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superdelphinus 16 Jul 2020 13:29:03 10,507 posts
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I’ve not played this for the last few weeks (which makes me feel a bit guilty), has it moved into beta now?

KD 16 Jul 2020 13:36:10 3,575 posts
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Not yet, closed beta July 30th and release is August 18th.

Just installed it on a spare pc I built to see how it runs, i5-2400 with 16GB 1600mhz ram and a 1050ti, runs at 30 fine with what I imagine is Xbox One quality around medium and a few other options on low.

DFawkes 16 Jul 2020 13:43:03 32,785 posts
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That's good to know, I was getting kind of nervous I might not be able to run it at all but that's not a million miles away from my specs. I wouldn't even want it to run well, I'd settle for 20fps at 1366 * 768 and low settings.

monkman76 16 Jul 2020 13:46:07 18,987 posts
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I can just fax you a series of printscreens of google maps if you like Fawkes?

KD 16 Jul 2020 13:46:39 3,575 posts
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With a 750ti it gave me a warning that its underpowered when I started installing the game.

DFawkes 28 Jul 2020 09:39:18 32,785 posts
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Does it still run though? I'm pretty sure my graphics card is my weakest link and it's at least on par with a 750ti. Can't remember exactly what it is but it'd certainly be in the same ballpark.

KD 28 Jul 2020 10:09:23 3,575 posts
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@DFawkes I didn't actually try it with the 750ti, had my mate swap my 1050ti out of his gf's crappy old pc that I lent the gpu.

DFawkes 28 Jul 2020 10:36:51 32,785 posts
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Ah, cool

I probably should've figured that out from a few posts above but I'm not smart.

I still hope there's a demo of some description as I'd hate to buy it and find out it doesn't run at all on my PC. I can't see that happening but you never know.

Phattso 28 Jul 2020 10:44:57 27,426 posts
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@DFawkes you could get one of those short, cheap, trials for Game Pass I guess if you wanted to take it for a test flight?

KD 28 Jul 2020 11:04:19 3,575 posts
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TrackIR made it into the game this week, going to have to set up opentrack again with a webcam and give it a try.

askew 7 Aug 2020 07:29:27 24,121 posts
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Uh-oh flight simmers. You have been pigeonholed.

christourlord 7 Aug 2020 09:36:02 2,877 posts
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Combination Microsoft Flight Simulator and Taco Bell.

TechnoHippy 7 Aug 2020 11:06:12 19,245 posts
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They did win the franchise wars.

kosigan 7 Aug 2020 12:21:01 724 posts
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@TechnoHippy - nice Demolition Man reference.

KD 7 Aug 2020 13:11:29 3,575 posts
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That films based in 2032 so may not have happened yet, living near a beach during the pandemic nearly had me using shells.

superdelphinus 10 Aug 2020 14:56:59 10,507 posts
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DFawkes wrote:
That's good to know, I was getting kind of nervous I might not be able to run it at all but that's not a million miles away from my specs. I wouldn't even want it to run well, I'd settle for 20fps at 1366 * 768 and low settings.

I don’t know how a 1050ti compares to a 1070 but I was trying some different combinations of settings last night (on the alpha, not sure what version the press preview/ beta one is - although it may be the same, should really read the forum!). My normal settings were 80% of 4k and mostly medium settings (with things like texture resolution on ultra and clouds on high) and it’s quite stable at 30fps. Kind of determined that I prefer 1440p on ultra at 35-40 fps a bit more now though. The game looks generally mental at any settings so it has quite a wide window to try and get your machine into.

KD 10 Aug 2020 15:23:11 3,575 posts
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News has started about the third party content, more accurate airports and other planes.

https://fselite.net/tag/msfs/

The gamertag ID on that pic seems so small to me, when you play the alpha or beta at 5880x1080 those turn huge and replicated with 2 huge green and purple hues copying my gamertag. Not long til its gone and the game is out.

Edited by KD at 15:26:07 10-08-2020

DFawkes 10 Aug 2020 15:48:00 32,785 posts
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This is really closing in quick! Just over a week now. Probably safe to say I'm never getting in the beta so I guess I'll just have to give them money if I want to play it

Still looks to be shaping up pretty well and from what you're all saying, it sounds pretty scalable.

General_Martok 10 Aug 2020 15:58:53 2,490 posts
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I'll be renewing my gamepass for this.

monkman76 10 Aug 2020 16:08:14 18,987 posts
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Yeah just get gamepass Fawkes!

I've kind of lucked into this - wasn't on my radar, bought my first ever gaming PC the other week for general gaming purposes and then noticed that this would be available for free a month later (already had gamepass for Xbox). I've never played a flight sim but I'm a bit of a map nerd so I'm pretty excited for it.

I've got a laptop with the new Ryzen 7 CPU and a 1660Ti - should be able to handle this pretty well shouldn't it? Worth upgrading my RAM from 8GB (2x4GB) to 16?

Fake_Blood 10 Aug 2020 16:20:40 11,093 posts
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Yes, I've seen it use 16GB of ram on it's own in the beta, so that without counting windows and all the other crap running in the background.

monkman76 10 Aug 2020 16:24:52 18,987 posts
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OK. My limited understanding was that RAM wasn't that important for gaming (though dual channel better than single) except for certain cases. If it will make a tangible difference in this then I think that's a good enough excuse for me to cough up.

KD 10 Aug 2020 17:37:27 3,575 posts
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I went overboard and grabbed 2 sticks of 16GB with my ryzen build, did delay the second purchase for a month or 2.

I'm getting this on Steam unless news appears about dx12, I only heard its running on dx11 in the beta, I must add I have no idea if true, its just a vague memory from a talking head on youtube.

JamboWayOh 10 Aug 2020 17:39:51 25,236 posts
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It's DX11 at launch I believe DX12 is further down the line.

KD 10 Aug 2020 17:40:55 3,575 posts
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@JamboWayOh Thank you

monkman76 10 Aug 2020 18:12:57 18,987 posts
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As a PC noob - what difference does that make?

JamboWayOh 10 Aug 2020 18:14:48 25,236 posts
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monkman76 wrote:
As a PC noob - what difference does that make?

It means at the moment certain performance saving options like variable rate shading or asynchronous compute wouldn't be available and image wise there's no ray tracing option but they've said those are coming later.

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