I have never doubted a PMDG airplane before and I don't doubt that this is an awesome plane to have in the FSX hanger. However, my system is not the newest. It is not bad at all but with some of the things I have been reading I am just wondering what some of you guys think. Currently I run the NGX, 747X and MD-11 well. I rarely have crashes, and I attribute the majority of them to going in and out of the menu and other add ons like FS2CREW. I fly Long Haul plenty with the 744 and MD-11 and might have a "failed" flight one out of 20 flights. I am very happy with my performance with the NGX too. I usually run a decent amount of AI traffic with UT2. As for scenery besides for some major airports most are default, and I still run default weather. Something I want to change but not sure how the computer would handle it.

 

Anyway I know many performance problems are user based but from someone who runs the NGX fine and does 5-6 hour flights on the NGX and someone who does MD-11 and 744x flights of over 10 hours should I be worrying about getting the 777?

 

My PC Specs:

i7 930 at 2.8ghz (not OC, will probably start another thread to ask how easy it is to do)

6gb of DDR3

ATI Radeon 5870

Liquid Cooled

Windows 7 64bit

 

Am I over worrying? Or is the 777 maybe too much for my system purchased in June 2010?

 

Thanks for the comments.

If your NGX runs fine from the VC (not from the 2D cockpit, as that would spoil the comparison with the VC-only B777), the T7 should run just a liiitle bit better.

If your NGX runs fine from the VC (not from the 2D cockpit, as that would spoil the comparison with the VC-only B777), the T7 should run just a liiitle bit better.

My NGX does run fine from the VC. At cruise and at most airports where AI is not too much. I do 100% of my taxi, takeoffs and landings in the VC.

 

Good to hear.

I have a Celeron dual core laptop with 1gb ram. Granted I have every slider to the left but I love the 777

I was wondering if anyone would answer "NO!"  here and be banned from flight simulation 4-ever! 

Look, the 777 is pretty good.  I do love it, but I expected so much more.  I know there are limitations in FSX, but some things missing are:

external camera views, EFB and other features that are offered on it, many other features on the checklist pages are not included, moveable animations on  playback (like wing flex, spoilers, reverse thrusters), 2D main panel.  Now the PMDG747 or LD767 has some of these features -but this $90 sim is missing them.  Enough said, let me go fly my 777 now - it's the only plane I fly now.  (I'd lie to see how the 787 or 757 from the "other" guys compare - but that'll be in - hmm,  maybe 2015.)

Yes!

 

 

external camera views

 

Don't exist in the real 200LR...

 

 

 

EFB and other features that are offered on it

 

If someone could come up with a realistic way of offering one (the data is crazy expensive), then it would be in there.

 

 

 

moveable animations on playback (like wing flex, spoilers, reverse thrusters)

 

That's a limitation of FSX, or the program you're recording with - not the plane itself.

 

 

 

2D main panel

 

This shouldn't have been a surprise.  This was well known if anyone spent any amount of time here prior to release.

 

 

 

Now the PMDG747 or LD767 has some of these features

 

Of that list, the only thing that the 74 or 76 have is the 2D panel.

 

You have to be a little more reasonable here.  I don't think you're giving it enough credit simply because your expectations were either misguided (external camera views on a plane that doesn't have them - common mistake, however; animations in playback is a recorder issue), or unrealistic (the EFB is tough, data-wise, and if you just want a chart viewer, it would be rather cumbersome in the sim).

Don't exist in the real 200LR...

 

 

 

 

If someone could come up with a realistic way of offering one (the data is crazy expensive), then it would be in there.

 

 

 

 

That's a limitation of FSX, or the program you're recording with - not the plane itself.

 

 

 

 

This shouldn't have been a surprise.  This was well known if anyone spent any amount of time here prior to release.

 

 

 

 

Of that list, the only thing that the 74 or 76 have is the 2D panel.

 

You have to be a little more reasonable here.  I don't think you're giving it enough credit simply because your expectations were either misguided (external camera views on a plane that doesn't have them - common mistake, however; animations in playback is a recorder issue), or unrealistic (the EFB is tough, data-wise, and if you just want a chart viewer, it would be rather cumbersome in the sim).

+1!, couldn't have said it better even I tried :lol: .  

 

Kind regards.

Thanks for the replies. I figured I was over worrying. I will be making the purchase fairly soon.