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35 of 40 customers found the following review helpful:
 Unless you have a new state-of-the-art computer, forget it. , 2006-10-20
Microsoft has always boasted about Flight Simulator taxing the machines that are out there, but this time they have gone too far. I am running a Dell 3.6 Gig, with 3 Gig of memory, a 512 MB Nvidia card and I still have to turn down the settings to get "smooth play."
What I have is 3 times more than their recommended setup on even the lowest setting. Now some will say that it was built for the Windows Vista but that doesn't come out until November..........if they make that date!!! For Microsoft to put their "minimum" settings on the box to make everyone think that this will play well on most puters is an absolute insult!!!
And god help you if for some reason the game doesn't activate (you know like activating Windows? Oh yes they have created that for FSX) over the internet. Like me it didn't, and I literally spent 3 hours and 42 minutes on hold with tech support to get it activated and the customer service lady (from India no doubt) told me there were 62 people in line ahead of me. 62!!!!
Microsoft needs to get their act together and make some serious flight simmers happy and do it now!!!!
11 of 41 customers found the following review helpful:
 Disappointment with Amazon, 2006-10-20
Amazon led me to believe it was availible for shipment, only to get my money. I have been posponed now three times. I have 2 friends who have recieved there orderes as promised (by a different vendor). This is the last purchase from Amazon I will make. I don't expect to receive a refund.
25 of 26 customers found the following review helpful:
 One of the best flight sims on the market, 2006-10-19
Flight Simulator X is the newest edition and graphically the best of the flight simulators on the market. Many of the graphics has been improved since flight simulator 2004 like the ground textures. It really looks like the real world. You can even pinpoint many recognizable highways and roads from your own city. You can even see moving cars, moving gates at airports, and even moving baggage carts. The airports look much more realistic as they have real markings and even the airport tiles at the gates. Also mountain ranges look much better. Many of the mountains are sculpted to their acutal sizes and makes it very realistic. The graphics have more depth than in 2004 version and when the new Windows Vista 10 comes out, the graphics will look even more realistic than it is currently. There are also more planes in this game. Included are the usual Boeing and Cessnas, but there are also new jets like the airbus a321, and even a new glider, which is towed by another airplane. You can even go to websites to get more planes and decals for free like (Delta, Southwest) by googling the search flight simulator x downloads. Websites like simviation give you a lot of variety and can make it much more realistic. Another feature is the missions. Some of the mission include just getting from point a to point b. Others include landing a plane on a moving bus, or rescuing people in the middle of the ocean. This new mode adds a lot more depth and you even earn rewards for completing them.
Many of the features from Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 is back. Like the Learning Center. The Learning Center has everything you need to know about in aviation. Including some articles about weather, the planes, and many other features in flight simulator. It is a very comprehensive source of information and can replace buying the strategy guide. Also understanding how to fly IFR like the real pilots is very useful to know just for even gamers.
The only complaint is that you need a very powerful computer to run the game on max textures. The system requirements on the package is the BARE MINIMUM to play the game and at the lowest textures. It makes it disappointing to play the game on shaky framerates. However, many of the new items added to this game won't stop flight simmers from buying this game. All in all a great game and well worth the purchase.
17 of 20 customers found the following review helpful:
 Microsoft did it again!, 2006-10-19
Awsome game. The graphics are unbelieveable. Sounds like people are haveing troubles running it on systems compariable to mine so I don't know what thats all about. I'm running a P4 3.6Ghz HT, 2 GB of ram, 128MB Graphics, and 250GB hard drive. I'm also luckey enough to be one of Microsoft Vista beta testers so I am running it on Vista RC2 which may be the difference. I hope to have my Intel Core 2 Duo system up and running soon so we'll see how much better it runs on that. As I am a licensed pilot myself I have always been impressed with the realism. They still haven't made IFR flying perfect. If your looking for a sim to practice your IFR approches then check out X-Plane.
115 of 140 customers found the following review helpful:
Great Looking but slow framerates, 2006-10-19
This is the 3rd Flight Simulator I have owned. First one I bought in the 80s when it was fairly new. The second one I bought was Flight Simulator 2000. I bought that after trying it at Oshkosh Airshow 1999. That game runs great on my Pentium 4 3.2gigahertz Hyper threading, 1.5 gig of memory, 128 meg ATI video card. This game, which I was excited to get as I usually upgrade every 5 years or so, was a source hog! The game runs nice over areas of no populations or tree areas but go to a large city as New York or Paris and you get framerates low enough to be annoying (4-6 fps) but fly 20,000 with no clouds and it runs fine. Now I know that in a few years I'll upgrade my computer and it should run fine but this game should be able to run decently on my system. Only the most EXTREME ($5,000+ computers can handle most situations of this game). If you lower the resolution and lower the complexity it will run better but the water looks bad unless its shimmering in the sun. Maybe after Vista comes out it will run better. LET'S HOPE!
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