should i get it?

[The Phoenix737]

i ran in to a little cash here lately and im a fan of cfs2 and 3 and i have but have kindof got bored with fs 2000 is fsx worth the money in terms of graphics/fun/ modability (im not sure thats a word but you understand) ?

[The Phoenix737]

oh almost forgot is there any way to use guns/bombs on planes in just normal fs i mainly just play cfs2 i havent really looked into fs that deeply ive noticed a military section in the aircraft downloads tho.are they just unarmed?

[fighter25]

I can answer your second question. Well if you want the truth for the guns, yes. But, only if you have and effect for it. It doesn't kill or cause damage but yes you can. Missiles, yes. You can attach effects, purpultion, and steering on objects other than your plane and the AI planes (In any other MSFS game you can't do that!). You can't kill or cause damage to other planes just like guns but you can fire missiles. This is a little trickier for missiles and I can't explain that. Yes all of the planes in the FSX section are unarmed. I have an ancient computer but it does fairily well on medium to low settings.  I think it's fun.
Hope this helps!

[move]Colin

[bok269]

As for being worth the upgrade, make sure your computer can handle it.  It would suck to go out and spend themoney for your computer not to be able to use it well.

[The Phoenix737]

im probably gonna get it if my comp will run it space flight sounds awesome but anyway heres my specs think i can run it? P.S. im upgrading my ram to a gig or two gigs im not good with memory but two 1024 mb memory units anufacturer:        
Dell Inc.
Processor:      
AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~1.8GHz
Memory:      
894MB RAM
Hard Drive:      
74 GB
Video Card:      
ATI Radeon Xpress 1150
Monitor:      
Default Monitor
Sound Card:      
SigmaTel Audio

[Ravang]

I'm not sure if your video card could handle it (thats the bad thing about dells crappy on-board vid card and no AGP slot so if you want to upgrade to a vid card probably a X1600 or better, but it would have to be a PCI card ) but if it can handle FSX then it is really worth it.

P.S. I would talk to the people at Best Buy or video game store and tell them what video card you have and they can probably tell you what you can probably get out of the sim graphic and performance wise.

[Dispatchcode]

nu-uh can't handle it.. chck out my spec..
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ MMX 3Dnow 1.8Ghz
1024MB RAM
DX9
NVIDIA 7600GS 256Mb

Still can run but not that smooth but
To run FSX in MAXIMUM for this kind of Spec?
" STILL SUCKS!"

Its not worth it! its not PRICELESS.. my pc cant use that word yet PRICELESS..

[Dispatchcode]

nu-uh can't handle it.. chck out my spec..
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ MMX 3Dnow 1.8Ghz
1024MB RAM
DX9
NVIDIA 7600GS 256Mb

Still can run but not that smooth but
To run FSX in MAXIMUM for this kind of Spec?
" STILL SUCKS!"

Its not worth it! its not PRICELESS.. my pc cant use that word yet PRICELESS..

now to fully run FSX i have to upgrade my pc for the whole lot

at least Core 2 Dual
4Gb RAM
Nvidia 8800 GTX 512mb
DX10 (waiting for that)
that's my target... soon

[The Phoenix737]

i got the demo it worked ok.... i went up all the way on the graphics and it was alright just skippy...bad skippy tho and i played it in medium low and it looked like crap soooooo....... what about a new vid card i might be willin to get it upgraded if possible what vid card would be compatible with a dell inspiron 1501 that would run fsx and how much would that cost?

[Dispatchcode]

from my un-educated suggest..
for my self i would upgrade to 8800GTX.. like i said its worth it!
but make sure your RAM is good too
well with this graphic card, i guarantee myself to install any high profile games will work well with this card,
and, with my target spec, i can get a word call PRICELESS!!!!!

[ATI_7500]

A good video card needs a good CPU. Unless you have a Core2Duo, don't even bother thinking about getting an 8800GTX. Even then, the CPU can't supply the card by 100%.

Suggestion for your PC, Phoenix:
- More Ram (at least 2 Gigabytes)
- ATI X1600 or GF 7600.

[John_HR]

Hey there "The Phoenix373",
I'm sorry to tell you that with your machine, you will be very disappointed if you purchase and install FSX, my machine isn't new, but much bigger than yours, and I can not run FSX on mine, I still fly the FS2004
In my opinion, there is no computer or graphic card available on the market yet, that will run FSX decently, so you can enjoy it.
But, I did buy and install FSX, only to be very disappointed, I'm glad I kept FS2004, I will not bother with FSX untill there is a machine available that can handle FSX.  >:(

John