david_wi 13 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Hi Guys AS I will buy a new computer shortly,it will be with the Windows Vista. I will like to know if the FS2004 will work under this OS or not. If someone has already upgraded to Vista,please say how it works. Bye David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyChief 0 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Hi David, It works at least as good as on XP. HC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_wi 13 Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 Hi HC Do you mean you really tried FS2004 on a machine with Vista on it :?: TNX David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinM 27 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 I have Vista Ultimate and FS9 running perfectly. I noticed an increase of 5 - 10 fps. Unfortunately i cannot tell if this relates to the fact that i installed from scratch and my windowsXP installation was already 4 years old or if it relates to the 1GB of mem that i added My specs: P4 3.2 Dual Core (800FSB) 2GB Ram GF 6800GT 256MB Forceware 100.59 Driver Some old games don't run anymore. I had to give up my F1 2002 FS9 and FalconAF however runs like a charm Cheers Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_wi 13 Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 Hi Martin I appreciate your reply and feel much better with this information. 8) I did not want to lose my FS2004 as I like it and also spent so much money on add ons.I understand FSX is Vista made. Bye David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyChief 0 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 David, I'm running both FS2004 & FSX on Vista. My machine is the same as Martin's except I have a Nvidia 6600 vid card. I lock my fps at 20 & it usually stays there. FSX is another matter, as we've all heard, read or experienced. HC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_wi 13 Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 Hi HC FSX is another matter, as we've all heard, read or experienced When you are refering to FSX, what FPS are you getting. :?: Bye David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francois Dumas 1 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Hi Martin I appreciate your reply and feel much better with this information. 8) I did not want to lose my FS2004 as I like it and also spent so much money on add ons.I understand FSX is Vista made. Bye David Actually, nope. FSX is made on and for FS9 since Vista and more importantly DX10, where not available yet when they designed FSX. That's why they will need to patch it later this year :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_wi 13 Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 Hi Francois How are you these days :?: That's correct that FSX is intended for the Vista,not built on it's platform. Bye David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinM 27 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 I sadly have to admit, that i have removed FSX from my Vista. on the other hand, who cares, i got 20 GB free space again I tried FSX for several times now. I have tried many many tweaks and i tried my payware addons that natively are for FSX. I could not get the FPS go over 10-12 fps, even having the details lowered to the minimum. traffic 5% no AA, no AF, 1024x768, 1.x water high, no shadow, mesh 70%, ... another thing you will take notice. FSX turns Aero OFF, while FS9 keeps it on. I have much better fps running FS9 natively Vista 32-Bit than having it on WinXP emulation mode. I will certainly give another go, once the patch is out. A far as this concerns, expect it for Q4 '07. cheers Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_wi 13 Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Hi Martin FSX turns Aero OFF What exactly do you meen :?: David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snave 466 Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Exactly what he says. Aero is only avaialable while sufficient resources exist. Vista with Aero running can suck up nearly a gig of memory, memory that is better left available for the game, so FSX switches off Aero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C 110 Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Ok, I'm going to play dumb too....what is Aero? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
João Pinto 23 Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Guys In FS2004 running in Vista, Goflight Modules do not work!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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