Classic British Flight Sim

DaveB wrote:Agree, and you won't need a pc capable of running the EU

That made me LOL as people were saying that about FSX when it first came out! How the times have changed!

An average pc these days will run FSX ok.. I know because that's what I run. As soon as P3Dv2 popped up, users were dashing at some speed to upgrade their graphics card to something with 4gig on board as a minimum. How many average Joes have a 4gig card? I run FSX on a 1.2gig Gtx560ti.. a castoff from a P3D user as it happens

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DaveB

You got me beat....I'm still running a 1Gb GTX460!

Are you running P3D on that Larry?

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DaveB

No, just FSX/SE along with all the developer programs (which can get pretty resource heavy especially when you have several open at the same time). I do run TS2016, Assetta Corsa, ARMA 2 and 3 and a bunch of other games on it though.

AH.. ok. I have a 1gig 460 up in the loft with a knackered fan which ran my Win7 rig before P3Dv2 came out forcing the 560Ti user (Ben) to move up to a 4gig card. I then retired the 460 I DO have another 560Ti on my WinXP rig which I keep going to beta FS9 scenery for a well known payware fellow

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DaveB

Many thanks for all your very interesting replies, they provide plenty of food for thought.I'm obviously starting to consider my options when I come to replacing my trusty old,but still functioning, old pc.
Based on a number of factors,I would probably go for FSX but if I did so,I would still hang on to FS9 until such time that I was happy with it,particularly when it comes to installing some my existing favourite Classic British aircraft in FSX.
I suppose one incentive to move on would be the opportunity to install some different scenery and airports.
In terms of hardware the impression that I get is that a reasonable spec would suffice but I might sound out some opinions from around here.
A change would involve something of a learning curve anyway because it would probably involve Windows 10.
Once again thanks for the advice. EricT