MS Flight Stimulator X

Hi.

I decided I needed some more stimulation for the rainy periods, so looked around for a good stimulator program MS Flight Sim X seems to be the current favourite below the level of X-plane, so having checked it was available for Windows 2000 (online ads, etc) I picked up a copy when I was in Canada last week visiting my father. Of course, I didn't bother to read the fine print on the box as I was in a bit of a hurry, and guess what? It lists XP and Vista as the supported OSes

The annoying thing is that I can find references all over the place to various companies selling it claim it requires 2000 or XP! Unfortunately, this is wrong as it bitches about requiring XP as a minimum spec when you try to install it.

I haven't been able to find any way of persuading it otherwise. Any ideas, or do I just install XP dual-boot on my games box for the sole reason of running MS FS X?

pca

I'd get a DirectX-10 capable gaming card and go Vista. :-)

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I'd get a DirectX-10 capable gaming card and go Vista. :-)

I thought you weren't working for MS these days. Guess the brainwashing takes a while to wear off.

Anyhow, it doesn't look like the DirectX 10 patch (SP2 for Flight Sim X) is even out yet, so it's hard to say what benefit there will be for such a massive cost upgrade to Patrick's computer.