May 2, 20197 yr I see Orbx has another sale going on. I own a lot of there stuff and was interested in picking up Pacific Northwest but hear it can be a pain to get working with T2G KSEA or DD Seattle Airports X / Seattle City. I read the numerous procedures and work-arounds on Orbx forums. Do these fixes really work or is the scenery worth the headache. I run FSGlobal Mesh 2018, and all the Orbx Global items installed. Is PNW better on performance than Southern California? Dan i9-13900K / Asus Maximus Hero Z790 / RTX 4090 FE / G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64 GB DDR5-6400 CL32 / Artic Liquid Freezer II 360 / Samsung 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 / Samsung 980 PRO SSD 2TB PCIe NVMe M.2 / Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB PCIe NVMe M.2 / EVGA 1000W G3, 80+ Gold / Phanteks Eclipse P600S ATX Mid Tower / Arctic P14 PWM Case Fans / LG C2 42 Inch Class 4K OLED TV/Monitor / Windows 11 Pro / 1Ghz AT&T Fiber
May 2, 20197 yr IF you like to fly in the Pacific Northwest... PNW is a no-brainer IMHO.. Performance is definitely better than SoCAL, mainly because there is less urban/suburban sprawl and fewer big airports in close proximity. Bert
May 2, 20197 yr I think it's worth having if you fly props/turboprops in the region. It was my first Orbx full-fat region, and at the time OpenLC NA and FTX Global didn't exist. For tubeliners, performance is better with OpenLC and FTXGlobal, and that's what I use (together with UTX for vector scenery) since when doing that kind of flying I don't spend a lot of time down low admiring the view. SoCal is not representative of their other regions...that area is the proverbial ten pounds of doo-doo in a five pound bag...just too much going on, particularly in the LAX area. Regards Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
May 2, 20197 yr 33 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said: IF you like to fly in the Pacific Northwest... PNW is a no-brainer IMHO.. Performance is definitely better than SoCAL, mainly because there is less urban/suburban sprawl and fewer big airports in close proximity. I have PNW and I like it very much. But in my case with having all ORBX airports in this area, performance is not so good with 4.5 compared to 4.4. Waiting for the P3D 4.5 hotfix and avoiding this area for now. - Harry 9800x3D (Strix x870e-E) - 64GB RAM (DDR5 6000, CL 30) - RTX 5090, 34'' 1440p OLED HDR - Windows 11 Pro (1TB M.2) - MSFS 2024 (MS Store, 4TB M.2).
May 2, 20197 yr I have the DD Seattle/Seattle Airports X with Orbx PNW and they work just fine and I didnt have to do anything special. Edited May 2, 20197 yr by Buffy Foster My PC: I7-7700K 4.9 Ghz (OC), ASUS MAXIMUS IX HERO, 32GB DDR4-3200 RAM, EVGA GTX 1080Ti, EVGA 850 G3 Gold power supply, C:=1TB WD Black D:=1TB M.2 Samsung 960 Pro, Windows 10 Pro, Prepar3D v4, AFS2, Tons of Orbx 🙂 https://www.flickr.com/photos/buffy-foster/ || https://buffyfostersblog.wordpress.com/
May 2, 20197 yr I have the freeware orbx PNW installed and it works fine, I never really understood what the paid version offers vs. the freeware version. Any thoughts on that? Jose A. Core Components: AMD Ryzen7 7700X - G.Skill FlareX 32 GB DDR5 6000 CL36 (XMP) - Gigabyte B650M Aorus Elite AX - Asus ROG Strix RTX3060 12gb Storage: WD Black SN750 NVMe 1TB - AData sx8200 Pro NVMe 1TB - Samsung 860 EVO 500GB - Samsung 870 EVO 1TB WIN11 - P3D v.5.3 HF2 - XPLANE 11 - MSFS
May 2, 20197 yr Dan Moore, and all, I have all the ORBX regions and their payware and free airports in PNW and don't know what issues you refer to, even while using P3D v4.5. No problems here aside from some missing trees in 11S. It is well worth having and the best reason to use P3D. Kind regards, Spirit Flyer (Stephen)
May 2, 20197 yr 1 minute ago, SpiritFlyer said: Dan Moore, and all, I have all the ORBX regions and their payware and free airports in PNW and don't know what issues you refer to, even while using P3D v4.5. No problems here aside from some missing trees in 11S. It is well worth having and the best reason to use P3D. Kind regards, Spirit Flyer (Stephen) ORBX Southern California is a bit of a hard nut to chew though...
May 2, 20197 yr Author Thanks everyone for the feedback. Much appreciated. Dan i9-13900K / Asus Maximus Hero Z790 / RTX 4090 FE / G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64 GB DDR5-6400 CL32 / Artic Liquid Freezer II 360 / Samsung 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 / Samsung 980 PRO SSD 2TB PCIe NVMe M.2 / Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB PCIe NVMe M.2 / EVGA 1000W G3, 80+ Gold / Phanteks Eclipse P600S ATX Mid Tower / Arctic P14 PWM Case Fans / LG C2 42 Inch Class 4K OLED TV/Monitor / Windows 11 Pro / 1Ghz AT&T Fiber
May 2, 20197 yr Oldish but still Nice. Tryout FSDT CYVR or KSEA to SQUAMISH. Michael Moe Miss the old freeware airport in the trees at the lake north east of CYVR though. Edited May 2, 20197 yr by Michael Moe Michael Moe
May 2, 20197 yr I have the PNW with those airports you mentioned and I have/nor have had any issues, they integrate as if they were part of the package. Steve YBCG
May 2, 20197 yr 1 hour ago, jalbino59 said: I have the freeware orbx PNW installed and it works fine, I never really understood what the paid version offers vs. the freeware version. Any thoughts on that? I assume you have the Demo Version of PNW? I'm assuming that the full paid PNW version have a lot more territory to explore. Why else would ORBX offer a complete full demo for free...no?
May 2, 20197 yr 41 minutes ago, egguzman said: I assume you have the Demo Version of PNW? I'm assuming that the full paid PNW version have a lot more territory to explore. Why else would ORBX offer a complete full demo for free...no? ok thanks Jose A. Core Components: AMD Ryzen7 7700X - G.Skill FlareX 32 GB DDR5 6000 CL36 (XMP) - Gigabyte B650M Aorus Elite AX - Asus ROG Strix RTX3060 12gb Storage: WD Black SN750 NVMe 1TB - AData sx8200 Pro NVMe 1TB - Samsung 860 EVO 500GB - Samsung 870 EVO 1TB WIN11 - P3D v.5.3 HF2 - XPLANE 11 - MSFS
May 2, 20197 yr 3 hours ago, jalbino59 said: I have the freeware orbx PNW installed and it works fine, I never really understood what the paid version offers vs. the freeware version. Any thoughts on that? Confirmed... the demo version only has the Olympic peninsula, west of Seattle... small area compared to PNW payware version. Bert
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