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I am wondering why my mouse cursor lowers FPS by about 30% when its on the screen. Anyone know why this might be? I run in windowed mode about 90% of the time.

In about 2 weeks my new computer will be ready and I was wondering what you guys think about it and how it will run FS9 (I have FS9 on a external drive where it will stay when I get the new computer). The specs are...Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core ProcessorASUS P6X58D Premium LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard (Just came out Looks real good )Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer CaseOCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)6 Gb Ram ( I went with the 1366 socket because it should be upgradable to the next cpu's that come out i9 and better reviews ove…

Hello I have just finished building my new pc and I have installed FSX, as you can see from my specs I believe it to be quite good, mainly everything is ok but one of the problems I am experiencing is that I am seeing a tearing effect visually, whether i'm sat in the cockpit view or the external view. I started of by installing the latest drivers 195.62, but believing that to be the problem i went bak to 191.07 but I still seen the same thing, also, what i notice is the plane appears to have a leaping effect, as if the game has been paused for a split second and then unpaused, you mainly see this when panning around the plane in the external mode, on the odd occasion i a…

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Hi Everyone,I was just wondering if I could get some advice about my machine, and how I can improve gameplay as I am an avid FSX pilot! Ideally I am looking for the best visuals that I can afford as I want to make my flight experience as realistic as possible. Reasons for this are that I will be going to Oxford Aviation Academy in a few months, and I would like to have a decent machine to practice on while im there!Here are my specs:AMD Phenom II X2 550 3.11 GHZ (not OC'd: Any advice about this would be great as I have no idea)Gigabyte MA77-UD3P Motherboard2GB Corsair DDR3 Ram250GB Toshiba HDATI HD4870 2GB SapphireTrack IR 4 PROSaitek Pro Flight YokeSaitek Throttle Quadra…

HiI have 3Gb of Crucial DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 RAM in my PC. I have just checked the PC's properties and it says something like there is 2.56 of 3Gb RAM available. Where could the 'rest of it' have gone?

Hey, for the last 4 years I've been using a 19inch widescreen running at 1440x900 resolution. This is also the only LCD monitor I've owned. Its cheap and i only bought it cause of price. I'm now looking to upgrade to a bigger and better monitor. I know my way around computers pretty good, but have never really dealt with monitors. I would really like to get a good 23 or 23.5 inch monitor but a little worried about the performance drop going to the 1920x1080 resolution from my current one. Has anyone had a similar upgrade with similar computer specs? What kind of performance drop should I expect?I'm really debating if I should just go for the 22inch for performance …

Hi guys,Looking at buying a decent performing but not over-the-top priced notebook. Primarily it will be used for internet, office and other daily tasks, but I would like it to be able to at least run FS9 with decent performance even with average settings enabled - antialiasing etc. In terms of budget, well I would imagine in Dollars somewhere between $500 and $900. But basically what I am seeing locally available at the upper range in my budget there are Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHZ plus and a variety of graphics chips ranging from ATI Radeon HD3200 shared graphics, Intel X3100 shared graphics, Intel GMA X4500 shared graphics, Nvidia 9300M dedicated graphics and lastly Nvidia …

Hello All,This is my first post here so bare with me, in response to a challenge from a couple of friends my goal is to build the best fsx running machine for the least amount of money roughly less that $400 (lol I know) and shooting for around a steady 20-25fps any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks! The below does not include video card haven't decided on that yet lol.Asus M3A78-EM AMD 780G Socket AM2+ Motherboard - Qty: 1 $79.99 AMD Phenom X4 9850 Quad Core Processor - Qty: 1 $109.99 Ultra X-Wind Socket K8/AM2 CPU Fan - Qty: 1 $19.99 Corsair XMS2 4GB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory - Qty: 1 $94.99 Seagate ST3750630AS Barracuda Hard Drive - Qty: 1 $74.99 LG GH22NS50 D…

Hi All,I just upgraded my RAM from 2 x 512mb to a 1GB plus 1 x 512...only the 1GB is showing in Everest? I suspect it must be 2 x 1GB ( Max ) to function as my previous 2. 512's worked ok, but Im curious in case there is a tweak, here is my board spec:Gigabyte GA-8SIMLNF...Packard Bell iMedia 3043....two DIMM slots only and again a Max of 2x1GB RAM DDR1 PC2700 333mhz 2.5V.All good advice welcome.Berne :(

