Tiger Pilot Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 I'm trying to set up a basic flight simulator so I can practice IFR procedures at home. Before I start loading and experimenting with various s/w packages that are supposed to work I thought I'd ask the experts. I have an older computer which is basically whipped. It consists of: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.40 GHZ 3.50 RAM 32 Bit x64 based processor NVIDIA GeForce 6150LE video processor Your suggestions are much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zswobbie1 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Hi Henry, Welcome to simming & to the forums! Providing you use FS2004, it should be OK, give it a try. It will work for the older sims, NOT FSX or higher. Regards, Robin Robin Cape Town, South Africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Hi, It's better than mine and I'm doing well running FSX! Check my signature!;) Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Pilot Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 Thanks Robin, I failed to add that I've got Windows 8.1 on the computer. Your thoughts? H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longbreak754 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 As Robin has pointed out your rig will struggle to run the more modern offerings such as P3D and X-Plane. But as Charlie (AKA Mr Zippy) has pointed out you can run FSX on a low powered rig.... All too often you get responses that you must have a high powered rig to run FSX. Yes, FSX is a CPU intensive program but, with some testing of settings, it is easy to get a reasonable and enjoyable performance on low powered rigs. For piece of mind you can buy the Steam version of FSX (called FSX-SE) and give it a try - Steam offer a refund system but it is very rigid so make sure that you read up on the refund policy before buying. Regards Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zswobbie1 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 No problem with Windows 8.1. I ran my Sim for many years on that. You just might have to install the Sim into the C:/ drive instead of its default install spot. If you will be using FS3004, there is a 9.1 update, and a nocd patch. By the way, what will be your preferred aircraft to do your IFR stuff, and where? Regards, Robin Robin Cape Town, South Africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 FS3004???? New Sim coming, Robin? Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zswobbie1 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Charlie, Yup, you heard it first! My splash screen. (That's what happens when posting from a mobile phone!) Robin Cape Town, South Africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Pilot Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 My wife and I have a Grumman Tiger. I have a Garmin 430 non-wass and a MAC1700 VOR for IFR work. (the Garmin allowed me to remove a MK-12D with ILS, ADF and DME.) Of course the audio panel has marker beacons though their used less and less. I also fly with an iPad with IFLYGPS loaded. I'm not sure but I think the Flight Sim will force me into a Cessna. I'll use the 172 as my Tiger isn't equipped with a variable pitch prop. I don't know if I can sim a Garmin 430 but I've got the Garmin 430 trainer on the same computer so the training aspect is all good for that. This will allow me to sort of keep up on VOR approaches and maybe even an ADF (goin' old school - though they're still in Canada a lot and I'm told in S. America.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Pilot Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 Oh, and I'm in mid-Michigan. KRNP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAULCRAIG Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 There is a Grumman American AA-5B Tiger here in the library by Tim Conrad, this one for FSX/SP2 aa-5bx.zip and this one for FS2004 aa-5b.zip, to find them in the library just copy the "zip (In Red)" file names into "File name" box on the "Search Files" page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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