[luther01]

by the way i have run il-2 with a intel qx9650 quad core runnng at 4.4ghz coupled with 4 gb ddr3 and quad sli 9800gx2...you still get slow down over water. it is processor intensive, and overclocking can help mate. with this set up and max details average frame rate is 130, but water causes slow down and stutters. so to answer you don't need to buy new hardware for this game, maybe just overclock a bit. i believe that il-2 cannot utilize new technology such as multiple cores so performance can still be disappointing even with the above detailed system. rivatuner is the best for overclocking graphics cards, just do it slowly in 10-15mhz steps and test for artifacts after each change.