PhoenixRC 2.5v in Parallels 5.0 in Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.1

A comparison of running the awesome PhoenixRC 2.5v flight simulator natively on Win7 x64 and in Mac OS X using Parallels Desktop 5.0 and a VM with Win7 x86.

Hardware:

Dual-booting Win7 and OSX. I built this machine as a Hackintosh to run OS X and use to dual boot into Win7 x64 natively for a few games but Parallels 5.0 seems very capable in working with sims and games.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 2.4Ghz
Gigabyte G41-ES2L Motherboard
4GB DDR2 RAM
Asus EN9600GT

Benchmarks:

Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.1
Parallels Desktop 5.0 for Mac OS X
VM: Windows 7 x86, 1GB RAM, 256MB video
1440x900 at highest quality
180 frames per second
1920x1200 at highest quality
120 frames per second

Windows 7 x64 (Natively)
1920x1200 at highest quality
250 frames per second

So, as you can see, even inside a virtual machine on Mac OS X, Phoenix RC runs incredibly smooth. My video card isn't the latest and greatest, neither is my CPU.

PS: Running OS X flawlessly on my PC thanks to Kakewalk 2.2. The best and easiest way to get OS X on Gigabyte motherboards.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• phoenixrc
• parallels
• mac
• osx
• snow
• leopard
• rc
• flight
• simulator
• game
• helicopter
• plane gaming computer hacks

[bitchnigger2]

how did you get this to work,i know nothing of computers,i have a pheonix 2.5 sim and a macbook pro os x 10.6.4 operating system,please help me.

[kenv98]

@bitchnigger2

Install Parallels, then install Windows 7 inside a VM, then install Phoenix.

[Aaronrocha1]

can you tell me how you go this working on your mac? I purchased this simulator and can't get it working. I have windows Vista on a new mac book bro. Any help would be great. Thanks.

[kenv98]

@Aaronrocha1

Are you running it in a VM or Bootcamp? What errors you getting? I've only run this on a Mac in Parallels with Win7 x86 VM.

[bitchnigger2]

how do i go about "installing parrallels"im not too good on computer,sorry,really appreciate help though.

[Aaronrocha1]

I got it working over the weekend. I am using Parallels and it works great. Thanks for your response!