hey all,

i did post this in the "sim" part of the forum, but i don't think i'm gonna get an answer there!...........so i've posted here in the hope that someone similar to myself, with a "donated" computer (thankyou to my employers!! he, he) might have the same laptop and know the answer? don't want to get mega technical here just a yes or no..............

"first time on the sim forum! i have a question for anyone who can answer it..............i have a dell d620 latitude laptop and i am wondering if anyone has first hand knowledge if either the fsone or realflight will run on the laptop before i go and buy one of them.............?????????

any help is appreciated! thanks. "

Try playing some hi-graphic video games. If those work, the sims should

Better yet, download the Real Flight G3 and/or G4 demos from www.knifeedge.com and see how they run on your D620. I have a Latitude D630 on my desk at the office, and it runs FMS adequately. I suspect you'll be disappointed with your D620's video performance.

hey all,

big ed..........i did download the G3 demo and it seems to work just fine actually. i did just wonder if the new g4.5 would do the same?? would you happen to know by chance?

thanks.

I don't believe G4.5 is significantly more intensive with regard to graphics. You can turn up extra eye candy on it, but it should run fine on any system that could run G3.5.

Hi here is the info for the G4.5. No your computer You can right click on your start button, go to my computer and right click, then click on properties this will show you your system info.

Generation 4.5 System Requirements

Minimum Recommended System info:

Some graphical features may be disabled. Aerodynamic calculations will remain high quality.

Windows* XP or Windows* Vista®

Intel® Pentium® 1.0GHz or equivalent

512 MB RAM

4 GB Hard Drive Space

DVD Drive

3D Accelerated Video with:

32 MB Dedicated Video Memory

Full Windows DirectX® 9 compliant (Pixel Shader 1.4 support)

Optimal System:

For best graphical performance.

Dual Core 2.4GHz CPU

2 GB RAM

3D Accelerated Video with:

512 MB dedicated video memory

(Pixel Shader 3.0 support)

Multiplayer Requirements:

Broadband internet connection

Computer microphone for voice chat

InterLinkâ„¢ Elite Controller:

USB Port

Compatible FM or FM-selectable transmitter (if using the interface mode)

Note: The connectors on the InterLink Elite cord and included adapters make the InterLink Elite compatible with the trainer jack on most Futaba® and all JR®, Spektrum® and Tower Hobbies® systems. Special adapters for use with most older Futaba and Hitec® systems are available separately.

* Local administration access required.

I believe that both programs list both recommended and bare bones minimum requirements for available disk space, RAM, processer speed and graphics card for the programs to run properly. That information should be available on the Horizon and Great Planes websites. You can then compare that to your actual hardware setup on your computer.

If you're not sure of your exact set up, you can find it by going to Control Panel, System. Processer speed and RAM will be listed on the "General" tab. For information on your video card go to the "Device Manager" tab, and look for the video card line.

I'm not sure about this, but my guess is that the demo versions have fairly limited functions and will probably not give you a very accurate picture of how the full program will run on your box.

In addition, once you have installed the program, you have the option to disable some of the more graphics intensive features to speed things up a bit if performance is marginal.

Good luck.

hey all,

thanks for all the input. i have already been through all of your recommended steps earlier today, but to be honest i have checked all the specs. etc before with other programs and it still has not been a good experience..............

in all honesty i would actually just like it if someone had the same laptop and could give a practical "realworld" yes or no to whether it works or not............anyone out there?

regardless, many thanks for your input.

I have a desktop that plays G3.5 just fine, but will NOT run 4.5 at all. I just bought 3.5 instead and saved myself $100.00. The G4 version requires a better grafics card than 3.5 to run period, let alone run well.

I run G4.5 on my desktop, which meets the minimum specs. I can fly on the Photofields OK, but any of the computer generated fields are way too slow. I tried the night flying carnival scene once, and it barely moved at all.

I've run it on my wife's laptop (plugged into the 42" LCD TV) with similar results. I'll check the specs on both systems when I get home.

4.5 doesn't seem to work as well as 4.0 did on my laptop.

If you don't already have a plane, pick up one of the combos that comes with an AFR and an early verion of Real Flight. In hindsight, I should have gone that route.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...I=LXEXK2**&P=0

RealFlight G4's requirement isn't that high.. I can play it smoothly on my computer, 256MB shared video ram.

Thanks for that info, bonebreak! I didn't think it was a big jump from one to the other with regard to graphics.

I actually started flying RC because I was spending too many nice summer evenings at home playing video games. If you can play Crysis and Fallout 3 smoothly, Real Flight G4.5 isn't going to be a problem.