Ok - I am still firmly welded to FSX but because of hardware limitations (my current rig could not run P3D too slow worked but 2 FPS was hopeless for the original P3D) I am awaiting a new PC capable of running P3D V5 and or MSFS2020. The new MS sim is off the list for reasons many and various until they get it sorted out properly and I get sufficient bandwith to even download it so it is time to move to a sim recoded for 64 bit operation which of course is P3D.
I see that LM is still offerring three versions of P3D and it appears that the least trouble free route is P3DV4 which means I can port across most of my FSX addons - aircraft and scenery (with of course the inevitable tweaking and reworking of files systems etc for which there is no shortage of support and tips so that is ok). Most if not all I can reload via updated P3D versions from the addon developers, with a few exceptions, and it seems most of my less sophisticated FSX addons will work fine there as well.
I guess my main issue is what is the real difference between the two in terms of sim operability given my new machine will have an I9 chip 64GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD drive with the latest NVidia card (8GB).
So should I stick with V4 or go for V5? It seems V5 will use DX12 but V4 does not is that correct? and if so how do models created in the DX9, DX10 era go with these versions?
Most importantly - what should I not do? LOL I guess having like all of us installed and reinstalled FSX and everything over the years one is not looking forward to doing this all over again - so is it really worth it?
Advice and experiences appreciated while I await my new PC's arrival.
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