FSX-MS IFly 737 or PMDG 737

[GFD150 0]

Looking At Getting The IFly 737 or PMDG 737. Which one would you guys recommend and why?

[mmann 72]

Both; that way you keep everyone here at AVSIM happy. :rolleyes:

[ubersu 78]

Love Mike's idea!  However, since Flight1 offers a 30 day money back guarantee, why not download the iFly and give it a try?

 

DJ

[ohsirus 241]

Please do this:

 

 

This topic never goes well and comes around pretty often.

[Kuragiman 227]

I'll be the politically incorrect one;  PMDG.   Superior product.   I tried both and had a less than desirable experience with the iFly.  Your mileage may vary.   iFly has a lot of nice little extra animations in it but I didn't get my 737 to watch windows open and close.  I got the PMDG because the flight model and systems simulation are extremely detailed.

 

That being said, if you  ever plan to get a JettMAXX cockpit or build your own realistic cockpit then the iFly Cockpit builders edition is what you want.  According to JettMAXX, the PMDG does not play nice nice in a cockpit builders setup because you can't offload parts of the plane's systems to other computers.  You are stuck with all or nothing.

 

As stated above though, Flight 1 offers a money back on the iFly so it wouldn't hurt to try it.   Both planes can be very demanding on your system so be prepared.   Don't expect 50 FPS in the virtual cockpit like default aircraft give you.  Both aircraft do complicated systems number crunching and have highly detailed models.   Most can get between 25-35 FPS.   Start piling on payware airports, bad weather and lots of  AI traffic and its ouch time.

 

These are just my experiences.   Like I said, your mileage may vary.   For my vote though, PMDG.

[Andrewk737 5]

Both; that way you keep everyone here at AVSIM happy. :rolleyes:

LOL

[frieone 37]

I have both, i use ifly in pr3d it has the bbj model that i find a lot of fun to fly.

I probably use the pmdg one about 10% of the time now as the bbj is so much fun to fly. A lot of ppl report 20 fps in vc i am getting around 30 with ut2 at 30%.

 

Regards Ted Kiser

[Nuno Pinto 1,397]

The iFly has a better value for money (cheaper, more models, huge variety of configurations, etc) but the PMDG is more faithful to the real one in many aspects.

 

Personally i prefer the PMDG version.

[Der Fuchs 68]

I was happy with the ifly.. AndI try the PMDG... I just uninstall the iFly, and now I"m really Happy 

[GFD150 0]

Love Mike's idea!  However, since Flight1 offers a 30 day money back guarantee, why not download the iFly and give it a try?

 

DJ

Where does flight1 say they give a 30 day money back guarantee?

[ohsirus 241]

Where does flight1 say they give a 30 day money back guarantee?

 

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[kiwikat 506]

After flying the PMDG one for years I reinstalled iFly and could not believe how inferior it looked.  The textures and models don't come close.  The PMDG sounds are also higher fidelity.  I promptly removed it again and stayed with PMDG.  It is still my favorite addon to date.  I've accumulated more hours on it than anything else.

 

Just my 1.5 cents... I wouldn't give up the NGX for anything.

[pete_auau 1,158]

In what way the ifly is more realistic  than the ngx   is the thing I want  to know since I got both, poor cartoon,  we are talking  about  a simulation not  Donald duck

[pete_auau 1,158]

In simple words  is that when the ngx  came out  the ifly 737  went into the hanger and never to come out again :rolleyes:

[ZKOKQ 984]

The only thing the iFly has over the NGX is the amount of models, and the windscreen dimensions. That is only because of the realistic HUD that comes with the NGX. To be honest, the iFly cockpit looks like it has been painted in MS Paint, and they have never been great or cared less about cockpit lighting.