| Author |
Message |
tomthetank
Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 24, 2003
Posts: 3589
Location: Newport S/Wales
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
jarred_01
Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 29, 2005
Posts: 1037
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand (NZHN)
|
 Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:41 pm |
|
|
Thanks for the info TTT.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
99jolegg
Chief Captain
Joined: Jun 26, 2004
Posts: 5430
Location: UK
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tailhook
Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 12, 2005
Posts: 8472
Location: El Dorado
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:41 pm |
|
|
Thanks Tom, continue with your tireless research and keep feeding it to us until we get dizzy 
If this Thanks to the fact that the game will be released only on DVD (rather than the 4+ CD-ROM releases of the past), the developers were able to make everything up to 16 times more detailed this time around. and anything else in this article is true, http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/flight-simulator-x/679528p1.html ----how could I possibly not be a convert already? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
tomthetank
Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 24, 2003
Posts: 3589
Location: Newport S/Wales
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tailhook
Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 12, 2005
Posts: 8472
Location: El Dorado
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:34 pm |
|
|
It certainly sheds at least some light on Vista requirements. But how do you conclude that we need Vista in order to run FSX?  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
SteveT
Chief Captain
Joined: Feb 27, 2005
Posts: 1527
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:43 pm |
|
|
| Cool links TTT - Thanks |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
tomthetank
Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 24, 2003
Posts: 3589
Location: Newport S/Wales
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:59 pm |
|
|
Tailhook wrote:It certainly sheds at least some light on Vista requirements. But how do you conclude that we need Vista in order to run FSX?
From one of the videos 
"Flight Simulator X is the culmination of nearly 25 years of the landmark Flight Simulator franchise and the most significant addition to date. Flight Simulator X will be fully optimized for Windows Vista.
Not essential to have Vista, but how much will be lost by running it under XP? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tailhook
Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 12, 2005
Posts: 8472
Location: El Dorado
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:16 pm |
|
|
tomthetank wrote:Tailhook wrote:It certainly sheds at least some light on Vista requirements. But how do you conclude that we need Vista in order to run FSX?
From one of the videos
"Flight Simulator X is the culmination of nearly 25 years of the landmark Flight Simulator franchise and the most significant addition to date. Flight Simulator X will be fully optimized for Windows Vista.
Not essential to have Vista, but how much will be lost by running it under XP?
Thank you Sir, I'll check those out once my 55.2MB a/c download has finished. Dial-up  - been at it for hours. Looking forward to it, thanks |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
tomthetank
Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 24, 2003
Posts: 3589
Location: Newport S/Wales
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
SNIGGIW
Trainee
Joined: Jan 14, 2006
Posts: 2
Location: Epsom. Surrey. UK
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:09 pm |
|
|
I realise I am in a minority, currently v happy running FS9 with WIN 2000 PRO. I wonder if anyone has posed the obvious question with Windows/
FSX gurus? ie: will FSX support my OS?
WIGGINS |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Fire_Emblem_Master
Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 19, 2003
Posts: 2453
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:24 pm |
|
|
Ahh yes, another opportunity for Microshaft to monopolize the market with their "Optimizations." I guess it's a damn good thing I'm throwing 2200$ into a new PC in about 2 months.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
tomthetank
Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 24, 2003
Posts: 3589
Location: Newport S/Wales
|
| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:12 am |
|
|
At last,something from MS
http://fsinsider.com/
Though there is nothing new here yet,it may be worth sticking in your Favorites folder for later  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
RadarMan
Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003
Posts: 16812
Location: U.S.A
|
| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:21 am |
|
|
Interesting stuff, some nice tweaks.
They also mention this site in their community section.
http://fsinsider.com/community/
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tailhook
Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 12, 2005
Posts: 8472
Location: El Dorado
|
| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:39 am |
|
|
SNIGGIW wrote:I realise I am in a minority, currently v happy running FS9 with WIN 2000 PRO. I wonder if anyone has posed the obvious question with Windows/
FSX gurus? ie: will FSX support my OS?
WIGGINS
You'll have to upgrade your OS sooner rather than later anyway, to XP at least. If your hardware can handle a more recent OS you'll find that computing becomes easier all around.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
tomthetank
Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 24, 2003
Posts: 3589
Location: Newport S/Wales
|
| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:16 pm |
|
|
One thing worries me about the way this has all been presented,
FSX was included because they were showing what Vista can do
This was a Vista demo and not a FSX demo
Now we all know how hungry Win XP is on our PCs  but watching the Vista demo http://fsinsider.com/ and all its fancy see through windows and clever animations and video from the taskbar,there will be plenty of PC users out there with fairly new PCs that will struggle with Vista
The way I see it at the moment is forget about upgrading for FSX.Our next MAJOR upgrade will be to run Vista 
Are we talking duel core CPUs  ,one to run Vista the other to run FSX or anything else 
I know this is just me thinking aloud and based on nothing but a hunch
Anyway,those are my thoughts
Oh one last thing,I still think we watched a carefully staged video of FSX with him pretending to use an Xbox controller as the developer video shows the same thing
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/microsoftflightsimulatorx/media.html?sid=6141988&autoplay=6141988 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
99jolegg
Chief Captain
Joined: Jun 26, 2004
Posts: 5430
Location: UK
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
RadarMan
Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003
Posts: 16812
Location: U.S.A
|
| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:01 pm |
|
|
TTT your right on.
It's going to take a new system and I would wait until Vista comes out to buy the hardware, or better yet, wait for FSX and then the hardware will be better and hopefully cheaper.
Then load Vista and FSX.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Jamier
First Officer
Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 190
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:54 pm |
|
|
| agreed, im currently saving for a new pc and should have 2000+ (british pounds) about $3400 for a new pc by the time vista and FSX come out. im gonna build a nice super computer tht i hopefully wont have to upgrade for 3 or 4 years.aight |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
Register now! 
Search 
Login
Sounds like it is going to be cheaper to buy a whole new computer, especially if you haven't a clue what your doing 
