PREVIEW OF FSX (10)

[Travis]

Well, so much for my FS use . . .

Gonna have to surrender to the inevitable: I don't have enough time or money to keep up with this stuff.

I'm really starting to dislike gaming in general.  Way too costly and time-consuming.

Shoot, might as well get a Mac.  Works better, and without all the fuss.

[richardd43]

Good point Gunny, they can't program on something they don't have.

I went to the MS site and read the specs required to run Vista. My guess is that if you have any kind of 64 bit computer you are in business. The general hardware was not an outlandish requirement.

As simmers most of us have the required graphics cards, monitors and probably the HDD space.

It was a little grey about 32 bit systems. When I finished reading I was not sure if Vista ran on 32 bits or not.

I would say the handwriting is on the wall though, 64 bit will take over just as 32 bit did and 16 bit before it.

At 62 years of age I have seen all of the changes and was glad for all of them. In the coming years I expect more exciting changes and I am sure I will upgrade to accomodate them too.

And no, I do not miss running anything in dos.

[Alphajet_Enthusiast]

Thats a correct interpretation Richard.  :)

+ I cant really remember running DOS.... I must have been like 6 years old back then.  :o

[Gunny04]

Locke you dont have to upgrade your computer every 6 months nay, If you built 1 top of the line comp you could get a year and a half of really good performance (And prolly a bit more) and the only upgrade you'd need really is graphics card unless some new CPUs came out or somethin.... Personally I wouldnt know from expierence, I've had crappy comps for my entire life, I live with em  ;D ocassionaly sending them to the Computer dungeon..... I upgrade when I can afford it and goggle when I cant..... I have no super computer, but it does what I want or it gets a good dicipline day..! Cheers, Gunny

[richardd43]

OK Gunny, you got me on that one. How do you dicipline your computer.

I personally just send the operator out for a beer, the puter can fend for itself.

[The Ruptured Duck]

DROOOOL!

[airsoftman687]

WAts vista?

[simonmd]

Try reading the rest of the thread....

[cleobis]

Well, this is all great news...apart from the specs requirements...

I'm studying in london, and since I'm originaly from portugal, I already spend a lot of money as it is without thinking on upgrading computers...

I have a laptop with a Pentium M 2,13 / 80Gb HdD/ ati x700 mobility 128mb/ 1024 ddr2.

Now, this will have to do to run FSX, or else I'll go to m$ and slap them all!!!! I will not be able to upgrade (it's a laptop), and I don't think I'll be getting a new desktop comp any time soon...

In any case, can't wait for FSX!

[killerbunny]

I really don't understand what all this fuzz is about.

This wasn't even an official article.  Lets just wait for some real news from M$ itself before panicking about pc specs.

[Ijineda]

I just wish FS9 could remain forever. Wouldnt it be better if the improvements were not coming in the shape of a new version but via several add-ons?

You have one ground version of the sim and then you decide what you need - moving traffic, water textures, weather, improved flight dynamics. you pick according to your preferences.

But it probably would be impossible to sell a new engine as add-on.

[simonmd]

Silly you, then MS would not make any more money!

Mind you, I dare say that a new version is more neccessary this time as they want to take advantage of WVista. I don't pretent to know much about such things but I do know that making a complex piece of software such as FS9 compatible with a completely new OS would be basicaly like a new version anyway.

[richardd43]

Aside form MS making money (which they are in business to do) I am looking forward to a new more complex Sim that runs true 64 bit and will take advantage of the latest hardware.

If you look back at the previous "WHAT DO I WANT IN FS-10" posts everyone else did to. You all asked MS to give me this and give me that. Well it seems that they did and now you don't want it.

Be carefiu what you wish for comes to mind here.

FS-9 is not going away and people are not going to stop making addons. FS-2002 is still going strong and I still see new addons for it.

We all seem to be chasing the loose horse and it is not even out of the barn yet.

[TheBod1357]

I figure I will get my two cents in here. I am glad that there is another excellent MFS on the way, but honestly, I dont feel like I have completely experienced FS9 yet. I run on a Gateway laptop that is a year and a half old. And I honestly havent got time to read this entire thread and find out exactly what requirements I need to run the new sim. I have a mobility RADEON 7500 with 32 bit which I assume is not going to cut it. And so it comes down to the fact that my laptop is going to be inferior and therefore obsolete to this new sim. But I am perfectly ok with that as long as I am not alone here. I enjoy FS9 and I will continue to until I eventually do upgrade to FSX.

Then again, by that time the next upgrade should be out.

[Katahu]

Well, my best bet is to upgrade my ram from 512MB to 1024MB [or 1 GIG] since my laptop [however, large and heavy it may be] can only upgrade from a 64MB to a 128MB video card at best. However, to make up for the lack of video power, a 1 GIG RAM might suffice.

However, video cards made for laptops are not common. But there are plenty of powerful memory sticks for laptops.