Microsoft Cancels "Flight"

[megatop412]

Come on, it's 2012...big hard drives are cheap 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.

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)

[Perriwen]

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)

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.

[Cary]

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.

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

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)

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.