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Are tehse addons listed below any good? I'm lookiing for Jets and addons to improve the visual aspect of the game

Flight Sim Global 2008

Extreme Landscapes V2

Airbus 380 V2

Abacus 787 Dreamliner

If you have a good site to recommend that would be great.

Nah, the quality of Abacus products...really, isn't spectacular. Do you like complexity?

If so, check out:

http://precisionmanuals.com/

For the visual aspect:

http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/
(thats environmental, i.e water, clouds, tarmac, sky)

For good looking scenery, check out:

http://fullterrain.com/

With regards to the mesh:
Most global meshes are using the same source data (NASA SRTM + some local mesh data e.g. for some parts of the alps). These source data have a lot of voids which need to be filled by interpolation. Depending on the method used the end results can look different, but in general I would not say there is a global mesh that is better than another. I have FSGlobal2008 and am quite happy with it. In most parts of the US and Europe it has the same resolution as the FSX default mesh but for the rest of the world it is a great improvement.

If you are interested in very high resolution mesh for smaller areas, I can recommend FSDreamscapes:

http://www.fsdreamscapes.com/web/

As for the airliner, in additon to the PMDG ones, I can recommend the LevelD 767:
http://www.leveldsim.com/sevensix_home.asp

If you are interested in a vintage airliner, the A2A Stratocruiser + AccuSim is the state of the art:
http://www.a2asimulations.com/

Best regards
Manuel

Thank you both for your recommendations. I looked at the links and I have some decisions. Two questions.

1.) I can download these for FSX and use them at the same time? One for scenery and one for environment?
http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/
(thats environmental, i.e water, clouds, tarmac, sky)

For good looking scenery, check out:

http://fullterrain.com/

2.) Do these have huge performance hits on your pc? I do have a quad core, 4 gig ram, and a 4850 ATI.

Yep, you can use them at the same time.

As I said, Real Environment Xtreme does the clouds, water, tarmac and sky. Full Terrain Xperience does only the ground textures and landclass.

Are tehse addons listed below any good? I'm lookiing for Jets and addons to improve the visual aspect of the game

Flight Sim Global 2008

Extreme Landscapes V2

Airbus 380 V2

Abacus 787 Dreamliner

If you have a good site to recommend that would be great.

I wouldn't get the Abacus planes.

I wouldn't get the Abacus planes.

DITTO