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09-01-2010 | 06:38 PM

slipped

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MSFS X vs Xplane

Hi just wondering what u guys thought as I'll be purchasing one of the two in the next few days. I'll be running it on a samsung i5 w 4gigs of ddr3 and I think it's a 1gig dedicated graphics card(?) with 500 gig hard drive I could be wrong about the graphics card. I know u need a pretty fast machine and I have read x plane runs better on slower machines. Also I have read plane has better scenery modeling and a better physics model. I'll be mostly using this to stay sharp on instrument approaches by flying stars approaches And departures. But it would be nice to fly around in a sr71 sipping java in my living room. :-)
Thanks in qdvanxe

09-01-2010 | 06:55 PM

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I always prefered flying real plane. I never could do well with a desktop model.

09-01-2010 | 07:31 PM

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xplane. Much better program. also check out xplane.org. good support there from the end users.

09-01-2010 | 07:41 PM

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I used MSFS X. It's good for the intent, just going through the procedures and checklists, but it's about worthless as far as realism and aircraft feel.

09-01-2010 | 08:45 PM

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MSFS for the eye candy, X-Plane for the flight dynamics.

09-01-2010 | 09:36 PM

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I think I just might get both

system update: my graphics card is an nvidia gt330 with a gig of ddr3
if I get both only my hard drive will suffer right? After all im not running them both at the same time, and i have 500gigs of hard drive.

09-01-2010 | 10:23 PM

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I have played both MSFS and x-plane. The good thing about X-plane that there are a plethora of free downloads that actually works. I am a mac head so I really didn't have a choice...

Home of the X-Plane Flightsim Community - New Server for downloads.

09-02-2010 | 07:34 AM

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I gotta check out this X-Plane software. Seems like its the bomb!

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09-02-2010 | 09:15 AM

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I always prefered flying real plane. I never could do well with a desktop model.

Too bad your next assignment is UAV's

. I already called DA and the branch manager for you.

Cheers!

09-02-2010 | 03:02 PM

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Too bad your next assignment is UAV's

. I already called DA and the branch manager for you.

Cheers!

Thanks, but I doubt they will get around to reasigning me as they never really did anything for me in the past. I think my file fell behind someones desk about 15 years ago.