stuartpb Posted September 3, 2012 Report Posted September 3, 2012 I only heard the other week that Lockheed bought the license for FSX ESP, and have released their updated version of FSX, which is called PREPAR3D. Shows how behind the times I am! I've just subscribed to the developer version, and am waiting for the install to finish. Is anyone else using it, and if so what are your thoughts on it? I'll post up once I've had a chance to take a flight with it. 4 Quote
CPC900 Posted September 3, 2012 Report Posted September 3, 2012 Yes, please let me know. I may consider it. Quote
avdesigns Posted September 4, 2012 Report Posted September 4, 2012 Yeah cant wait to hear what you thing, I may consider signing up next year. I was very happy when I found out they were actually building on top of FSX which ment dev's wouldnt just go to xplane! Quote
stuartpb Posted September 7, 2012 Author Report Posted September 7, 2012 I haven't had time to give it a proper run for it's money, as I'm on deadline with a couple of websites at work. I will say for now that at stock, performance seems worse than FSX. I'll post up over the weekend with more solid stuff. Quote
CPC900 Posted September 10, 2012 Report Posted September 10, 2012 Hey Stuart, any update? Also when you post about it, could you please add your system specs Quote
stuartpb Posted September 11, 2012 Author Report Posted September 11, 2012 Sorry about not updating sooner, been busy the last week. I've had a few test flights on the sim, and ended up un-installing it. Performance was worse on P3D than it was with FSX. I ran a flight on P3D and on FSX, with both on the same settings for the visuals and the FPS came in at 2-3 FPS lower for P3D average, and some nasty spike drops too. I never took any screenshots while I was doing so, as I was short on time. I may run some more tests but I'll need a day to do it properly, and I'll need to reinstall P3D too. I was pretty gutted to be honest. Another thing that instantly bugged me is the fact that every time you start P3D, it loads into a flight and there is no front end menu like with FSX. I'll post up again if I decide to give it another go. My rig specs are as follows: CPU: Core i7 920 Mobo: Asus P6T RAM: 16GB DDR3-2000 GPU: Sapphire HD6870 1GB VRAM Audio: Asus Xonar Essence II 2x 500GB HDDs in RAID 0 + 1x 500GB SSD 750w PSU 2x Custom WC Loops Quote
Guest lorathon Posted September 12, 2012 Report Posted September 12, 2012 INFO on P3D http://forum.avsim.net/page/index.html/_/pri-news/lockheed-martin-issues-statement-regarding-p3d-r655 Quote
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