7 minutes ago, somiller said:

Well good for you...pat yourself on the back and celebrate your high standards. In the meantime I'll enjoy flying the 737. I think Xplane ver. 58 is the best sim...wait, no I think P3D ver. 2 is the best and MSFS will never be a serious sim, just a game, and I only accept the best.

He did not get the memo that texture will be improved.

4 hours ago, turbomax said:

others don't:

 

There has to be some limits - otherwise we'd be running a slideshow.  Even my GTX 1080 Ti vram is getting close to saturation when I run these airliners with complex scenery.

Frankly I don't even care about cabins of aircraft - and if they're a little low res compared to the cockpit....meh.  If the cockpit's show low res like that cabin pic though...  that upsets me this day in age.

1 hour ago, ryanbatc said:

Frankly I don't even care about cabins of aircraft .There has to be some limits - otherwise we'd be running a slideshow.

you are probably in the cockpit while you fly, not in the cabin. but I understand and accept that overall graphics quality is probably not as important to PMDG pilots. my RTX 3090 is also often saturated, but only performance wise, never a shortage of VRAM. there is a reason we have 24GB VRAM cards and sliders in the graphics options menu.

Edited June 2, 20224 yr by turbomax

Low resolution textures are always a shock to my system. I appreciate that high resolution textures everywhere can suck up VRAM like a vacuum cleaner, but they are never a welcome sight.

Edited June 2, 20224 yr by Christopher Low

Great video!

The more I own and fly the PMDG 737, the more I love it.   It has a polish about it, and honestly, with all the config settings I need in the FMC, I couldn't give a cahoots about an EFB.  They block the view out of the captain's window! 😄

It's fashionable to slate the PMDG from the moment the Fenix came out, but I personally vastly prefer the PMDG.  Mostly performance-related yes but also the fluidity of a plane that just works and flies great in the sim, without external app dependencies. multi-threading options (that did nothing for me), CPU/GPU options, etc, etc.  I just want a plane that works .... and PMDG have delivered that, for me.

Yes the Fenix has world-class online flying integration and much better Simbrief integration but PMDG offer a host of other configurations that no-one else does.  I can remove the Captain's seat, which can be important for TrackIR users.

With the PMDG, I intended to only buy one model, but I'll almost certainly pic the -800 up too.   With the Fenix, the only reason I did not pursue a refund is because, regardless how people may think I am slating them here, I want to support the dev and I am hopeful the plane will - performance-wise - one day become something like the PMDG; that is usable with 30-40 smooth FPS by people with mid-range systems, 1080Tis, etc.   I really want them to be hugely successful.    But as of right now, the PMDG claims the crown for me.    BTW, Q8Pilot ranked the PMDG above the Fenix in his recent Top 10 MSFS addons vid, FWIW!

Edited June 2, 20224 yr by JYW

3 hours ago, jbdbow1970 said:

What good is visual fidelity if the airplane is subpar *Cough* Carenado this is supposed to be a flight simulator not a car show give me study level any day of the week and I suggest leaving Carenado's name out of the High Fidelity products in the future, it makes MSFS and its users look like a joke when beauty comes before simulation.

In your view. As some one who enjoys flight sims purely for entertainment I would advise you to fly a real plane instead of trying to pretend you are in a pc simulator? Carenado planes are perfectly tailored for their intended market.

i'll be sure to buy a Carenado 737 should I ever develop an interest in studying bulkhead textures.

Awesome video.  Glad i am able to flyboth the PMDG and the Fenix .. For me both are on the same level and i am glad i have a hard time deciding which one to fly when i get home and have that limited time to fly. 

Was only going to pick up the 700 but will definitely be picking up the 800. As someone mentioned above. The aircraft just works.. and works VERY well.

13 minutes ago, Stoopy said:

i'll be sure to buy a Carenado 737

before that, I'd rather get their upcoming Pilatus PC 12, real soon now ™

Great video, although they could lay off the whiskey doing the walkaround.  I'm not prone to motion sickness but come on Vern.

I'm also all in for the Carenado 737.  And soon (tm) PMDG will re-visit the cabin textures for those so inclined.

19 hours ago, jarmstro said:

In your view. As some one who enjoys flight sims purely for entertainment I would advise you to fly a real plane instead of trying to pretend you are in a pc simulator? Carenado planes are perfectly tailored for their intended market.

Scenery Simulator instead of flight simulator in your response. Let me go play Pac Man.

That video really tempts me to install AIG😍

I watched the Q8Pilot video but the best part was reading all the comments. It appears that the majority of the comments disagree with his #1 & #2 pick of the PMDG over the Fenix. 

53 minutes ago, jbdbow1970 said:

Let me go play Pac Man.

So you consider all the graphical advances with regards to any PC program over the last 30 years to be worthless? I note that X-Plane 12 is really just about one thing - better visuals. And this MSFS Scenery Simulator is right up my street. If I actually wanted to fly a plane I'd fly a real one and, to be honest, I can't understand why those who moan about flight models do not do likewise instead of sitting in front of a PC and pretending they are?

Edited June 3, 20224 yr by jarmstro

2 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

I note that X-Plane 12 is really just about one thing - better visuals

new flight model

New weather model (excluding the volumetric clouds!)

New turbine engine-model

5 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

If I actually wanted to fly a plane I'd fly a real one and, to be honest, I can't understand why those who moan about flight models do not do likewise instead of sitting in front of a PC?

Because as of today 1hr in the C172S is creeping up to 180-200 EUR due to the surge in fuel prices,  Where as 1hr in front of my computer is 0,05 EUR.