Will MSFS2024 run in Win10? If not, there's finally a good excuse to move to 11.

I remember Windows 7 was not supported for MSFS2020.

Edited August 27, 20241 yr by Luis Hernandez

9 hours ago, St Mawgan said:

Well, my wife insists that I will need a new PC so, what am I going to do? 

Lol. I've had to dip into the...er, slushfund.

"What are all these boxes?"

"Oh just some things from work love..."

For now I am not planning to do anything.  My PC is 3 years old now and is showing its age in some minor details but for the most part still current.  From what has been said FS2024 should run even better on existing systems.  My system runs FS2024 extremely good and stable.  So "in theory" I should be golden with FS2024! 

If it ends up being a problem I am prepared to get a new system.  I am seeing some nice priced systems out there with 4070 video cards and a few generations higher CPU for very good prices.  Storage capacity has really improved on newer systems as well but in theory we won't need as much with FS2024.  Again we will just have to see!

If I can get away with it I plan to upgrade my system around this time next year.  By then they will be a tiny bit faster and probably even more storage.  

My only concern really on my mind is I don't think I have a enough storage left for both FS2020 and FS2024.  I might have to dump my FS2020 install which means I will be starting fresh with a new sim.  It might take a while before FS2024 is really up to speed as far as content.  Then again FS2024 might be such an improvement you won't feel like going back.  So again in theory we can just start using FS2024 and never have the need to look back.   

3 hours ago, pmplayer said:

I would change my RTX 2080 to a RTX 4070 TI Super if you not would to go to a bigger card, thats a great card for an acceptable price - the 2080 is not anymore enough and keep in mind MSFS 2024 is coming and this uses for shure more power than MSFS 2020 even if the predictions are that it will run like the MSFS 2020 - I don't believe that, that would simply not be logical..

cheers 😉

Thank you, pmplayer, for your advise.

I’m playing flight simulation since Fs 3.0 (I think it was 1987). 

But I’m sure you’re absolutely right. Every newest version of the simulador requirements were higher than the previous one, so... 

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Edited August 27, 20241 yr by John Fields

Ah but remember, it also has to work on Xbox,!

2 hours ago, Luis Hernandez said:

Will MSFS2024 run in Win10?

I think YES it will run on Win10 !

But i could be wrong anyway..

cheers 😉

4 hours ago, pmplayer said:

I would change my RTX 2080 to a RTX 4070 TI Super

In general I'd go for a CPU update before a GPU update. Or at least try to match the CPU to the GPU. Which doesn't necessarily mean that I disagree with you 🙂

2 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said:

In general I'd go for a CPU update before a GPU update. Or at least try to match the CPU to the GPU. Which doesn't necessarily mean that I disagree with you 🙂

Yup, it should be always - let me call it balanced betwin CPU and the GPU, that would be the best choice IMO.

cheers 😉

The big question for me is how much disk space will it take up.  I hope most of the World Updates are on the server and not on the disk anymore.

Hi, 

Will you be able to have FS2020 and FS2024 installed on the same computer?  When I had FSX and X-Plane back in the day, I had two separate "boots" for each Sim (so I'd select which one to use when I powered my PC on).  I used a Solid-State Drive for this.  Should I run both Sims on the same computer, or should I create a second boot? 

Thanks, 

Kevin Davis 

55 minutes ago, kevinmdavis2010 said:

Hi, 

Will you be able to have FS2020 and FS2024 installed on the same computer?  When I had FSX and X-Plane back in the day, I had two separate "boots" for each Sim (so I'd select which one to use when I powered my PC on).  I used a Solid-State Drive for this.  Should I run both Sims on the same computer, or should I create a second boot? 

Thanks, 

Kevin Davis 

Yes, they are separate programs and can be installed at the same time and on the same drive with none of that voodoo you had to do back in the day.

Edited October 6, 20241 yr by Lotharen

On 8/27/2024 at 2:10 PM, pmplayer said:

I think YES it will run on Win10 !

But i could be wrong anyway..

cheers 😉

Yes it absolutely will. Windows 10 currently has 70%+ of the desktop market overall. 

On 8/27/2024 at 8:08 AM, hanhamreds said:

I'll be looking at a 5090 with a new bundle to go with it also. 

Unfortunately I have three expensive hobbies, Flight sim, Photography and Road Cycling 

Flight simming is by far the least expensive hobby I've ever had, and the most enjoyable. But I admit I spend very little on add-ons -- no need, with all the great freeware out there, and I don't need the latest version of every airport on the planet. 

On 10/6/2024 at 8:22 AM, Lotharen said:

Yes, they are separate programs and can be installed at the same time and on the same drive with none of that voodoo you had to do back in the day.

Thanks!  I thought I heard that 2024 would just refuse to install if 2020 was on the same computer.  Now I just need to figure out how to go about transferring my Community Folder stuff from 2020 to 2024.  Do you just copy/paste it from the two folders, or should you get an external hard drive to back the original stuff up?  

On 8/27/2024 at 3:15 PM, St Mawgan said:

Well, my wife insists that I will need a new PC so, what am I going to do? 

Unless you REALLY need something immediately, wait for January. 

CES will bring a lot of new stuff, which means the current stuff will become cheaper (or you'll be able to get the new stuff if you prefer the bleeding edge).