stareing you in the face while you Fly and that gives you the Jollys or something,, 

the rest of the Aircraft I have in my Sim, work & Perform just fine, without any loss of performance using the 1024 X1024 Textures and the Aircraft looks just fine !!! 

I wish that were an OPTION, to have those high quality Textures, to those that want them and have the ability to display them, many of us out here don't have a system or the ability to display those Textures without a severe loss of performance on the Simulator . 

I see the New Lockheed Tri-Star uses those new High Def Textures - "Four TriStar variants in 25 paint schemes with	high-resolution 2048x2048 textures" ~ !!!!   

Well, that lets me out, I've already got sucker punched by purchasing another Aircraft with those kinds of textures, and it slows down the performance of my Sim, considerably,, causes it to be jittery graphics wise, and I don't feel I need or should have to slide my Sliders way down to adjust the scenery levels just to get the Aircraft to Fly decent ! 

I really don't get off on looking at Rivets down the side of the plane anyway,, not my thing,,,,,,, 

Guess I'll stick to my really Decent Freeware L-1011's with full interiors in a 1024 Texture size,,  

whats next in the "Future" - Texture Wize - "5078 Texture Size & Quality",, who can handle those ????? 

Capt. I~Fly 