Things do seem a lot smoother, just from the extra stick of RAM alone, in that it’s an obvious thing to notice even with nothing else on the hardware changing. As previously using 16GB, it wasn’t like I ‘ran out’, just more that it was swapping to the pagefile or not caching extra stuff. What I found with the above today was that I using about 20GB of RAM, once all things are up and ready to fly. Using the real-world routes/aircraft packs. Pilot2ATC (another separate app that talks to X-Plane) I’m using:Īctive Sky XP (a separate process that comes up in its own window). I do use a lot of ‘stuff’ with XP, so that’s a mitigating factor.
Today I put in the new set for the full 32 GB and was mildly surprised to see how much it helped X-Plane 11. I was keen to check out the i9, even at stock speeds and the old 1070 GPU. One of the DDR4 3200 sticks was dead on arrival sadly, but the nice people at NewEgg were pretty responsive and shipped me out a replacement set next day while I RMA’d the bust ones.īecause they come in a pair, and it is ok to run a single DDR4 stick, I ran yesterday XP11 on 16GB (as the other 16GB was dead).
I’m still waiting for the 2080 GPU plus some new cooling bits, so I can really break this stuff too. I am still waiting for some hardware bits to arrive in the mail, but I have had the i9 9900K, new motherboard and some new DDR4 for a couple of days now. (Photo Credits: Philippe Le Quilliec) Many of them are free and you can find information about add-ons in the beginner's guide.A small thing but I thought interesting enough to share. Note: Many of the featured images are X-Plane with add-ons to enhance graphics.
Laminar Research absolutely does not support the fully open source drivers for AMD and NVIDIA.
You may be able to get X-Plane to run on the Mesa/Gallium driver with an Intel GPU, but this is unsupported. With that in mind, we have developers using Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 LTS successfully.įor Linux, the proprietary driver from AMD or NVIDIA are required to run X-Plane. While X-Plane 11 will run on Linux, Laminar Research don’t provide support for specific distributions if you want to run on Linux, you will need to try X-Plane on your distribution to see if it is compatible. Intel: Intel HD 2000 or newer (HD4000 or newer recommended) NVIDIA: NVIDIA GeForce 420 or newer (600 or newer recommended)ĪMD: AMD HD5000 or newer (HD7000 with GCN core or newer recommended) Video Card: a DirectX 12-capable video card from NVIDIA, AMD or Intel with at least 4 GB VRAM (GeForce GTX 1050 or better or similar from AMD)
The full version of the simulator will perform exactly the same as the demo.ĬPU: Intel Core i5 6600K at 3.5 GHz or faster If your system is borderline, we encourage you to try the demo first. Video Card: a DirectX 11-capable video card from NVIDIA, AMD or Intel with at least 1 GB VRAM (Dual-core CPUs slower than 3 GHz should try the demo before purchasing.)
Universal platforms (Mac, Windows, Linux)ġ1 high-quality aircraft with immersive 3-D cockpitsįree internet updates for all versions of 11.xx, including airport improvementsĪ whole new look, and a new level of quality in the included aircraft, X-Plane 11 is the upgrade you’ve been hoping for.ĬPU: Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 CPU with 2 or more cores, or AMD equivalent. Threshold has a beginners guide on everything you need to know about X-Plane. If you use Linux, get the installer for it here. You will also receive the X-Plane Installer for Windows and Mac. This key will allow you to install, and use X-Plane 11 without needing any other products. When you purchase this digital download edition, you will receive an email confirmation with your product key.