Try this link..not sure if you've seen these before....
http://www.fs2004.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=7  

Yah, that was out on FS2004.com about 1-2 weeks ago.

I think that shot with the cruise boat is very impressive.  I have doubt that it will run that well on my system, but it looks very nice.  The scenery (including the boat) is just amazing.

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You're not the first to post links to the same screenshots on different websites, and i'm sure you won't even be close to being the last

Lovely!
Thanks for providing the link, Clip!

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LOL...

Think ive saw all of those except for perhaps 1

Nope, they're real. We know because we are hardcore simmers and we can smell fake shots from a mile away.

It's a ship

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Its a floaty thingy

These are GREAT!!! and will run beautifually on my new system (building in April)

7800GT SLi
AMD 4400 X2
2GB Coursair XMS DDR2
Some AM2 slot SLi x16 mobo.

Yes boys we are soon to have a new sim out, so lets go play with it

Cheers
Cameron

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Umm, you might want to rephrase that.....

Will this new FS run on my system (specs below)? I'll bet FSX was written for Vista, which I am reluctant to install considering I don't know all that much about XP Home...

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You're system will run it. I can't say if it will run it smoothly with FSX with settings maxed out. How well does your system do with FS9? If your system doesn't struggle at all, I wouldn't worry as much.

On the other hand, my system struggles with FS9, so I DO worry about FSX

These are some really detailed images of the next level of Flight Simulator.

But you know what ticks me off about it. FS10 doesn't look that much different than FS9. It has better land, sea and sky textures. That is about all I give it at this point. Whose to say that Microsoft didn't just high speed buff FS9 to make it look better and are trying to pass it off as FS10.

We saw reflection on the water and on wet surfaces. Granted that is new technology who is to say that couldn't be an addon for FS9.

Then you have better landscape textures. Whose to say they couldn't have released those textures for FS9 to make it look much better.

FS9 was clearly a giant leap over FS2002. Much better scenery and aircrafts. But if you take a good look at FS10 it doesn't look any better then FS9. It looks like they just improved the textures and that is about it.

Lets be real, a newer version of MFS means that M$ still sucks and if designers can create addons to make it look much better then what we 've been looking at. That means it will look ULTRA real. That would be the only selling point for me!

We will have to stay tune and see where this is going!

true that true that. I agree with FS9 being an upgrade of fs8 because of the clouds and water. But when the much better aircrafts started getting release that is when I made the switch! 

(Man I miss that annoying paperclip M$word in W98)

Don't forget, guys. We addon developers [especially those who fly] can and always will make better dynamics than the default aircraft of FS. In fact, we can make anything better for any version of FS no matter how hard M$ tried.

What FS9 doesn't support:

1. Shorelines that reflect land.
2. Bump Maps
3. Reflected sun glare

Now, if you can prove to me that there is an addon [payware or freeware] that can make FS9 do the three listed above, then I will not buy FSX. To me, the sun glare and bump texture on the aircraft surface [seen in FSX] is a sign that M$ is close to achieving LOMAC-level shadows. Maybe we will see self-shadowing in FS11 one day.

And don't forget the weather. Remember, the weather in FS9 has greatly improved over FS2k2's crappy weather effects. In my opinion, the lightning strikes are the only things that need a bit improving. They look too 2D in FS9 at certain angles and I have yet to see any addon [payware or freeware] that can fix that. However, they are still an improvement over FS2k2's pencil-drawing lightning strikes.

EDIT: So, since each version is better than the last with M$, what makes you think that FSX is no different if it hasen't even hit the shelves yet? In FS98, the 737 usually behaived as if it was landing on an aircraft carrier [always stopping too quick]. The dynamics of the 737 got better with the release of newer versions. Of course, the dynamics are not top of the line, but they are slowly getting better regardless. But still, as I said before, no matter how hard M$ tried, we addon developers will always do better.

Remember this saying: M$ provides the shell, we provide the goodies.

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Well, that too. But I never fly through fog anyways.

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Someone just doesn't see the big picture around here.

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But behold, he has a sense of humur.

You know, speaking of the screenshots, I went to the FS2004.com Forums during my lunch today. I was looking at the Gallary were the Moderators posted screenies of FSX. And below these screenies are comments from the forum members of that site.

I like the shots a lot. And I am still looking at the roads more often than the rest of the shots. Time to get out of the garage for fresh air.

Anyways, one of the members kept posting comments under each FSX screenie that would pee off even people like Waspiflab with comments like:

- "Oh that scenery is <censored> and I don't like that piece of <censored even more>"

or

- "FSX is <bleep> and I hate its <bleeping> and all its <too many bleeps - sounds like morse code>"

People these days.

A day later, this man's comments were quickly removed by the Mods for abviouse reasons.

Again, people these days. I bet people like him buy new versions of FS even after making comments like that. Or maybe he is the kind of guy who doesn't like civil sims that don't have explosions like CFS.

Hey guys look at the one with teh 747 in the rain, it has no front gear LOL

Yes it does, Its just got Ozzy at the controols

Cheers
Cameron