February 3, 20233 yr 5 minutes ago, Bdub22 said: You worked at a large tech company between now and the pandemic and saw people taking naps and hanging out in the cafeteria? I don't work at a large tech company. But I've seen lots of YouTube videos, many posted by the employees themselves, boasting about how many perks they have on the job and how little they actually have to work. https://youtu.be/pjNoZwjivSs Processor: Intel i9-13900KF 5.8GHz 24-Core, Graphics Processor: Nvidia RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6, System Memory: 64GB High Performance DDR5 SDRAM 5600MHz, Operating System: Windows 11 Home Edition, Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX, LGA 1700, CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i Elite 240mm Liquid Cooling, RGB and LCD Display, Chassis Fans: Corsair Low Decibel, Addressable RGB Fans, Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i Fully Modular Ultra-Low-Noise Platinum ATX 1000 Watt, Primary Storage: 2TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, Secondary Storage: 1TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, VR Headset: Meta Quest 2, Primary Display: SONY 4K Bravia 75-inch, 2nd Display: SONY 4K Bravia 43-inch, 3rd Display: Vizio 28-inch, 1920x1080. Controller: Xbox Controller attached to PC via USB.
February 3, 20233 yr i wouldnt know if its the greatest since i just have my phone and insufficient internet so this sim is useless to me but my P3D with megascenery looks almost as good so i aint worried Edited February 3, 20233 yr by XMAN
February 3, 20233 yr Anything don't require online connection and mandatory update is better than MSFS IMO, case closed.
February 3, 20233 yr Author Reframing the question - is Flight simulation important to Microsoft? The answer can be nothing but YES. The answer has to do with replicating the planet. sp Edited February 3, 20233 yr by Sky_Pilot071
February 3, 20233 yr Commercial Member 7 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said: Reframing the question - is Flight simulation important to Microsoft? The answer can be nothing but YES. The answer has to do with replicating the planet. sp Legitimate question. Why would they need to replicate the planet, again? They've already done it with Bing maps, which could be considered a pet project for a Microsoft engineer, who was bored, but competitive enough to go up against Google. All they need is a satellite with a camera. Edited February 3, 20233 yr by GoranM
February 3, 20233 yr The Nvidia DLSS 3 within MSFS is spectacular, literally doubling frame rates on the 4000 series. But DLSS 3 only works if a program incorporates the technology within its code. MSFS is the only sim to do so. Processor: Intel i9-13900KF 5.8GHz 24-Core, Graphics Processor: Nvidia RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6, System Memory: 64GB High Performance DDR5 SDRAM 5600MHz, Operating System: Windows 11 Home Edition, Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX, LGA 1700, CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i Elite 240mm Liquid Cooling, RGB and LCD Display, Chassis Fans: Corsair Low Decibel, Addressable RGB Fans, Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i Fully Modular Ultra-Low-Noise Platinum ATX 1000 Watt, Primary Storage: 2TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, Secondary Storage: 1TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, VR Headset: Meta Quest 2, Primary Display: SONY 4K Bravia 75-inch, 2nd Display: SONY 4K Bravia 43-inch, 3rd Display: Vizio 28-inch, 1920x1080. Controller: Xbox Controller attached to PC via USB.
February 3, 20233 yr Commercial Member 3 minutes ago, David Mills said: The Nvidia DLSS 3 within MSFS is spectacular, literally doubling frame rates on the 4000 series. But DLSS 3 only works if a program incorporates the technology within its code. MSFS is the only sim to do so. This is correct. But it leaves everyone without a 4000 series GPU, with nothing but hopes and dreams. Also DLSS 3 is only compatible with GTX cards. They would have done much better by using FSR. It's newer tech, and cross compatible with all GPU's. Even on board Intel GPU's. Edited February 3, 20233 yr by GoranM
February 3, 20233 yr Pinocchio: Those regular and exciting World Updates from X-Plane always blow me away! Geppetto: Your nose is growing ! 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
February 3, 20233 yr Commercial Member Just now, Fielder said: Pinocchio: Those regular and exciting World Updates from X-Plane always blow me away! Geppetto: Your nose is growing ! Where did that come from?? What does that have to do with the topic??
February 3, 20233 yr 38 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said: Nothing prevents MSFS from maintaining its prominence as the preferred flight sim going forward. The aircraft and avionics update was so outstanding that I'd like to see a profile of some of the WT coders. We know Jorg and Seb and Martial from Asobo. But I'd like to see names and faces of the guys from WT too. In my view, they deserve tremendous credit and recognition for their spectacular achievements. Processor: Intel i9-13900KF 5.8GHz 24-Core, Graphics Processor: Nvidia RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6, System Memory: 64GB High Performance DDR5 SDRAM 5600MHz, Operating System: Windows 11 Home Edition, Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX, LGA 1700, CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i Elite 240mm Liquid Cooling, RGB and LCD Display, Chassis Fans: Corsair Low Decibel, Addressable RGB Fans, Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i Fully Modular Ultra-Low-Noise Platinum ATX 1000 Watt, Primary Storage: 2TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, Secondary Storage: 1TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, VR Headset: Meta Quest 2, Primary Display: SONY 4K Bravia 75-inch, 2nd Display: SONY 4K Bravia 43-inch, 3rd Display: Vizio 28-inch, 1920x1080. Controller: Xbox Controller attached to PC via USB.
February 3, 20233 yr 6 minutes ago, GoranM said: Where did that come from?? What does that have to do with the topic?? Umm, you may want to read the thread title again. It's about anything else from MSFS. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
February 3, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, Sky_Pilot071 said: The question could be can any other flight simulator compete with MSFS? When considering the breadth and depth of what's offered with and on the MSFS platform, and the quality/abilities/attitude/transparency/level-of-engagement/etc of the MS/Asobo dev+product teams, and the quality and quantity of 3rd party devs and the level of their engagement, and a myriad other factors, no other sim even comes remotely close for me, as of now. And the MSFS platform found its stride in mid-2022 and is definitely on a roll as 2023 begins, and all signs point to that continuing for the foreseeable future. I say all this having tried all the sims over the years since the 80s. MSFS is just in a different league, again as of now. Can that change? Of course. Can others come along in the future to surpass it? Again of course... And like I've done multiple times in the past, if a better sim platform comes along in the future I will readily switch, *if* it's compelling enough. Edited February 3, 20233 yr by lwt1971 Len 1980s: Sublogic FS II on C64 ---> 1990s: Flight Unlimited I/II, MSFS 95/98 ---> 2000s/2010s: FS/X, P3D, XP ---> 2020+: MSFS Current system: i9 13900K, RTX 4090, 64GB DDR5 4800 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD
February 3, 20233 yr Commercial Member 1 minute ago, Fielder said: Umm, you may want to read the thread title again. It's about anything else from MSFS. umm, so you decide to take a pot shot at a competing flight sim? That's getting really old, don't you think?
February 3, 20233 yr Author Looking at MSFS today there is nothing that can come close to it for fidelity and immersion. My only question is is there somethng that can? sp
February 3, 20233 yr Commercial Member 1 minute ago, Sky_Pilot071 said: Looking at MSFS today there is nothing that can come close to it for fidelity and immersion. My only question is is there somethng that can? sp I can think of people in the P3D, X-Plane, Aerofly, Flight Gear, DCS forums who would readily disagree with you. It's all a matter of opinion.
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