Installing the Demo

Not a chance. There is no point in removing FS9 for the FSX demo. The demo is just a demo.

No, don't uninstall FS9, it's not worth it. 🙂

your most likely to get the game anyways, the demo isn't any good but i'm sure the actual game will be.

Definitely not a good idea to uninstall FS9 to try the demo. The demo is a subset of a pretty early build of FSX that is not ready for prime time.

I think MS made a mistake by releasing the demo. If they'd released a later more polished version, it would have made more sense.

The only reason I downloaded it was to see if it woukl run on my system at all.

Well I wouldnt know what to do id probly uninstall for a day or to and then re install and what for a better version of FSX to come out beacuse in the first editions there may be bugs.

OK. SO I spend 1.5 hours on a cable broadband modem at 10 Mbps just downloading this demo. Finally get it set up (hint: disable your virus protection first), load it up and BOOM: Stutter city!

So I go to settings, reduce all things visual to Minimal, and still it stutters. Bummer. I thought the new visuals were what this whole FSX thing was supposed to let us enjoy. I mean, I am running an Intel Pentium 4 at 2.8 GHZ, 1-GHZ RAM, with an NVIDIA Ge-Force 5900 that has 128 MB on board. I cleaned up the disk, de-fragged and emptied the trash, opened up the cache to 2000MB and still it acts like I am on a 386 with MS-DOS. This machine isn't an Alienware MISTER GAMES liquid cooled dual core processor 'puter, but it ain't your Nana's email laptop either.

All I can say is: Vista better be better to run this program, or I'm not gonna bother. Either that or I call Alienware.

Whazzup with anybody else's experience here?

Don't even...

First, if it took 1.5 hours to download, your 10 Mbps figure is a myth. It took me about 30 minutes to do the download. Installation was no problem. By the way, it will be a cold day in hell before I ever turn my antivirus off.

On a Dell Dimension 3000 with 2.8GHz P4 with 512 MB RAM (128 MB shared with on board Intel GFX chip), with sliders at minimum, I experienced no stuttering. When I advanced the sliders to maximum, ground textures began to blur.

NEVER EVER turn off your AV,if you want the demo ,D/load from the M/S site ,you dont need to regester,so no spam.

I would not uninstall fs9 for the demo

the demo is ok,but thats all it is,as demo.Stick with what youve got,and wait for the full version

CrashGordon wrote:

First, if it took 1.5 hours to download, your 10 Mbps figure is a myth. It took me about 30 minutes to do the download. Installation was no problem.

OK. I get it. But my little icon says 10 Mbps with Road Runner, so I dunno. In any case, Sumpin's not right here, because I get the same stutter in the lowest vis-rate settings of CFS3, which is why I stay with CFS2. Don't have the same stutter in FS9, so I cannot suss this out. Your sage advice would be most appreciated.

greystone wrote:

CrashGordon wrote:

First, if it took 1.5 hours to download, your 10 Mbps figure is a myth. It took me about 30 minutes to do the download. Installation was no problem.

OK. I get it. But my little icon says 10 Mbps with Road Runner, so I dunno. In any case, Sumpin's not right here, because I get the same stutter in the lowest vis-rate settings of CFS3, which is why I stay with CFS2. Don't have the same stutter in FS9, so I cannot suss this out. Your sage advice would be most appreciated.

How much free space do you have on your hard drive.

as much as i know Demo takes about 600MB of disk space

I've got another 50 GB after the demo load.

It's not that.

Try this.

https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/2948/fsautostart-v11/

RadarMan,

Thanks for the tip. That's a very handy little program to disable a bunch of memory hogs prior to starting up FSX. I used it but still got a bunch of stutters-- most especially when I hit the hat switch for different views.

I just ordered another 1GB of RAM for my box. Also bought a NVIDEA GeForce 7600 with 512 MB. We'll see if this helps. In any case, FS9 should be a screamer with this upgrade. 😕

The better card will be a help. Keep a cap on your FPS at more than 27 and less than 40.
That way the resources that you have won't be used on a high potential not needed frame rate.

can someone please walk me through the installation of the demo? it looks like i have to convert the files, or extract them. idk

im a noob with computers 😞

Anonymous wrote:

can someone please walk me through the installation of the demo? it looks like i have to convert the files, or extract them. idk

im a noob with computers 😞

Just double click it and follow the on-screen instructions, nothing to it.
If you have a problem come back and let us know what it is.