Worth it?

neilbooth · Post by **neilbooth** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:15 pm

Unless you have a Top Spec Computer ..Then NO!! Stay well clear of it and save your Â£60.....I have it and im regretting ever bying it, My graphics are poor ,if i set it to run on a low/medium graphic setting , the frame rate is diabolical!!.....i have a Much better time with 2004 century of flight..better graphics and a far better frame rate...its like i have lost Â£60 for downgrading the simulator!! in fact im taking it off and reinstalling 2004.

danielw2599 · Post by **danielw2599** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:40 pm

neilbooth wrote:Unless you have a Top Spec Computer ..Then NO!! Stay well clear of it and save your Â£60.....I have it and im regretting ever bying it, My graphics are poor ,if i set it to run on a low/medium graphic setting , the frame rate is diabolical!!.....i have a Much better time with 2004 century of flight..better graphics and a far better frame rate...its like i have lost Â£60 for downgrading the simulator!! in fact im taking it off and reinstalling 2004.

Just so happens Ive got meself a new top of the range XPS system and I can play FSX on almost full settings

After having played it for a few days Im in no doubt the visuals are excellent, but feature wise I dont see much difference to 2004. (Allthough I do like the Virtual Cockpit)

Has anyone else noticed there are no vapour trails??

neilbooth · Post by **neilbooth** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:02 pm

Which one do you have..? im looking at Dell xps 700 ...Â£2,699.

danielw2599 · Post by **danielw2599** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:48 pm

neilbooth wrote:Which one do you have..? im looking at Dell xps 700 ...Â£2,699.

DELL XPS M1710

sp762 · Post by **sp762** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:09 pm

Just for reference - upgrade to 1 Gb RAM makes a huge difference to frame rates - it's now definitely usable at 25 fps locked - with high detail. I'm tempted to install another Gb to see how much difference there is.