Flight simulator X - how does it run?

ntl123 · 1 Nov 2008 at 10:44

well how will my E8400 @ 3.4 handle it?
and i got the 4870 (HIS (if that make any difference)) ......
lol

ntl123 · 2 Nov 2008 at 17:24

chaparral · 2 Nov 2008 at 19:06

I bought this yesterday...

I installed it,but not tryed playing it yet..

ntl123 · 2 Nov 2008 at 19:20

umm

i;d play it straight away

even without joystick who cares

Strife212 · 2 Nov 2008 at 19:54

I think the reason it needs such a powerful system is the complexity of the flight model, not really sure.

andyp · 2 Nov 2008 at 20:35

Invest in FS9 and a raft of add-ons. It'll look and perform much better.

andyp · 2 Nov 2008 at 20:36

Strife212 said:
I think the reason it needs such a powerful system is the complexity of the flight model, not really sure.

The reason is needs such a powerful system is because it's horrendously coded - the flight model is more or less carried over from FS9.

They should have dropped X and gone straight to XI.

Waste of time and money.

halohippe · 2 Nov 2008 at 21:09

andyp said:
The reason is needs such a powerful system is because it's horrendously coded - the flight model is more or less carried over from FS9.

They should have dropped X and gone straight to XI.

Waste of time and money.

wrong.

ntl123 · 3 Nov 2008 at 08:34

fs9 is suposed to be 'crappier' than fsx :/

Topper · 3 Nov 2008 at 10:02

i bought the gold edition yesterday, patched it and ran it only to find black screens where the aircraft preview should be. This continued into the game and instead of shiney planes to look at, I get a black screen with sound. Followed microsofts advice and reinstalled latested drivers for 280 but still nothing. I noticed a wee button labled DX10 preview so ticked it and hey presto the graphics appreared but there are still issues. I read that the DX10 thing should not be turned on but I dont see how I'm going to play the game without it :O Oh and the hornet sounds are borked as well! £44.00 beta test

I knnow i need to do some serious tweaks etc but come on microsoft get it together.

Meloco · 3 Nov 2008 at 10:05

I've got the game running pretty much maxed out on spec below, flies like a dream for me ( apart from some missions it gets a bit stuttery ). I love the new virtual cockpit feature, and the graphics are a lot better than fs9!

chaparral · 3 Nov 2008 at 13:51

Topper said:
i bought the gold edition yesterday, patched it and ran it only to find black screens where the aircraft preview should be. This continued into the game and instead of shiney planes to look at, I get a black screen with sound. Followed microsofts advice and reinstalled latested drivers for 280 but still nothing. I noticed a wee button labled DX10 preview so ticked it and hey presto the graphics appreared but there are still issues. I read that the DX10 thing should not be turned on but I dont see how I'm going to play the game without it :O Oh and the hornet sounds are borked as well! £44.00 beta test I knnow i need to do some serious tweaks etc but come on microsoft get it together.

Which GPU drivers are you using ??

I been using the Forceware 180.10 Vista 64 drivers and everything seems fine so far (but i only played FSX for about 1 hour)

Topper · 3 Nov 2008 at 15:42

178.24 mate. I'll try another set when i get time.

Type_R · 3 Nov 2008 at 15:46

ntl123 said:
by the way anyone got the saitek x52 (not the pro) because that the joystick im gettin
anyone got any good reviews??

This is the stick I use :-)

Its great for the game and the FSX profile works well off their website :-)

ntl123 · 3 Nov 2008 at 17:30

sound good then

a lot of people seem to hate it because its unreliable

but i trust people from overclockers and the forums better