Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - FS X On Win 7 vs Win 10 and virtualbox.org

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | FS X On Win 7 vs Win 10 and virtualbox.org

DVA6118
Captain, B777-200

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Southeastern United States

253 legs, 368.5 hours
150 legs, 206.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 28 2015 15:38 ET by Robert Thompson

I bought a new PC over the weekend and am planning to upgrade it to Win 10. Before I get down this path, anyone else done similar? Also, anyone ever used virtualbox.org with FS X? Thanks for any pointers.

Robert Thompson

Captain, B777-200

DVA12216
Senior Captain, MD-88
OLP

Joined on July 25 2013
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"Speed is life, altitude is life insurance."
Alexandria, VA

1,798 legs, 4,339.1 hours
378 legs, 681.8 hours online
1,718 legs, 4,088.0 hours ACARS
14 legs, 36.8 hours event
311 legs dispatched, 224.4 hours

Posted onPost created on December 28 2015 22:58 ET by Matthew Murray

I would advise against using a Virtual Machine for your Windows/FS installation, because you would not be getting to take advantage of the full power of your CPU and graphics card. Never tried it, though.

Matthew Murray (DVA12216)

Posted onPost created on December 29 2015 08:32 ET by Robert Thompson

Yeah I think I'm sticking with the standard Win 7 the PC came with.

Robert Thompson

Captain, B777-200

DVA4510
Captain, B777-200
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Joined on May 23 2007
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Anchorage, AK USA

264 legs, 706.5 hours
31 legs, 81.5 hours online
263 legs, 705.3 hours ACARS
2 legs, 5.4 hours event
8 legs dispatched, 18.7 hours

Posted onPost created on December 29 2015 12:14 ET by David Arnold

I would second avoiding any type of virtual machine setup. Speaking from personal experience with upgrading to windows 10, FSX still works for me, although loading screens take quite a bit longer and certain things cause the computer to lag quite a bit, not something you want on T/O or Landing. I also have P3dV2.5 on there and that is what I primarily sim on these days and it has no issues with the win10 update. If you are considering upgrading to P3D, that would probably be the time to upgrade your OS. What type of computer did you buy btw?

David Arnold

Captain, B777-200

Posted onPost created on December 29 2015 12:19 ET by Robert Thompson

Bought this http://www.microcenter.com/product/453386/Precision_T3400_WorkStation_Refurbished

Robert Thompson

Captain, B777-200

Posted onPost created on December 29 2015 12:21 ET by Robert Thompson

Prepar3D: interesting choice

Robert Thompson

Captain, B777-200

Posted onPost created on December 29 2015 16:11 ET by David Arnold

Robert,

I took a look at your rig that you bought, I would suggest sticking to Win7 and FSX until you can invest in a good graphics card and some other upgrade components. Since FSX is already very labor intensive on your CPU, I would avoid placing it in an even tougher situation by having to offer up more resources to support backwards compatibility on FSX. Hope this helps.

V/r,

David Arnold

David Arnold

Captain, B777-200

Posted onPost created on January 17 2016 10:00 ET by Robert Thompson

Still playing around with the new PC but getting crashes and the Saitek USB joystick wants to suddenly not be recognized. I'm thinking it may be the 64-bit Win 7?

Robert Thompson

Captain, B777-200

DVA11021
Captain, B757-200
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Milford, NH

375 legs, 620.5 hours
365 legs, 604.5 hours online
374 legs, 618.9 hours ACARS
21 legs, 51.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 17 2016 10:04 ET by Sean Zarella

Robert, How many USB devices you have plugged in and where do you have them plugged into?

Sean Zarella (DVA11021)

Posted onPost created on January 17 2016 10:12 ET by Robert Thompson

Only my Saitek X52 joystick and throttle to the front of the PC.

Robert Thompson

Captain, B777-200

Posted onPost created on January 17 2016 11:04 ET by Sean Zarella

is your front PC case USB ports 2.0 or 3.0?

Did you try to plug it into your Main USB ports on the back of the PC on the motherboard I/O?

Sean Zarella (DVA11021)

Posted onPost created on January 30 2016 10:46 ET by Robert Thompson

I think the main fix here was updating FS X to service pack 2. Was able to make a complete flight this AM smile

Robert Thompson

Captain, B777-200

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