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I don't know much on tech anyway. I recommend Simped pedals for their good production quality and precision, and the wide foot space. I use CH Fighterstick and Pro Throttle, plus TrackIR4. Since I got TrackIR, I almost exclusively use the virtual cockpits, some of them coming with external addons are spectacular. FS9 has a limit of RAM it can use, Everything beyond 2 GB I think, you need tricks to unlock that if you want more RAM being used, and it may negatively effect some sceneries to do so (Heathrow for example does not run AEP correctly then).
Ironically FS9 teczhnically does not allow to run FS9 with hardware and as much memory as needed to have fluid frames when maximising all sliders. Now they are wondering if it is the same with FSX. Could be that super-wonder systems in three years still do not allow to run the sim with maximised slider settings. In FS9, maximum sliders could lead to memory overflow (depending on scenery complexity), even when you have 4 GB. The simple answer is to keep the sliders at more moderate settings. I personally never had memory overflows, not with 1 GB and not with now 2 GB. Sliders are in medium settings, and I have frames on a P4 3 GHz of 22-15, which is okay. just taxiing with airport scenery could drop to 10-12, which is okay for taxiing. The framerate in FS is not decided by your graphics-board, but your CPU. The CPU makes the frames, the graphics-board makes the looks.
But I can help you with software for FS9. Some of it already is transported to FSX as well. I would differ between
- general environment
- special (local) sceneries
- airport sceneries
- small, busiiness and sporting aircraft
- medium commuters and big airliners
- tools
As a rule of thumb, FSX for VFR flying, FS9 for IFR flying. Naturally, my scenery focus is on Germany, and central Europe.
Get FS9 here f.e.:
US 30$:
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-2004-Century-Pc/dp/B000096L71/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/191-0211082-6392833?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1226491989&sr=8-1
Germany 15€:
http://www.amazon.de/NBG-EDV-Handels-Verlags-GmbH/dp/3933397871/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1226491581&sr=8-2
I also see it in warehouse occasionally, for cheap price. Also you could try ebay