Hello, Indeed the plane is really eye candy the fps are dependant on many variables but at 1920 x 1080, 4x anti alias, 4x aniso filter, obejcts lots, all pixel shaders and 3d clouds with a core i-5 3.33 ghz, 8 gb ram and a gtx 460 1 gb in Win 7 64 bits I'm getting between 20 and 35 fps as I said is very dependant on many variables and this is still subjective but the experience is good. The 3d sound (like fsx) is good and no problem with the open-al. The plane seems to have some bugs (sound problems in mac version), users are posting about them, I've found some bugs also like the wingflex been inverted, you perform a high g and the wings flex down not up and the wings flex effect seems to be too sensitive to the turbulence for my taste (very floppy wings). The author is promising to check the bugs very soon. Performance wise again you should (if you like) use the low res liveries, there are many! that's the reason for the 950 mb, it includes a nice paintkit. Finally the VC is amazing! and I would remove the passengers, they look too cartoonish. As a final note I think the plane has a great potential and includes new and innovative features never seen. Alex