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My "Vista" computer expired and with it my FSX and Acceleration.

Due to some possible disk damage I may have to get a new set
of FSX disks so I'm exploring other options since I may not be able
to use what I have.

I looked at Prepar3D some time ago and it looked pretty pricey so
I didn't investigate further.

Now that I'm faced with having to replace FSX I'm trying to see if
some other options might more desirable.

I'd like to know your experience with Prepar3D.

Is it really a good deal ?

P3d is very hard on cpu and gpu.
there are alot of people with very high end setups that only get 20-30 fps.
if your pc can handle it, the added eye candy is nice but will not perform like a well tuned FSX setup will.
also the latest version of P3d (v2.5) has problems, best to wait for v3

If you still have your FSX authorization code, you can borrow (or buy one used) someone's disks to reinstall it.

Your activation code is the real key.

Or to put it another way: It is not tied into your disks like the old floppy disk "key/disk" was.

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Read on the forums what the guys say aboubt P3D.
The Academic version is the way to go.
It is, in my opinion, & from my experience, far smoother than FSX or FSX:SE.
I'm running it on a laptop (i5, 4GB Ram, Windows 64bit) & I've dumped my FSX for P3D!