No problem, Jorge. I made the switch from FSX to P3D last August, so welcome to the party! I assume that you have P3D installed now, and that it runs a lot better than FSX did? Have you installed all of your addons yet?

Thank you very much, I have not installed the add-ons yet since I have a 1 month subscription only, I will wait for the subscription to expire and then buy the other one, besides I have no add-on aircrafts for P3D, only scenery add-ons, I am thinking about buying the A2A C172 for P3D, I really like that aircraft.

 

Regards.

 

 

I respect your opinion Rob, but that was not the case.

 

You lost me, did I mis-understand your post here?

 

 

 

but I don't really know since I built a PC especifically for FSX and I am not getting the performace I expected

 

I'd sort out your FSX performance first before using P3D.

 

 Cheers, Rob.

I made my decision already sir,   

Not to rain on your parade, but you told us that FSX ran pefectly with simple airplanes and simple airports on your system.

 

But you wanted it to run just as well with all your addons installed...  ^_^

 

So, lets see what happens when you install all your addons in P3D.. hopefully it will run really well even then, but until you try it...

Not to rain on your parade, but you told us that FSX ran pefectly with simple airplanes and simple airports on your system.

 

But you wanted it to run just as well with all your addons installed...  ^_^

 

So, lets see what happens when you install all your addons in P3D.. hopefully it will run really well even then, but until you try it...

Hey Bert, hope you're doing well...

 

yes, but I don't have the sliders set all the way to the right in FSX and I still get poor performance, now, with P3D, I set all the sliders almost all the way to the right, activated amost all the eyecandy and it performed perfectly, the planes I used, the F35A and the Bonanza.

 

it just looks and feels better.

 

I will install my add-ons today I think, try it again and post the result here.

 

 

Best regards.

My experience with Prepar3d since I installed it for the first time several weeks ago has been second to none, it is completely superior to FSX in every single way. The only downside I have found is older and more traditional 2D panel type addons just do not work properly and come with drawbacks. If you fly with the Level-D 767 or anything as old as that for example you will see crashes and problems.

Good day Gentlemen,

 

Well, I spent almost the whole weekend testing P3D and let me tell you this, The performance P3D is showing in my PC is simply exceptional, all add-ons are installed, the setting are pretty high and the eye candy is also pretty high; even with this settings, FPS are locked to 30 and that number looks completely static, it won't move at all.

 

I love it!!!!!

 

Thank you gentlemen for all your advise and for sharing your opinions here.

 

My decision has been made, I will say Thank you and Good Bye to FSX.

 

Best regards.

 

PD.: Bert, I am sending you PM, to ask you for a favour, thanks in advance.

Jorge,

 

I'm glad you're able to share our opinion.

 

Yes, by far the version I am using of P3Dv2.5 is the smoothest experience I ever had, at the best graphical quality ( I never had, even when using FSX in DX10 mode with the fixer ).

 

Hey Bert, hope you're doing well...

 

yes, but I don't have the sliders set all the way to the right in FSX and I still get poor performance, now, with P3D, I set all the sliders almost all the way to the right, activated amost all the eyecandy and it performed perfectly, the planes I used, the F35A and the Bonanza.

 

it just looks and feels better.

 

I will install my add-ons today I think, try it again and post the result here.

 

 

Best regards.

 

 

My advice, install the add ons one at a time and see what happens to your FPS and VAS. You put them all on, and it runs badly, then you have to start figuring out what broke your system . 

My advice, install the add ons one at a time and see what happens to your FPS and VAS. You put them all on, and it runs badly, then you have to start figuring out what broke your system . 

Hi Bobsk8, Yes, I did that, I spent almost all weekend doing it, it just works, my FSX never showed that kind of quality, it's like the best ENB series configuration built into the simulator.

 

The only problem? I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and seems like FRAPS does not work with it, it does not record the screen, the resulting video is just a balck screen, so I am not able to actually show you what a great idea was to jump from FSX to P3D for me, does FRAPS have an active support forum or something, I bought it quite a while ago, never had a problem so I have never contacted their support.

 

Regards.

Hi Bobsk8, Yes, I did that, I spent almost all weekend doing it, it just works, my FSX never showed that kind of quality, it's like the best ENB series configuration built into the simulator.

 

The only problem? I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and seems like FRAPS does not work with it, it does not record the screen, the resulting video is just a balck screen, so I am not able to actually show you what a great idea was to jump from FSX to P3D for me, does FRAPS have an active support forum or something, I bought it quite a while ago, never had a problem so I have never contacted their support.

 

Regards.

 

 

I flew all the MSFS for many years, and when I started flying P3D a few months ago, I was amazed at how good it looked and how well it runs. Wouldn't run FSX if you paid me now. 

I flew all the MSFS for many years, and when I started flying P3D a few months ago, I was amazed at how good it looked and how well it runs. Wouldn't run FSX if you paid me now. 

Yes, same here.

 

 

it does not record the screen, the resulting video is just a balck screen

 

You need to enable Desktop mode (Monitor Aero Desktop DWM) in FRAPS.  However, FRAPS has a higher CPU overhead than nVidia Shadow Play so if you have an nVidia card that supports Shadow Play, I'd recommend you use Shadow Play - much more efficient at recording.

 

Cheers, Rob.

You need to enable Desktop mode (Monitor Aero Desktop DWM) in FRAPS.  However, FRAPS has a higher CPU overhead than nVidia Shadow Play so if you have an nVidia card that supports Shadow Play, I'd recommend you use Shadow Play - much more efficient at recording.

 

Cheers, Rob.

Ok that sounds good, I have a Nvidia GTX 970, do you know if it supports that Shadow Play you are talking about?

 

Regards.

I have a Nvidia GTX 970, do you know if it supports that Shadow Play

 

Yes, you enabled it from NV experience and setup hot keys to start/stop recording.

 

EDIT: you also have to make sure you select desktop mode also .. P3D emulates full screen, it's not a "true" full screen application.

 

Cheers, Rob.