December 30, 201114 yr Getting ready to start a new I7 build for an FSX rig and I was wondering if upgrading to Win7 from Xp64 will be of any benefit to FSX?JBSent from my iPhone using TapatalkJB Buzz313th
December 30, 201114 yr Specifically to FSX? Not really. But some addons don't work with XP anymore... XP64 was one of the best FS OS's... heck XP in general was my favorite OS. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
December 30, 201114 yr Author Specifically to FSX? Not really. But some addons don't work with XP anymore... XP64 was one of the best FS OS's... heck XP in general was my favorite OS.So no memory management improvements either?If there is really no advantage then obviously staying with xp will probably be the way I will go.JBSent from my iPhone using TapatalkJB Buzz313th
December 30, 201114 yr If you want an honest perspective, from a normal user like me: I feel it would be worth it because I like to keep my hardware aligned (same generation) with my software. Sometimes it feels things flow better that way.For instance I run Microsoft Office 2010 with Win7x64. Granted the old one I had Office 97 or 2003 can't recall didn't work with Win7... lolAnyway, XP was such a lite OS that's why I liked it so much. Win7 is heavy on performance if you're running, say, an office only machine. But since this is the flight sim forums you wouldn't have any issues switching over. However some of your old games might not work. A lot of my older games don't work with Win7x64. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
December 31, 201114 yr A new build is worth a new OS. Get Win 7 64 and you'll be glad you did.+1 Windows 7 brings a lot more to the table. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Zachary Waddell -- Caravan Driver -- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/zwaddell Avsim ToS Avsim Screenshot Rules
January 6, 201214 yr Author So finished the new build and been simming for about 3-4 days and it's great.I took everyone advice and decided against spending the extra money on a new OS and just stuck with XP64. I have no reason to upgrade to be honest. As long as XP runs FSX great and as well as 7, then I can't find any reason...Just wanted to let ya all know I appreciate the advice and help.JB Buzz313th
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