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I'm facing a similar issue. I have a 2010 Mac Pro, and want to get the 2013 Mac Pro, but want to know if people think it will run FSX reasonably well or not. Rather not go through the hassle if I'm gonna get the same performance.

Well that sucks. One of the reasons I got the pro verison of tapatalk was for avsim.

Great news!

Ryan, I have the high-end 15" rMBP on order, but my friend just got the base 13" rMBP and I am going to see if he will let me install FSX on it and report back to you on how it runs.

Initial benchmarks look really good. http://www.macrumors.com/2013/10/25/intels-iris-graphics-boost-13-inch-retina-macbook-pro-gpu-performance-by-50-or-more/ That being said, Apple has a really generous return policy. Being a former Apple Retail employee, I'd tell you to buy it, try it out for the 2 weeks they give you, and if you don't like it just return it, with no restocking fee. I've run FSX on my rMBP (albeit, the 15" with the GT650M and it ran reasonably good with the NGX and FSX only (no other add ons). You can also try getting a refurb model from the Apple Online Store, or getting it with the education discount to save a few bucks.

Very excited to see where this goes. While I see the allure of the VC, at least on my machine, I get a 10-15 fps drop using the VC over a 2D panel. Good work!

Ryan, I havent gotten mine either, order: 231521 Thanks!

Same here, ordered 3 hours ago, no email with download link or key. Submitted a ticket on the support page and no response there either. I just hope, like others mentioned, that someone from PMDG will fill us in on what is happening.

Store product page was updated with image and description... http://www.precisionmanuals.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=99&idcategory=13#details Edit: Beat me to it Mark lol

Part 1 of Froogle's Fully Loaded, KJFK-KDEN http://youtu.be/fMrW4O4WXYY

Nick from Angle of Attack Initial Cockpit Thoughts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tAJ4qz_BYw&feature=youtu.be

FYI: the article is up. Congrats to everyone! http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2013/08/30/almost-as-cool-as-the-new-boeing-777-the-new-flight-simulator/

Oh that answers that hahah, any news then on if 777 support will be added by the time the PMDG launches? Their Facebook page hasn't been updated since May and I haven't been able to find anything else out.

How did you get the Aurasim EFB to give you 777 performance figures? Mine only shows for the Dash-8, or are you beta testing that for them as well? Great job with the post btw!

Should we expect pricing info closer to release Rob? Can't wait, well worth the wait! Thanks so much!

Lucky, all my real world pilot friend gives me are OFP's to South America and occasional to AMS on the -11F hahah.

Good job! Dare I ask where you got the OFP? Hahah

Maybe that's based on a full payload on the Freighter of 112 tons?

Thanks froogle for taking the time to stream us this wonderful plane and showing us around it and giving us your thoughts and impressions on it. Hope to see more from you soon!

My pleasure sharing the info with you guys, thought most of you would enjoy it. All the screenshots and videos the beta team have been putting out have really made the wait much more bearable (along with some time in the full motion NG and 777 sim hahah ). I think the bounce might have been what caused the AT to engage TOGA, although from my understanding it won't go to IDLE automatically unless your doing a LAND3 app with the AP. Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong. Will have to check that out if I get into the sim before the PMDG comes out hahah.

Frooglesim just posted on Facebook that he will be hosting a livestream of the 777 from DNAA to EGLL using the time compression feature. FYI in case anyone else wanted to watch: http://www.twitch.tv/frooglepete

Landing at PHNL by johan274

Victor, that option is only available on the high end 27" iMac. You have the option of the stock Nvidia Geforce GTX 675MX with 1GB DDR5 or for $150 more then GTX 680MX with 2GB DDR5. I used to work at the Apple Store, and far as I know, that configuration is only sold online and at some high volume retail stores. It's definitely a lot of money, but that display is incredible, and the ability to have both OS's on one machine is great.

René, Would you mind sharing, or PMing me what settings you are using to achieve these frames? I'm using a Mac Pro and wish I could get 30 locked at OMDB, usually I peak at 30 and run in the 25's. Thanks!

I run FSX via bootcamp on my 2010 Mac Pro and get decent (to me) FPS, about 20-30 at sceneries like Dulles, Dubai, Miami, etc. I am using REX with FTX Global and Opus for Wx. In the VC on the ground I get mid to low 20s and at cruise get mid 30s and above. Definitely not stellar performance, but if you optimize your setup, you should be able to get some decent frames on the iMac. Before the Mac Pro, I had a 27" iMac (late 2009 I believe), with a 2.8Ghz Quad Core i7, 16GB of RAM and a ATI Radeon 4850 with 512MB. I had that when the NGX came out and I got ~25-30 fps on that with the scenery at the time (FSDT, etc). At least you get an Nvidia GPU, I'm stuck with the ATI and the Nvidia is a $550 upgrade It definitely should give you some reasonable performance.