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Old 09-22-2008, 06:25 AM   #10 (permalink)
Cubdriver
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My experience with X-Plane is that is a superior desktop flight sim, but it is more fussy in terms of computer adjusments, computer hardware, and sim settings. It's like a fast car in that you have to know how to use the turbocharger and the gearbox. With some experimentation you can get X-Plane to really go fast. The main issues I have experienced with X-Plane are having a good enough graphics card to crunch the data fast enough, having a decently quick chipset, getting all the adjustments right in terms of scenery generation, visibility, and realism so the computer is not overloaded, and using the best aircraft models available. With all the tweaks I can regularly get 60fps which is amazing.
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