SouthernFried

As the title states. I know its early, but what are everyone's guesses on the system and hardware it will take to run this upcoming game? I can only imagine that it is going to take a powerful rig to run this sim on the settings we are seeing in the recent video clips.

That makes sense. If I find myself hooked to this game for years to come, I will absolutely consider upgrading/rebuilding my components from AMD to Intel the next time around. Time will tell.

Things have been going real smooth. I'm running ultra-settings on literally everything and I'm not noticing any kind of performance issues at all. I had a major issue with flickering taxi/runway lines but I solved that with a Java-type code I found online in another forum. Fixed that instantly as well. I've probably got 8+ hours into the game at the moment. Been doing a lot of the tutorials and touch-and-go's with the Cessna in free flight mode. This game definitely has a learning curve to it. Takes a lot of patience for sure. I'm currently researching add-ons. Any "must haves" you guys can recommend? I'm specifically looking into AI traffic and graphical improvements. Not so much interested in adding other airports or aircraft as I see myself flying this Cessna for the foreseeable future until I am 100% confident with it.

You were correct! The default resolution was set in at way under 1920×1080. Switched it, restarted the game and instantly solved that problem. Night and day difference. Flew around getting a feel for things for an hour or so today. It has been so long since I have played a flight simulator. Now I'm over here confused as to why people say that AMD is a no-go for FSX. Maybe this just rings true about old AMD? My setup seems to run this game flawlessly. I didn't notice any hiccups in FPS, lag, etc. Granted, I haven't begin to introduce add-ons but I plan to keep that fairly limited. Thanks again guys.

Probably not what you were looking for but I figured I would post as our specs are very similar. I run AMD Ryzen 5 2600x and an RX 580 myself. I run a single monitor MSI Optix Mag24C and I love it. It's 1080p at 144 Hz.

Thanks for the reply guys. Longbreak, #2 definitely isn't the reason because I do recall seeing my RX580 detected and selected for FSX. #1 is very well possible. I will definitely check on that. I'll give an update in the next few days. Thanks again.

Thanks for the reply John. I won't have much time to dig into the game until later in the week, but I was able to download and install the Steam Edition with no problems. That being said, I started up a free flight just to take a look at it. Frankly, the graphics look quite poor. I even noticed the settings were set to ultra-high as well. Is this normal? I didn't have much time to mess with it considering I have a joystick on the way in the mail and am bogged down with work. Frame rate seemed perfectly fine, but it just looked.... blurry? I understand this is a game from 2006, but was expecting better image quality here. Is that achieved with add-ons or am I missing something here? There was an option to choose DX10 preview but it was automatically set at DX9. I didn't play around with the settings before asking here. Does that make a difference?

Hey there folks. Just wanted some feedback. I have been away from flight simulators for a LONG time. I come from the days of FS98, CFS1, and CFS2. I recently built a PC to play some older classic games (which this PC is overkill for) and am wondering if it has the power to handle FSX. I don't expect perfection, but I'm just looking for an overall enjoyable experience with the sim. Specs are as follows: CPU – AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6-Core 3.6 GHz Motherboard – MSI B450 Tomahawk ATX AM4 Memory – Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Storage – Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB SSD 2.5” Video Card – Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Pulse 8 GB Power Supply – Corsair CXM 550 W Bronze Operating System – Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit Monitor – MSI Optix MAG24C 23.6” 144 Hz If anything is lacking, where is my money best spent in upgrading? I appreciate any feedback!