Microsoft Cancels "Flight"

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Originally Posted by Cary

Come on, it's 2012...big hard drives are cheap :tongue: If they compress the files more, I'd be worried about the extra processing time/power it takes to decompress them, and its effect on frame rates. At times, I can get over 100fps at 4000px+ wide resolution, spanning 3 monitors, on my aging cheap desktop -- so if that takes some extra hard drive space to accomplish that, I'm all for it :) Did you try Orbx scenery when you had FSX? It's truly awesome.

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More than 100? What kind of graphics card are you running in that thing? I'm using an Nvidia 8800GTS with an Intel 2.4Ghz Core Duo on a single monitor and don't get that high(then again I have the graphics sliders pretty much maxed)

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Originally Posted by megatop412

More than 100? What kind of graphics card are you running in that thing? I'm using an Nvidia 8800GTS with an Intel 2.4Ghz Core Duo on a single monitor and don't get that high(then again I have the graphics sliders pretty much maxed)

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There's part of your problem. The 8800GTS is a very meh card these days. Put some cash out for a new card, CPU, and PSU and the frame rates will skyrocket.

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Originally Posted by Perriwen

I actually do own their Avalon scenery. It looks really nice, but it ran like a slideshow on my older computer. Now on my newer one, I might give it another go.

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I haven't tried any of their Australian offerings. But their PNW region is awesome.

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Originally Posted by megatop412

More than 100? What kind of graphics card are you running in that thing? I'm using an Nvidia 8800GTS with an Intel 2.4Ghz Core Duo on a single monitor and don't get that high(then again I have the graphics sliders pretty much maxed)

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Just a 9600GT I picked up for $60. But FSX tends to rely on the processor more than it does the GPU. My computer (bought for $400 3 years ago) has an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 (2.5GHz, 4MB). I only get 100+ fps in the rural areas of Orbx scenery...I'm down to mid 30s if I fly into the dense towns, like Darrington. I have FSX running on its own hard drive and separate bare-bones Windows XP installation tweaked for performance, with no other software installed other than my FS-related stuff and what it needs to run.