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Ok, so I have FSX and Acceleration installed and a fresh install of XP and everything is set up EXACTLY as NickN as specified.

I fire up FSX for the first time, no addons at all. I don't even go near the settings section, so whatever it decided to set itself to, is where I have left it.

I selected the default Maul, chose my home airport, and headed out following I70 west.

This is what I saw, completely smooth and stutter free.




http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/sgfsx2.jpg





I figured, ok, this looks great for low & slow flying, but I bet the moment I go high & fast, the good times are over with. :-/

So I loaded up the default 737, in mid air, cracked the throttle, pulled back on the stick and climbed a bit then zoomed out and brought up the info text.

It stayed pretty much pegged at 20 the whole time, the exception being when I would swivel the view quickly, then it dropped to 18.










Now, the question is, if it were you, would you look a gift horse in the mouth and start adding stuff, or just be thankful it looks and runs this good, and save the addons for FS9?

Can't decide what to do. :-/

Get some payware i would suggest then leave it, like REX or FTX then maybe your favourite plane then leave it

Do you have AI going Shane?

Shane... It's a fresh install of XP and FSX... Just wait till about a week from now

What he said.....  ;D

[quote]Now, the question is, if it were you, would you look a gift horse in the mouth and start adding stuff, or just be thankful it looks and runs this good, and save the addons for FS9?

[color=#000000]The only suggestion I have is what I would do if I had to start over from scratch. EVERY time I added an aircraft, or scenery or made a change to settings, aircraft.cfg or anything, I would make a note of exactly what I did and the date and time.

Cheers all!

@ Layne:

-Payware is out of the question for my FSX, I already spent all the money on a ton of payware for FS9. I had such a hard time running FSX before the reinstall, I felt it would just be a waste of money.
But man would I LOVE to have REX & FTX after seeing all the wonderful shots that get posted here.


@Scalper:

-I had to look at what FSX had set itself to, and boy are those sliders low!

Very nice Shane

might head on to FSX now actually...

.mic

Very nice Shane

might head on to FSX now actually...

.mic

I can't wait to see some of your FSX shots Mic! 8-)   What kind of system did you get?



For those interested, I'm running:

AMD 5400+ x64 dual core @ 2.8Ghz (no clocking)
HIS ATI Radeon x1650pro 512Mb
x2 GB OCZ 800Mhz RAM
500w Xion PSU
80Gb HD with XPpro 32bit Sp3
500Gb HD with FS9,FSX/accel, and addon library
x2 19" widescreen monitors.
Tascam US-428 8ch mixer/sound card

Shane, your shots shows the exact reason why I went over to FSX. You are right, my true FSX models (only have three as far as I know : Alrots 727, Alrots Citation and LDS' 763) works much better than my pile of FS9 models. The next time I reinstall FSX, it's gonna be after Nick's guide. No doubt about that.

But as I only fly high & fast, I don't have any FPS problems either. (Except for landings and takeoffs in detailed areas.. the FPS numbers sends chills down my spine. But then again, my computer is just a laptop and above laptop average AND I have a lot of AI, so... but i'm happy with my results too.)

Yeah, keep your payware in FS9 and your FSX clean. It'll help you alot.

Very nice Shane

might head on to FSX now actually...

.mic

I can't wait to see some of your FSX shots Mic! 8-)

I guess it's about time I got out of the stone age with my system then.  :D

Congrats on the new rig.

Hmm...still looks good, but no doubt that if you got payware it would look noticably better. Depends on how much you're willing to spend I suppose.

wow the ground textures, i get them every now and then i think you should stick with FSX i really want to see what you can do with it