• Official Release of FSX!

Posted: **Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:05 pm**

Today is the official release date of the new FSX!

Posted: **Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:06 pm**

YAY! I dont think my computer can stand all of the high graphics its got

But, I am glad its out!

Posted: **Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:17 pm**

Already got my copy. My desktop is down for a bit so I tried running it on my laptop. Let's just say I can't wait for my desktop to be working again!

Posted: **Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:14 am**

What kind of performance are you getting RB? Striker is running dual 7800GTs in SLi with an AMD FX series CPU and he's still getting single digit frames with everything maxed @ 1600x1200.

We've been getting the feeling that w/o DX10 FSX is only half a game.

Posted: **Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:56 am**

You need to have 2 G of ram.........regardless, FSX is a RAM eater. I am going to pick up my copy tomorrow, and i just upgraded to 3 G last night, so I will let you all know what happens. From what I am seeing on other forums, the game sucks at least 1 gig right away, so better start upgrading now, or wait until after XMAS for a new 64-bit system with Vista and DX10

Posted: **Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:51 pm**

Will that game run on my system... The following is what I have on my PC.

Athlon Xp-3000+
2.16 GHZ
512 MB of RAM

Video:

GeForce FX 5700LE
memory 256 MB
ForceWare Version 81.98

Thanks for any help...

Posted: **Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:15 pm**

Falcon56,

Well I don't have it yet, but from what I have heard and Rhino mentioned it, the game is a "Ram eater." So you will probably need to upgrade to 2 gigs of Ram.

P.S. Ram is pretty easy to change.

Posted: **Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:32 pm**

Panther,

I heard the same... I just havent seen any game specs yet.. Went to Best Buy, CompUSA and my BX and no one had the game... putting the RAM in wont be a prob... thanks!

AJ
Falcon56

Posted: **Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:45 pm**

I've got 2 gigs of ram and dual 7900GT's running SLI to boot and its still a frame rate eater. Basically, this has got to be the most premature software release for all the flight sims that they have come out with. There are VERY few computers in this work that can run this program with great FPS with all the settings turned up. Also, I got the Deluxe edition and untill Vista and Directx10 comes out there are already so many features graphically that arent even availably yet. My two cents, if you can wait and hold off on it do it....its not worth it now. Not untill computers and all the other software come out to match it.

Falcon, I too went to CompUSA,Circuit City, and the BX and they didnt have it. I ended up getting the last copy they had at Gamestop of all places.

Posted: **Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:18 pm**

Striker
Im gonna take your advice and wait...not in that big of a hurry to get a game thats gonna take more to run it than what its probably worth... thanks for the heads up..

Falcon56

Posted: **Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:19 pm**

nVidia released new SLi drivers tweaked for Battlefield 2142, Company of Heroes, and Flight Sim X. Worth a shot.

91.47
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_91.47.html

Posted: **Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:07 am**

Striker,

Have you tried playing it with almost everything turned down? I was playing with the settings after we talked the other night and I got it running great but with so so graphics. I decided to try some of the flights that come with the game and boy those were a blast! The pylon racing was great! I have yet to land the Cub on the bus but I did race Shockwave the jet truck. Right before the race starts with the jet truck you can fly around the airport while the truck gets into place and you can see the blue angels parked and you can hear the announcer in the background with some music giving an introduction to Shockwave. Over by the airshow they have some really nice large airplanes like tha AN-225 (The Dream) and some others.

I have a Mac Pro with the X1900XTX here at work and one of these days will give that a whirl with FS X and will let you all know how that works.

Posted: **Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:32 pm**

Burner wrote:nVidia released new SLi drivers tweaked for Battlefield 2142, Company of Heroes, and Flight Sim X. Worth a shot.

91.47
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_91.47.html

Just a heads up for Lock-On users, these last two nVidia driver releases, 91.40 and 91.47 introduces a bug with the pixel shaders and Lock-On's lighting. Hopefully the next update will fix that!

Posted: **Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:24 am**

Well, as Rotor stated, with everything turned down, it runs quite nicely. If I could mesh the scenery detail from FS9 to FSX it would make it perfect. O well right?

Posted: **Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:00 pm**

Rotorblade wrote:Striker,

Have you tried playing it with almost everything turned down? I was playing with the settings after we talked the other night and I got it running great but with so so graphics. I decided to try some of the flights that come with the game and boy those were a blast! The pylon racing was great! I have yet to land the Cub on the bus but I did race Shockwave the jet truck. Right before the race starts with the jet truck you can fly around the airport while the truck gets into place and you can see the blue angels parked and you can hear the announcer in the background with some music giving an introduction to Shockwave. Over by the airshow they have some really nice large airplanes like tha AN-225 (The Dream) and some others.

I have a Mac Pro with the X1900XTX here at work and one of these days will give that a whirl with FS X and will let you all know how that works.

MUST GET FSX!!!!!!!!!!!!