That was my reaction when I loaded up the NGX for the first time. I waited patiently for so long, with all the hype about expected good performance for the NGX. Well, the J41 actually gets 30% better frames for me than the NGX. How can this be? Oh sure, the NGX has good performance from the 2D panel, but switch to VC and it's "Oh NO"! The product looks great and sounds great, but I wish I hadn't bought into all the hype of good performance. This product really needs an i5 or i7 processor; my 3 year-old Q9300 is not a good match for this product. Before someone suggests it, I've done the tweaks made famous over the past year, so that's not been ignored.

Minimum OS: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7 (latest service packs), Flight Simulator X with SP2 or Acceleration installed.Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalentRAM: 2GB if only running the NGX, 4GB if running other addons (scenery, traffic etc)Video Card: DirectX 9 compatible with 512MB of video memory (examples: Nvidia 8800GT, AMD/ATI Radeon 4870) Best Performance OS: Windows 7 64-bitProcessor: Intel Core i5 or i7 (Sandy Bridge core) or betterRAM: 4GB+Video Card: Nvidia GTX560 Ti, 570 or 580 with 1GB+ of video memory or betterMonitor: Widescreen 1920x1080+ Straight from PMDG.

I was thinking the same thing earlier today when I first tried it out, however, I just finished a flight from KOAK to KSNA in real weather and It was a smooth, flawless flight with an average FPS of 27-31 (frame rate limiter, fsx.cfg edits and reduced autogen. I was apprehensive at first sight of the FPS, but you need to just try a flight from two airfields and see how it goes. This is the most advanced and intricate aircraft I have seen for FSX, so you have to be reasonable on the scenery you use etc. Flytampa airports will reduce your fps. There is no magical algorithm to get awesome fps with something this advanced, you will just have to make little sacrifices here on there on your level of water detail, autogen, scenery complexity, and choice of scenery you fly over.

I was thinking the same thing earlier today when I first tried it out, however, I just finished a flight from KOAK to KSNA in real weather and It was a smooth, flawless flight with an average FPS of 27-31 (frame rate limiter, fsx.cfg edits and reduced autogen. I was apprehensive at first sight of the FPS, but you need to just try a flight from two airfields and see how it goes. This is the most advanced and intricate aircraft I have seen for FSX, so you have to be reasonable on the scenery you use etc. Flytampa airports will reduce your fps. There is no magical algorithm to get awesome fps with something this advanced, you will just have to make little sacrifices here on there on your level of water detail, autogen, scenery complexity, and choice of scenery you fly over.

Well put! I'm getting around the same performance (27-31) with my build, and one could say it get a little choppy in imaginesim KATL.

Curt, Have you tried overclocking? That's often a cheap way to get a performance gain out of an older CPU - the Core 2 Quads can do it very well, just have to get a good cooler.

Curt, Have you tried overclocking? That's often a cheap way to get a performance gain out of an older CPU - the Core 2 Quads can do it very well, just have to get a good cooler.

I have a Gateway, and it can't be overclocked from what I've been told.

That was my reaction when I loaded up the NGX for the first time. I waited patiently for so long, with all the hype about expected good performance for the NGX. Well, the J41 actually gets 30% better frames for me than the NGX. How can this be? Oh sure, the NGX has good performance from the 2D panel, but switch to VC and it's "Oh NO"! The product looks great and sounds great, but I wish I hadn't bought into all the hype of good performance. This product really needs an i5 or i7 processor; my 3 year-old Q9300 is not a good match for this product. Before someone suggests it, I've done the tweaks made famous over the past year, so that's not been ignored.

Time to upgrade buddy, we all have to do it...