Curious... FSX Demo vs FSX

[Barbara Ellen]

Hi Gang,

I have been procrastinating buying FSX. I wasn't too certain my machine would be able to handle the full program, so I downloaded/installed FSX Demo. I am curious, does the overall performance change from FSX Demo to FSX?

The FSX Demo is performing fairly decent on my machine with most of the sliders at 3/4, and ATC running. I don't want to get into a debate on FS9 vs FSX, but I would like to know if any of you have experienced a drop in overall performance between the Demo, and the Full install?

Actually, the FSX Demo is pretty clean with my machine, but I am experiencing a slight jerky screen performance(FPS). Let me also say that my install of FS9 is a really smooth running install, but is very basic, only FSGenesis US textures installed. I like to fly the US, and Africa, maybe some Alaskan areas too.

I will be waiting your responses, and this will determine whether I purchase FSX, or not.

HUGS... Barb

[Admin]

Barb-
My FSX system is an off the rack eMachine Athlon 64 3400+ ($500) I added 1 Gb RAM to bring it to 2 Gb total (Essential for avoiding stutters in FSX) and added an nVidia 7600GS/256Mb PCI-e video card. I did not try the demo since I was on the beta team but I will say that I have a decent flying experience with fairly high settings as long as I stay away from BIG airports. I have my frames locked at 20 and get 20 most of the time. This is without many of the tweaks that have been published so far.

[ScruffyDuck]

Not sure I saw any real difference

[Barbara Ellen]

*giggles*..... Well, I am certainly not in the market for a new machine no matter what the manufacturers think. My rig is a 2.4Ghz PIV; 1Gb DDRam; ATI 9200 256Mb PCI video card, DirectX 9.0c compatable; and I am running two monitors, one on the ATI card, and the other on the hardwired Intel 82845 card. The Demo program is actually awesome even when I get things trimmed down to make it run smoother (18fps, if you can rely on the FPS Indicator), but then I am not really picky.

From what I have seen though, I think I will save my coins, and purchase FSX. I think they could have given you a bit more time with the demo, but no biggy, I saw what I need to, and I will advanced to the next version. Sounds like great fun, and maybe I will actually be able to create something usable in FSX for more than just myself, and friends.

HUGS...... Barb

[Admin]

You should be able to enjoy FSX on that rig Barb. The only shortcoming I can see is the RAM. FSX really runs smoothly with 2 Gb.