FSX Demo - Coming soon!!!

[EHM-1798 Conrad]

http://www.gamespot.com/promos/2006/flightsimulatorx-demo/index.html?tag=flightsimx_csbox_home

[EHM-1638 Nichlas]

oh man i cant wait... still 2 days

wasnt it made for DirectX 10 and Vista ? Wonder how it will do on my PC...

[EHM-1821 Javier]

WOOHOO!!! now i can show my parents that it is worth the money;D$$$;D

[EHM-1612 Paolo]

3 october......that is going to be remembered as a fantastic day!!! Does anybody knows if FSX works only for Windows Vista???
Paolo Mazzoleni EHM-1612

[EHM-1798 Conrad]

No - it will work on XP too.....if they just released it for Vista it would be suiside, because vista hasnt even been released as final yet and isnt likely till next year.

[EHM-0654 Murray]

It'll be "optimised" for Vista/DX10, but as Conrad points out, Vista may not be out for another year at this point (late summer 2007 seems possible to me), so a Vista only release would be suicide ()

There's a lot of discussion in Intarwebland as to whether they'll ship both versions on "one disk" or offer an upgrade to the Vista version at a later date - I'm hoping for the one disk option.

Pre-orderers: Where are UK folks pre-ordering from? Looking for cheapest, rather than first to ship. My current machine has troubles with FS2004, so a day or two won't upset me overly.

And also: Differences between FSX Standard and FSX Deluxe - Deluxe has the new "Shared Skies" tower, additional aircraft, and an SDK included.

[EHM-1612 Paolo]

One day or two ........after I can get mad too....
But I have to say that I love my FS 2004.....I sepnt on it 500+ hours and I learnt many and many things....I hope nobody will forget it......

[EHM-1821 Javier]

do i need to register to download it?

[EHM-1638 Nichlas]

yes i think so, you need to be logged in.

Only 15 hours to go....

[EHM-1821 Javier]

d**n, i cant register as i dont have a credit card:@ now i cant get that demo:'(

[EHM-1638 Nichlas]

just sign-up for their free account.

https://secure.gamespot.com/rps/signup/free.php?xsiteid=6

if link doesnt work, go to "Join gamespot" at the top of www.gamespot.com and select the free account (on the right side of screen written in gray)

hope it works

[EHM-1343 Jonathan]

Thanks Nichlas, this should be fun!

[EHM-0654 Murray]

If anyone actually manages to get it in the first hour or two, don't forget to seed it as a torrent (and leave a link in the forum)

I know MS get upset by people sharing via torrent (expect a "Cease and desist" letter stylings) but it'll lighten gamespot's load just a little...

[EHM-1798 Conrad]

im going to be up late tonight doing gb event stuff and euroharmony stuff so ill be around for the download - will seed it at some point

[EHM-1821 Javier]

Thanks for that, Nichlas;D

[EHM-0654 Murray]

Well, I've got a paid-for Gamespot account, and as such the benefit of the high-speed download servers, so I may well be in a position to seed it too...

It was for all them others that I was thinking...

[EHM-1328 Willem]

FSX   Release date:
3 October......  North America  -  Europe   October.

And what about the selling price, and Microsoft hasn’t giving any clue about system requirements.

System requirements read this  Flightsim.com

Be aware its marketing trick to get subscribers on Gamespot:
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Whow to download demos aagghhhh..*$#~*…

Any FS user is part off the marketing strategies off Microsoft, a promotion movie shows only the best things off  FSX and says nothing over the system requirements.

So conclusion think before you buy, or better wait till nov/dec and watch the preview/experience from first time buyers
(But those first time buyers are mostly users off high performance systems who can spend a lot off money.)

For my own system it’s upgrading on 15 aug. to
Asus P5HW DH de Luxe with Intel Core-2 Duo E6700 and 2Gb-ddr2-6400/1000 Ram and
ATI X1800 Silent video with 256Mb ddr3. (It’s a compromise).
Also a silent CPU cooler and silent PSU 550W
I’m also think  to buy 2 new harddrives  200GB/10000rpm  in Raid configuration its 50% faster drive access.
But I wait to end 2006 begin 2007 to buy FSX.

Game Over? Core 2 Duo Knocks Out Athlon 64

Regards Willem, EHM1328

[EHM-0654 Murray]

Originally posted by Willem de Graaf
And what about the selling price...

Well, here in the UK the RRP (recommended retail price) for the two versions are:-

Standard - 49.99UKP
Deluxe - 59.99UKP

I'll hold my tongue for now with regard the rest of your post. Suffice to say, I've been following certain reviewers with regards FSX, and those reviewers that have seen Beta 2 (which I am pretty sure is what will be released tonight) say it is a whole lot smoother than Beta 1 (as seen at Comdex et. al.), and that's on current hardware under XP. Me, I shall see once it downloads to home tomorrow.

[EHM-1152 Thomas]

Ok I have just started downloading it.  Looks like it could take a while though.  A transfer rate of around 5kb/sec so it should take 35-40 hours!  Thats a long wait.  Hope it's worth it!

[EHM-1703 Philip]

LOL Tom, well I have come in to work late (due to having no internet at my new home yet) to set my laptop downloading. As a paid up member I am getting 80k a second so should have it a bit quicker. There will be hundreds of torrents files by tomorrow morning so I wouldnt worry about having to wait 40 hours for it!

[EHM-1152 Thomas]

The download rate has gone up now anyway so it should be 8 hours though i am sure it will go down again.  I had never thought of torrents, nice idea!

[EHM-1798 Conrad]

Feck sake, 10kbps....had 133bits per seconds earlier time was in the thousands at that point

[EHM-1821 Javier]

Mine's loading at a range from 5.8kbps to 6.2kbps, 30  hours...

Murray: after seeding it(i dont know whats that), will i be able to download it faster?

[EHM-1821 Javier]

When downloading, mine suddenly cuts out at 10% and the "installer" is there (on my C-drive) but i cant open it. anyone with this problem?

[EHM-0654 Murray]

Javier,

"Seeding" refers to BitTorrent. If you don't already use it, grab a BT client (Azureus or BitComet, the only two I'd use) and then search the net for a torrent of the demo.

Like I said above, expect to see a torrent link from me when it finishes here (getting 116Kbps as a paid member...) if you can't be bothered with the rate capped download rate.