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Me either Todd, me either.

If it works better I'll be amazed. 

best,

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

John, I remember way back when 2004 came out and our systems were almost identical and we both shared the exact same issues.  You have gone on to upgrade, something I am waiting to do when Vista and DX10 come along.  I have read many of your posts seeking the exact same thing I have always desired,  a stutter free performance, which never seems to happen even with good frames.  I have settled on the fact that I wont achieve it with this version on my system, but FSX and a new system will offer hope for a resolution.   Heres wishing you and all the other members good luck with the new version!  Todd

Yup Todd,...... if anyone looks back a the early fs2004 stuff here on SimV they can see the documentation for the "search for the holy grail" that a lot of us were on...... and unfortunately never found.  

As to FSX... I don't plan to RUN it until I can create a killer gaming specific machine.  Might BUY the new sim  soon....just to see what it DOES do on this machine for comparison.  But this one won't run fs9 well,.... so I am pretty sure that FSX will only run with stuff turned way down.  

As I have said about fs2004... the only place the sim performance matters for me is on short final coming into a highly detailed airport with 100% AI travffic running and real world weather...... and getting stutter free fast framerates right THERE (consistent 25-30 fps).  I can care less about smooth 60 fps at 30,000 over the ocean running on autopilot.  I GET that kind of stuff.  It is meaningless.

It is about flyability combined with graphics for me.  Flying the plane is an awful lot about take offs and landings.

Just like fs2004.... if I go out and buy the program, what I am WANTING to buy is ALL that the marketing promotes.  If I have to turn off the new features... then why am I buying it?

My last "go around" with two machines and two video cards trying to get fs9 running tells me that I will have to wait, and that I will have to spend a BUNCH of bucks to get 100% of everything out of FSX.  And it does not make sense to buy an machine now.... with Vista and DX10 not yet released.  The software price for the sim is the LEAST of my worries  .

I figure I am at least a year down the road on being able to run FSX.  Sad.......... but likely.  

Good luck with your efforts too.     Sigh........... here we go again.


best,

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


PS:  Hagar,... I too have noticed the lack of definitive info coming out yet from those that have it.  So far, the few screenshots I have seen have shown me that it is likely  that people are turning stuff way, WAY down.

Alright, here we go, I've got autogen and scenery complexity set to "Dense", and there are still two more settings above that, and here are a couple of shots of what I was getting...

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Stop hijacking threads!  Especialy with oversized screen shots!

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This normally happens after a realease of a new sim
a flurry of posts when everybody says they got it and first impressions then it goes quiet for a week or two as they get down to seeing what they can or cant do then another flurry of post saying how it "sucks and they need to change"

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The grammar. It makes me want to gouge out my eyes. Use correct spelling please, as noted in the registration form.

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Lol! Glad I'm not the only one. I thought I was missing something with the plethora of screenshots on the forum...

Im tempted to load vista and see how it runs

Well, I did get FSX today but have not taken any screen shots yet, but the flight was interesting.

I loaded it on an MSI K8N-SLI with an AMD 4600 and a 7900 GTX OC.

With the res set at 16X9 the FPS between High, Medium High and Medium Low was nil (21FPS average for all) but going to Ultra High dropped me to 6 FPS. Screen resolution seemed to make no difference either.
(Was flying over Los Angeles at 3000ft alt.)

Once I get a power supply back in my signature computer I will try it again with screen shots.