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    Posted: 20 Aug 2016 at 9:31pm
Hi all,

Its been a long time since I have last posted, I hope you are all well!

Following on from a topic I posted way back last summer, where I had trouble with FSX on my current system. I'm looking at upgrading and purchasing a new system, possibly next month.

I have done a bit of reasearch and below is what I am thinking...

Motherboard - Asus Z170-P
Processor - Intel Skylake i7 6700k 4.0Ghz
RAM - Kingston Hyperx 8GB
Graphics - Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB
CPU fan - Artic Cool Freezer
Hard drive - Seagate 1TB SSHD
Operating system - Windows 7 Pro 64bit

I have worked it out that the excluding the OS (which I have) it will set me back around £662. My budget was actually around £600. So I can't deffinatly can't spend any more than the above price.

So what are your thoughts on this? I will be running FSX with several adons including PMDG 777. Eventualy I would like to get REX too (I couldn't seem to find any recomended specs on the REX site?).
I want to run the simulator with good graphics, how high do you think I could get the above settings?

Any help and advise you can offer is as always very much appreciated!

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Heinz
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It sounds like a fast system but would you be playing any other games? With the new Nvidia 10 series out I would really look into getting one of those, maybe the GTX1060? They just released a 3GB version which is a little smaller and cheaper. Because your graphics card will be a real bottleneck in that system for games. 
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Thanks pal,

I've taken a look at the GTX1060 and anywhere I've found it has it priced more than the GTX950 (which I had priced at £160)

I won't really be playing many other games, I don't play as many as I used to. I'll be using a Train Sim which I know is lighter than a Flight Sim, and Command and Conquer which is laughable against these cards.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote SkyFly Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Aug 2016 at 8:18am
Well for those sorts of games I imagine it would be OK but you can get a GTX 960 2GB for £135 which would be a better buy for less money! A 1060 is around £210 for the 3GB version if you do want to pay a bit more. You could always get the 960 for now and upgrade later to the next series of graphics cards with that beast processor!
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Thanks for your recomendation on the GTX 960! I've been looking around and I've found one from the same place I was looking at the 950 at the same price. It's an MSI branded card which I've been told are awesome, so I think I'll be doing with that!
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