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The fact that it's a vista game really stinks since vista isn't even out yet, or even close to being "ready" to ship (once it ships, I'm confident it still won't be ready for shipping).

I am (was) a fan of the MSFS series. I do have to say that FS9 runs and looks loads better than FSX. It's truly disappointing. I can not get anything over 20FPS no matter what settings I do. I have cut off the special effects, the water effects and turned off the scenery (so no buildings and no trees). If I turn anything else off (or further down from default than it is), then there is no point. I've also done some of the various 'tweaks' already found on the web. It's a shame I cannot return this game to the store. I really do not feel that it is worth the money I spent on it.
My hardware specs are not as good as the one above, but for as intensive as F.E.A.R. is, I can max that game out and be at or above 30fps. It is a 3.0GHz P4 HT, 1GB PC3200, and an Nvidia 6800Ultra 256MB.

hey,

i see fs x runs well. i was a little too ambitious and set everything on high or ultra high @ 1280x1024x32 on my 6800 ultra... well i only got something like 5 frames/sec. secondly, they get you to disable those features on vista only if you are running in windowed mode. they do this because aero glass is very gpu-heavy because of all the 3d and transparency effects. if you run fs x w/ aero glass, you will defineitely have a performance slowdown because your graphics card is rendering your aero-glass gui as well as fs x. they give you the option of auto-disabling it when running fs x though in the properties tag on the fsx.exe file.

That review pretty much sums it up, well funny too....

Count me as those who are in the uninstalling category. I have had all previous Microsoft flight simulators and really enjoyed them. I have a pretty powerful computer so I was really eager to see all of the new functions. Right, all I get are system crashes and slow, very slow frame rates.

Learn from my "deluxe" mistake of $70 Don't waste your money on this product!

Honestly...FSX works brilliantly for me...best bucks I've ever spent on a game...I guess you need a computer that can handle the graphics to really enjoy it...This is the only blog on the internet that dishes it...I say FSX is the best...I have the comp that that handle it and i'm not complaining...and if your mad because you spend all this cash on it...news flash! Bring it back...until then keep complaining on how bad you THINK it is...and as for me i get to go enjoy all the benefits on having a computer that works!!!

AMD 3700+ ATI X800XL 512MB OCZ 1GB DDR400 RAM works at above 30fps with all settings medium high its great!

It runs better oon Vista than in XP, maybe that's why spome of you are finding it too slow. Yes it's very gpu and cpu intensive but better that you can get it to play better as new hardware comes along than be stuck with a game that has nothing much to offer until their next release. I can't wait to upgrade to see it in maximum settings, until then the missions appear to be smoother to play than the freeflight ones, maybe due to their locations who knows.
Best sim from Msoft so far.

Yeah, unfortunately I'm using Vista Ultimate and not a happy camper with it.

Had FSX on it, but too slow, miss the panning outside the cockpit, half my planes wouldn't work, and so on.

Loaded my old FS9 and seems to work but weird thing happens. The planes all go dark skinned for some reason.

I have a screen shot on my site www.tomax7.com/thoughts/flightsim9.htm

Initally when picking a plane it is normal, bright/white skinned and then when I click on "FLY NOW" the screen flickers and then comes back to this same screen but the plane is darker. Any plane, including the built in ones.

I'm using an Acer 1.8 duo, with 2GB of Ram, so it isn't a slouch. Intel 946GZ video 384 RAM.

I had the same screen flicker prob. Interim fix is totally disable your 2nd display, it worked for me with just one display, but clearly not what I had in mind :) I logged a bug with Micro$loth and they actually came through after several painful weeks of fighting through layers of outsourced tech support.

The hotfix was just released:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933590
and seems to work. At least, I can run with 2 monitors. Sadly the cursor is now black instead of white, which means it's invisible unless inside a sub-window on the 2nd display.

Best SFX is the best yet.
I running it on a pc with AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core 5000+, 2 gig ram, Nvdia 7900GS video card with 256MB.
I am able to run FSX with all sliders set to Ultra High. I'm getting excelent frame rates around 30 fps.
My PC is dual booted XP Pro and Vista Premium. I get better performance running FSX on Vista.

Although your review is based on frustration and not giving the game a chance, I must admit I agree with you, and you gave me a good laugh :)
There should be a huge, red sign on the box of this game;
WARNING! If you are not interested in hours of work and tweaking to make this look good, please find another game!

And you might add; Add-ons are highly recommended, and when you start to find it interesting and nice, the price has double-doubled.

FSX is NOT a game for newb, thats for sure.

Even Im an experienced FS-enthusiast, this game has given me lots of frustration and overclocking my head.

This review is spot on imho. I've got a Quad core extreme, 4Gb ram, GF8800 Ultra, a pair of Raid0 raptors (running Vista). After getting lots of pink and green spodges, crashes, and general crap, i managed to get the game running (only in free flight, the missions all crash my system). With settings on their highest i don't get a playable frame rate. When settings are put down to the lowest, I still don't get a playable frame rate. The difference between the Highest and lowest graphics is slightly lost on me. They both look crap.

Another bug bear is that it doesn't let you choose the partition it installs itself to. Mildy aggrivating. Without a doubt the best feature of this game by far is the un-install option......

If this game was sold with a price tag of £0.00, you would still feel ripped off.

Its so sad you had to go through all the hell, I've had both FSX and Vista since they came out,obviously when something like this comes out you gotta go through some teething issues,fortunately I did have one only.Since then it's bliss...show me anything that can match FSX...,we shall take it from there. Remember these two programs have standards when it comes to machines you operate them on, to get the best out of them...you need the best machines the market can offer....stick to cheaper simulators if you cant afford the best.FSX rocks!