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EHM-2467 Dale:
I run FSX on medium / medium high and I can usually get around 20 fps when online etc.

Now I also own FS2004 and my question is would it be beneficial to run FS2004 because I could probably run this on high/very high settings.  Is the graphical upgrade worth it or do I stick with FSX?

Cheers

Dale

EHM-2029 Sotiris:
Hello Dale,

essentially FS9 has two strong points.
1) You can get much better performance on it even in crowded airspaces with lots of multiplayer traffic and with very high settings. However, this is arguable on whether the better performance justifies the loss of some features of FSX. And it's an endless discussion everywhere...

2) Now this reason is much less controversial. You can GET more than 20 times more freeware stuff for FS9. Whether it's planes, airfields, sceneries, enhancements, soundpacks, clouds and so much more.
This is mainly (in my IVAO experience) what is holding people from switching.

FSX is growing in its offerings but they are typically payware and getting anywhere near the airport scenery coverage I currently have on FS9 would either make me a No.1 Pirate or poorer by 100's of €, $, £.

It's also a developers' fault as many of them are doggedly determined not to learn the new developing tools required by FSX to make their freeware sceneries etc.

So, if you're happy with what you have now and your only concern is performance, don't switch. If you're one of those ppl who want to have a half-descent scenery everywhere they fly to then look around on what's on offer (according to your favourite destinations) and switch over.

EHM-2467 Dale:
Talk about a conundrum!

EHM-1465 Dominic:
An interesting question for me because I'm a pure FS2004 user and although I've considered moving to FSX I haven't done it because of the mass of scenery and add-ons I have for the older platform. So it's interesting to see what others think ;)

Who else has been troubled by this decision..? :P

EHM-0654 Murray:
Well, I'm FSX only, and to be entirely honest I really wish I'd waited another few years yet. The add-ons community is only just starting to get into the swing of things with the new technology, and sure, it's going to be really exciting when they do all catch up to it, but it's been a lean few years to say the least...

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