BTW stay away from XPLANE!

 

Why?

lol heard that one before. :lol:

 

The OP can actually try Flight for FREE.

 

Might as well try it...  OP be warned however: Microsoft has ceased production of Flight.... so I wouldn't get too involved.  In fact all of these sims have demos.  FSX, X-Plane 10, Flight.  Try them all.  FSX demo is really old though and not as optimized as service pack 2 will be once you install it to FSX.

...there's the issue of DDR3 memory working best in multiples of 3 (triple-channel), which means 6GB it's usually faster then 8GB.

This is incorrect. The amount of channels depend on the features of the chipset. Some chipset supports two channels, other chipsets support three channels. The ram sticks themselves doesn't care if they are paired up or put in sets of three, nor does the DDR3 standard

 

 

This is incorrect. The amount of channels depend on the features of the chipset. Some chipset supports two channels, other chipsets support three channels. The ram sticks themselves doesn't care if they are paired up or put in sets of three, nor does the DDR3 standard

 

No, it's not incorrect. First, regardless how much RAM you can, FSX will never use more than 3GB on a 32 bit OS (and even less, if your graphic card has lots of VRAM), and will never use more than 4GB on a 64 bit OS, since FSX is a 32 bit app, so it's limited in how much memory it can use.

Having 8GB would be slower than having 6GB, since most of modern mainboards use triple-channel DDR3 RAM, which works at the fastest speed when installed in multiple of three so, the best configs would be 3GB, 6GB, 9GB, 12GB, etc. This is valid for Macs too, no wonder the MacPro comes with 3 or 6GB standard.

Might as well try it...  OP be warned however: Microsoft has ceased production of Flight.... so I wouldn't get too involved.  In fact all of these sims have demos.  FSX, X-Plane 10, Flight.  Try them all.  FSX demo is really old though and not as optimized as service pack 2 will be once you install it to FSX.

Ceased production yet they still support the product. Unlike FSX.  Be warned :lol:

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Having 8GB would be slower than having 6GB, since most of modern mainboards use triple-channel DDR3 RAM, which works at the fastest speed when installed in multiple of three so, the best configs would be 3GB, 6GB, 9GB, 12GB, etc. This is valid for Macs too, no wonder the MacPro comes with 3 or 6GB standard.

Triple channel is not available on any of the current models. Almost all models are dual channel (except for extreme edition chips, they are quad channel)