Well, I'm back again.  Like Brett said so well in the other thread almost exactly the same as this one...

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...which is exactly correct. 

There are many people out there running FSX extrememly well, because they've realised it is a brand new, high-end video game, and as with any other brand-new, high-end video game, it has one or two bugs (other than the aforementioned Airbus bug), and requires huge amounts of computing power to run fast and smooth.  I have recently bought a few other brand new games (BF2142, Dark Messiah, GTR2) and they all run exactly the same as FSX does on my computer.  Are you saying Microsoft should have waited at least a year, probably more like two or three years to release FSX, because that is undoubtedly when mid-range computers (at that time) will be able to run FSX smoothly?  I, as well as most of the rest of the people here would be very upset with that, becuase I've been enjoying FSX ever since it came out.

If you want my tweaks, like I already said, move your sliders down (to the left), becuase if your getting low frame rates, it's becuase your computer can't handle FSX on ultra-high settings.  That is all I had to do to get FSX running at 60+ FPS. 

Hopefully I've made my point clear enough with four posts saying the same thing, as well as everyone else's, so I hope this is my last post in this thread, probably not though...

Some of this is already the obvious, however I think the only fault on microsoft's side of things is their minimum system requirements printed on the box, which is really misleading.  Which can disappoint their customers if they don't know a whole lot about gaming performance. 

The other is their activation policy.  I noticed that on places like ebay and amazon that there are used copies for sale.  If you are only supposed to activate twice, then how do you sell the game if your not happy with it?  Of course theres always going throug hthe hassles and stuff. 

Just my two cents...

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I second that

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Point the first, I've no reason yet to get mad. I did not buy it and have no intention of forking money for it. This doesn't mean I'm not going to point out its shortcomings. I wish it was worth of being bought, but as it is FSX is configuring itself to be FS2000 V2.

As the "next gen" crack... read Joe_D's post. Never read a cleverer post about the matter at hand ever since the "FSX disaster" has been making itself known to those who have eyes to see.

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I have to ask... if you have not bought it or you have not run it how can you comment on it at all and why would you comment on something you have no experience running? At that point your comments are not from an educated or experienced point of view and instead are generated out of some type of hearsay and/or a dislike for the company in general.

I’m not trying to be a smart arse... everyone is entitled to their opinion however comments like Joe_D's (which have now been edited) are not very substantial. It provided a very general opinion which is obviously generated for impact. It contains absolutely no information or value.

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Moving on...

There was a lot of personal mud-slinging in this thread and that is where it needs to stop. If someone wishes to post an opinion, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that and if someone wishes to post a dissenting opinion, that’s OK too... which is where some really good and helpful information comes from, however this obvious personal mud-slinging generated and hidden behind the preface of someone being a Microsoft lover or hater is nothing but rubbish and it needs to stop.

I watched the same exact issues come out when FS9 was released... software bugs, driver bugs, scenery glitches, it was all the same. And one element that was especially the same was how demanding the software was on the hardware.

FSX is not something new in that respect. It is not Microsoft’s responsibility to write a software title that runs full boar on medium or low grade hardware. The opposite is true. They have a responsibility to maintain innovation with the cutting edge hardware, what is on the drawing board for next year and for years to come AND they have a responsibility to support customers which purchase their products. They are doing both.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with voicing an opinion. Where it goes wrong is when an adolescent (or an adult) who both need lessons in manors makes comments that are not informative or helpful and instead persists in low grade insults and/or insulting innuendo. The same is true with persistent complaining with absolutely no input other than a general overview the software is flawed and the doomsday attitude it is ‘finished’ and ‘destroyed’

These same attitudes pushed this forum out of the professional limelight with Microsoft and that is something that may not be recovered very easy if at all.

The software is flawed and needs patched, if you don’t like it, take it back and let the forums be free of insults with doomsday comments about the evil Microsoft Empire stealing your money. For god sake do us all a favor and take it back for a cheerful refund, it might just make your day, I know it would make mine.

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Only to those who expected the universe and instead got a solar system.

Flawed like any other newly released software.. it may need some TLC to get it up to speed what what it does not need is constant whining that says nothing and perpetuates gloom.

I can fly FSX on an x800xt AIW quite well. That's not because I have any special tweaks installed into FSX, its because I know my hardware limitations and do not exceed them or expect the software to run better if I do.

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AND FSgenesis has the 9.6m mesh!!!

Gotta love support