On the homepage my understanding of the following sentence "Starting 01.23 – 01.27 you will be able to update your machine spec information" actually meant that Asobo were only opening a small window of 5 days (between 01.23 - 01.27) where they'd allow Insiders to update their DxDiag. After 01.27 they'd close the update window. However I think I've interpreted this incorrectly as today (01.28) I still appear to be able to update my DxDiag within the "My Profile" section of the website.

It appears then that Asobo wrote this sentence to mean that at some point between 01.23 - 01.27, all Insiders will be able to update their DxDiag, an unlimited amount of times with no announced end date (as of yet).

Reason I am asking is that I'm just about to order a new PC and of course once it arrives on 02.01 I'll update my DxDiag, although I totally understand by then it might be too late to be accepted into the Alpha and of course there is no guarantee of ever being accepted even with a new PC and a new DxDiag, as per their FAQ.

Edited January 28, 20206 yr by poplar

I would not worry there could be Alpha 2,3,4 and 5 over the coming months before release.

3 hours ago, poplar said:

On the homepage my understanding of the following sentence "Starting 01.23 – 01.27 you will be able to update your machine spec information" actually meant that Asobo were only opening a small window of 5 days (between 01.23 - 01.27) where they'd allow Insiders to update their DxDiag. After 01.27 they'd close the update window. However I think I've interpreted this incorrectly as today (01.28) I still appear to be able to update my DxDiag within the "My Profile" section of the website.

It appears then that Asobo wrote this sentence to mean that at some point between 01.23 - 01.27, all Insiders will be able to update their DxDiag, an unlimited amount of times with no announced end date (as of yet).

Reason I am asking is that I'm just about to order a new PC and of course once it arrives on 02.01 I'll update my DxDiag, although I totally understand by then it might be too late to be accepted into the Alpha and of course there is no guarantee of ever being accepted even with a new PC and a new DxDiag, as per their FAQ.

I was in a similar position as yourself, but I got my new build done yesterday and the first thing I done after installing windows and all the relevant drivers was update my DxDiag and submit it to Microsoft/Asobo just in case I missed it. At least I now know that I should in theory have a better chance of getting in the Alpha at an earlier stage.

3 minutes ago, eaim said:

I was in a similar position as yourself, but I got my new build done yesterday and the first thing I done after installing windows and all the relevant drivers was update my DxDiag and submit it to Microsoft/Asobo just in case I missed it. At least I now know that I should in theory have a better chance of getting in the Alpha at an earlier stage.

Best of luck. Out of interest, did you choose an nVidia RTX card? I'm so close to ordering a new PC but considering holding off until an actual release date for MSFS2020 becomes more clear.

6 hours ago, poplar said:

Best of luck. Out of interest, did you choose an nVidia RTX card? I'm so close to ordering a new PC but considering holding off until an actual release date for MSFS2020 becomes more clear.

I've held off with the GPU, I think it's a bad time to be getting a GPU, I'm planning on getting a 30xx card maybe a 3070 or better, my GTX 1070 will have to do me for now.

1 hour ago, eaim said:

I've held off with the GPU, I think it's a bad time to be getting a GPU, I'm planning on getting a 30xx card maybe a 3070 or better, my GTX 1070 will have to do me for now.

I agree, bad time. Let’s see what Spring / Summer brings. No doubt video card manufacturers are anticipating healthy competition from Xbox and Sony this year with their console launches. Not a bad thing. 

A new CPU will not do much for the Dxdiag report mine says 4.2 most will say 3.2 - 3.6.

Apparently Insiders have until the 6th of February to re do their Dxdiag report. 

2 hours ago, eaim said:

Apparently Insiders have until the 6th of February to re do their Dxdiag report. 

I’m sure I saw the 6th Feb quoted somewhere but for the life of me I can’t find where Asobo mentions this. It’s probably staring me right in the face. Do you know? Inside the Insiders website area?

Insiders website appears to be down...

4 hours ago, BaronKen said:

Insiders website appears to be down...

apparently so, I wonder what's going on with it?

14 hours ago, eaim said:

apparently so, I wonder what's going on with it?

Wonder if instead of relying on emailing Insiders notifications or build links, which can end up in spam or provide phishing opportunities, they’re maybe considering updating the website to act more as an Alpha distribution portal. This is a wild guess of course.