Will Microsoft Flight Simulator support multiple monitors?

Thanks for the info concerning XP11 with using NVidia's Surround, as I'm considering trying XP11.5 now, and see what that offers as a sim. I know a lot of people swear by it, so I thought I'd give it a try.

BitTron - I’ve been using XP-11 for a year.  It was a steep learning curve and lots of troubleshooting, configuration and performance related monkeying about.  I spend as much time on that stuff as flying. MSFS is a lot easier to get started with in comparison.

That said, I love it and it has way more realistic aircraft operations than MSFS.  I recommend staying with a clean 11.5x install for quite some time until you have everthing setup the way you want and you’re very comfortable with flying several stock aircraft.  After that consider addons such as HD scenery, aircraft, airports, plugins etc.  And do that gradually. VR is awesome but thats something to wait a bit on too.

Its especially important to not customize until XP has the general release for the new Vulcan/Metal based product.  Some addon products still are not working correctly and troubleshooting is way more complex with these in place.

Also I would recommend starting with a very well performing, current gaming rig.  Otherwise you could spend considerable time messing with the XP configuration trying to get adequate performance.

Hope I didn’t scare you off - its a very cool sim.

Wow, thanks for that information and for the excellent tips and advice.

I did want a realistic type of simulator, since I am a RL pilot as well. 

Over the years, I probably have purchased close to $2,000 worth of add-ons for FSX, including very good HD scenery, etc., but let's face it, as a sim, FSX is definitely showing its age. Like everyone else, I was greatly disappointed by FS2020. (But it does have nice graphics though! LOL)

One of the general attributes that I do like about XP11.5, from my research so far, is the development engine itself, as far as how it utilizes more modern computer equipment, and the future potential of using multi-cores and multi-threaded PCs. This is important for me, because I'm using a high performance PC now, ... a brand new Asus x570-E Mobo with a new Ryzen 9 3950x CPU and a RTX 2080 Ti graphics card, so naturally, I want a high performance sim as well. 

I have read various comments from across the internet about XP11 being a steep learning curve, (but then again so its actual RL flying in itself) and that XP11 is a real pain to setup and config properly, especially if you are using multiple monitors (which I am.) 

However, since I'm using three 4K monitors in Nvidia Surround mode, I like your idea of using a Track IR. I might just try that out.

Anyway, thanks for the tips and suggestions, and yes, I'll probably be giving XP11.5 a tryout. Hopefully that will satisfy my needs for a higher-end performance sim!

Thanks BitTron.  Sounds like you have a great setup.  This is a detail about XP11 config that could be helpful.  Play with Grapphics Field of View parameter, especially if you use TrackIR.  

Three 4k monitors in surround mode - that will definitely push that RTX card.  You may need a 3080!  I’d love to hear  how that works, but this focus on XP11 probably belongs in that forum.

Wow, thanks for that information and for the excellent tips and advice.

I did want a realistic type of simulator, since I am a RL pilot as well. 

Over the years, I probably have purchased close to $2,000 worth of add-ons for FSX, including very good HD scenery, etc., but let's face it, as a sim, FSX is definitely showing its age. Like everyone else, I was greatly disappointed by FS2020. (But it does have nice graphics though! LOL)

One of the general attributes that I do like about XP11.5, from my research so far, is the development engine itself, as far as how it utilizes more modern computer equipment, and the future potential of using multi-cores and multi-threaded PCs. This is important for me, because I'm using a high performance PC now, ... a brand new Asus x570-E Mobo with a new Ryzen 9 3950x CPU and a RTX 2080 Ti graphics card, so naturally, I want a high performance sim as well. 

I have read various comments from across the internet about XP11 being a steep learning curve, (but then again so its actual RL flying in itself) and that XP11 is a real pain to setup and config properly, especially if you are using multiple monitors (which I am.) 

However, since I'm using three 4K monitors in Nvidia Surround mode, I like your idea of using a Track IR. I might just try that out.

Anyway, thanks for the tips and suggestions, and yes, I'll probably be giving XP11.5 a tryout. Hopefully that will satisfy my needs for a higher-end performance sim!

Yes I was lucky that I bought it under the X-Box subscription for $1 and 5.99/month thereafter. I figured that would be a cheap way to test out if it worked the way I wanted it to or if it was all marketing hype. So I cancelled the subscription after the first month and will wait to see whether Asobo gets its act together.

Don W.