FSX Panel pic update 16.5.06

[captain_crunch]

Fair enough, I agree with most of what you said. But the question I tried to help with was 'WIll my PC be able to run FSX?' not 'Will my PC
run FSX with full detail?'. All I was saying is that a P4 3.0 will certainly have enough 'oomph' to run it OK, but not with an X300!

As for DX 10, again you're absolutely right. FSX will include optimisation for future fully compliant DX 10 hardware but at the moment, the
main optimisation in this respect is support for shader model 4.0. The bigest change in DX 10 is actually the API, it's been completely re-
written from the ground up with Vista in mind, even to the extent that backwards compatibility with DX9, DX8 etc. is achieved using a
software layer, almost like an emulator.

So the optimisation thing is a bit of hype really, you won't get alot more performance from a fully DX 10 capable card but you might get a
bit more eye candy. When M$ say 'optimised for DX 10' what they really mean is 'optimised for Vista, please don't forget to buy it when it
comes out'!