Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - FSX in a 64-bit environment?

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | FSX in a 64-bit environment?

AFV003
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on May 03 2002
GVA 10 Year Anniversary
Century Club

"Oh yeah, NOTAM #19 is a must!"
Indianapolis, IN

144 legs, 376.9 hours
59 legs, 129.5 hours online
121 legs, 328.9 hours ACARS
8 legs, 27.8 hours event
276 legs, 632.7 hours total
27 legs dispatched, 38.6 hours

Posted onPost created on July 25 2010 01:03 ET by Caitlyn Champlin

I've always ran the x86 version of Windows. Will FSX work with a 64-bit OS? I need to upgrade my computer at home to Win 7 Pro for work and will run the x64 version if FSX will work the same way. Any help/advice appreciated.

Caitlyn Champlin

Senior Captain, B737-800

DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200

Joined on September 19 2004
Triple Century Club

Monterrey, NL Mexico

357 legs, 860.4 hours
72 legs, 132.3 hours online
255 legs, 668.3 hours ACARS
1 legs, 1.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 25 2010 01:30 ET by David Eugenio Gomez

Yes it will, it'll still be a x32 application, but will run fine on a x64 OS.

David Eugenio Gomez (DVA1933)

DVA1763
Senior Captain, B757-200

Joined on June 29 2004
Everett 250 Club
Online Six Century Club
Seven Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

Oklahoma City, OK

723 legs, 2,015.0 hours
645 legs, 1,824.0 hours online
585 legs, 1,608.7 hours ACARS
10 legs, 44.8 hours event
740 legs, 2,044.9 hours total

Posted onPost created on July 25 2010 01:43 ET by Steve Pickle

x64 is actually recommended to fix the OOM issues.

Steve Pickle (DVA1763)

AFV275
Senior Captain, B747-400

Joined on June 04 2007
International Tourist
Diplomatic Mission
Club Concorde
50 State Club
Triple Century Club

"FDNY, New York's Bravest"
New York, NY USA

333 legs, 1,550.3 hours
1 legs, 3.7 hours online
282 legs, 1,242.5 hours ACARS
590 legs, 2,849.0 hours total

Posted onPost created on July 25 2010 08:17 ET by Brady Molloy

It not only works, but works tremendously on my machine with Win7 64 Bit. Just some small compatibility issues with some add-ons.

Cheers,

Brady Molloy

Senior Captain, B747-400

DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM

Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club

"pitchpowertrim.com"
Anderson, MO

619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs, 503.1 hours online
580 legs, 1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs, 191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1 hours

Posted onPost created on July 25 2010 11:39 ET by Michael Brown

+1

I have ran FSX in Vista 64 and Win 7 64x ....works great

Michael Brown (DVA3196)

Posted onPost created on July 25 2010 18:38 ET by Caitlyn Champlin

Thanks for the info, guys; very helpful!

Caitlyn Champlin

Senior Captain, B737-800

DVA6983
Captain, B737-800

Joined on February 07 2009
Century Club

""Can't, never did anything..""
Phoenix, AZ USA

125 legs, 233.4 hours
4 legs, 7.2 hours online
125 legs, 233.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on July 25 2010 19:21 ET by Dale Westlund

Upgrading from windows 7 32 bit tomorrow to the 64 bit version myself.. Now I'll be able to use my 4GB of RAM and when I get the $$$ I'm going to 8GB of RAM and probably an ATI 5950 1.5 gig video card.. Should solve a few problems for me also..

Cheers..

Dale Westlund (DVA6983)

Posted onPost created on July 25 2010 21:56 ET by Caitlyn Champlin

I should think so! If it worked on Server '08 R2 I'd be able to take advantage of 32 gigs RAM and 2 Xeon processors!

Caitlyn Champlin

Senior Captain, B737-800

DVA2527
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on August 15 2005
50 State Club
Two Million Mile Club
Quad-Millennium Club
Online Thirty Century
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Everett Tri-Millennium Club

"Flying Delta's Western Hub"
Salt Lake City, UT USA

4,922 legs, 9,500.0 hours
3,663 legs, 7,166.5 hours online
4,339 legs, 8,326.6 hours ACARS
22 legs, 49.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 25 2010 23:05 ET by Joe Porter

I am on win7 64 bit and will never go back to 32 bit. It is great to have solved the OOM issue which just disappears with 64 bit . . .

Joe Porter

Senior Captain, B737-800

DVA6357
Captain, MD-88
OLP

Joined on September 02 2008
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Event Half Century Club
Everett 250 Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Coastal Club
Eight Century Club
US Mountaineer Club
Online Eight Century

Western Canada

886 legs, 1,430.4 hours
802 legs, 1,312.8 hours online
839 legs, 1,350.4 hours ACARS
100 legs, 197.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 28 2010 12:24 ET by Francisco Beltran

I don't think it will make a big diff if no proper conditions are adjusted on your rig as >4GB RAM or faster processor's speed, as mentioned earlier FSX is 32bit no matter what you do with your HW, nothing will change that. Also keep in mind, FSX has a poor coding structure and requires a looooot of power to be run properly. Also some tweaks will help http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=34661&page=1

Definitively go for it as no 2 HW configs will be ever the same, you're at the verge of a lot of fun trying to 'tune it up' properly!

Cheers

Francisco Beltran

Captain, MD-88

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