Hello,This is a really hard problem to describe. I am using on-board sound and I don't see any sound settings that I can change on the mobo. Maybe the guy that built the system didn't install it. I know I told him, "Don't install anything that is not absolutely necessary."Basically, I have the default windows sound adjustments and I am using headphones.With some aircraft sound, I get a swooshing sound in the background - particularly with the CLS 747. I have switched to a freeware sound but I still get this annoying background sound. It sounds as if it is trying to imitate an aircraft moving through air towards me and then away from me. I usually don't hear it when I star…

Hi Folks,If you can help me with this, I would very much appreciate it. Whenever I'm running FSX with my AMD Phenom 965 BE, it runs quite warm even with an Arctic Cooler. Anyone out there could recommend another CPU cooler?ThanksAl

My first post! I'm thinking about getting back into FS and am looking at a computer that I'd use for work and music stuff and also now for FSX. Here are the specs:CPUIntel Core i7 920 Quad-Core Socket LGA1366 2.66Ghz 4.8GT/s FSB 8MB L3 CacheOver ClockingOverclocked to: i7 Quad core 3.8GHz*CPU FanThermaltake ISGC-400 (LGA1366/775/AM2+/AM2)[/url]MotherboardMSI X58 PRO-E SKT1366 INT X58MemoryKingston 6GB (3X2G) DDR3-1333Hard DriveWestern Digital 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA IIOptical DriveLG 22X DVD RW + Dual LayerVideoATI HD5750 PCI-E 1G DDR5 HD/DP/2DVIAudio8 Channel High Definition AudioNetwork CardGigabit LAN controllersPorts6 USB 2.0 Ports 1 SerialNeon LightSunbea…

I want to double my 300gb FSX drive by adding another 300gb drive and running them in raid 0. My question is can I set this up without disturbing the data? Or do I need to either backup and restore or reinstall from scratch?

Going to built a new PC to replace my trusty but old X2 4800+ machine. Currently just use FS9, but will probably go to FSX in the near future.I budgeted myself about $2,500 CAD for the entire machine. I want this new PC to be pretty well near the top for at least the next 2 years if possible thus overclocking will be done. I also plan to split the main drive and do a dual boot with Windows 7 64-bit and XP 64-bit.The Raptor drive will be used for just FS9 and/or FSX only.Any opinions on my proposed build is greatly appreciated:1 x Antec - Nine Hundred II Gamer Case ($149.99) 1 x Intel - Core i7 Processor 920 2.66GHz w/ 8MB Cache ($329.99) 1 x Cooler Master - V8 CPU Cooler …

Hello everyone,I am helping my dad choose a new computer to play Flight Sim 9/X. I have found two machines that might be good (and at the very top of his budget) and would like views on which people think would be better. Note that one is Dell and one is Alienware. I know that building your own is better and cheaper (and that a lot of people probably hate Dell), but we don't have the kind of expertise to build ourselves. Feel free to suggest other things to buy, but in any event I'd appreciate a view on which of the two below is better for Flight Sim.System 1 - Dell Studio XPSi7 950 3.06ghz1.8gb nvidia GTX 2606gb 1067mhz DDR3 ramSystem 2 - Alienware Aurorai7 920 2.66g…

Hey all, Im building a new PC for flightsimming, Primary FSX and Blackshark. I think Ive sorted out the specs, But I just want the FS community to take a look, Maybe you guys can think of something I havnt thought off. The main thing is running FSX at a decent FPS, Running at 12 - 20 at mo which is ok, but Im sure it can be better. OK the specs at mo are.AMD Phenom 2 X4 965Asus M4A79XTD EvoGeil Ultra 4GB pc3 - 17000 2133 mhzATI HD5870Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB x 2HI Power 1000w PSUCoolerMaster CM690 CaseCorsair CWCH50-1 Water CoolingLG W2361V 23" LCD Widescreen Full HD Gaming monitor 1920x1080 x 2Windows 7 ProfOK Guys and Girls There it is. If anyone coul…

