Microsoft Flight Simulator X (DVD)

After buying FSX I upgraded my system to 2 gigs of RAM and replaced my 128 meg video card with a 256 meg card. The program works quite well now. I also recommend the CH Products Flight Sim Yoke. Forget about trying to fly with a mouse & keyboard. That would be a study in fustration.

You people who complain about how poorly the product preforms need to upgrade or else you will never be happy with it. FSX is for high end computers ONLY.

FSX is brilliant, the best yet but you do need a fast PC to run it properly myDual Core 4.2Ghz procesor with 3 Gb RAM handles it very well. Some really nice touches like opening doors and hatches. I feel hundreds of flying hours coming up ;-)

very nice on my puter but my buddy has problems (to low end) ,, we are "real life commercial pilots" and the sims are for nite instrument practice ..I run a Dell xps 650 with 3.6 ghs , nvidia 6800gtx, 2 g ram , 350 gig sata hard drive ,,24 in viewsonic ,, very good sim ..lorencej

I love Flight simulator x and i am only 13 years old it is the best reality simulator i've ever seen , even tough graphics arnt that good but i am very happy with it.

Kid, I'm 13 as well and FSX has AMAZING graphics if you have a good graphics card, Direct X 10 (Vista Only), and Windows Vista. I have played FSX like that before, but i don't own that kind of computer, so if you want good graphics on FSX buy a good computer.

Flight Simulator X is a good game. It looks like its real! I love it very much!

Hey guys, i'm 18, and im going off to university to be educated within the pilot studies filed, with strong views to head off to flight school after. FSX is the most sophisticated, and advanced simulator ever to be invented by Microsoft within this particular field, however, the graphics card on my laptop, (directx9.0) is not powerful enough to run the game to it's optimum capacity. Therefore, I advise that people using FS2004, should continue using that game, until you upgrade your graphics cards. Im no expert on computers, but usually, most laptops do not allow you to update the graphics card, only the memory. However, when people are able to use FSX to a high capacity, the network of people from all over the world, bringin new users, to actual pilots will be so wide, that the ability to fly within real life situations will be imense. Happy flying!!

It's for sure a power hog, but with some tweaking of display scenery, traffic, and weather seems to work better. I have a dual 3gig Xeon with 1gig ram and a 256meg pci-e video card, sata2 drives with more then 200gigs free. The whole visual experience is better with this version. Some visual effects, especially at dusk when flying towards the sun at 20,000 +, are amazing. The flying characteristics are the same as 2004. The only improvements that were made are in scenery and visual effects.

I purchased the Deluxe version of Microsoft FSX. I have a Dell 8400 SP2 windows XP, with a 3.2 processor, 2GB's of RAM, 512MB super graphics video card, a 21 inch flat screen monitor capable of settings up to 1680 x 1050 x 32. I have over 3 times the basic requirements of the new FSX and I'm very disapointed with the results. The frame rates are terrible and I can't even begin to run it on the settings that it should be able to run at. I think Microsoft owes it to it's customers to fix these problems.

I have a bag of mixed feelings about FSX. It runs fine at times and them lags a bit some other times. Visuals are great, VC cockpits looks much realistic compared to default planes from the previous version, well 2004 had no VC to begin with. Land-class and texture resolution are improved for the most part for well know places. Water effects and looks are nice.

Sadly MS missed improving AI and ATC and there is something odd with the sounds too. But I don't know of anyone not running any kind of traffic enhancements so that is no biggie. Sure I wish they had done more but they didn't, I like looking around when flying to new and old familiar places so the improvements I see are good for me. I do fly with a VA so ATC and AI behavior improvements are a sure miss, but at least multiplayer is way easier now that it used to be.

When it comes down to flaws, I will say only that ATC will be what I would be more disappointed on.

I guess it works ok on my pc but I need a better video card for it to work well.

ya i got the game its sweet i like muliti player but the airplans arnt so good but if u get my traffic it will be better so ya

On FSX i find that when i put the graphics and scenery up to ultra high it works all though it stutters even though we have a really high-spec computer

I made the mistake of buying the Deluxe version, as I've been a fan of Flightsim for many years. We all fell in love with 2004, with it's friendly frame rates, and even with an AMD 3000+ processor, and an Nvidia FX 6600GT card, with 1 Gb. of ram, FSX was a flop. At one stage I got frame rates of 0.5 !! The "scenery" around London was abominable, with cardboard cutouts of the buildings. We all agree to scrap it, and returned to FS9 with a sigh of relief. It reminded me of the awful FS2000, which promised so much, but was too far ahed of the computers at that time. I feel Microsoft has let us down very badly, by not warning of the minimum specs to drive this thing. Luckily for me, Play.com gave me a full refund, so I'll wait to see what happens in the future.

HI Fans,

I have heard that Flight Simulator does not have that good of graphics at some times and also which Windoes Vista works with Flight Simulatoe X Deluxe?

David Becker

The graphics are without a doubt very realistic as are the handling characteristics of the aircraft, my only concern is frame rates. I have arguably a very powerful computer with six times the amount of memory required to run the programme and the very best graphics card on the market also with masses of memory. As soon as you start to increase the level of detail the programme becomes sluggish and impossible to control. It is great having all the AI and realism but what is the use if you can't use it? I have decided to go back to FS version 9. I guess the guys at Microsoft must test the programme on a CRAY computer because nothing I do will get the programme to run smoothly on my computer. Dissapointed!!!

Flight Sim X is disappointing. I paid $70.00 for the deluxe edition only to find it runs like crap. The frame rates are horrible , and don't even think of putting all the settings on ultra high.. you'll get around 2fps. at best. The graphics aren't anything like they show on the TV. There is a slight improvement, but of course theres money to be made when the ground enhancement programs come out later. Microsoft says in order to have a decent running sim, you have to "trade off" ground graphics vs clouds, or what have you. I shouldn't have to "trade off" any of the settings to get it to run properly. I put good money down on this and find the graphics and sky in 2004 Century of Flight is better. One guy said on one of the forums that he even had installed a 3.2 GZ processor in the hopes the sim would run better.. He said it didn't make anymore difference in the frame rate than his previously installed 2.4 G processor. So whats up? Was Microsoft in such a rush to get it on the market that they couldn't pay attention to the details like frame rates ? They also said Windows Vista will make the flight sim more enjoyable. That may be true, but although I've gotten a new pc for an early Xmas present, a lot of people cant afford a new machine in the hopes that the sim would run better. Anyway,, thats my 2 cents worth. Once i finally install my new pc. ( my husband wont let me open it until Dec. 25th .. lol.. ), i may reinstall FSX or i might go ahead and put FS2004 in. And yes, the other person who stated that you need a supercomputer from NASA to run it is right.. I think thats the only computer that can run the game the way its supposed to be. Personally with the bad frame rates with the graphics set so they look decent, its not worth the money. Stick to the earlier versions of Flight Simulator.

I also am very disappointed with FSX. The frame rates are too low and very jerky. My CH Flight Sim Yoke also is very jerky and hard to control any aircraft. My computer is very top of the line with plenty of memory and a Intel P4 Duel Core processor.It is not a computer lacking in memory or speed. The FSX is the problem. Mayber it will run smoother with the new Win operating system. Right now I am happy with and only use FS9.

Tony Magazzi USA

The graphics in Flight Sim-X are very good. On the bad side , I have had more problems with this edition of FS than all the other editions. Flights will end for no reason "Fail to read from file". Whatever you do, do not trash your FS 2004.