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Aug 2^nd, 2004 at 2:12pm

waterbomb Offline
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just wanted to know whats it like? ive only got CFS1 and i really want something far more complex, with better graphics etc etc...also is the scenery 3D? or is it like CFS1 where all the land is completyly flat except a few landmarks?and are the graphics good?and is the whole world mapped?

thanks for taking the time to help!

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Reply #1 - Aug 2^nd, 2004 at 3:22pm

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I for one think that FS2004 is great. Mind you you will nead a moderate system to get a descent view. If you just meet the min. system requirements than you might want to think about an upgarde where you can.
I use a pent 3 runs just under a gig a 60 gig hard drive
a fx5200 128 meg ddr ram AGP video card and 640 meg ram I get descent frame rates in the low to mid 20's then it slows down a bit when I max out the weather in a detailed airplane at a detailed airport I still get in the high teens not to bad.
The stornger the system the better it gets. But overall I think the realism is great as well as the 3d views.Be prepared to do a full install as FS runs better when it does not have to read the scenery off the cd. A 3d card is just about a must have one with 64 meg will work
but if you can afford it get at least 128 meg. 8)
Check out the official web site of FS2004 and look at some of the screen shots. Look in the home page of this site and you will find all kind of screen shots they are really awesome

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Reply #2 - Aug 2^nd, 2004 at 3:36pm

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You will be really impressed. But like Gary says you'll need a strong machine to really enjoy it.

Have fun!

Jim

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Reply #3 - Aug 2^nd, 2004 at 3:42pm

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FS9 ROCKS 8)

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Reply #4 - Aug 2^nd, 2004 at 4:14pm

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Waterbomb,

Hi and welcome to SimV.

Go to the two "screenshots" forums and have a look for yourself. Sometimes the images look like photos.

However... and it is a BIG "however"......... also go back in the fs2004 forum to the pages that are back near the beginning of the Forum and check out the information there that we all found out ( the hard way) about what type of machine and video card it took to get decent results with this sim.

There is a LOT of info back there to become aware of.

Then also look for some of the same topic headers in the more current sections of this forum.

The short of it.......... it takes a really good machine to get the really stunning visuals. It also usually takes a lot of "tweaking" to get it to work well. And puzzingly....... some people with higher end machines get worse performance than those with more moderate machines. (Go figure Wink

.) So good hardware is NOT a absolute guarantee of really good performance. But weak hardware IS pretty much a guarantee of poor performance.

If your machine is marginal....... go for fs2002 as a test to see if you like civilian sims. You can likely find it cheap.... so no great investment in case you don't like it. It is complicated enough ... and with add ons... it can be pretty much as complicated as you want it to be. The visuals are good.... but not as spectacular as fs2004. And the terrain is not all "flat" Wink

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Hope these thoughts help.

best,

......................john

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Reply #5 - Aug 2^nd, 2004 at 4:18pm

waterbomb Offline
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cheers everyone!

my cpu is as follows:
athlon 2400+
512 RAM
RADEON 9500 (128MB card)

is that ok?

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Reply #6 - Aug 2^nd, 2004 at 4:38pm

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That really should be fine. I run it with few problems on a P4 1.7 & 512 Ram & ATI 9600Pro card. IUf you have a min FR of 10 you really are fine & your spec should achieve that no prob.

RAM: A LOT of problems with framerates are caused by programs running in the background of your PC - & most of us have a fair few of them - just hit Ctrl/Alt/Del to see how many & what memory resources they can be using at different times.
A Good resource for info on these: http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/

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