My rig (check my sign) handles this sim. pretty well with everything set to HigH, textures Original but Buildings and trees on Low for online play.

I running pretty much the same with a AMD CPU @2.7 XFX 5770 OC when needed. Duel channel 8 gigs
But i run everyting at high settings and 1024 x 784 i think it is on a 47 inch LCD TV
No lag or shutters

I agree with Tacoma,

I have done a lot of research into buying a new mid range PC that will handle COD with ease.... And the spec I decided on and ordered is:

INTEL Core i5 2500K Quad Core (3.3Ghz) - Can be overclocked nicely :)
ASUS P8Z68-V LX Motherboard (NEW Z68 CHIPSET)
CORSAIR 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM
ATI HD 6950 2048MB (With VGA, DVI & HDMI)

Like Tacoma said, the 2500k is a very good chip with some extremely impressive bench speed tests!

Cost of my PC was a little over $1300

What are the current specs Old?

I agree completely, the 2500k and the Radeon 6950 seem to be the best bang for the buck.

And as far as running il2 COD, im running very high settings 1920x1080 with no problems, i dont have the urge to turn settings down so it must be good enough. The odd dip in FPS in unusual places but i know its not my hardware and just the result of a poorly optimized game engine (In fact it actually "feels" like the game engine is the problem, it really does). Because Crysis and Metro 2033 run great on high settings.

And im very excited that we can expect even better preformance in the next patches, seems like more of a good thing. ;)

With my machine I can run CLOD with Half max and half med settings except for trees which I run low or med as there seems to be some optimization issue with them causing micro-stutter when you are about 300ft or lower to the ground. With my 560 ti detail setting (with the exception of poorly optimized tree) or resolution change doesn't seem to have any effect at all on FPS. The lowest I get is about 28fps but its mostly around 32 to 36 when very close to the ground. Above about 1000ft I am getting anywhere between 45 to 60fps with v-sync on. I've managed to shoot down 2 human 109s in a spit the first real online game I played but there were some hiccups here and there. I am hoping that with some further optimization of the trees and such coupled with multicore support, the sim will be running beautifully when its all said and done. The last update really gave be big improvements so I have faith that the trend will continue.

My Specs. Believe it or not.
Win 7 Home Premium Edition
AMD 840 X4 @ 3.2Ghz
4Gigs DDR2 @ 800Mhz
Foxconn A78AX-S mobo
GTX 560 ti 1GB @950Mhz core

As you can see I am running and older AM2+ motherboard with DDR 2. My memory timing is tight. I am planning and upgrading to an i5 2500k or i7 2600k shortly. With the ridiculously low price of DDR3 I'll probably be getting at least 8Gigs if not 16. I'm sure that will put me over the top but as it stands now my machine is pretty capable and I run pretty much ever game I own maxed. Oh and did I mention I am running a 26inch monitor at 1920x1200 and getting those FPS scores. I'm using FXAA as well.

I can't wait till they get multicore working. Wondering if there is going to be a native 64 bit exe as well. I think if they get one of those things working the sim will rock on 2 year old systems. I know the multicore is coming but 64 bit might just be asking for too much unless its already implemented and I am just not aware of it.

Oh and just thought I'd mention this, CLOD is $12.49 http://www.getgamesgo.com/product/il...liffs-of-dover

Ok i have turned down my settings for some serious flying, so everything very high except grass off, building amount low, building detail low, tree level low, no AA AF....i was getting annoyed with the low fps over cities. Now the FPS is very stable and really i dont care about how the ground looks...im hardly down there anyways, once im up im high up, energy fighting.

So yeah they need to do some optimizations of ground objects, serious optimizations...and then mabye i will turn the settings back up.

This is amazing quality and detail of graphics!
Looking through the broken windows of the HE111 I ca recognise th details of the tree behind it.

No wonder we need 2-3GbVRAM on our GPUs for this game...

~S~

No, we don't.

You want to see amazing graphics? Allow me to direct your attention here. Try to watch the whole thing, it has R-planes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVFK69Y_dYk