Best Flight Simulator for Win 7

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       #11

    I have Flight Simulator X Deluxe Edition and it's the best Simulator I've used.

    I'm using it on this computer listed with all of the settings at high without any complaints.

    Windows 7 Professional (64bit) / Dell Optiplex 360 (08/04/2011) / Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Wolfdale (3M Cache, 2.93 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB, LGA 775 Socket) / DDR2 Memory 4.0 GB, 800 MHz FSB / ATI Radeon HD 4550 PCIE Graphics Card.
    Monitor is an old HP 2010i.
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  2. Posts : 177
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       #12

    Thanks for that, will have a look, I'm just getting used to recent build:
    Win 7 Pro (64 bit)
    AMD FX-8350 Eight Core Black AM3+ 16MB
    Gigabyte GeForce GT 1030 (2GB0
    etc
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       #13

    Anyone know of any good links to user manual pdf downloads can be had without creating an account to download them.

    I've recently got back into Flight Simulator X and seem to have forgotten quite a few things about the GPS settings etc.

    I've noticed Dovetail Games and Steam appear to be in control of Flight Simulator X production now.
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  4. Posts : 203
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       #14

    Found a good Youtube tutorial for the Garmin GPS 500 used in FSX and thought I'd share the link.

    Flying the GPS with Ease - Part One - YouTube
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       #15

    Just had a quick look pg, nice and simply set out, will study later.
    thanks
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  6. Posts : 176
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       #16

    Haven't flown any glass cockpits in FSX as yet. And all of the WWII birds I fly in WoP don't have GPS(!). The pre-flights usually just say "Proceed to Checkpoint Bravo to rendezvous with the bomber group." Heh.
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  7. Posts : 203
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       #17

    chefduane said:
    Haven't flown any glass cockpits in FSX as yet. And all of the WWII birds I fly in WoP don't have GPS(!). The pre-flights usually just say "Proceed to Checkpoint Bravo to rendezvous with the bomber group." Heh.
    A lot of the old war planes aren't equipped with auto pilot or GPS and besides they are more fun to fly by land marks imo.

    I fly the Douglas DC-3 and the Grumman Goose G21A both have auto pilot and GPS which help out.
    I like the big old prop planes.

    I tried the glass cockpits although to much to learn for me to enjoy them although I guess once you learn how to set all of the avionics they are OK.
    Just to high tech for my old fashioned self.
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       #18

    I think a few of the Beech's have glass cockpits in FSX. Most everything I fly in FSX is VFR or pure dead reckoning. Sometimes I fly the F18 just to do max-out maneuvers with the HUD. An F18 touch and go at KFUL (the AP I originally learned to fly out of) 3000' runway is a hoot!
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       #19

    OK. this original question of mine seems to have got swamped with too much tech I feel.
    I think it was Msoft MS 98 that I ran on an old machine, then onto an XP machine. All I want is something very similar to this that I can run on Win 7. Just a basic bit of kit to enable me to fly (say) a basic Cessna otl.
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  10. Posts : 203
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       #20

    Hey anjou2,

    If you are using Windows 7 and you have a good dual core processor and a good graphics card then Flight Simulator X is the best Flight Simulator to choose imo.

    Flight Simulator X requires a high GHz processor speed and also a high end graphics card for best results.
    It does run on the minimal specs that are shown on the Flight Simulator X box however is very disappointing.

    If Flight Simulator 2004 "A Century of Flight" runs on Windows 7 then that would be the best choice as it is light on system resources.

    I consider my computer as middle of the road for its time and it does run Flight Simulator X at a very satisfactory enjoyment level.
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