This was moved from the main MS FSX forum, as the Admin locked it up for sake of a better location. Sorry, 1st post.I mainly just run FSX but I need a faster computer. I have a Dell 8400 (Pentium 4, 3.4 Mhz), 1 GB DDR2 memory, 1 TB harddrive (recent), a 320 GB harddrive and a really nice Dell 24 IN WS monitor and a geforce 7950 GT graphics card (512 MB). I have my eye on a new i7 920, HD 4850, 6 GB memory, but, not just yet.I can buy either more memory (total of 4GB DDR2) for $80 or a better graphics card (HD 4850 or geforce 260) in the range of $135 - $150 but, not both.Question for the forum - Is this a wise choice or should I just save my money and put it toward the n…

Hi GuysI just bought a core2quad q9550 and I get very bad performance in fsx.My system was:CPU: Core 2 duo E8400 overclocked at 3,6 GHzRAM: 4 GB of at 800 MHzGPU: Radeon HD4850OS: Vista 64bit sp2FSX AccelerationWith this setup I was getting 31 fps (locked at 31 fps)Now I upgraded my cpu to a Core 2 Quad q9550 overclocked at 3.4 GHz and with the same fsx settings I get around 15-25 fps.When my previous processor was at its stock speed (3 GHz) I still had better performance than I do now.What I did was to delete my fsx.cfg and let fsx rebuild it. Afterwards I added the following tweak on my fsx.cfg but to no avail.[JOBSCHEDULER]AffinityMask=15 Considering that a q9550 is al…

So I have read many of the threads on defragging and SSD. Don't do it. Not needed. Could wear the drive out.....etc.Situation: I just reinstalled FSX after a W7 upgrade. My new hard disk layout is to have the OS on a Velociraptor and have placed FSX on its "own" drive, an OCZ 250gb. This unit has the 1.40 firmware that supports TRIM, and I have checked the W7 install to assure myself that TRIM is also present there. As might be expected, the FSX drive, when analyzed by O&O Defrag 12.??, shows a 53% fragmentation. I have done the normal "Space, Space, Name, Name" defrag on all of the other drives in the system, but have not touched the SSD. The SSD performance seems t…

HI I want to upgrade by RAM but i am realy unsure if my system will support it. At the moment i am running 4Gb of DDR2 533 mhertz with windows 7 32 bit and my pc is a dell xps700. With faster RAM on the market now is it worth me spending the cash to upgrade and would i realy see much of a diffirence. Kind Regards ShaunOS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home PremiumVersion 6.1.7600 Build 7600System Model Dell DXG061System Type X86-based PCProcessor Intel® Core2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz, 2128 Mhz, 1 Core(s), 1 Logical Processor(s)BIOS Version/Date …

Hey guys,Just curious is it better to have a 200 bclk on a multiplier of 20 to run 4.0ghz and ram at 1600mhz or 190 bclk, multiplier of 21 at 4 ghz and ram at 1520 mhz, in terms of stability speed and FSX?Thanks!I just cant figure this out. Temps are good in both scenarios!

I've got a laptop (MacBook Pro) running boot camp XP connected to a flat screen HDTV via the Mac's mini-display port and a HDMI adapter. I can run FSX Sp2 cloned on both screens but haven't been able to run different FSX windows on each (for instance, spot view on the HDTV and 2D cockpit on the laptop). When I change the Nvidia setup from cloned to non-cloned, all I get on the HDTV is the blank desktop wallpaper and icons. I understand how to run a dual monitor setup from a desktop computer with a dedicated graphics card with 2 outputs (VGA & DVI) but I'm not sure how to get to separate signals out with the mini-display port.I searched the fora and found no topics dea…

Corsair Dominator CM2X1024-6400C4D 800 Mhz 4-4-4-12 2.10V ver1.2I just upgraded to WIN7/64 and replaced (added) some additional RAM. If anyone (in the US) needs and would like to have the above, let me know...-George

ok, so I have my MacBook pro 17" 3.06ghz dual core, 4gb DDR3 1066 ram, 500gb 7200rmp HD, and 512mb gddr3 video. I installed vista 32bit, inserted my stock DVD with all the drivers for vista and installed FSX and SP 1. I have tweeked the settings a bit and barly get 20fps with autogen turned WAY down, water effects low, and all settings around med. Why is this? I hear others running all maxed out on less powerful mac's with 50+fps. I have taken into account that the 32bit only allows me to use(exactly)2.78gb of ram. Anyone able to solve this? Thanx