FSX

[rossspargo]

":( I got my copy of FSX Deluxe Ed, from FS Pilot Shop I thought that my computer would be good enough to power FSX without too much joltyness (if thats the word!) but it obviously isnt! The 744 is still bog standard, and in my own words, CRAP!!! Does anyone know when PMDG will be releasing the 744 for FSX, although that will just make FSX a million times slower than what it is on my computer!!! I am going to stick with FS9 for now i think!!! Ross S"

[yoni63]

"Well, I think I will stick with FS9 also for a while. Its just like the Playstation 3... I know its coming out this month, but I really don't want to be one of the ones sending it back to get the bugs worked out of it, so I will latch onto it when its been perfected "

[yoni63]

"Wow, just got an e mail from flight sim.com. Seems they are really pushing FSX. Kind of disappointing though, they say just like with all Flight sim versions that have come out, they say most people just get bigger computers. Not sure my budget can bring up a new machine everytime they come out with a new FS. I see the add ons coming out, but nothing yet about PMDG. They basically said that most machines that can't run it right, will eventually be replaced by bigger computers... Well, I woke up this morning and no one has upgraded mine yet I don't know about most of you guys, but its awfully hard to justify a new add on much less a four digit dollar sign just to run FSX. Might be a long wait for me! "

[eek]

"The problem is, there aren't any computers that can run it. Oddly, the ones with the faster computers are getting the worst frames. I saw a thread on Avsim, where the guy thought it was a problem with the way FSX works (or rather, doesn't work) with a larger CPU cache. FS9 at 12-15fps is fine, with tons of add-ons. However, it's not acceptable right out of the box. People seem to think DX10 and WinVista are going to be the magic bullets. I really hate to see the crying and snot flying everywhere when it doesn't help. Not to mention the hurdles add-on developers are facing. I may skip this version, entirely. "

[nwadc10]

"FSX runs decent on my computer which is 2+ years old. Intel P4 dual core (I couldn't tell you much more than that without doing research), 1 Gig of RAM, and an ATI 256 Mb PCIE graphics card. FPS is locked at 17 and stays there 90% of the time...which is very, very smooth. Large cities it can't handle. I tried the scarebus mission which is the demo flight at the Paris airshow. I quit shortly into the mission because the performance was unplayable, not to mention the A321 is absolutely unflyable. What surprised me the most is that large qauntities of trees don't hit the performance as hard as I expected. I played the amazon jungle mission with a jungle full of trees and performance went down just a few fps which was still very playable...that was a very fun mission Tomas and I flew a flight in the CRJ together...he let me be Captain We flew from one mediocre sized city to another...probably about 1/3 the size of a major city that would get the big dot on a map. Performance was acceptable and the flight was fun. FSX has definately got me interested in GA flying with those missions. The developers put a lot of thought in details in the missions, a job well done. However, I won't be using FSX for GC flying until my computer can handle the larger cities. Justin"

[cyoo eddie]

"Ross, I agree that the defaut 744 is , well not up to par with the pmdg, but I didnt expect it to be. I once thought the 744 in fs9 was good, but now,.... I got my flight1 172 installed on fsx, it works ok, but is slowwwwww compared to a jet. Waiting for sb3 to come out for fsx then may try some on line flights with it, but for now I still use fs9. I think fsx has a lot of potential over the next year or so, not sorry I bought it "

[rossspargo]

"I wish i was just a little more patient and got my laptop now, instead of in April! The spec im running on can keep FS9 steady and smooth at 20FPS locked, but not on FSX If I want FSX to work smoothly, I get no trees, houses or terminals My spec is a bit 'out-dated' now: AMD Sempron 2.8GHZ 'Cool + Quiet' 512 MB RAM 128 MB ATI Radeon 100M He still goes alright though Ross S"

[yoni63]

"Well, Ross, if you can handle what you have now, and can fly the 744 on it, then I would just hang with what you have. I am kind of like you, if it takes $$$ to make the program work, it is going to be way down the line. My machine is going on 3 years old. I consider that new even though they have bigger stuff out there. Mine is a 3ghz pent 4 with a few bells and whistles on it, but even if it would run FSX (which I don't have) I only fly my 744 now. Other AC just don't give me that challenge that the 744 does. Got spoiled with it. I miss running the 742, but there is so much to learn about the 744 I don't want to mix them up right now. "