Hello

 

I hope I have posted this in the right forum, i am new and I am finding this all a bit daunting.

 

I am very interested in purchasing FSX but I am not sure if it will work on my set up, A few years back I had FS9 on my old PC and wondered if I could make the step up. I don't expect to run it with all the fancy things on so any advice would be very helpful, My set up is as follows.

 

E5500 Dual core 2.8ghz

4 Gb Ram

Ati Radeon 4870 512mb

Windows Vista

MS 7504 VP mobo.

 

Kind regards

 

Darran

Welcome to AVSIM!

 

Those specifications are quite weak for FSX, but I am guessing that, as long as you choose settings modestly, you should be able to achieve acceptable performance with default aircraft. If you are planning to run intensive payware add-ons such as a combination of add-on aircraft, scenery, and utilities, you might want to consider upgrading your system.

 

My previous system was a 2008 Apple iMac with similar specifications, and with lower settings, I was able to run the PMDG B747 at FlyTampa airports with EZCA and REX at a satisfactory level, so it depends on your standards. If you are satisfied with 15–20 frames/s, your system should meet your standards. What size will your monitor be, and will you be using add-ons?

E5500 Dual core 2.8ghz

4 Gb Ram

Ati Radeon 4870 512mb

Windows Vista

MS 7504 VP mobo.

 

There is a guide on avsim by Word Not Allowed that is a very good. In my opinion your equipment will run FSX with modest settings, the guide can help improve performance with out doubt as it can educate the user into some of the inner workings.

 

My own system has similar specs and cannot run advanced add-ons like the NGX from PMDG successfully w/o turning everything else off involved with scenery rendering options.

 

FSX is now affordable, the Gold edition includes Deluxe, and Acceleration. One thing to consider when using FSX compared to FS9, although frame rates may be lower, somehow the simulation appears smoother in FSX, in our own experience.

 

Regards;

 

Fritz

Just a small note: the guaranteed-latest revision of Word Not Allowed's Guide (actually 23 November 2012) can always be found here.

You will run it with all the defaults not at max btw. But I warn you, when you got it, you wil be addicted. And when you see all the amazing stuff thats available for FSX now these days, default will simple not be enough for you ;-)

Hi Darran, until a few months back I had the same configuration on a laptop and ran REX + Orbx (fairly heavy add ons for ground and water enviornments). Mostly it worked fine with good payware GA (Duke, Cheyenne etc) planes but I limited the FPS to 18. I think you will be fine though FSX can be finicky. That said I got a new mid range laptop recently ($800) and it runs FSX fine at high settings 30 FPS on the same addons at night, heavy weather etc - loving it.

 

But yeah as the above poster says - FSX with its addons is super addictive!

Thank you for your replies and your advice, I run everything at 1280x720 so not super high resolution. I have decided to go for the Gold edition which is very reasonably priced at the moment

 

Are there any add ons what would be deemed essential? I like the idea of realistic weather :rolleyes:

Are there any add ons what would be deemed essential? I like the idea of realistic weather

It depends on what aircraft and where you fly. Please provide specific information so we can narrow down choices. Here is a relevant recent thread. The following are some general recommendations, with my essential add-ons in bold.

 

Aircraft: PMDG (commercial aviation); RealAir (general aviation)

Airports: Aerosoft, FlightBeam, FlyTampa, FSDT, FTX, UK2000

Scenery: FS Global / FSGenesis, GEX, UTX (general enhancement); FTX (regional enhancement)

Weather: Active Sky / Opus

Other: Accu-Feel, EZCA, FSUIPC, Navigraph Charts, REX, Ultimate Traffic

I am sure others will have their favorites - but as a 'basic' installation, I would install Orbx regions (not airports) + REX. Planes are up to you depending on your type of flying (Military vs Tubes vs GA).

realistic weather

 

opusfsx is a good choice, it also comes with camera views, as2012 for mature weather engine and textures too, also you can run historical weather from longer then one day ago.

 

Regards;

 

Fritz

My specs on my computer are as following:

 

2.47gb RAM

Integrated motherboard graphics/sound

1 232gb hard drive

Intel core duo CPU

 

It's a dell vostro laptop. I am getting a solid average of 4fps on it with the settings almost all at minimal. If my

System can run fsx decently as it does I am sure your will.

 

 

Remy Mermelstein

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777-300 FS Pilot

I am getting a solid average of 4fps on it with the settings almost all at minimal. If my

System can run fsx decently as it does I am sure your will.

Is this a typing error? If not, I am sorry to hear about it. However, inappropriately minimal settings may result in poorer performance. For example, on my current computer, FSX performs better with anisotropic filtering than it does with bilinear or trilinear filtering.

I find this subject generally interesting. Is Microsoft still packaging and shipping FSX for sale?

Is this a typing error? If not, I am sorry to hear about it. However, inappropriately minimal settings may result in poorer performance. For example, on my current computer, FSX performs better with anisotropic filtering than it does with bilinear or trilinear filtering.

 

No, there's no typo here.

I find this subject generally interesting. Is Microsoft still packaging and shipping FSX for sale?

 

MS still has FSX in their online store, oddly with Standard and Gold at the same price. :huh: Might be difficult to find FSX on any store shelves though.