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Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
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Gdavis101
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Mathijs Kok of Aerosoft has been recommending it over on the Aerosoft forums. I know a lot of drivers are not available right now, but I'm certain at least one member of his team are using FSX on it.
http://www.forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?showtopic=25437
I've downloaded a copy, but will wait a couple of weeks I think till the patches start coming out.
http://www.forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?showtopic=25437
I've downloaded a copy, but will wait a couple of weeks I think till the patches start coming out.
I did install the latest DX SDK and afterwards the DX web updater and it worked. I don't had the RC, but i guess it will work with it too.
EDIT: i think the march SDK contains the latest DX files..
Henry
Check your install my W7 beta installed with Directx11 already on it.
No need for DX9
I never tried to install FSX and see if it would work on W7 as I did not want to activate it.
Dave
Check your install my W7 beta installed with Directx11 already on it.
No need for DX9
I never tried to install FSX and see if it would work on W7 as I did not want to activate it.
Dave
Well it just goes to show ya easy this OS is, cus if my man Henry can do it that means anybody can :ernae:
Henry
Retired SOH Administrator
you got that right!:mixedsmi:
so far it seems good
love the way you can enlarge text me wife is allways
bitchin about the resolution i use
there dear its big aint it!
its a lot like vista in the view
im running it on a amd3000+
2 gigs ram
20" philips crt found the driver straight away
when i changed the video card to a 6800
figured that out in seconds
didnt like the 5500
but there are no drivers for that anyway
if i did not have a lot loaded on this vista machine
i would swap in a heartbeat
although it did save my files
on the xp drive that i installed over
so far i am impressed
H
...Mike
J
JSpal
Guest
I'm up and running on the release candidate of 7 (64 bit) with FSX installed.
FSX runs alright so far. I have no add-ons, no service packs, and no acceleration added, so I would expect it to be easy on the frame rates thus far.
My computer is nothing exotic by any means, so I would imagine that 7 will run fine on anything that will run Vista. My overall 7 rating is 5.5, but that's because of the crappy numbers that the old harddrive I pulled out of storage to experiment with 7 is dragging it down. The rest of my numbers are 6.5 or higher.
I'm going to try adding some add-on and either SP2 or Acceleration this evening and see where it goes.
So far, it doesn't seem much different that Vista to me. It seems like Vista with a few changes - most notably the name - to get away from the stigma that Vista comes standard with.
FSX runs alright so far. I have no add-ons, no service packs, and no acceleration added, so I would expect it to be easy on the frame rates thus far.
My computer is nothing exotic by any means, so I would imagine that 7 will run fine on anything that will run Vista. My overall 7 rating is 5.5, but that's because of the crappy numbers that the old harddrive I pulled out of storage to experiment with 7 is dragging it down. The rest of my numbers are 6.5 or higher.
I'm going to try adding some add-on and either SP2 or Acceleration this evening and see where it goes.
So far, it doesn't seem much different that Vista to me. It seems like Vista with a few changes - most notably the name - to get away from the stigma that Vista comes standard with.
This is just for comparison but I loaded FSX tonight. (did not activate it).
It runs fine on W7 Beta. W7 Beta came with DX11 pre installed.
Go to your system32 folder and look for dxdiag.exe. Run it. look in the lower right hand corner and see what version of DX you have.
It will probably be a couple of weeks before I can load RC1 but to me it seems like it should run with no problem.
J
JSpal
Guest
I got FSX running no problem. Played around with it for about 20 minutes. I didn't need to do any tricks to make it work, just stuck the disk in and it worked.
When I tried to install Acceleration, it locked up and crashed Windows Explorer - which restarted itself after a few minutes, but nothing on the start menu would work. I had to hard restart Windows from within the Task Manager.
Strike one.
Second try, I right clicked on Acceleration's setup file to try to run it in XP Compatibility mode. Just right clicking on the file locked up Windows Explorer. W.E. restarted itself again, but again nothing on the start menu worked. I had to go into task manager to shut down.
Strike two.
Third time, I tried copying and pasting all the files from the Acceleration CD to the desktop to try to install it from there. I've had this work in the past, especially with slightly scratched disks - which is the case with my Acceleration disk.
It started copying the files to the desktop, said "5 minutes remaining", then it said "10 minutes remaining", then it said "16 minuted remaining". I took the dogs for along walk and came back 45 minutes later and it was still stuck at "15 minutes remaining" and the progress bar showed no progress.
I hit the cancel button on the time remaining dialogue box and surprise surprise, Windows Explorer crashed, nothing on the start menu worked, hard to go into the Task Manager to shut down.
Strike three.
I pulled the Windows 7 harddrive out of my system, hooked up my old XP X64 harddrive.
It seems to me that the 64bit Release Candidate still needs some work. I don't think in this case that it's a compatibility problem, I think it's a stability problem with Windows Explorer. The scratched Acceleration disk certainly may have exacerbated the problem, but it should not have crashed Explorer. I installed this same copy of Acceleration in my XP X64 drive no more than a month ago.
When I tried to install Acceleration, it locked up and crashed Windows Explorer - which restarted itself after a few minutes, but nothing on the start menu would work. I had to hard restart Windows from within the Task Manager.
Strike one.
Second try, I right clicked on Acceleration's setup file to try to run it in XP Compatibility mode. Just right clicking on the file locked up Windows Explorer. W.E. restarted itself again, but again nothing on the start menu worked. I had to go into task manager to shut down.
Strike two.
Third time, I tried copying and pasting all the files from the Acceleration CD to the desktop to try to install it from there. I've had this work in the past, especially with slightly scratched disks - which is the case with my Acceleration disk.
It started copying the files to the desktop, said "5 minutes remaining", then it said "10 minutes remaining", then it said "16 minuted remaining". I took the dogs for along walk and came back 45 minutes later and it was still stuck at "15 minutes remaining" and the progress bar showed no progress.
I hit the cancel button on the time remaining dialogue box and surprise surprise, Windows Explorer crashed, nothing on the start menu worked, hard to go into the Task Manager to shut down.
Strike three.
I pulled the Windows 7 harddrive out of my system, hooked up my old XP X64 harddrive.
It seems to me that the 64bit Release Candidate still needs some work. I don't think in this case that it's a compatibility problem, I think it's a stability problem with Windows Explorer. The scratched Acceleration disk certainly may have exacerbated the problem, but it should not have crashed Explorer. I installed this same copy of Acceleration in my XP X64 drive no more than a month ago.
Thanks Moe. I just downloaded AVG too.
One thing I can say about Windows 7 at this point is, it sure is purty. Now if I can figure out how to turn off all the bells and whistles and get a clean OS for work I will be happy.
I would rather have Linux but so far can not find the accounting package I need.
EDIT: I am running it on my old AMD 3700+ test rig and getting most 4.5s except for the old 6600LE video card I have stuck in it which is rated at 2.9. So far it all works OK and it even runs Firefox OK. I bet MS is going to love the information they get back from my rig. Firefox, Open Office, Quickbooks, etc. Not an MS app in the bunch.
One thing I can say about Windows 7 at this point is, it sure is purty. Now if I can figure out how to turn off all the bells and whistles and get a clean OS for work I will be happy.
I would rather have Linux but so far can not find the accounting package I need.
EDIT: I am running it on my old AMD 3700+ test rig and getting most 4.5s except for the old 6600LE video card I have stuck in it which is rated at 2.9. So far it all works OK and it even runs Firefox OK. I bet MS is going to love the information they get back from my rig. Firefox, Open Office, Quickbooks, etc. Not an MS app in the bunch.