Well, I took the plunge and bought the F1 C510 knowing about all those who say its a system hog.

 

So, that in mind I decided to give it a shot...

 

Now... I run an iMac a 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo to be exact. 4 GB of DDR2 and a ATI Radeon 2600 256 MB card. Not exactly a gaming rig...

 

But running Windows 7 via Bootcamp and FSX in Windows I was surprised.

 

Plus I am running AS2012 with its clouds, water, sky etc... and Ground Environment X for North America. Scenery is set to average, not low but not high either. I run World of AI packages, have almost all of them loaded and run my AI settings at the max.

 

Loading up the C510 I was fully expecting a slideshow , but man... I was very surprised to find it very acceptable. In fact its fine as far as I can tell... infact by all appearances, to me, on my system it performed nearly the same as Eaglesoft's CX 2.0, maybe slight less...

 

Several flights in and around areas like Nashville and Memphis TN, Atlanta GA and Miami FL. In and out of all kinds of weather all gave me good performance on my system.

 

I only detected the slightest hint of stutters very close to the ground, on short final but its still very manageable and allows me to hand fly it to a nice smooth touchdown. Even in heavy clouds I experienced today while on approach into South Florida in storms only slight micro-stutters then fine.

 

I'm wondering if folks are just spoiled by super fast gaming rigs and get upset when they see even the slightest hint of slow down.

 

I'm not a huge FPS obsessed ######, so YMMV... :pardon:

 

But I am pleasantly pleased...

Thankyoy very much or your review. I'd to purchase tis aircraft, but all the times I heard from other users it was heavy on fps. I have an i7 920 at 2.66ghz and 6 g ddr, like you.

 

So do you think I can fly it without excessive fps stutters?

Riccardo, from the sheer CPU powers, you are lightyears ahead with the i7 920 of yours. He has a Core2Duo. If you can run the planes from your signature fine, the Mustang shouldn't be a problem. If you ever wanted some more punch, overclocking your CPU may be a good idea.

 

Jacoba, thanks for that information on the working Mustang on your rig. Right you are, not that much of a gaming system. I was especially worried about the very small graphic card memory. But if you're happy, then that's very much good news.

The F1 Mustang is a classic:

 

I think a lot of the complaints on performance were from a few years ago (ie.. C2Ds).

 

With an i5 or i7, a 64bit OS, and a decent GPU card, the Mustang is perfectly usable now. For me, it performs similarly to the NGX, where similar settings are used. :)

I'm wondering if folks are just spoiled by super fast gaming rigs and get upset when they see even the slightest hint of slow down.

 

Of course. That's the very reason I built this rig, duh! :Just Kidding:

 

I'm not a huge FPS obsessed ######, so YMMV... :pardon:

 

Exactly. Unacceptable to me may very well be perfect for someone who hasn't experienced better. The thing is, a C2D system is going on 5 years old. If you don't know what you're missing, I suppose you shouldn't knock us nerdy types for wanting fluidity and high FPS.

 

I'm happy you've got the 510 running the way you like. That's a great add-on but a real system hog.

And performance varies from system to system. When it first came out I remember guys with systems older than my AMD6000 that weren't complaining but it ran like a snail on my rig...

 

It's a great addon no doubt!

With their 30 day money back guarantee its well worth the try.

 

Honestly you have nothing to lose, buy it fly the daylights out of it for 30 days and if you aren't happy, get your money back.

 

Personally, I think that most folks who build all these high end gaming rigs expect alot out of products. And rightfully so, with the money they have invested in their systems. But I'm wondering, still if most of the negativity was from people who were not getting the performance they expected.

 

Perceptions would be biased of course and thats fine. I'd be a bit upset if I spent $3,000 or $4,000 on a dedicated screamer of a gaming rig only to have sim performance only slightly better than my old system.

I spend 2k on my rig and it was built from scratch... I didn't reuse anything.... that includes LED monitor and case...

 

Just proves you don't need to spend that much on a powerful rig. And if you reused your case and monitor you could easily spend 1200-1500 for a similar rig.

With an i5 or i7, a 64bit OS, and a decent GPU card, the Mustang is perfectly usable now. For me, it performs similarly to the NGX, where similar settings are used. :)

 

I don't know - the NGX runs a lot better on my rig than the Mustang. That said it is definately "useable" although I tend to prefer to use the NGX or CX since they run with better frames....

 

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Beautful Aircraft,Still one of the best VC's even by today's standards.