FSX on Windows 8

[Jayden]

I have been wondering if FSX will run just as good on Win8 as it does on Win7.

All reply's appreciated.

Cheers, Jayden

[kestrel]

I have win8 64bit and works fine for me, if not slightly better than win7 64bit and a lot better than win7 32bit. Although some addons dont work, ATR72 and Level D767.

[IslandBoy77]

Do you know why the add-ons don't work? And by "don't work", do you mean that they crash, won't start at all, working funny, spit out error messages? Have you had any issues with drivers? Win 8 hasn't been out long enough for the video drivers (amongst other things) to "mature" yet, so I wonder if you get any artifacts or other noticeable (even if minor) display errors that you didn't get under 7? Any info you can give us would be really interesting, as I'm sure over the next months more people will start migrating across, and it would be good to build up a "database" of "known issues".

[kestrel]

From memory they just crashed, or fsx wouldnt respond. No error messages and no other issues. I believe some people have had success installing LD767, maybe higher spec'd computors

[Jayden]

Sorry, but I have not yet purchased Windows 8 but am just calling around to see if other people have any problems with the OS.

Cheers.

[IslandBoy77]

Jayden: that's a very wise thing to do. With FSX being so long in the tooth now, and W8 being such a major Windows revision, it's only prudent to know what one is "in for". It sounds like there aren't any obvious problems with FSX itself as yet (and maybe never, as such), but add-ons are something else. I'm just as interested to see if any drivers will cause FSX any issues, even if those issues are "only" a drop in frame-rate due to video drivers being TOO new, or a loss of picture quality due to the same. It's a real shame that MS didn't wait the product a bit longer and get proper, full DX10 support sorted: at least we'd only be 1 generation behind in W7, not 2. DX9 is pretty ancient, not making much use of all the "new fangled" capabilities of the new drivers and video cards / chipsets.

Actually, that reminds me. It's funny how new flight sims often are written so that you need to spend a fortune on a decent PC to run them properly, and then as they age, more and more modestly-priced rigs can do the same job. But then, without people realising it, the sim itself has aged and begins to look tired, requiring ever more imaginative add-ons (and expense), but because the sim had a finite outer limit of detail & capability, one can end up with good frame rates but when compared to other simulation-like programs / games that have been released more recently, the sim "shows its age". I think the visuals are always extra important to me personally for 2 reasons: 1) I fly in the weeds (sometimes a bit too literally - haha ) and 2) Having worked in advertising for 9 years until 2003, I got used to expecting only the best and highest quality / resolution (which means I REALLY noticed things like that damn-awful smeared-JPEG look in FSX ) But for others, regularly cruising along at 30,000 feet, they can be happy with the limitations - heck, there's a dedicated large-handful of people using FS9! Anyway, just thought I'd share that "I've been thinking" moment...

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Jayden @ Jan 24 2013,3:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sorry, but I have not yet purchased Windows 8 but am just calling around to see if other people have any problems with the OS.

You no exactly were i am , you can always stop thru ... bring ole Phil along we can then discuss and show the compares

[Jayden]

QUOTE (IslandBoy77 @ Jan 24 2013,9:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Jayden: that's a very wise thing to do. With FSX being so long in the tooth now, and W8 being such a major Windows revision, it's only prudent to know what one is "in for". It sounds like there aren't any obvious problems with FSX itself as yet (and maybe never, as such), but add-ons are something else. I'm just as interested to see if any drivers will cause FSX any issues, even if those issues are "only" a drop in frame-rate due to video drivers being TOO new, or a loss of picture quality due to the same. It's a real shame that MS didn't wait the product a bit longer and get proper, full DX10 support sorted: at least we'd only be 1 generation behind in W7, not 2. DX9 is pretty ancient, not making much use of all the "new fangled" capabilities of the new drivers and video cards / chipsets.

Actually, that reminds me. It's funny how new flight sims often are written so that you need to spend a fortune on a decent PC to run them properly, and then as they age, more and more modestly-priced rigs can do the same job. But then, without people realising it, the sim itself has aged and begins to look tired, requiring ever more imaginative add-ons (and expense), but because the sim had a finite outer limit of detail & capability, one can end up with good frame rates but when compared to other simulation-like programs / games that have been released more recently, the sim "shows its age". I think the visuals are always extra important to me personally for 2 reasons: 1) I fly in the weeds (sometimes a bit too literally - haha ) and 2) Having worked in advertising for 9 years until 2003, I got used to expecting only the best and highest quality / resolution (which means I REALLY noticed things like that damn-awful smeared-JPEG look in FSX ) But for others, regularly cruising along at 30,000 feet, they can be happy with the limitations - heck, there's a dedicated large-handful of people using FS9! Anyway, just thought I'd share that "I've been thinking" moment...

Thanks for the info! What you said about the sims needing a decent PC to run them well is defiantly true, my PC is getting old now, and have my mind set on a new one from Computer Lounge in Auckland with Windows 8 installed, it always pays to do research on things like this to get the results you want!

Happy Flying,
Jayden

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 24 2013,9:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You no exactly were i am , you can always stop thru ... bring ole Phil along we can then discuss and show the compares

thanks Ian, will do.