The 'fligth' program isn't going to replace any sim,I'll list advantages and disadvantages:

Advantages:
Free download for the island of hawaii
Slightly better graphics.
Easier to run then FSX.
That's all.

Disadvantages:
You need to pay about 25-30 bucks for ANY scenery,wich is only mediocre quality.
You can't fly into other countries,you've got ot stay with one at a time.
No jetliners.
No 3d party software.
No AI traffic(cars and planes etc)
They WON'T make the entire world.
It has bad flight dynamics.
The aircraft look fake.
Stupid 'challenges'(flying trough hoops)

Should I name any more?

Now,what would you pick: One island that's a bit more realistic with only 2 mediocre aircraft for free but you need to pay lots for the rest of the world,wich you can't fly to OR a relatively cheap sim with realistic flying,traffic,freeware and payware of amazing quality,technically unlimited aircraft that has the entire world for you to fly into.

Flight or FSX?I would prefer FSX.

I have FSX Gold / Acceleration edition,, I like it better, many of the Aircraft Graphics display better, scenery in some most place is really good. Also, I use FS Scene and Traffic X which really enhanced most areas I fly too and easy on Frame rates. Also a lot , some, most of 2004 / FS9 Aircraft will work in FSX Gold,, tho you might have to tinker with prop textures on prop aircraft, and some aircraft sounds you may need to swap from a FSX Aircraft depending on how their tied to whatever 2004 aircraft. FSX has a lot of enhanced features and other things. Also EBay can be a good place to find FSX Gold sometimes,, or ya can try here as well -----} http://www.microcenter.com/

just looked at the requierments for the gold edition I noticed its vista and xp compatible so does that mean its not w7 compatible? I'm sure it will run ok. I thought I saw gold edition at pilot shop that says w7 compatible (I could be wrong)

heres my specs
hd 1 tb; processor; i7 2600 3.4 ghz
graphics card; nvida  geforce gtx 560
ram; 8gb

bombardier

Yes, it works on Windows 7 just fine.

Once I get pretty high I get over 20 FPS, which is perfect. At smaller airports I get good FPS too. 

I agree.
I used to run on low scenery density but at high FPS,it was smooth but it looked bad,now I Run on realy high scenery settings and I run on about 10-20 FPS withouth ENB bloom and with ENB I run 9-15,it looks better now even tough I get bad FPS.

bombardier wrote on Jun 30^th, 2012 at 7:13pm:

According to the compatibility site fsx gold edition is the only version that is W7 64 bit ready.
For W7 32 bit the standard edition of fsx will work fine.
Ans you can run it in compatibility mode on W7 64 bit if you want to.

bombardier wrote on Jul 8^th, 2012 at 6:50am:


I generally find that the Drivers that came on the CD supplied with the Card are generally the most suitable/reliable.

You can do a search for the latest drivers on the n-Vidia Web Site, but make sure you install the correct drivers for your particular Operating System, etc....!

If the Sim runs OK...I generally leave things alone!... ...!

Paul... ...!

what did I do wrong some one who went through installing fsx gold edition let me know.

I thought this  was made for w7 it asks for compatibility xp. I thought just installed in w7 under x86 files and up and flying no not now.hey just installed  the gold edition but under xp mode; as it was installing  2 little boxes pop up one says auto play did not know anything about this so I closed it the other says dvd check and I clicked on that other than that it installed ok I have activated the fsx gold and it did ok also. went to play theres no sound and something about changeing to w7 basic colors for the game and then try to play it says not responding. then I changed to compatibility mode wxp sp3 did not take gold ediditon swiched to xp sp2 have not try flying yet. the acceleration I did after the gold editiion is installed like the directions says  now whats wrong with it is I cannot activate the acceleration section. the opening scene of the gold edition  pops  but also the activation reminder for the accerelation so I'm stuck. what gets me there  NO sound thats stupid new game and no sound thats like selling  a fsx game disk that is blank.

and the product key has been registered and it can only be used once; I just lost money on this  it should have installed under w7 without any trouble and without asking bunch of stupid questions like auto play and a dvd check should not  to do that if  it was installing under w7 and the w7 basic colors should not have to ask that also. I thinki this game is full of bugs now if I want another one I need to buy again. the company  will not exchange it for a new one

bombardier

I have screwed up my FSX/Accel more than a few times and had to reinstall and reregister each time.  I've never had a problem with product key registration each time, which is probably a half-dozen or so times over the last couple of years.

Have you tried MS customer service/support to assist with your key difficulty?

Thats just fine, bombardier.
If you should fall down from the skies, just make a call.   

If you're not an administrator, see this
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-acc...

About installing, well, thats why i suggest all downloads being saved, so you can read the read me files.

The aircraft goes into c-program files x86- microsoft games-simobjects-airplane.
Open effects folder copy all and paste into effects, do the same with gauges.
Be carefull with scenery and textures, there you really can mess things up.
Good luck

You need to say "yes" if you want admin rights, and you'll get a new admin login at start up. If you installed your OS, you should be admin, but if you unchecked admin rights under installation, you're not. Therefor you need to get the rights.
Understand me?

Note. If you run compability modes, check the run as admin!