I've run earlier versions of FS that, when I first bought them, my machine could BARELY run them. Not so this time. That's a major thing!Rhett

>I think your FS9 graphics in the side-by-side video, with the>settings you have, looks much better than FSX. My son, also>an FS nut agrees with me.>>garyI sort of go back and forth on it. One of the issues is the fact that St. Maarten has the aerial photography in FS9. I'd love to see how the Northern Virginia area (where I normally fly) compares to FS9. Guess I'll have to wait for the beta.

>>I sort of go back and forth on it. One of the issues is the>fact that St. Maarten has the aerial photography in FS9. I'd>love to see how the Northern Virginia area (where I normally>fly) compares to FS9. Guess I'll have to wait for the beta.Check out Antigua (TAPA) at the other end of the demo scenery. That island is stitched together from generic tiles and landclass info. If you zoom in VERY close, you will see the borders between the tiles. On that you can see how the 99.x % of the world without hires photos will look.

>>>>I sort of go back and forth on it. One of the issues is the>>fact that St. Maarten has the aerial photography in FS9. >I'd>>love to see how the Northern Virginia area (where I normally>>fly) compares to FS9. Guess I'll have to wait for the beta.>>Check out Antigua (TAPA) at the other end of the demo scenery.>That island is stitched together from generic tiles and>landclass info. If you zoom in VERY close, you will see the>borders between the tiles. On that you can see how the 99.x %>of the world without hires photos will look.Thanks. I haven't been over that way.