August 15, 201411 yr After reading lots of reviews of Prepar3d and they all seems to think that P3d is wayyyy better than FSX, I'm seriously considering buying it. However as I understand it P3d requires DirectX11 to run. I have an "old" Nividia GTX285 and I know it's Directx10 compatible, but what about D11X? If not, what card would you recommend, and please not too expensive :-) Jorn Lundtoft I don't always stop and look at airplanes.........Oh wait, Yes I do. Intel I7-13700F, 32GB Fury DDR5 - 6000, Kingston 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD, Asus Geforce RTX 4070 TI 12GB, Kingston 2TB M2 NVMe SSD, Corsair 750W PCU, Windows 11
August 15, 201411 yr No it's not GTX 660 / cheaper GTX 770 4GB / better | 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 |
August 15, 201411 yr After reading lots of reviews of Prepar3d and they all seems to think that P3d is wayyyy better than FSX, I'm seriously considering buying it. It's not way better than FSX IMO. In some areas it is an improvement but if your main aim is to "simulate flight" then it is no different to FSX. Visually it has some nice enhancements like cloud and terrain shadowing and the autogen doesn't pop up as it does in FSX. The weather looks nicer as well but you'll pay for all that with reduced FPS unless you run a high end PC. The main selling point for me is that P3D is continually being developed unlike FSX which is sadly as dead as a dodo. Hope this helps. Let us know your thoughts once you've bought P3D and installed your new card? Adam Chillblast Core i5 14600KF Liquid Cooled RTX 4070 SUPER 32GB RAM. Internet: 1 Gig Fibre. HoneyComb Throttle & Flight System. UK PPL since 2006 current on PA-28, C-152, C172, Decathlon, C-42 based at EGHP.
August 15, 201411 yr Wayyy better? Not sure about that one. As far as my rig is concerned, dx10 is still out performing v2.3 under load. As soon as all my Orbx addons get installed performance seems to tank once again in P3D in areas that run butter smooth in dx10. I have a suspicion that Vector may be a big factor in this. I'm not sure what to make of P3D tbh. Runs great vanilla with shadows and all, untl addons are added to the fray. Intel i7 10700K | Asus Maximus XII Hero | Asus TUF RTX 3090 | 32GB HyperX Fury 3200 DDR4 | 1TB Samsung M.2 (W11) | 2TB Samsung M.2 (MSFS2020) | Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280mm AIO | 43" Samsung Q90B | 27" Asus Monitor
August 15, 201411 yr As far as my rig is concerned, dx10 is still out performing v2.3 under load. +1 have kept FSX with Steve's DX10 fixer installed in case I get sick of P3D again Chillblast Core i5 14600KF Liquid Cooled RTX 4070 SUPER 32GB RAM. Internet: 1 Gig Fibre. HoneyComb Throttle & Flight System. UK PPL since 2006 current on PA-28, C-152, C172, Decathlon, C-42 based at EGHP.
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