Getting back into simming

Question

After being away from Fly Sim'g for several years Im looking at getting back into it. Can you tell me if my X-Plane 9 is still supported or would I be better off to buy the current version 11 ????

Answer 1

Hi iflyrjs,

I am not from Laminar Research; just a flight simmer from downunder.

X-Plane 9 is not promoted but can still be purchased direct from Laminar.  Should you have a problem you will get support from other flight simmers and hopefully from Laminar.

Consider changing to X-Plane 11.  It has a lot more benefits than XP9 but it is resource hungry on the CPU and GPU.  You need a high spec system now with good cooling.  Have a look at the following link found at https://www.x-plane.com/kb/x-plane-11-system-requirements/  If you have have to upgrade then go for a NVidia card and Intel processor for best performance.  AMD components are currently lagging.

Welcome back 

Glenn

Comments

Glenn Hi

Thanks for responding so quickly. As far as my system requirements Im using

Asus Prime X470 Pro Motherboard

32GB RAM 3200Mhz

Ryzen 5 2600X clocked 4.2

970 Pro NVMe M.2 500GB

MSI Ge Force GTX 1600 Ti  6GB GDDR6 Graphics

Thermaltake Liquid Cool RGB 360

WD 3TB Had Drive

Samsung 1 TB Solid State Drive

3 each Samsung T240 Monitors 24inch

I believe at this point I will upgrade to X-Plane 11 Thank you for your help. Im sure I will post more questions in the near future....

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All should work but to be on the safe side try the demo first.

Good luck

Glenn