Microsoft Flight Simulator X

Your responses echo other threads on this, with no clear consensus of opinion. It really is a tough call. At the moment, I am tending towards the E6850, after all it is 2 cores, and should handle any multi-core capability written into FSX/DX10 capability in the near future... and in the mean time, it's the best bang per buck out there in terms of raw CPU speed, which is what FSX craves.

I upgrade every 2 years: 2009 strikes me as the time when quad or more will be mainstream, and that future proofing now will be a less than effective exercise.

You know, in the world of digital photography, there is a phrase called "pixel envy", where people buy high pixel cameras (eg 10MegaPixel), which cost the earth, but where you can't tell the difference except on the rare occasion that you need a poster size hard copy.

I think that for FSX, we may be straying into a bit of "Core Envy" :)
 
People in these threads get envy about ever little bit of extra frame per second they get. e.g. the numerous post in regard to 3D Mark scores. I've just put a red stripe down the side of my tower case, as I think that will make it go a little faster :D

I had a conversation recently with a friend in regards to the camera situation, as he's just gone and spent another 5/600 pounds on camera gear. My simple view was that if he'd invested 5/600 pounds on professional lessons, he'd get much better pictures that way.

As for upgrade I think at this point your probably correct in staying on with the 6850. The only thing I might suggest looking at your sig is looking at moving to a new gfx card may improve the performance as well, e.g. the 2900 or 8800 depending on what side (if any ) of the fence you sit on.

Taff
 
Taff.

Oh yes, the processor is only the part of a major upgrade for September:

P35 mobo (probably abit IP35)
better heatsink (probably a Scythe Ninja + S Flex Fan)
2 Gb DDR2 6400 Ram
Some flavour of 8800 (probably gtx)
24" monitor to make the most of the above (probably Dell 2407 A04)
vista

A painful but necessary £1,200 to make FSX really fly, and keep me off the streets (my pathetic excuse to my wife)!
 
spinneR~uk said:
For anyone wishing to know about ILS approaches in FSX, particularly tracking the localizer, I've just posted a thread on it at:
Feedback and recommended adjustments welcome by all.
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I've come over to this thread after reading your thread. Top post dude good effort :cool:
I've not even considered Flight sims before but i am now after reading through your thread.
I've got questions now, lots of them but i am going to read through this Huge thread first & then come back.
Top post though dude.
 
malc30 said:
I've come over to this thread after reading your thread. Top post dude good effort :cool:
I've not even considered Flight sims before but i am now after reading through your thread.
I've got questions now, lots of them but i am going to read through this Huge thread first & then come back.
Top post though dude.
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Cheers. I'm still learning myself as FSX has enough depth for even the professionals. My flight instructor also mentioned that FSX is great for learning about gauges and navigation systems so it doesn't come better endorsed than that.
 
DAvE18 said:
is there any real scenery for scotland, can only find mostly england. :(
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Not that I'm aware of, most of it finishes at Hadrians Wall.

Presume it's because there's always so much cloud over Scotland they can't take the satellite photo's :D

Shame really as with the mountains and lochs it would be some great scenery to have.

On a similar subject, anyone got any view or seen any reviews of a comparison between the Generation X and VFR Real scenery packages?

Taff
 
The Generation X scenery which I use (only Wales and England at the moment) are waiting for the final images from Get Mapping to come in, they have something like about 95% of the coverage but unfortunately some of the imagery was discoloured or covered in cloud. It should be going ahead later this year or early next year.

I would not hold my breath though, the delay is from the actual source image capture. Once it's done though, it's going to be excellent :)
 
Supertaff said:
On a similar subject, anyone got any view or seen any reviews of a comparison between the Generation X and VFR Real scenery packages?
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Now you've asked I can't find the thread but I was in a position a while back where I couldn't decide between the two. After discovering this particular thread, one member went into extraordinary detail with photo comparisons and on the strength of this I went with Horizons VFR Gen X based on the better quality images. Although it doesn't initially come with night lighting and water masks, I'm assured by the development team they're on their way.

Even now having read more threads and with hindsight, I'd still go with Horizon.
 
I am only using the 'South' volume of Generation X but the other two volumes will be purchased in the near future. I can't reccomend it enough to be honest :) And add the upcoming free upgrades on their way (night lighting, water masks and up to 30 high def city's) it's probably the best add on for FSX if realistic scenery is your thing.
 
Could someone do me a favour? I need the original aircraft.cfg file for the 737-800 - I managed to delete a couple of skins and now a couple of the missions won't work properly. My email address is tom at darkclarity dot com Cheers!
 
twoodster said:
Could someone do me a favour? I need the original aircraft.cfg file for the 737-800 - I managed to delete a couple of skins and now a couple of the missions won't work properly. My email address is tom at darkclarity dot com Cheers!
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Sent.
 
Linwig said:
I am only using the 'South' volume of Generation X but the other two volumes will be purchased in the near future. I can't reccomend it enough to be honest :) And add the upcoming free upgrades on their way (night lighting, water masks and up to 30 high def city's) it's probably the best add on for FSX if realistic scenery is your thing.
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Your in for a real treat when you get the next two volumes - North Wales and the Lake district are stunning. Here are a few recent shots from all three volumes. BTW The 'Just Flight - Real Scenery' product doesn't come close to the quality of Horizons scenery.

Lakes


Lakes - Late eve


Snowdonia.


Lost somewhere in Dorset - so clear you can see combines in the fields.
 
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them screens looks great,just ordered me a copy of england vol2,i may see the burnt out cars in birmingham where i am from.lol. also if anybody is thinking of getting the addon there is a demo of Snowdonia and North West Wales to try out.http://www.visualflight.info/products/vfr-generation-x/demo/view some of the features are not on it but worth a look anyway. redline where u get them planes from m8.
 
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andyuk1 said:
them screens looks great,just ordered me a copy of england vol2,i may see the burnt out cars in birmingham where i am from.lol. also if anybody is thinking of getting the addon there is a demo of Snowdonia and North West Wales to try out.http://www.visualflight.info/products/vfr-generation-x/demo/view some of the features are not on it but worth a look anyway. redline where u get them planes from m8.
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They're both from 'Just Flight' - Flying Club and Tiger Moth + Tiger Moth Float.

Flying Club features four aircraft and a chopper and I managed to get it as part of a 2 for £15 [or £9.95ech] from a well known high street games retailer, usual price £29.99. They may have some left.

The Tiger Moth package features eight different models with variations on each - it's quite a good package, but can be a little frame rate hungry. You can download it from JF for £24.99 or get the float on it's own for £ 6.99.
 
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