Well, I think I'll just wait for the game.  It's only a short time away, and I don't see the possibility a a huge difference, so why bother.  Now if someone can tell me where I can ge the beta without having to sign up for membership in a site I'll neve use again, let's talk... 

Just tried it out.  Performance wise it seems pretty much the same as the last demo.  There doesnt seem to be as much blurries, though its still apparent.  Some graphics issue fixed... thats about it 

Oh theres a lear 45 to try out

Are we buying a new version of FS only for the wildlife? Or only for the traffic on the streets, perhaps?

Personally that's one of the first things I'll be disabling, and will not enable even when I'll be able to build up a rig capable of running all the graphics at their max.

This FSX is the Great Bluff of the flight simulation history. Instead of better what is really important to grant a more real-like simulation, they made the graphics nicer to the view, put cars in the streets and wildlife in the woodwork.

Will we be able to pilot a elephant, I can't help but ask? Or will I be be able to shoot a deer at the very least?

No?

Then why put it.

Aaah, they asked you to give a reason to common people to buy new hardware... I see, now.

If it wasn't that I MUST use it for work, I'll not be installing the Great Bluff of the FS history. And the new so-called "advanced graphics" will be the first thing I'll be disabling anyway.

Way to go, I'll have a sim that is all in all similar to FS9, with only marginal betterments, but on which none of the payware I bought for FS9 will work. Tell me please how lucky I am.

I just feel lucky that I won't have to pay for it.

Really.


PS
As I am part of a site of FS payware reviews, and a reviewer myself, FSX I'll need to work with, so my boss will be shipping me a free FSX deluxe package. But I'm really crying for the space on the HD I must sacrifice for it. 14 Gb lost for naught.

FS9 I won't be unistalling anytime soon, the last serious version of FS to this very moment.

ashaman,

How do you expect people to take your reviews seriously if you have this kind of attitude about the platform that those payware products will be designed to function within?  

In fact, with much of the new sim "disabled" in your setup as you say above...... your particular implementation of the product likely will be far different than many users..... who will likely be desiring to run the sim with settings as high as they possibly can muster.

Further, as a reviewer, one of the objectives that builds credibility in the audience is to start out as a very impartial user with the item being reviewed.  From your comments, you already seem to espouse a strong bias against FSX.... even though the final release package is not yet in your hands. (Or is it?)

If you form such opinions of one product (FSX) before even using it...... how do I know you don't do the same thing with another product?  This kind of action does not lend veracity to the credibility of your reviews of OTHER things.  How do I know that you do not have a stong pre-determined bias against a product you are reviewing?

Some stuff to think about.

best,

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

Well on a positive note I personally feel this new demo is a large improvement over the first. I'm running nearly all the sliders to the max except for ground traffic because I don't feel ground traffic is all that necessary in a FLIGHT simulator. So with all of those settings I'm getting anywhere from 15 to 20 FPS with the dips coming in over the heavily populated areas. My system specs are a Core Duo (1.83 Ghz clock speed) 2 gig RAM and ATI X1400 256 mb notebook video card. Now knowing that I'm getting that kind of performance on a rather high end notebook I'm sure the newer PCs coming out are going to run this like a dream. Unfortunately that gets expensive and I just got lucky to be going to college at the same time as FSX was on it's way  my other machine wouldn't even come close to running this at all. So guess it's time for most to start upgrading if you want the most out of the new sim otherwise you will probably just have to turn things down for the time being and even then it's still great in the eye candy department... at least to me as I'm still running FS2002. So now that I've completely lost track of where I was going because of the news coverage of storms coming my way in south western Michigan I'll stop rambling.

Justin

I must not be alone with my opinions then? Cheers, Gunny (I Like the Black ground and white sky idea, their is an invention nobody can complain about! well, maybe not)

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Because it's made by a company that wants to control our lives!!!!   Ps No swearing!
Vololiberista

I will do a partial upgrade to get better results from FS9 (fortunately I have XP pro otherwise I would have to .... a nightmare!!!!)  Then I'll wait until the European version of Vista (that version will not need to be registered for activation) is available and then for DX10. In my opinion FSX won't be worth the trouble until then!!
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