Anybody remember when Doom III(3) came out? Most people also had a hard time to play it, mainly because some sort of genious decided to run it all on live dynamic lights.

this FSX thingie kinda reminds me back to those days.

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Of course!

How's this for a perspective on things?

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I was not even aware that there was a new flightsim coming out until  september.
The first thing that was clear to me was that I wasn't going to get much out of FSX until I got myself Vista and DX10. I got this impression from microsoft's own web pages.
This wasn't any great surprise as to how this could be true, seeing as developers in most any industry have prototypes and modified models of current technology long (quite often 4 or 5 years in fact for things like cars and computers) before they accually admit to them, and designing sofware around such items is only a given.
  This chant that DX10, and vista didn't exsist  to the point  for which software could be developed for them simply just isn't true.  If it was, you wouldn't see FSX for another couple years from today.
  The other thing that struck me, was that most of what was new to this sim (which I do own, and run) are items that seemed to be  common themes, or rather complaint, on these very boards a few years back. 
Thing's such as improvements to the appearance of trees, water effects, airport operations or lack there of, inclusion of traffic on roads, etc, etc, are the very things I remember people clambering to improve in older sims, and are in fact what is indeed slowing my system down. Fair trade in my book. Now I don't have to download and install all this stuff, and all these 3rd party guys can work on new and different add-ons for us.
So, what I'm getting from the boards now, is that, microsoft, having finally delivered on the desires of the majority, is a money grubbing institution that doesn't listen to us...... ??? interesting. Seems like we got much of what we were asking for accually.
Many people seem to have suddenly lost thier memories of days gone by when we had to download all this stuff from the internet and add it in ourselves, Ussually slowing down our sims in the process, and have instead deticated that brain power to the  search for all new Microsoft inflicted injustices.  Real or imagined.
  Go figure.

  Ahhhh. Nice to see some things never change.

And I like the skiing comparison.. or RC plane comparison (or any hobby)...  Simming isn't really all that expensive and when you break it down.. it's pretty cheap. Even if your upgrades and new builds average out to $1200 per year.. that's $100 per month (or about $3.50 per day)..  AND on top of that.. simming is just one thing you can do with that hardware.. You have to have the computer regardless.. so that $3.50/day is really even a lot less than that...

Hi Guys,
Jst got around to joining the forums,
Bout the Whole FSX debate, i to had my own Misgivings bout the whole Deal, being a Sim Vet at this stage for the guts of 15years i had eagerly awaited the arrival of FSX, Why just 9 months Previous to its Realese i went out and Spent some Hard end cash on a new Machine
Windows XP/sp2
AMD Athlon 64 3500+/2.2ghz
GeForce TurboCache 256mb
Hard Drive 150 GB/x2
3.00 GB RAM
The Quickest Puppy i ever had!!
Was Quiet the Happy Camper Tippin away on My New Machine With 2004 installed & running really Quick 45fps that kinda Range
Then the Big day arrived,  i held back on the(booking FSX online Deal) and just wait'd on the retail stores to  Get it, which was'nt long Really, Well out i went & got myself the DeLuxe Version!! Well F**k me did i have a Shock when i went to install FSX(some of ye might know whats about to Happen Here) The DVD would'nt Read!! Iwas just at my wits end when it Dawn'd on me that the Muppetts i had bought my Spanking Brand new PC off had forgot to inform me that My DVD Drive was not Dual Compatible, Anyhoo Had to Go get a new DVD Drive More Hard Earned Cash, so Back home i toodle(My Poor Girlfriend havin to put up with Me Biting and Kicking all around) Install FSX, WOHOO IT INSTALLS!!!
Then something else Happens that Makes me want to Go Microsoft Themselfs and Rip apart what ever Brain Matter put this Heap Together, GETTING ONLY 5fps WITH MEDIUM TO LOW SETTING, after a while i calmed Down and turned to ye Guys, The Great Simming community!! and to my Graet Relief i'm not the only one with this issue, GET TO THE POINT you Say, Long story Short, Got More RAM, had 1gb now Have 3gb, edited some of the FSX cfg. Autogen etc. etc. Got Rid of Nortons Virus Software Deep registry Files Eat Your CPU on all Fronts, installed NOD32 ANTIVIRUS Genius Program Highly Recommend it, and now i'm Getting 14-26fps with medium setting and high Traffic in the Air and on the Ground!! Very Happy Now, just waiting on Vista and DX10 Then all should Quiet in my Home, So my Girlfriend Hopes!!!
Hope this was'nt too long winded, and somebody got some nugget of info out of it!!
Jay.

I find it amazing when my $1350 USD computer (including screen, windows, mouse / keyboard)  runs fsX amazingly. You don't need a $5000 rig to enjoy it.

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I have a DX10 video of Crysis running on SLI'd Geforce 8800GTX's, looks sooooo goood!

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I have AMD 3500+, 2gb RAM, X850XT and I got 45-70fps in that scenario? Oh, that's with drivers maxed out too.

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Careful Nick....