Pre Ordering Orbx Lancair?

[ryanbatc]

Did anyone preorder the upcoming Lancair from orbx? If so how long do you normally wait for the preordered product to arrive?

I'm thinking about buying it - looks very well done and fast too

http://fullterrain.com/product_lancair.html

 

[Kiwikat]

I preordered it when I bought the IRIS A-10.

According to John, it should be released tomorrow or saturday our time.

 

[pilottj]

looks like a beautiful bird. its funny, I always thought Lancair was a bit prickly about having their aircraft done in FS. Looking foward to it

 

[Alan_A]

IIRC their policy is that they'll only open preorders when the product is four weeks out or less. But as Kiwikat notes, this one seems to be a lot closer in.

 

[ryanbatc]

I preordered it when I bought the IRIS A-10.

According to John, it should be released tomorrow or saturday our time.

To sound like a teenage girl:
ZOMG!!!

 

[SADT]

I wonder how many millions of polygons were used!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The curves in the cabin frame for example, are soooo smooth!

 

[warchild]

what was the machine configuration for the computer that made the video??? And which scenery was that??

 

[SADT]

The Cray Super Computer. I believe the scenery is Orbx PNW though I could be wrong.........

 

[mmann]

A lot of the Orbx video stuff is done by John Venema. His Computer specs are listed as follows:

i7 920 @ 4.2Ghz (Air Cooled) | EX58-EXTREME Mobo | 12GB DDR3@1600 | Galaxy 480GTX 1536MB | 2x 150GB WD Velociraptors in RAID-0 + 2x 1TB Samsung 7200's in RAID-1 on Adaptec_1430SA | Samsung 305T 30" LCD @ 2560x1600 | Thermaltake Spedo Case | Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler | Windows7 64-bit | nVidia Driver 257.21

Regards, Mike Mann

 

[SADT]

Holy C***! 12 gigs of ram! 1.5 Gig graphics card! 4.2 Ghz!

 

[falcon409]

Holy C***! 12 gigs of ram! 1.5 Gig graphics card! 4.2 Ghz!

Yea, no wonder my system and most others don't run PNW as it was "meant" to be run, lol. . .geeez, that's hardly a typical system. It's the way systems are going now though. . .keep up or be left behind basically.:salute:

 

[SADT]

Falcon, do you have PNW? If you do, what is your system and how does it run complex aircraft like the AS bush hawk in PNW?

 

[Holger Sandmann]

Hi guys,

if you're talking about the video on the Lancair product page that was made by Patrick and he's got a less powerful rig than John:

AMD Phenom II 940 Black Edition @ 3,3GHz / Ati Radeon HD 4870 1 GB DDR 5 / Gigabyte MA790X-UD4 / 4 GB DDR2 800MHz / Windows 7 x64 Home Premium / TrackIR 5

source: http://orbxsystems.com/forums/index.php?topic=27265.0

The scenery is a Beta of the upcoming Pacific Fjords package.

Cheers, Holger

 

[CG_1976]

A beta tester with a AMD Cough Cough, there is a rare one today. My hats off to this tester and very much respect. It's about darn time a company bring in a AMD tester. This lancer is on my purchase list as my specs are right with his and I have no Fps issue with FTX Products so far, just them unrealistic tree's.

 

[falcon409]

Falcon, do you have PNW? If you do, what is your system and how does it run complex aircraft like the AS bush hawk in PNW?

My System:
Dual Core, 3.0Ghz,
8Gig Ram
NVidia 9600GT/512Ram
Yes I do have PNW and have had to dumb it down to run. By that I mean I have had to drop the autogen setting to about half what it normally would be. I don't own the Bush Hawk, but other FSX aircraft fly relatively well. I stay away from glass cockpits in this area because they also cause a hit to the fps. I mainly stick to analog gauges anyway as I like them more than the newer glass.:salute:

 

[mmann]

My System:
Dual Core, 2.6Ghz,
2 Gig Ram
NVidia 9600GT/512Ram

I also run PNW with greatly reduced autogen, but didn't feel like torturing myself by trying to run my Bush Hawk XP in this environment!!!

Regards, Mike Mann

 

[SADT]

Thanks Falcon; in your opinion, do you think i'll be able to to run the bush hawk (frames eater, I get about 40 FPS with bush hawk, 90 with out) with PNW? My system is:

4GB DDR2 RAM, 2.5 GHz Dual core, 512mb Nvdia 9600GT, 1TB hard drive

I think that the PNW area is perfect for a bush aircraft - the bush hawk and so that is why I would consider getting PNW

 

[ryanbatc]

My System:
Dual Core, 3.0Ghz,
8Gig Ram
NVidia 9600GT/512Ram
Yes I do have PNW and have had to dumb it down to run.

Your system is essentially what I run minus the 4GB of ram.

PNW gives me issues hehe. I've noticed the majority of the PNW users have no problems but they all run super high end rigs (i7/Q97xx OCed to 4Ghz+)

I get nasty blurries and stutters with PNW but I still enjoy flying it, as long as I stay away from resource hungry planes like Citation Mustang or C750 etc. Heck even the Duke eats my fps a bit.

 

[falcon409]

Thanks Falcon; in your opinion, do you think i'll be able to to run the bush hawk (frames eater, I get about 40 FPS with bush hawk, 90 with out) with PNW? My system is:

4GB DDR2 RAM, 2.5 GHz Dual core, 512mb Nvdia 9600GT, 1TB hard drive

I think that the PNW area is perfect for a bush aircraft - the bush hawk and so that is why I would consider getting PNW

Heck, I'd just like to know how you get 90fps normally since I'm running basically the same rig with a slightly faster CPU speed. The best I can do is about 30 and that's in the desert with no autogen. My average is around 19 to 20, less in PNW but still flyable.
If the Bush Hawk knocks your fps from 90 to 40, then don't expect a whole lot by adding PNW. Depending on how you set the autogen, you could end up around the same as me.

 

[mmann]

Heck, I'd just like to know how you get 90fps normally since I'm running basically the same rig with a slightly faster CPU speed. The best I can do is about 30 and that's in the desert with no autogen. My average is around 19 to 20, less in PNW but still flyable.
If the Bush Hawk knocks your fps from 90 to 40, then don't expect a whole lot by adding PNW. Depending on how you set the autogen, you could end up around the same as me.

You took the words right out of my mouth (keyboard?)!!

Regards, Mike Mann