MS Flight Sim X

What type of issues are you eluding to? From what I've read, this game makes even 8800 GTX systems come to a crawl at the higher settings.

I run this on ultra-high on a P4, 2GB Ram, and a 256MB x800xl card. The only issue I have is I have Ultimate Terrain X installed (a great $35 add-on). That really hogs my system down. I have to turn it off whenever I fly multiplayer.

Check out pestgaming, Stryker. There are about 5 of us that fly together on multiplayer. We have one guy who is a pilot and really helps us out with instruments and getting familiar with them.

I fly with a Saitek ST290 Pro. The best stick $25 can buy. I have no complaints with it.

I tried the FS global terrain for north america and it too slowed FS-X down quite a bit. They are not optimized for FS-X. I have since uninstalled FS-X.

I use that same controller, only wireless. I've also been running on a P4 3.4 system with a 6600 GT card with no issues at all. It's a great flight sim!

Hey I just saw this.....does anyone have their Flight Sim X looking like this?


http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...s/directx.mspx

Not yet. FSX isn't DX10 ready yet. There will be a patch in the future.

Will it truly be a patch, or will you be forced to buy the Andrenaline expansion pack?

Reports are that it will be a patch.

I admit that I don't have this game, but that's surprising given the reviews I've read. For example, this review from Gamespot.com:

Flying around the Orlando area (not great scenery, but not bad) on the high settings it looks pretty good. AMD 64x2 4600, 2 gig DDR2 667, 7600GT card.

They only time I get a little jumpy is my final approach and landing. Other than that, I'm pretty smooth. I think around 25 FPS.

Does anyone else use the flight video recorder? Mine is totally screwed up.

I would be very interested to see a FRAPS on that. I tried running this game on my P43.2 2gig w/7800GS (faster than the X800XL), and was lucky to get 15 FPS even on the lower settings...

Are you really getting 25fps performance with an X800XL??

Some parts of FS-X chokes on my Intel C2D 6600, 2GB, NVidia 8800GTS 640MB. But FS-X is buggy as hell.

- Autopilot will commit suicide in midair with VFR flight. Yes, even though theres no route data, I just want it to keep my altitude and heading. Instead it nose dives.

- Pressing "S" to have a look at the outside of the plane and at different angles will sometimes make it stuck at one view and it will stay that way until you restart.

- Zoom will get stuck at max and never return.

- I'm not sure if the planes behave this way but flying a Boeing 737 vs an Airbus 320 should be the same but the Airbus is much much harder to land. It keeps wanting to float.

- Flight recorder is completely useless.

I like this game but is it me or it's really hard for me to land, fly at a cruising altitude and speed, learn all the little buttons, and to control. I use a mouse and a keyboard.

Hey look. There's me!

How would I fare?

AMD Athlon 64 x2 5400+
3GB DDR2 800 RAM
RADEON x1950 pro 256mb graphics card

It would run smoothly on all Medium High settings with no AA or AF @ 30-40FPS

Are the fireworks an add-on? I flew Vegas for the first time last night, pretty cool with the fountains and spotlights. I flew a chopper at street level, amazing you can read the signs...I saw George Carlin was playing.

Thanks, I'll try 10pm. I tried 8 and 9....didn't see any.

Stryker, do you fly on VATSIM or doing this just straight with FS?

I used to fly on VATSIM with Southwest Airlines.

What joystick do you guys use for this game?

Saitek ST290 Pro