August 19, 201114 yr Hi! Having bought several top-notch airliners I am interested in owning some decent weather environment add-ons. However I am not sure what to choose: - REX 2.0 - has possibly the best graphics and weather engine included but this engine is not very good, download and installation files are huge and I am not sure if older graphic cards can handle its HD resolution textures well - ASE + XGraphics - of course ASE is the best weather engine for FSX but its XGraphics companion is the oldest such software on the market and thus I suppose it is significantly worse than REX and FEX - FEX - this is weather textures replacement software only and apparently on par with REX in that department but lacking any weather engine so I would have to buy also ASE. Addotionally FEX is not developed any longer. In sum I don't know what to buy to be satisfied flying mostly airliners in FSX on not so powerful rig.
August 19, 201114 yr ASE + REX. Rex for textures, ASE for weather Di Agron Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 | Got a hardware question? Ask: HERE (Mobo's, Ram, CPU's, custom builds, general hardware etc) HERE (Graphics cards, monitors, drivers etc) HERE (Peripherals/Hardware and related drivers) HERE (Internet/Networking) PMDG FMC NavData out of date message fix HERE
August 19, 201114 yr Author Do you think REX may be FPS friendly on rig with 4 GB RAM and 512 MB VRAM assuming I decrease REX settings?
August 19, 201114 yr So long as you don't use the HD REX textures then yes. Di Agron Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 | Got a hardware question? Ask: HERE (Mobo's, Ram, CPU's, custom builds, general hardware etc) HERE (Graphics cards, monitors, drivers etc) HERE (Peripherals/Hardware and related drivers) HERE (Internet/Networking) PMDG FMC NavData out of date message fix HERE
August 19, 201114 yr Hi! Having bought several top-notch airliners I am interested in owning some decent weather environment add-ons. However I am not sure what to choose: - REX 2.0 - has possibly the best graphics and weather engine included but this engine is not very good, download and installation files are huge and I am not sure if older graphic cards can handle its HD resolution textures well - ASE + XGraphics - of course ASE is the best weather engine for FSX but its XGraphics companion is the oldest such software on the market and thus I suppose it is significantly worse than REX and FEX - FEX - this is weather textures replacement software only and apparently on par with REX in that department but lacking any weather engine so I would have to buy also ASE. Addotionally FEX is not developed any longer. In sum I don't know what to buy to be satisfied flying mostly airliners in FSX on not so powerful rig. It's real simple lol REX + ASE and texture size default 1024 everything above is asking for problems and makes no sense or you like to have a zoom level all the time of 3.0 or more André
August 19, 201114 yr Author AFAIK REX 2.0 has 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096 resolution textures. Which of them are HD ones?
August 19, 201114 yr AFAIK REX 2.0 has 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096 resolution textures. Which of them are HD ones?2048 and 4096 are HD, but you can use the HD and define in the config just the size of 1024 :-) André
August 19, 201114 yr As mentioned earlier, there is no real point in using the HD textures unless you are taking screenshots Di Agron Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 | Got a hardware question? Ask: HERE (Mobo's, Ram, CPU's, custom builds, general hardware etc) HERE (Graphics cards, monitors, drivers etc) HERE (Peripherals/Hardware and related drivers) HERE (Internet/Networking) PMDG FMC NavData out of date message fix HERE
August 19, 201114 yr Author OK so if I set 1024 texture resolution in REX 2.0 it will still look fine and run smoothly on my rig?
August 19, 201114 yr Should do. My laptop runs them at 1024 fine Di Agron Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 | Got a hardware question? Ask: HERE (Mobo's, Ram, CPU's, custom builds, general hardware etc) HERE (Graphics cards, monitors, drivers etc) HERE (Peripherals/Hardware and related drivers) HERE (Internet/Networking) PMDG FMC NavData out of date message fix HERE
August 19, 201114 yr In sum I don't know what to buy to be satisfied flying mostly airliners in FSX on not so powerful rig.They are all great products. You will not be disappointed. Personally I use ASE with FEX and the clouds are so realistic it puts another total dimension into flight simming. Best regards,Jim
August 19, 201114 yr Author Great. So now I buy ASE and configure it. Tomorrow I will go along REX 2.0 because I need plenty of time to download that giant!
August 19, 201114 yr Yep. Don't forget the Overdrive expansion pack. Di Agron Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 | Got a hardware question? Ask: HERE (Mobo's, Ram, CPU's, custom builds, general hardware etc) HERE (Graphics cards, monitors, drivers etc) HERE (Peripherals/Hardware and related drivers) HERE (Internet/Networking) PMDG FMC NavData out of date message fix HERE
August 19, 201114 yr Great. So now I buy ASE and configure it. Tomorrow I will go along REX 2.0 because I need plenty of time to download that giant! Yep but Tim did great work there it will change FS huge ;-) André
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