* * OFFICIAL Flightsim thread * *

[n0elia]

* * OFFICIAL Flightsim thread * *

I hereby make my first post on the official flightsim thread

Links to patches, addons and other things, enjoy!

Flightsim links:

Freeware addons:
- www.fsnordic.net
- www.avsim.com
- www.sanalpilot.com
- www.projectopensky.com
- www.ifdg.net
- www.projectai.com
- www.flightsim.com
- www.fsimzone.com
- www.flightsim.no
- www.flightsimworld.com
- www.woai.com/
- www.meljet.com
- www.editvoicepack.com
- www.sg-flightware.de
- www.schiratti.com/dowson.html

Payware addons:
- www.precisionmanuals.com
- www.flight1.com
- www.fsquality.com
- www.aerosoft.com
- www.swedflight.com
- www.commerciallevel.com
- www.captainsim.com
- www.fiftynorth.com
- www.leveldsim.com
- www.phoenix-simulation.co.uk
- www.aeroworx.com
- www.eaglesoftdg1.com
- www.imaginesim.com
- www.flytampa.com
- www.simflyers.net
- www.sim-wings.de
- www.simmarket.com
- www.fsbuild.com
- www.fsnavigator.com
- www.hifisim.com
- www.fspassengers.net

Flight Yokes:
- http://www.aviationmegastore.com/?ac...info&art=73021
- http://www.chproducts.com/retail/y_fsyusb.html

CFG tweaks
- FS9 cfg tweaks
- FSX cfg tweaks

Patches:

- FS9 9.1
- FSX SP1
- FSX SP2

So What do you think about flightsims?
What addons do you use?

Let the discussion begin

[jcovelli]

i've been waiting for this thread..!

it's also good cause FS2004 and FSX are good "benchmark" games for notebooks

i'll wait to see what other ppl have to say..

i also run FS2004 for the same reason (and i have FSX and a new IFL90)

[Mrtudball]

Glad this thread got started. Just purchased a 1530 dell, and downloaded the demo for FSX. Want to get FSX but was not sure on how it would run on a 8600GT.

The demo seemed to run fairly smoothly with all settings set to High. Was not sure if this was because of the demo, or if FSX was not the resource hog it was rumored to be. Would love to get some input before buying FSX on the type of settings I could run with the XPS. On a side note, I just played a little bit on overclocking the 8600GT on 3dmark 06 and was able to get a 5400 with the core at 550 and the mem at 810.

[be77solo]

good post, you have some good links there.... been messing around with flight sim since the DOS days, still remember when flight sim 4 came out and i couldn't wait to get a copy, good stuff.... It's always been my benchmark for when to upgrade, and have spent a fair bit of cash to keep all the latest versions running properly... loved every minute though, even back when I upgraded from 1 MB to 2MB of VRAM or added a math CO-Processor to my 386DX cpu to get better frames per second... Currently have FSX running great on my Toshiba X205, love it! Great piece of software, tried all the others (Xplane, etc) over the years, but none other have ever overly impressed me.

[be77solo]

Glad this thread got started. Just purchased a 1530 dell, and downloaded the demo for FSX. Want to get FSX but was not sure on how it would run on a 8600GT.

The demo seemed to run fairly smoothly with all settings set to High. Was not sure if this was because of the demo, or if FSX was not the resource hog it was rumored to be. Would love to get some input before buying FSX on the type of settings I could run with the XPS. On a side note, I just played a little bit on overclocking the 8600GT on 3dmark 06 and was able to get a 5400 with the core at 550 and the mem at 810.

The final version actually runs a bit better than the demo, and the patches have only improved it, so if you are happy with the demo's performance, you should get very similar performance! Good stuff!

[n0elia]

I updated the links!

About FSX, the final version runs much better with SP1 installed as be77solo pointed out

[Mrtudball]

Thanks be, what type of input device would you recomend getting. I really do not want to use the keyboard for my flight controls.

[n0elia]

What about this one:?

http://www.chproducts.com/retail/y_fsyusb.html

[be77solo]

Hey, just curious n0elia, you ever fly for real? I've actually got a 1961 Piper Colt, bought it last year, having a blast with it! In the process of an interior upgrade, and looking at a possible engine swap, bumping up to an O-320 150hp, versus my stock 108hp.... anyway, sorry off topic! but, love flight sim! Wish the sim catagory was more active as in the past!

[jcovelli]

FSX does run fairly smooth on the 8600m gt.. but remember it's also a processor hog and SP1 is most advantageous if you have a dual core.

default FSX is pretty much way better than default FS2004, but with my addons , fs2004 looks even better than fsx and performs silky smooth. but i do miss some features of FSX.. maybe i will install both.

fsx alone also takes up 15gigs on hd !

FS2004 with A LOT of addons including GIGS of scenery takes up 8gigs on my HD


add fs2004.com to that list! .. good forum topics