FSX on Windows 7 64 bit?

[Kiwikat]

So anyway, it would be nice to know if my rig is "in the ballpark" of where it should be.

It sounds like your rig is definitely in the ballpark of where it should be.

If you want to skip the i7 series (which I am), rip out that c2d and add in a Q9550 or Q9650 and overclock it. I'm running a Q9550 e0 at 3.4 GHz, a modest overclock. Make sure to throw a nice cooler on top of it too. I'm using a Xigmatek S1283.

 

[TeaSea]

Well here is my 2cents, unlike Kiwikat and falcon409, I get maybe 5-10 fps increase but the biggest change for me is with my Nvidia 280 graphic card while in XP and Vista 32 bit I always had one studder after a long pause. Things ran very smooth but there was always the studder. Now with Win 7 64 bit there is absolutely no studder. FSX runs smooth as glass and very acceptable fps with sliders set very high. Oh by the way I only have 4 GB ram but that will change now that I have 64 bit Win 7 Ultimate. That is my next expenditure, 8 GB ram.

This was a big change for me and so far I am loving it. Playing Rise of Flight is duck soup for graphics. With it maxed out I am having a great time.

My experience echo's that of Stovall's. Overall system performance has improved for me on other applications. With FSX I didn't see a drastic difference -- maybe a little in the FPS area--However, my NVIDIA 7900 Graphics card performance has been greatly improved. I've always had issues with this card in FSX -- bad on stuttering after a bios update I could not roll back from. I was at the point I worked exclusively in windows mode with FSX. Now the stutters are gone, and the program runs much more smoothly. FSX was not my reason for upgrading but I'm pleased with the results. I run a 32 bit Dell dual core XPS box, also at 4 GB Ram. It was well worth not waiting around for service pack 1.

 

[dswo]

Three weeks after installing the new OS, I'm still seeing smoother turns in FSX and faster loading of the aircraft selection menu; this is compared with Win XP Pro SP3 (32-bit). I'm very pleased.

Windows 7 Ultra (64-bit)
Core2Quad Q6600 (stock speed)
4 gb RAM
Nvidia 8800GT (512 mb)