February 9, 20251 yr My PMS yearly subscription is nearing an end so I am evaluating whether to upgrade my licence to lifetime for 30 Euros or should I get TDS version. The reason why got PMS originally at the time was because of lack of updatable navigational database for TDI. But since now TDI supports full navigraph support - I am struggling to make up my mind whether I should get that instead. PMS so far has functioned reasonably in all of my addon aircraft but I understand TDI uses real garmin trainer software to run the actual GPS unit. To be honest for me it does not matter if uses real garmin software or not as long as it gets the job done. What do you people think - should I upgrade my PMS licence or get TDI instead? Are there any differences between two?
February 9, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, CAP1234 said: What do you people think - should I upgrade my PMS licence or get TDI instead? Are there any differences between two? You answered your own question. The TDS unit is accurate to the real unit AND can use Navigraph data. Where is the negative? CPU Ryzen 7800X 3D RAM 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz GPU GEFORCE RTX 4090 Monitor AOC AGON AG352UCG UltraWide G-Sync @ 3440x1440 Internal Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD External Storage Three 4Tb HDs
February 9, 20251 yr 3 hours ago, CAP1234 said: To be honest for me it does not matter if uses real garmin software or not as long as it gets the job done. And there is your answer.. It depends on whether you feel the PMS unit is getting the job done.. The PMS unit is nicely integrated and loads up the sim flight plan.. and does most things just fine. If you are happy with that, stick with it. 🙂 However, if you are used to the real Garmin unit, there are things that the PMS unit does not do.. and if that matters to you, the TDS unit provides the solution. For that, you now need to load up the flight plan via an "Import" screen and the EFB in the sim does not interface with it. So that makes life more complicated.. Bert
February 10, 20251 yr Author 19 hours ago, MrBitstFlyer said: Where is the negative The price difference - one is 30 Euros whereas the other is almost 65 Euros. But I think I have made my mind up, I'll keep PMS for now.
February 10, 20251 yr Author 17 hours ago, Bert Pieke said: If you are happy with that, stick with it. Yeah - that is what I'm thinking too, PMS has worked reliably so far and all of addon aircraft (that I own) supports full autopilot integration with PMS. I think I'll stay with PMS for now. TDS is what something I can look at maybe into the future. Edited February 10, 20251 yr by CAP1234
February 10, 20251 yr I have a fully paid up premium PMS but since the Navigraph integration on the TDS I have been considering migrating. I believe that I will sometime in the next month. I'm most interested in the performance differences between the two. 5800X3D - Strix X570-E - 32GB 3600Mhz DDR4 - AMD RX 9070 XT- Samsung 980 Pro x2
February 10, 20251 yr TDS is incredible. I've spent hundreds over the years on add on gps units for sims. The best have been RealityXp and flight 1. I've studied real world manuals from Garmin to test these out. The TDS gps is the only unit that comes close to the real thing in my studied opinion. Russell Gough SE London
February 10, 20251 yr 7 hours ago, Jazz said: I'm most interested in the performance differences between the two. Not sure what you mean... is there a difference? Bert
February 10, 20251 yr 10 hours ago, sloppysmusic said: The best have been RealityXp and flight 1. Does anyone know why are these did not make it to MSFS?
February 10, 20251 yr 4 hours ago, Bert Pieke said: Not sure what you mean... is there a difference? Doesn't the PMS have the (semi-fake/semi-real) radar, and the TDS does not? Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
February 11, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, Matt Sdeel said: Does anyone know why are these did not make it to MSFS? It doesn't matter, both are superseded (easily) by the TDS GTNxi. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
February 11, 20251 yr 37 minutes ago, Mace said: Doesn't the PMS have the (semi-fake/semi-real) radar, and the TDS does not? Is that a "performance difference"? I am confused.. Bert
February 11, 20251 yr 2 hours ago, Matt Sdeel said: Does anyone know why are these did not make it to MSFS? Flight1 has discontinued its Garmin avionics, and RXP decided to focus on XPlane instead.. The TDS guy is actually the brains behind the earlier Flight1 product, as best I know.. so in a sense, it did make it into MSFS. Bert
February 11, 20251 yr 3 hours ago, Bert Pieke said: Is that a "performance difference"? I am confused.. I don't know, I was asking you the question. I don't use the PMS that often and I figured you might know the answer right away. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
February 11, 20251 yr Have TDS weather, traffic and that VFR map option PMS have? System: I ASRock X670E | AMD 7800X3D | 64Gb DDR5 6000 | RTX 4090 | 2TB NVMe | Seasonic Vertex 1000W I LG Ultra Gear 34 UW I
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