[BigC208]

Megahurt, If feel your pain. I had a 5 year old system looking much like yours. Could not play for more than 5 minutes before getting ctd's. Few weeks ago I pulled the triggrer on a I2500K and GTX570 upgrade for around $1000. No more CTD's and have everything maxed out. Game is dropdead gorgeous. Last night I set up a 40 vs 40 dogfight over Calais and had between 50-60fps.

You can do two things. Wait another 6 months untill they have dumbded down the program to the point where you can run it on a 7 year old P4. Option 2 is spend $700-$1000 and play it today in all it's glory. I screwed around with this turd long enough only to see guys post that it runs great on a good system. I got a good system and this heap of steaming dung suddenly turned into chocolate pudding! Spend the dough, it's worth it. If you cannot afford it, put the game away and come back in 6 to 12 months. 1C has put the minimum requirements for this game way below where it should have been. Lots of pissed off customers. Sure it runs with the minimum requirements, have you seen what the game at it's lowest setting looks like?Chuck Yeagers Air Combat from 1992!

You can get an I2500k, motherboard and 8 gigs of ram for $350. Slap a radeon 6970 or gtx570 in for another $350 and you're good to go hunt over the Channel. Add another $100 for Windows. That's $800 between you and the best WWII flight sim experience ever.