HarleyFlyer:

I've got the nVidia FX 5200 card on an athlon 64 3200+, and the card is woefully inadequate, unless you have graphics set low, clouds gone, objects gone and and no smoke, etc., etc., etc.

It will run with all objects enabled, lowest settings, but the frame-rate is pathetic until all you have is sky and clouds while flying, and even then it is a bit "jerky".

I'm having fun with the TOC Extra 300, and Extra 330 on high rates, practicing torque rolls, harriers and such. Have all add-ons, and there are some decent aircraft in there, but I haven't found but a few aircraft that come with G3 I care for.

I haven't flown 3D much, am a 3D beginner, but I don't have any issues with the 3D physics that practice couldn't cure, but the 300TOC and 330 seem to fly ultra-smooth in 3D, very nice.

I'd recommend 1 gig of ram on the Dell, though. I'm going to slap-in an ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum, if one can be found...at a decent price.

Charles