A question about system specs to run P3DV5 for a friend.

[Navy Chief]

Ok.

I have a friend who lives just north of Murphy, NC, and cable internet is not available; nor is satellite access. The only way he can get internet is by tethering his phone to his desktop or laptop. Not exactly optimum situation, and he has no idea when internet might be available.

So, he had a PC system built. I suggested to him that he have the guy who built his PC - download/install P3DV5 onto his system, as the guy does have cable internet access. Now granted, he would have to take the PC system back to the guy to download major updates, etc..., but it is a workaround at least.

He is wondering if his PC will run P3DV5. I am guessing you guys can answer that question!

Here is what he's got:

Intel® Core™ i7-960 Processor

Nvidia GTX 1650 Super

1TB SSD drive

12gb DDR Ram

What do you think? If he can get P3DV5 installed, does his system have the capability to run smooth enough? Thanks guys. NC

Btw, I am still playing around with American Truck Simulator. Just wanted something different for a bit, but I check this forum several times, daily!!

[Priller]

Hi Chief,

I'm afraid the graphics card is a bottleneck. It has only 4GB of its own memory and a bus width of only 128 bit.

The CPU is also a bit on the slow side.

That is of course just my humble opinion.

Cheers,

Priller

[Navy Chief]

Hi Chief,

I'm afraid the graphics card is a bottleneck. It has only 4GB of its own memory and a bus width of only 128 bit.

The CPU is also a bit on the slow side.

That is of course just my humble opinion.

Cheers,

Priller

Thank you Priller, I much appreciate your assessment! NC

[dhazelgrove]

You can see the technical specs/requirements for P3Dv5 here.

You'll need to make sure that the default installation path is not used -- if add-ons are added within the sim. Same for the SDK.
I use "c:\Lockheed Martin\" as my base, with P3Dv4.5 and P3Dv5 in there -- plus their SDKs.

Dave

PS If your friend wants to use TacPack, he may be better advised to consider P3Dv4.5 instead.

[Navy Chief]

You can see the technical specs/requirements for P3Dv5 here.

You'll need to make sure that the default installation path is not used -- if add-ons are added within the sim. Same for the SDK.
I use "c:\Lockheed Martin\" as my base, with P3Dv4.5 and P3Dv5 in there -- plus their SDKs.

Dave

PS If your friend wants to use TacPack, he may be better advised to consider P3Dv4.5 instead.

I am trying to convince him to spend the cash, if he can afford it, on a better system. What makes his situation more frustrating for him, is the lack of fast internet access. His current "tethering" connection just (as they say in the South..... "ain't gettin' it!").

He wants, instead, to reinstall the boxed version of FSX. NC

[Dangerous Beans]

How recently did he have this PC built ?
The i7 960 was released in 2009

[Snurdley]

Downloading the sim might be an issue. Also I have a GTX 1660 6Gb card and it's doable, but I have to watch the GPU memory counter. I wouldn't want to try it with less. Maybe LM might ease the strain a bit on the next update, but who knows?

[Navy Chief]

Downloading the sim might be an issue. Also I have a GTX 1660 6Gb card and it's doable, but I have to watch the GPU memory counter. I wouldn't want to try it with less. Maybe LM might ease the strain a bit on the next update, but who knows?

Dangerous Beans: I am not sure when he had his system built, so do not that that info....

Snurdley: Thanks for more information. As for him downloading the sim, he would have to get his friend to download/install/activate the registration, etc....

I think he has resigned himself to installing XP on his system (again, I think is a mistake!), plus installing FSX-O on it. NC

[Dangerous Beans]

Ah OK.
The way I read it it sounded like it was recently and the builder had stiffed him with some old parts he wanted to off load.

[Navy Chief]

Ah OK.
The way I read it it sounded like it was recently and the builder had stiffed him with some old parts he wanted to off load.

That might even be the case. Not sure! NC

[fsafranek]

You didn't mention the operating system or I missed it. If it isn't Win 10 with DirectX 12, P3D v5 it won't even complete the installation.

[Navy Chief]

You didn't mention the operating system or I missed it. If it isn't Win 10 with DirectX 12, P3D v5 it won't even complete the installation.

I am fairly certain it is Windows 10, currently. But he, for some reason, wants to uninstall it and install XP, so he can run FSX, boxed edition. NC

[Dangerous Beans]

FSX run just fine on Win10

[Navy Chief]

FSX run just fine on Win10

Yes, but his problem is not being able to get his box editions of FSX and Acceleration activated. NC

[dhazelgrove]

Yes, but his problem is not being able to get his box editions of FSX and Acceleration activated. NC

There's a known method of achieving this detailed on the FSX forum.
The PC will need to be connected to the internet while the registration is completed but, as already stated here, he must stay with Win10 or P5D won't even install.

FSX does work perfectly well under Win10, but if there are any 'issues' it can be run in 'compatibility mode'.
Remember to run it in Admin mode, too.

Dave

[Priller]

Yes, but his problem is not being able to get his box editions of FSX and Acceleration activated. NC

Am I correct in thinking that this person is not too "PC-savvy"?

Priller