Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Phase One of Upgrade Completed

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Phase One of Upgrade Completed

DVA10323
Chief Pilot, B727-200
OLP

Joined on November 26 2011
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tin Dispatcher
Tri-Jet Triumph
US Capital Club
Online Seven Century Club
US Mountaineer Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Flying Colonel
Everett Millennium Club

"GPS, we don't need no GPS"
Gulfport, MS

1,591 legs, 1,457.9 hours
742 legs, 686.0 hours online
1,583 legs, 1,450.4 hours ACARS
41 legs, 58.7 hours event
327 legs dispatched, 343.5 hours

Posted onPost created on December 04 2019 17:43 ET by Kevin Lundy

I want to upgrade my Sim to Prepar3D or X-plane. But, my computer would not handle either one. Phase one was to upgrade the PC. Done... I think I will be ok running either one.

CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i7-9700KF 3.60GHZ 12MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151
FAN: CyberPowerPC Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler
HDD: 240GB ADATA SU630-240G SSD + 2TB SATA III Hard Drive Combo
VIDEO: GeForce® RTX 2060 SUPER™ 8GB GDDR6 (Turing) [VR Ready]
MEMORY: 32GB (8GBx4) DDR4/3200MHz Dual Channel Memory
MONITOR: 24" MSI Optix G241VC 1920x1080 FHD, 1ms, 75Hz Curved gaming monitor

Now the real struggle, sigh, what sim to invest in.

Kevin Lundy

Chief Pilot, B727-200

DVA6761
Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on December 07 2008
50 State Club
Globetrotter
US Coastal Club
Everett 250 Club
US Mountaineer Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Million Mile Club
Commuter Conquest
Online Double Century Club
Millennium Club

Belchertown, MA USA

1,027 legs, 2,988.3 hours
228 legs, 363.9 hours online
1,014 legs, 2,941.0 hours ACARS
4 legs, 7.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 04 2019 18:55 ET by Kevin Sullivan

I would say x-plane for now... and wait on MSFS 2020.

Kevin Sullivan (DVA6761)

DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV

Joined on January 30 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tri-Jet Triumph
US Coastal Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
Toulouse 250 Club
Online Eight Century

Charlotte, NC

1,287 legs, 1,796.9 hours
841 legs, 1,048.5 hours online
1,269 legs, 1,774.9 hours ACARS
31 legs, 49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5 hours

Posted onPost created on December 04 2019 22:15 ET by Andrew Vane

The good thing about XP is that you can try the demo. The good thing about P3d is that you have like a 30 day return policy. biggrin

Posted onPost created on December 05 2019 17:39 ET by Kevin Lundy

I love the way you think Drew!

Kevin Lundy

Chief Pilot, B727-200

DVA12617
Chief Pilot, A350-900
OLP, VFRADV
DISPATCHER
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Joined on April 23 2015
B757 100 Club
Eurocap Club
Millennium Club
Toulouse 500 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Online Quadruple Century Club

"Go Utes!"
Herriman, UT

1,322 legs, 3,057.1 hours
432 legs, 896.0 hours online
1,303 legs, 3,014.9 hours ACARS
25 legs, 78.6 hours event
39 legs dispatched, 174.2 hours

Posted onPost created on December 06 2019 11:15 ET by Joe Burner

Kevin,

I would recommend trying both out. As Drew mentioned you have a demo with X-plane, with P3D you have a 30 day return window. I personally recommend P3DV4 because it fixed the OOM that FSX was accustomed to. I believe with those specs you should be able to run P3D just fine. One quirk about P3D v4 though you will have to re purchase any FSX Add ons you had. Since P3Dv4 is 64Bit. I love P3D and I’ll be honest I dont regret making the switch. wink

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