FSX/P3D performance comparison

[Sean]

Came across this and thought some might find it of interest...

http://kostasfsworld.wordpress.com/fsx-vs-p3d-performance-comparison/

[riche543]

Thanks for this it's interesting , how this would go for full cockpit usage.


Riche.

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[tennyson]

What version of P3D was Kosta using? Was it the new version 1.4??

It's very interesting, tho.

I have a full license for P3d, but was having too many hassles with my flight controls. I gave up and went back to FSX, but I would be interested if the new version had fixed those problems and if those stats by Kosta are right.



Frank Cooper

[rprather]

My overall experience with P3D has been quite good. Exceptional performance, more accurate roadways, stars at night (were those there in FSX). Ever landed a 777 with FLIR... Lol.

Flight controls can be quite frustrating though. One rule I've learned the hard way... With P3D, don't plug in or unplug joysticks while the simulation is running. Otherwise your yoke may start controlling your rudders and your rudder may become the throttle :-(

Robert

[rhysb]

One thing am I right in saying is that p3d textures are native at 4096 x 4096 rather than fsx 1024 x 1024 so even though the frame rates are similar it's actually processing 4 x more data?

Im loving xplane at the mo although all the money I have spent on fsx and when it decides to run smoothly and not have one of its moods fsx does seem awesome so is p3d a way forward with the fact that fsx Addons fit right in?

[Maurice]

Came across this and thought some might find it of interest...

http://kostasfsworld.wordpress.com/fsx-vs-p3d-performance-comparison/

Looks like Kosta has now changed his mind about P3D

http://kostasfsworld.wordpress.com/

Maurice

[Kennair]

Doh!  I guess it justifies the healthy sceptisim to be maintained when reading user reviews.  Happily though his final report reflects the same results I had during my testing also.  Others I've read have came to similar conclusions too.

Ken.