Why do you use previous versions of MS (prior to FSX)

**mith** · 06-13-2012, 09:43 AM

I have two of Corenado's planes. The banana (bonanza V tail) and his Skymaster. I love them both, though recently I've been flying the Skymaster.

When i started this thread, I suspected two results. One, people fly previous versions for computer hardware issues, and two... for those who have spent tons of money on add-ons. Both of which are perfectly understandable.

I'm kind of fortunate in that, I am single (nobody will let me kiss them) and can pretty much get any computer I want (I never buy the BEST... just good computers). So flying FSX is not an issue with me, though like I said in another post... landing in LAX with full eye candy (which I never do) really drops my fps (around 20) which is not acceptable to me.

As long as everyone's happy with what they have... awesome. I also have "flight"... but that's pretty much a dead issue with me. I don't care for the "Death by a thousand cuts" philosophy.

**ricardo_NY1** · 06-13-2012, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by mith

One, people fly previous versions for computer hardware issues, and two... for those who have spent tons of money on add-ons. Both of which are perfectly understandable.

Computer hardware issues being the reason to use FS2004 should be considered a blessing, because $2-3K later on a machine for FSX and you're still going to have hardware issues one way or the other. FSX will always be a compromise until someone starts making 7ghz processors, and that is just not going to happen any decade soon.

2004 is a personal choice......I call it "I can finally enjoy the simulator and not play into the hardware/tinkering game" that comes with every release, and FSX just does not deliver that much more for me to throw a grand into a CPU that doesn't even meet the requirements........not even OC'd.

Anyone wanting to see how good FS9 can be, just buy the Flightzone stuff, Portland/Rhode Island. You would think OrbX had a hand in it.

**clutchcargo** · 06-13-2012, 10:34 AM

Just for kicks, I have every version of Flight Simulator in stalled on my PCs- v1 thru FSX. Sorry, no "MS Flighty" on my machine! Win7 for the latest, dual-boot into XP for older versions and emulators for the oldest. Sort of fun to compare, guess I just wanted to see if I could do it. I did try to run both, keep both FS9 and FSX up to date but found out that takes up more time than imagined. FS9 will always hold a special place in my simming heart but I fully appreciate the "under the hood" advancements that FSX has to offer.

Nice thing is my FSX addon investment will move with me once I migrate over to P3D once they emulate multi-core, multi-GPU, DX11. So I see I have years of good simming ahead.

Clutch

**jpc55** · 06-13-2012, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by mith

As long as everyone's happy with what they have... awesome. I also have "flight"... but that's pretty much a dead issue with me. I don't care for the "Death by a thousand cuts" philosophy.

This has to be the best discription of Flight that I have read so far, I have to give you an Oscar nomination for that one!

**mith** · 06-13-2012, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by jpc55

this has to be the best discription of flight that i have read so far, i have to give you an oscar nomination for that one!

lol

**Jim Robinson** · 06-13-2012, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by ricardo_NY1

Anyone wanting to see how good FS9 can be, just buy the Flightzone stuff, Portland/Rhode Island. You would think OrbX had a hand in it.

Oddly enough, those 2 addons were the first two that came to mind when I said this earlier, lol:

Originally Posted by Jim Robinson

I've got some awesome stuff for FS9 that either isn't available for FSX or isn't something I like well enough to re-purchase for FSX, so there's plenty of reasons to keep FS9 around for a while yet.

Incidentally, 9Dragons Kai Tak was another, Clutch

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I do have to defend FSX somewhat with regard to the endless tweaking though, frankly I did a lot more tweaking, optomizing, etc. trying to get FS9 to run well on the aforementioned Athlon XP machine, than I have with FSX running on this new machine. I had some issues getting anti-ailiasing working with my vid card, but that was a matter of finding the right settings with Nvidia Inspector. I had a few CTDs that were solved with Pete Dowson's FSUIPC fix, other than that it's been pretty painless.

Jim

**Goatman24** · 06-13-2012, 08:45 PM

I hope this is not directed at me... I meant absolutely NO offence to anyone using previous versions...

Mith, no the comments weren't directed at you and no offense taken. I guess I'm just suprised at all the energy people put into saying why they think their sim is best.

Mitch

**LuckyBlundy** · 06-14-2012, 03:23 AM

I have a new computer that will run FSX and I got FSX and the Constellation software combined for $20. I tried it out but it's just different enough that I don't want to spend a lot of time learning it. Someday I'll sit down and check out in it but when I want to really enjoy flying, instead of fooling around with the program I'll stick with 2009.

**mith** · 06-14-2012, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by Goatman24

Mith, no the comments weren't directed at you and no offense taken. I guess I'm just suprised at all the energy people put into saying why they think their sim is best.

Mitch

Whew... glad to hear that

**lanepulcini** · 06-14-2012, 04:22 PM

I'll weigh in on this issue in a couple days. I've been running FSX for over 7 months now (started flying with FSX), spending countless hours of time and money trying to get AT LEAST 20 FPS with just REX and GEX and a couple payware planes and like a lot of you guys, flying into large airports is a slide show to say the least. After reading this post and seeing a few photos of what can be made of 2009, I think I'm ready to dip into the bank account and see what I can do with 2009. I'm interested to see if the performance difference really is that much greater.

BTW im running a i7 2.2 with 8 GB of Ram and a 2 GB Video Card. I know it's not the best, but all im asking for is 20 FPS!