January 5, 20215 yr I recently built a "retro" pc to play some of the games I remember from my childhood and its has been great for most games. I found FS2004 today and checked the sys reqs and was shocked to see that this build meets them. After installing and running the game on a mix of settings, I get 15-25 FPS at 1080p (which is probably part of the problem, maybe a huge part even...) but it runs fine with for example ultra high global scenery settings and everything else at low when flying, but on landing its chop city. I have no clue if my discs are 9.1, got them when I was 10 years old as a gift, so maybe an update could help. I remember having a similarly spec'd pc at the time that ran pretty well, or maybe I am just looking at the past through rose colored glasses. I guess maybe I am just used to FS2020 running really well on my main PC :D. I have played a ton of FS2000 on this PC and it runs at like 15-25 FPS maxed out at 1080p, but whats weird is even if I drop it to 800x600 the fps stays the same, so I wonder if I am dealing with a CPU bottle neck. I specifically picked this CPU since it was perfect for Win 9x/Early XP time period, and was not quite 1Ghz which made it feel more "retro" to me. Anyone still using a similar setup? Pentium III 866MHz 768MB SDRAM GeForce 6200 512MB Windows Me 5700X3D 64GB DDR4-3600MHz Gigabyte 4070 Super Game installed on 980 PRO Main display Gigabyte M27Q X 27" 1440p 240Hz
January 5, 20215 yr Too retro, I'm afraid. I mean, back then people were amazed when someone dared to run FS9 in a PIII-800. I struggled with my computer back then (Pentium 4-1.6 GHz, 512 GB RAM). I could only get decent performance after moving to an Athlon 64 x2 4000+, 2 GB RAM and Windows XP. I never tried ME, since I jumped directly from 3.1 to XP. Edited January 5, 20215 yr by Luis Hernandez Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
January 5, 20215 yr Author 10 hours ago, Luis Hernandez said: Too retro, I'm afraid. I mean, back then people were amazed when someone dared to run FS9 in a PIII-800. I struggled with my computer back then (Pentium 4-1.6 GHz, 512 GB RAM). I could only get decent performance after moving to an Athlon 64 x2 4000+, 2 GB RAM and Windows XP. I never tried ME, since I jumped directly from 3.1 to XP. Wow that is a heck of a jump! I guess perhaps it is too retro. At least it plays just about everything else I throw at it with ease. 5700X3D 64GB DDR4-3600MHz Gigabyte 4070 Super Game installed on 980 PRO Main display Gigabyte M27Q X 27" 1440p 240Hz
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