August 23, 201510 yr Hello Everyone I will soon be getting a new computer system with specifications to handle the 737NGX. My specs will be Windows 7 64bit FSX i5 processor, ( is an i5 processor sufficient or i7 desirable?) 8GB ram GTX 750 Graphics Card (2gb) At the moment I use Level D B767 using Windows 7 and FS9. I am very happy with Level D B767 and FS9 but wish to try something new I have watched many tutorial flights on YOUTUBE using the 737NGX. I would welcome reccomendations for the best tutorial video for a new user. Does PMDG produce a tutorial video? Any other guidance and tips for a new user would be most welcome Clive Alexander
August 23, 201510 yr PMDG provides a couple tutorial flights via PDF. Youtube stuff is can somewhat helpful, but I would just follow PMDG's tutorials so that you know you're doing everything right. Youtube 'tutorials' made by a regular simmer, while I don't want to degrade the videos some people have put out, are a lot more prone to errors.
August 23, 201510 yr I just asked the same question few days ago. Here is a link so you can see some of the recommendations. http://www.avsim.com/topic/473564-best-youtube-tutorial-for-737ngx/#entry3286236 Chris H
August 23, 201510 yr https://www.youtube.com/user/rfresh1011 My YouTube 737NGX Training Channel Ralph Freshour www.GMTPilots.com
August 23, 201510 yr Author Thanks for the help When setting the trim on the 737NGX does it have to be set exact e.g 4.6 compared to 4.8. How do you set .6 or .8, guess work? Is there digital trim reading for this aircraft. I do use a digital trim guage when using Level D 767
August 23, 201510 yr This is an interesting video. Not really a starter's guide but once you got the basics and are running flows it adds some interesting tidbits. I'm not sure if Boeing has changed their SOP since this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvcrhoMHFns
August 24, 201510 yr Hello Everyone I will soon be getting a new computer system with specifications to handle the 737NGX. My specs will be Windows 7 64bit FSX i5 processor, ( is an i5 processor sufficient or i7 desirable?) 8GB ram GTX 750 Graphics Card (2gb) At the moment I use Level D B767 using Windows 7 and FS9. I am very happy with Level D B767 and FS9 but wish to try something new I have watched many tutorial flights on YOUTUBE using the 737NGX. I would welcome reccomendations for the best tutorial video for a new user. Does PMDG produce a tutorial video? Any other guidance and tips for a new user would be most welcome Clive Alexander If you're getting a NEW computer system I would definitely not get an i5 and not that graphics card either... 970 4GB is a much better choice, unless you want to run that pmdg with nithing else (if you can afford a 989 even better of course, but I know it's way too expensive for now)
August 24, 201510 yr I couldn't disagree with Carlos more. I run PMDG's NGX and 777 (among others) along with TrackIR, OpusFSI, Plan G, FSInn... with no problems... (except for the occasional OOM around high population density areas in the 777) There's no need for a supercomputer... although, it helps if you can afford one. I can't. i5 - 3470 @ 3.2GHz 12.0 GB GeForce 730 Cheers! Eric Gee Certified RTFM instructor
August 25, 201510 yr Moderator Thanks for the help When setting the trim on the 737NGX does it have to be set exact e.g 4.6 compared to 4.8. How do you set .6 or .8, guess work? Is there digital trim reading for this aircraft. I do use a digital trim guage when using Level D 767 As someone mentioned, you have to eye ball it. The real plane doesn't have Tool Tips like FSX, so you have to just get it as close as you can by eye. The plane will still fly if you're .1 or .2 degrees off. Sean Campbell Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
August 29, 201510 yr Author I have chosen a specification chosen on performance and price. Please let me know if the following specs would be suffient for the 737NGX Intel i5-4460 (3.2Ghz) 6Mb Cache GTX 750 Ti (2Gb) 8Gb Ram DDR3 1600 Mhz Windows 7 64bit
August 29, 201510 yr Full names on all posts in the PMDG forums please. See PMDG minimum and recommend specifications here: http://www.precisionmanuals.com/pages/product/P3D/ngx8900.html Dan Downs KCRP
August 29, 201510 yr I have chosen a specification chosen on performance and price. Please let me know if the following specs would be suffient for the 737NGX Intel i5-4460 (3.2Ghz) 6Mb Cache GTX 750 Ti (2Gb) 8Gb Ram DDR3 1600 Mhz Windows 7 64bit Should be sufficient. However I advise you to pick a CPU that is overclockable like the 4690K
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