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Flight Simulator 2002 With 13 Monitors And 9 PCs

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-lot-of-lead-and-glass dept.

Ant points to Steve Ferris' site demonstrating what Ferris has done "using Wideview software, Multi Monitors and Fs2002 Panel Interior view Bitmaps. 9 PC's & 13 monitors. Server PC is a 2.0ghz AMD and has 1 Asus 4800se G4 AGP and when Motor flying 4 PCI graphic cards for the instrument panels.. All 8 Clients have AGP cards and are AMD 800 to 1.5ghz... My Ask21 Glider with 3 Asus 4800se G4 cards on the front 6 monitors, giving great downward landing view. When you sit in front, all screens line up reasonably well ... Windows XP on the 3 front PC's and 98se on the rest."

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  1. *IF* you read the site, the cost is WAY less by noahbagels · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I actually read this site just yesterday - He's using far cheaper gear.

    10 CRTs (currently my company is selling off surplus for $50 a piece) = $500

    TFTs - currently, 17" CRTs are about $400 = $1200 He said that they are mostly cheap-o video cards such as the nVidia GF4MX = $40 each ==> $520

    PCs - most are of the 800mhz variety - can be had for $200/piece at an auction. --> $1800

    Price Total: $4020.

    Now, I don't know where this guy lives, but my Private Pilot Certificate PP-ASEL cost me approx $8000 in the SF-Bay Area.


    I love flying - read: LOVE flying - nothing comes close.
    However, let this guy have his kicks... if he got deals on the gear, it's only 33% more expensive than your high performance gaming PC setup listed on arstechnica and other hobbyist sites.

    At least it's better and far cooler than having neon fans and powered liquid coolant systems overclocking by 10% to get 500,000 fps in quake.