I pretty much get 25 fps outside of the big cities. I bought a brand new notebook with the following specs:- XPS M1710, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7400 (2.16GHz/667MHz/4MB)- 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 677MHZ,2 DIMM, for XPS M1710- 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX, for XPS M1710- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, EnglishI have maxed out most settings with the following exceptions:- No traffic- No autogen- No bloom- Water set to 1x highI have my frames locked at 25. In the meantime the hardware manufacturer's can catch up with Vista drivers for all the legacy hardware that is out there.In the meantime, I don't think Vista & DX9 will do much more for FSX than XP & DX9. I did a check on my laptop and it flagged up a couple of issues with my network adapter, which doesn't have any Vista drivers (yet).My plan is to hang fire on Vista until later this year, when DX10 graphics are available for laptops (I'm restricted to using laptops).

As it stands at the moment I've got XP running beautifully, it's very stable, and it does everything I want it to do.Now, when DX10 is released, and assuming FSX will be updated to take advantage of the much vaunted new technology, then that will probably all change.You can download a Vista compatibility checker from the MS website that will scan your hardware and advise you if your PC is Vista ready. I've read quite a few reviews in the computer media that were very positive about Vista, but at the moment I don't see any point in upgrading from XP. Again, IF you do this, I can almost guarantee you'll be satisfied - AND satisfied with Vista.įor whatever it's worth, hope it helps and solves your issue.I was wondering the same thing earlier. I did this, AND ALL IS WELL - things work great - Vista is 'trying' to protect it's users by massive 'layering' for protection. Secondly - I could NOT get VoiceBuddy to work, period - lockups, 'program not responding', even with eDimensional's Vista Patch -They could not help me - so after frustration, and talking to MS on my networking problem the MS tech told me that Vista will NOT allow writing to anything in the program files - and to move those types of programs requiring writing to - INSTALL them in the root of C: OR Install then on a second partition or second drive. IN SUMMARY - Turn off UAC, which is a no-no by MS Standards I installed Vista HP about 4 months ago - what a nightmare for about 3 weeks, networking problems, UAC problems, on / on and on - and I get around pc's pretty well.

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