FSX/FS9 compare

[Scudrunner]

I don't know if I was complaining or not. I like to think that I wasn't. I was just trying to show that with my system, I can not get as good results with FSX as I do with FS9. With my system there is no comparison. FSX won't hold a candle to FS9. I will just put FSX back in the closet until sometime in the future when I get a new system. I was dumb enough to believe that I could get results like those shown on the box with the system requirements show on the box. Nobodys fault but my own. I will not be dumb enough to go out and spent 2 or 3 thousand dollars on a super gaming computer just to run a $69 program. Flight simulator is one of the least important programs on my system.

I have installed some addons for FS9 and am very happy with it.

I have done most of the tweeks talked about here for FSX with minimal results. I even turned off that resource hog, McAfee, and could only get about 1 more FPS. I have come to the conclusion that to get the max out of FSX, I will need to get a super gaming computer and the only program I can install on it is FSX. Oh well, maybe I will win the lottery.

Thanks for all your comments, both good and bad.

[flymo]

im sorry scud runner but you seriosuly can not expect the two to run the same thats just stupid.

[NicksFXHouse]

I don't know if I was complaining or not. I like to think that I wasn't. I was just trying to show that with my system, I can not get as good results with FSX as I do with FS9. With my system there is no comparison. FSX won't hold a candle to FS9. I will just put FSX back in the closet until sometime in the future when I get a new system. I was dumb enough to believe that I could get results like those shown on the box with the system requirements show on the box. Nobodys fault but my own. I will not be dumb enough to go out and spent 2 or 3 thousand dollars on a super gaming computer just to run a $69 program. Flight simulator is one of the least important programs on my system.

I have installed some addons for FS9 and am very happy with it.

I have done most of the tweeks talked about here for FSX with minimal results. I even turned off that resource hog, McAfee, and could only get about 1 more FPS. I have come to the conclusion that to get the max out of FSX, I will need to get a super gaming computer and the only program I can install on it is FSX. Oh well, maybe I will win the lottery.

Thanks for all your comments, both good and bad.

Thanks for clarifying your post. It did appear you may have been comparing the two without consideration for the hardware and by the responses after I think many thought the same.

I very much agree that there is nothing wrong with FS9 and with the right add-ons and settings it has and will continue to have quite a bit to offer while FSX grows out of infancy and the price of hardware drops.

And so there is no misunderstanding, my shots were not taken on a super rig. They were taken a while ago on a 2 year old motherboard with a 6 month old dual core and 2 gigs of memory and although the video card is a 7900 series, that rig suffers the same stutters and other issues everyone else does although probably not as bad.


The 3000 dollar 'type' tower will be built as the right hardware becomes available although it will not cost that much to build because I would not buy a pre-built rig where they gouge the customer for 1000 bucks or more.

[Steve_Butka]

As usual, with the FS9/FSX argument people fail t realize that you need a pwoerful system just to run it at a level of minimal enjoyment.  I do believe that Microsoft made that pretty clear, maybe up to 6 months before they even released the program.

I've gone back to FS9 myself not because I'm upset with FSX (I get excellent performance), but because I invested so much money in that sim and had a ton of great freeware and payware add-ons that I just wanted to play around with some more.

But, I am sure you all have seen some of the FSX screens that our Hotshots post here and they've proven tha the game is just fine, and just happens to be hella powerful.

If your PC isn't up to the standard, don't buy FSX-- it's that easy.  It's not like the requirements for it were ever a big secret.

[krigl]

FSX is a gem and FS9 is just a rock

john

I beg leave to disagree