February 22, 20215 yr While downloading the recent update. I tried firing up FSX to pass some time. It looks so old an dated now. Despite the issues with MSFS (the spikes in my area have now disappeared) it's so much better.
February 22, 20215 yr 3 minutes ago, andyjohnston.net said: While downloading the recent update. I tried firing up FSX to pass some time. It looks so old an dated now. Despite the issues with MSFS (the spikes in my area have now disappeared) it's so much better. FSX looked old to me when I switched to P3D many years ago. FSX got me to give up simming for years.
February 22, 20215 yr Author Oh yes. But compare the performance of even P3D to MSFS, and there's a world of difference. The number of objects MSFS shows all at once is incredible by comparison.
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February 22, 20215 yr Totally agree, for all it's issues I can't go back, so much more to offer to assist with real world flying Wayne such Asus Hero Z690, Gigabyte Aorus Master 5080, I914900K, Kraken 360 AIO CPU Cooled, 96 GIGS Corsair DDR5, 32 Inch 4K by 3
February 22, 20215 yr 1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said: ...FSX got me to give up simming for years. Same here. Richard Chafey i7-8700K @4.8GHz - 32Gb @3200 - ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero - EVGA RTX3090 - 3840x2160 Res - KBSim Gunfighter - Thrustmaster Warthog dual throttles - Crosswind V3 pedals MSFS 2020, DCS
February 22, 20215 yr 1 hour ago, RichieFly said: Same here. Yep that was the sim that made me quit till MSFS2020 came around. And i had every version up to that point. (I just couldnt see past the horrible performance) and at the time Project Airbus, Project Opensky and Aerosoft were in their heyday. With enough scenery, mesh, water add-ons there was absolutely no reason for me to upgrade. So i rode fs2004 till i had enough and moved on. AMD Ryzen 9800X3D/ Asus ROG Strix B650E F Gaming WiFi / Asrock Taichi 9070XT / 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5 6000 / 2x ADATA XPG 8200 Pro NVME / Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 / Seasonic Vertex 1000w PSU / Lian Li LanCool II Mesh Performance / Asus VG34VQL3A / Topping E70 Velvet DAC & L70 Amp /Sennheiser HD660s2 Thrustmaster Boeing Yoke + TCA Sidestick + TFRP Rudders
February 22, 20215 yr 45 minutes ago, Maxis said: Yep that was the sim that made me quit till MSFS2020 came around. And i had every version up to that point. (I just couldnt see past the horrible performance) and at the time Project Airbus, Project Opensky and Aerosoft were in their heyday. With enough scenery, mesh, water add-ons there was absolutely no reason for me to upgrade. So i rode fs2004 till i had enough and moved on. Oh the POSKY 767... such a beautiful model.
February 22, 20215 yr I had planned to keep my P3D installation after MSFS came out. Fired up MSFS once, and immediately deleted my P3D stuff. I was distinctly underwhelmed when I switched from FSX to P3D. The only upside was that the latter was a 64-bit environment and you wouldn't get that dreaded OOM problem. It was no fun riding at the edge of that limit with the Qualitywings 787. Often I barely made it to the terminal before getting the familiar ding ding ding. After installing P3D I immediately realized that I would have to spend hundreds of $$$$$ just to get it to look decent. I was weeping, my credit card was in agony. Developers, literally, charged you for everything: rain drops, houses, trees, mesh, shaders, weather, views, etc. There was no active freeware modding community. MSFS runs like word not allowed on my PC, but there is not a chance in hell I would ever consider any other simulator.
February 22, 20215 yr I go back to FSX every time I want to fly big-tin IFR in a true study level airliner because I simply can't do that in MSFS (yet). For VFR it's MSFS every time. Horses for courses for the time being. Bill Casey
February 22, 20215 yr 8 minutes ago, Will Fly For Cheese said: What's FSX? X stands for expired. At least for me Phil Leaven i5 10600KF, 32 GB 3200 RAM, ASUS 4070 12GB EVO, Asus ROG Z490-H, 2 WD Black NVME for each Win11 (500GB) and MSFS (1TB), Rolling Cache 16GB, Photogrammetry always OFF, Live Weather and Live Traffic always ON, Res 2560x1440 on 27"
February 22, 20215 yr I had been simming since FS2 and FSX had become so dated that I too gave up 5 or 6 years ago. But I'm back with a vengeance and enjoying the new sim incredibly. No way do I ever want to even look at FSX again. MSFS is a resource hungry beast, but so was FSX when it came out, as were its predecessors. Ryzen 5800X3D, Nvidia RTX5080 - 32 Gig DDR4 RAM, 1TB & 2 TB NVME drives - Windows 11 64 bit MSFS 2024 Premium Deluxe Edition Resolution 2560 x 1440 (32 inch curved monitor)
February 22, 20215 yr What I learned from those discussions is, that people are never happy. I heard the complaining about FSX being too demanding then being outdated (32bit), physically limited P3D being too expensive, only a slightly different version of FSX without any real impromvement, being outdated and ugly about XP devs doing what they want and not listening to the community, looking outdated ... Why would this change with MSFS? 😄 Edited February 22, 20215 yr by tweekz Happy with MSFS 🙂 home simming evolved
February 22, 20215 yr 5 minutes ago, tweekz said: people are never happy couldn't be happier myself. And don't see these complaints TBO. If at all then some word not allowed discussions which I do not engage in. yes, FSX was too demanding on my system (i5 2500) in the old days but heck MSFS is sooo smooth and fluid on the very same rig. Only had to get a new GTX1660s. P3D I never touched just because it was still too much FSX to me and XP I bought but literally only flew a handful times, did not like the visuals . MSFS is now really groundbreaking new and I really enjoy it, primarily in the modded neo (as it allows me to work from home while still flying) and sometimes VFR with GA Phil Leaven i5 10600KF, 32 GB 3200 RAM, ASUS 4070 12GB EVO, Asus ROG Z490-H, 2 WD Black NVME for each Win11 (500GB) and MSFS (1TB), Rolling Cache 16GB, Photogrammetry always OFF, Live Weather and Live Traffic always ON, Res 2560x1440 on 27"
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