Thanks Richard,
I suppose I was leaning towards those sort of specs in reality due to the high outlay involved in going down the AMD64 route at this stage.
Just some final questions for you:-
1. If I pushed the boat out and went for say an Athlon XP 3.0 at 333mhz does it give you that much more than say a 2.5ghz? What about a 400mhz FSB XP 3.0 then? Or will I not really get much more bang for my buck for the sort of tasks I require of my pc?
2. Will I get good frame rates (with all the FS settings set to max)with the spec you outlined in FS2004? I have read a lot of reports that the scenery is meant to be amazing but to be honest it hasn't really seemed like it on my machine but perhaps it is due to the low spec graphics card I have?
Thanks in advance.