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P3Dv5 and WINDOWS 7

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Hello,

Has anyone tried P3Dv5 with Windows 7 x64 ?

Thank you,

Stephane

 

DX12 is Windows 10 only, no joy on W7.

System: i9 [email protected] - 32 GB RAM - Aorus 1080ti --- Sim/Addons: P3D v5 + ProSim737
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I run Win 7 x64, P3Dv5 runs on Win 7 64bit, I just experience crashes on my Nvidia 1080 Ti, but it is not related to Win 7 as Win 10 users experience it also,

 

Rado

Rado

i7 4770K@4,1Ghz HT on since release of MSFS
1080 Ti 11GB 
32GB DDR3 RAM
Samsung SSDs

You should probably start thinking about switching to 10. It's only going to get harder for you to enjoy the latest software. I don't even think they will offer you official support considering Windows 10 is on the requirements for V5 and no mention of 7. Which means you aren't following their minimum requirement and they would just direct you to that. 

 

Edited by MattGarner

Vote to fix transparent  sun visors having no effect on the sun glare effect in MSFS at: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/sun-shades-sun-visors-not-influencing-light-in-cockpit/691565/

It does have a folder in the P3D root called "D3D12onWin7", think those a compatibility / port libraries. So I think it should work on Windows 7. 

Edited by Sethos

[MSI MPG X870E Carbon | 9800X3D (PBO +200Mhz / -20 Offset) | Corsair 64GB DDR5 (Custom Timings) | RTX 4090 Founders Edition (Undervolted) | WD SNX 850X 4TB + 4TB | Antec Flux Pro]

 

13 minutes ago, radorabatin said:

just a link mentioning Win 7,8 and 10

 

http://www.prepar3d.com/SDKv5/LearningCenter.php

 

Rado

While it may say that - Someone on their forum who was having trouble installing it. A LM staff member replied back saying it looks like you don't fit the min system specs criteria and also mentioned they have a 14 day refund policy. So sure, it may work but I don't think they are going to officially support it. 

Vote to fix transparent  sun visors having no effect on the sun glare effect in MSFS at: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/sun-shades-sun-visors-not-influencing-light-in-cockpit/691565/

Installer didn’t generate any warning, so it shouldn’t be that problematic. I didn’t run into any issues with Win 7 on my P3D v4.5 and all addons I have installed in. So I’m not going to upgrade to Win 10. With new PC and MSFS I will go for Win 10, of course.

 

Rado

Rado

i7 4770K@4,1Ghz HT on since release of MSFS
1080 Ti 11GB 
32GB DDR3 RAM
Samsung SSDs

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Thank you for your help. 

Rado, i'm in the same case like you. (and i don't need Win10 for the moment for my work).😐

What I did was to make a new partition for Win10 and dual boot Win7 (for everything other than P3D), Seems to work fine. when I build a new PC next year, I'll go fully Win10 but don't want to spend time reinstalling all other applications until the new PC.

Gigabyte x670 Aorus Elite AX MB; AMD 7800X3D CPU; Deepcool LT520 AIO Cooler; 64 Gb G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000; Win11 Pro; P3D V5.4; 1 Samsung 990 2Tb NVMe SSD: 1 Crucial 4Tb MX500 SATA SSD; 1 Samsung 860 1Tb SSD; Gigabyte Aorus Extreme 1080ti 11Gb VRAM; Toshiba 43" LED TV @ 4k; Honeycomb Bravo.

 

  • 1 month later...
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Just for info, I have tried P3Dv5 with Win7x64, but it is not working. Even by copying the 3 DLL files in the root of Prepar3D. I got the nice DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG error like many people. What a pity, it's sad. End of story.

Edited by StephaneS

I tried it with Windows 98, great FPS and performance!

Windows 7 was released almost 12 years ago. Time to move.

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