Will P3D v4 run on Windows 7 ok?
Will P3D v4 run on Windows 7 ok?
Striker, listen, and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.
I am running mine on Windows 7 and am not aware of any problems.
The only way to be sure is to load it and run it. Understanding that every system, even with the same OS, is subject to influences by background services running on your system, your particular system specs and whether or not the moon is in the proper phase at the time you decide to run it. One individual who says it runs flawlessly on his Win7 System is not proof positive that you will have the same experience. I understand that the outlay for the newest version is a steep price just to test it to see if it will run the way you expect it to, but you can get a refund if Win7 is not up to the task. Mine was not!
Last edited by falcon409; July 26th, 2017 at 03:49.
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Current System Specs:
FSX/Accel | Windows10 64bit
Motherboard: MSI760GM-E51(MS-7596)
CPU: 3.9GHz AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core | RAM: 16GB DDR3 1333
GPU: NVidia GTX 970 (4GB GDDR5)
Runs fine for me. A friend who's ancient computer got only 8FPS in FSX reports that he's in the mid-20's with P3D. I went from about 20-30 FPS to 100-120FPS. Depending, of course, where I'm flying (aka scenery involved).
As falcon said - it's really hard to say, but I think it worth the gamble.
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Current System Specs :
FSXA & P3Dv4 | Windows 10 Professional for Workstations (x64)
Motherboard: Gigabit Z390 Aorus Ultra, LGA 1151, Intel based
CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB DDR4 3600
GPU: ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme (6GB GDDR5)
HD: 1TB SanDisk SSD Plus | PSU: KDM 750W ATX Power Supply
Same here!
PMDG DC-6, not the easiest re fps, over Drzewiecki NYCX, about as demanding as you can get re fps. If this would've been a video you'd see the fps counter fluctuating around 25 fps. i7-4960X@3.60GHz; 16GB; GTX1070; W7/64 Pro.
Pretty cool !
cheers,
Jan
Working very smoothly here as well.
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Expat, those who have answered that they are running Win7 and V4 is running well, or smoothly. . .take a look at their computer specs and compare those to what you have. If your specs are closer to mine than to theirs, that's why I mention it has a lot to do with the individual systems. Yes there are people running Win7 with smooth flying in P3D_V4, but they are also running much nicer setups. You be the judge!
USAF Retired, 301st Fighter Wing, Carswell AFB, Texas
My SOH Uploads: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...erid=83&sort=d
Current System Specs:
FSX/Accel | Windows10 64bit
Motherboard: MSI760GM-E51(MS-7596)
CPU: 3.9GHz AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core | RAM: 16GB DDR3 1333
GPU: NVidia GTX 970 (4GB GDDR5)
Might try a one month subscription to test...
System Requirements – Prepar3D v4
Minimum Recommended Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 (64-bit)
[N editions require Media Feature Pack]Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) Computer Processor 2.2 GHz Quad Core 3.5 GHz (Per Core) + Computer Memory 4 GB 16 GB DDR4/2666MHz + Hard Drive Space 40 GB
(3 GB for the SDK)
M.2 or Solid State Drive (SSD) is strongly recommendedGraphics Card Video Memory 2 GB 8 GB + Graphics Card Other Full DirectX 11 Support Other Administrator Rights (for installation only)
Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2
DirectX 11
1024×768 minimum screen resolution for primary display
Thanks all. I have a i4770K CPU @ 3.50 GHz 8.00GB RAM (may be too low from what I have seen here) on a GTX 780 overclocked (factory) on W7 Pro 64 bit. Run FSX pretty well but the whole rationale of moving to P3D V4 is get better performance (taking advantage of it being 64 bit, etc).
Striker, listen, and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.
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