[simpits-tech] A quick vid....

[Sean Galbraith]

If we're going to play the "how old is yours" game ;-)
My sim PC is an old, like second hand in 2007 old, P4 3Ghz, 2Gb RAM, and
a GTX460 video card.
The only "new" item is the video card, which is sitting in there in the
hopes that one day I'll upgrade to a newer (read Core 2 Duo...) PC.

All of this runs FS9 quite happily.

I have X-Plane 9 here, and really like it, but as all of my interfacing
knowledge is in MSFS I am not too keen to jump ship just yet.  I may
look at it for my (yet to be built) generic GA/Jet sim, so who knows.

I wish I could, err, "borrow" one of the P3D rendering boxes from
work... i7, 8Gb, SSD's and 590 video card... they make Prepar3d fly...
excuse the pun ;-)

SeanG

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Sent: Wednesday, 10 October 2012 2:19 p.m.
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Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] A quick vid....

Try X-Plane....I have 9.62 (not the latest, but still very good) on my
sim, which is on about a 6 year old Core 2 Duo with 2g RAM and a 9800GT
1gb (ok the video card is not too bad even today), and I get excellent
frame rates even with things like reflective water (which is GORGEOUS)
and "puffy" clouds....the only thing that really kills it is big cities
with the object density turned up. I got good feedback on the visuals
from FS9 users at Cockpit Fest.

What are the specs on your system? At some point I will build a beast
and run X-Plane 10 maxed out (I need at least 8 CPU cores somehow....).

Matt


---- Sean Galbraith <Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com> wrote: 
> Thanks :)
> 
> Some of the analog gauges work, Servo driven, ASI, N2 RPM, Fuel Qty, 
> Trim and Flap so far... more to come!
> The projector setup is simple, and close to the front of the sim so 
> the perceived FOV is pretty good.
> The sim is running FS9 (too cheap to buy a descent PC!)
> 
> SeanG
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