Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Will it run on a T41p?

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agarza · #1 Post by **agarza** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:28 am

I may buy the Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe Edition, but I was wondering if with these specs I would be able to play the game with a decent resolution:

1GB PC2700 RAM
128MB FireGL T2
40GB 5400rpm

smek · #2 Post by **smek** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:05 pm

The MSFS X does a great job of scaling the hardware specs from really high end to low end systems. So you can go with lower settings and get a high resolution, although I didnt notice a need to increase resolution in these games compared to FPS ones.

JHEM · #3 Post by **JHEM** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:16 pm

benottomex wrote:I may buy the Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe Edition, but I was wondering if with these specs I would be able to play the game with a decent resolution:

It will blow your socks off on a T41P!

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Microsoft Flight Simulator X System Requirements:

* Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 / Vista
* PC with 1 GHz equivalent or higher processor
* 256 MB of system RAM for Windows XP SP2 / 512 MB Vista
* 14 GB available hard disk space
* DVD-ROM drive
* 32 MB DirectX 9 compatible video card required
* Sound card, speakers or headphones required for audio
* Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
* 56.6 Kbps or better modem for online play

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Use a mouse, not the Trackpoint!

James

christopher_wolf · #4 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:21 pm

It will run well on a T41p; but so will X-Plane.

dsigma6 · #5 Post by **dsigma6** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:48 pm

Is this the one in the commercial with the red bull plane? If so...I gotta say the graphics look circa 1995.

JHEM · #6 Post by **JHEM** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:58 pm

dsigma6 wrote:Is this the one in the commercial with the red bull plane? If so...I gotta say the graphics look circa 1995.

That's the one Dan and yes, the graphics aren't up to some of the stuff you'll see on an X-Box, but the aircraft detail is fantastic.

Try the demo: http://download.microsoft.com/download/ ... SXDemo.exe

James

smek · #7 Post by **smek** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:01 pm

Flight Simulator + DX10

http://www.totalflightsim.com/image.php ... or_x_1.jpg

http://www.totalflightsim.com/image.php ... or_x_2.jpg

dsigma6 · #8 Post by **dsigma6** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:15 pm

JHEM wrote:Try the demo

With my 16MB of VRAM?

As to the images posted by smek, I've seen the one in countless tech magazines, but I had no idea it had to do with a flight simulator..I just thought it was showing the capabilities of some graphics card.

smek · #9 Post by **smek** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:37 pm

I just think its amazing how it can scale such insane graphics to work with some of the lowest systems out there. And I keep looking at the bottom of that mountain screen and cant belive thats made by a computer as the water is so real, although I dont know if thats from in game screen.

agarza · #10 Post by **agarza** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:36 am

OK thank you then.

I'll report my impressions of the game after I've installed it

DIGITALgimpus · #11 Post by **DIGITALgimpus** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:37 pm

I tried the demo on my T43 (ATI x300) and was pretty disappointed. Had to scale graphics back quite a bit for decent framerate. Had much better experience with X-Plane.

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