FS2004 vs. FSX

sld2387 · Post by **sld2387** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:52 pm

My friend and I are looking at building a Flight Simulator system. We are going to have a dedicated computer system for the sim and we want to build a kick butt system to run it. I am still flying FS2004 and love it, but my friend likes FSX but, is not completely satisfied with his computer preformance. I am running a 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core processor with 2 GB of Ram, NVidia GeForce 6600 video card. It seems that my computer just doesn't have enough to run FSX the way I would like it to. My question to my fellow Globe Cargo va pilots is: 1) Do you prefer FS2004 or FSX? and why? 2) What are the system specs you are running? 3) What kind of frame rates are you getting? Thanks in advance for your input.

khelm · Post by **khelm** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:22 am

1) I'm running FSX, and love it, Probably never going back to FS9.
2) My specs are: AMD 64X 4600+ at 2.4Ghz Dual core with 2 Gigs of Ram, ATI1950XTX 512mb, Abit Motherboard, liquid cooled for that extra performance

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3) As its stands now, I get 8-15 on the ground, and 30-100 in cruise. With light bloom off, and settings rather low. I'm going to update my GC eventually, and possibly get more ram. It works for me, but it could be better.

rossspargo · Post by **rossspargo** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:28 pm

1) I run both FS9 and FSX, however, im still an FS9 fan! FSX is great, I love flying using it, however, I dont get great FPS. Therefore, I dont fly GCVA flights on it!
2)My Specs are: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3.6Ghz, 2GB RAM, ATI Sapphire Radeon X1650 PRO 512MB and Gigabyte VM900M Motherboard
3)With FS9 I get around 10-30FPS on the ground and 30-80FPS inflight. On FSX it drops quite alot! with 6-15FPS on the ground and 15-35FPS inflight

Thats why im sticking with FS9 at the moment!

chevol · Post by **chevol** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:56 pm

Ross, I am surprised, I thought with a powerful PC like yours you would get better results, what kind of monster do we need then, for FSX?

Mike Bridge · Post by **Mike Bridge** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:46 pm

I use FS9 still

I have FSX installed but lack of a moving map and frames are a problem.
It is superb for GA flying!!

I am running a Dual Core E6300, 3Gig Ram and Nvidia 79650GT 512.
Even with that power, still runs like a dog

sld2387 · Post by **sld2387** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:47 pm

Thanks guys....

Brogs · Post by **Brogs** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:13 pm

Well, I would use FSX but my Ram is only 1.7 gig, and as I have the FSX Version of PMDG 744 by the time I,ve loaded FSX and the 744, my RAM is down to 320 mb, so until I get some more RAM, which I must say is by permission of Senior Management, I ,m quite happy with FS9

Brian Swintal · Post by **Brian Swintal** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:05 pm

I still use FS9 for 1 reason. Add-ons. As soon as FSX gets the same number and quality of add-ons that are available for FSX I may make the switch. Until then, FS9 is great for me!