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'Microsoft Flight Simulator X (PC)'. (EAN 0882224258326)

From award winning game developer ACES comes Flight Simulator X.The latest installment will include the usual genre leading realismthat continues to awe real pilots and will serve as the graphicalbenchmark for games on Windows Vista. Additionally Fl

I have just baught the game off amazon and would like to help the future buyers know what they are getting. you may have viewed the video (on this page of flight simulator x) and be amazed by the quality of the sim. dont be fooled by other peoples reviews on here saying "we dont all have a super computer like bill gates" and letting you down thinking you cant run it. i have installed it on both of my pc's.
1st pc has 2.8ghz intel duel core, 1gb ram, 300gb hdd, and a 512mb graphics card. i can run the game on ultra high settings with no glitches or pauses working with no problems this is full on graphics, detail, scenery, weather etc. my other pc is intel 2.6ghz, 1gb ram, 256mb graphics card and 2x80gb hdd. on the 2nd pc i can run the sim on medium high settings (which is about 3/4's of the full settings on graphics, detail, scenery, weather etc) and runs with no glitches or pauses... i cant say i have tryed the settings higher yet but it may handel a little more. the system spec's on the game case say; at least windows xp or vista, 1ghz or higher, 15gb hdd, 32mb graphics card... i am sure with the lowest spec's even with lowest graphic settings the game will pause and have glitches... very demanding on graphics, BUT if you have any pc with (in my mind) atleast 1.8ghz, windows xp, 256/512mb ram, 64/128mb graphics card you will see a good view from the game. if you have the spec or higher than my 1st pc then definatly buy this... you wont be dissapointed. i hope i have helped people with any questions about this, and be warned... you WILL NEED A DVD ROM!!! wont work with a normal cd-rom. have fun. edd

I assembled a PC last year for over £1000 and it still is not enough for this game (Pentium D 3GHz, 2Gb 533MHZ RAM, ATI X1900XTX 512MB DDR3)

It takes ages to load and once it does, pauses every 5 seconds for about 10 seconds in freeflight mode.

FS2004 was much better.

Don't buy this unless you have a super computer. Complete waste of £££££

This simulation is very demanding on your PC - make no bones about it. I installed it on my old rig (AMD 64 4000+, 2GB, 256MB 7800GTX) and it chugged, but it was just about playable on low to mid settings (configuration settings are all important to get the best performance). I've since built a new PC (Quad core QX6600 OC to 2.67GHz, 8800GTX 768MB, 2GB, RaptorX etc.) and it runs pretty smoothly on almost max settings (@ 1280x1024 - the max my current TFT panel supports, so I can't comment on higher resolutions) and load times are much reduced.

Don't think of it as a 'game' - it's going for realism over f.p.s., and don't try and run it on max settings and silly resolutions on a PC which isn't state of the art ...you'll be bitterly disappointed (see other reviews). However, if you like proper flight simulation, and you're prepared to invest in the proper kit to run it, it can be very rewarding. I'm really glad Microsoft invested so much time and effort in making this, although they should have been up-front about the 'real-world' minimum spec.

FYI - There's a service pack due in May 07, which should address some performance issues (optimised for multi-core etc.)

Bought this game and playing on machine with the following specs:

Mobile AMD Sempron
Processor 2800+
1.6 GHz
512 MB RAM
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M 128MB
Windows XP.

Unfortuantely I have to play with most features turned to MINIMAL. If I try and increase the Scenery (even to a lowish setting), in particular, there is a dramatic drop in performance; graphics and sound becomes choppy.

While the game is still playable, i have to play with the graphics/scenery etc.. at lower settings than FS2004.

This game has potentially, but you really need a high spec machine to get good performance.

I'm going to install some more memory to try and up the performance.

If you have FS2004, I would not buy this unless [i] you have a high spec machine or [ii] you plan to upgrade you hardware.

After all the hype I must say I am very dissapointed in this game.
There is no real change in the graphics,buildings still pop up in front of you and many of the UKs major citys are devoid of any content.
The real mapping only occurs if you are not in virtual cockpit mode and press and hold down number pad 5.
I only hope that a photo reallistic add on pack becomes available, like the VFR ones for flight sim 2004.
The game also takes around 1 hour to install,with many getting an error message right at the end so no go, there is however a fix patch now available on Microsofts web site.
The game also requires a very powerful PC to run.
Overall I would say give this a miss and pick up the 2004 version with a worldwide VFR add on pack.