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It does indeed explain it clearly. Thanks. Ray

OK. I've checked out the links. Now bear with me. I've heard of beta work on new products but what is alpha or alpha mode which are being continually referred to here? So what is the difference between beta and alpha?

Thanks folks for all that info'. I'm off to check it all out. Ray

This link is unhelpful to someone like myself who is new to the sim'. Does the sim use photo scenery? How much is it ? Where to purchase it? What are the differences between sim' and FSX? I need a beginners guide !!

I used FSXand AVSIM until a couple of years ago but had to leave off completely flying since. Now having returned to AVSIM, I see a new product, Micxrosoft Flight Simulator, MFS. Is there a link for new comers from FSX, to find out everything about this new simulator. Questions like "with FSX I had to use a large amount photo scenery". Where is MFS with addons like this?.

Has anyone compared "VFR Real Scenery NexGen 3D England & Wales" with "Horizon VFR GenX England & Wales" ? Ray

Thank you Jim. That's most helpful. Kind Regards. Ray

Can anyone help me find posts started be me on the various Avsim forums?

Thanks to everyone for the tips. I'll give it a try with my rig and then go step by step afterwards. How do I get photo scenery like Horizon UK, MegaScenery or Switzerland across from FSX to P3D and my also aircraft? If I can, I suppose photo scenery may be to much for P3D on my rig.

Wow - what a thread this has turned out be - great advice. Overclockers purpose built my PC a few years ago. CPU: i5-4670 3.40GHz (liquid cooled) can be overclocked to 4.3GHz . RAM: 8GB DDR3 2400MHz (can easily go to 16GB DDR3 1866MHz - can't get any more 2400GHZ) Power supply: Corsoir high performance 650W PS. Monitor: 27" run at 1920x1080x32. Christopher Low and Benjamin J have rigs very, very similar to mine Report post except theirs is i5 4690k : mine is i5 4670k. Typically, on FSX, I would run PMDG 737 800/900 NGX over Horizon UK photo' scenery or Switzerland X photo'scenery, UK2000 airfields and with most sliders maxed out and real weather. Half of the time, I experience OOM . Half of the time I experience OOM.

I now see I would need a RAM update to 16 MB at about £140. The RTX2060 is pricey at around £350 . So it looks like I'm priced out of this one at ther present. The last reply by mpw8679 suggests a moderate GPU upgrade might give me acceptable performance. Can I have a suggestiopn for a typical moderate GPU ?

Thanks for that. My CPU: i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM

Before buying P3D, could I have advice on the suitability of of my PC spec' to run P3D ? The G/Card recommended spec' for P3D is typically GTX 1080Ti 8GB. I have GTX 770 2GB . The Ram recommended spec' for P3D is typically 16GB DDR4 2666 MHz . I have 16GB DDR3 1866 MHz . Would my G/Card spec' and Ram spec' give a poor performance when when trying to run P3D ?

Thanks for the reply. I've looked at this one further and some say the joystick is rather too slack and cannot be adjusted and stiffened. They say a stiffer Saitek stick is the X55 but very pricey. Any views on the X55 ? Ray

Is the Saitek X52 Pro a 'plug and go' for FSX, i.e does this controller fly FSX out of the box?