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Hello allCan I have opinions on the optimal FSX setup pleaseI have one 250GB hdd with Windows 7 64 bit freshly installed as a general use OSI have bought a 1TB internal drive today. I wiah to dual boot to a second W7 just for FSX.Which HDD shall I install the new W7 on? Which HDD shall I install the FSX on? I will install within the FSX W7 dual boot, but can set FSX to sit where optimalThanks to allTonyNew Zealand

Hey everyone, Just looking for some information and this is the best place to come I believe. I currently run FS9 pretty well on my AMD Phenom II Duel core 3.1 Ghz black edition AM3 processor + 4 Gb Ocz DDR2 OCZ ram + 9500GT 1gb Graphics card.I can fun FS9 pretty well getting 30-40FPS in most places with anything I throw at it with scenery weather or pay ware aircraft with AI.Recently I've installed FSX and in default aircraft I get a acceptable frame rate around 20FPS which is a big step down but it's still flyable, I've been putting off moving to FSX for a long time but now I really want to make the step finally.This Christmas I will be buying a new 22" monitor and a GT…

I just got this thermal paste, the ARCTIC MX-3... and now my system is running 10 degrees celcius cooler... I'm really freaking impressed and at 15 dollars it's cheaper than a fan :) Anyone else using this stuff or anything better...I went from 48 degrees to 38. Totally would recommend this stuff to anyone.

Hello,I wanted to know how well the wide sceen LCD monitor work with FS2004 as far as screen resolutions go. Can you work with it or does it stretch out everything?Thanks,Dave S.

So I did a little OC on my E6750 today. Here is my specE6750 @ 3G (8*375)3G generic samsung DDR2-667 @ 5-6-6-17BFG 8800GT DDR3 512MB @ stockXFX 680i LTI have REX, ASA, and FS Realtime on and my FPS never pass 20 (lock @ 30). I play the "Tokoyo Executive Transport" and it was still nothing different from before. I am wondering where the problem is. Any help appreciated!

I want to upgrade from my current Corsair 2x1 RAM to a 2x2. I am running a Q6600 on a P35 abit board, bus at 355 MHz and RAM set to 5:6 so my RAM is at 426MHz. I am running Corsair CMS2 DDR2-800 @ 5/5/5/18-2T and 2.08v, so a slight OC.I see plenty of DDR2-800 2x2 kits, some at same settings, a couple like Patriot Viper advertise 4/4/4/12. Or should I go to a DDR2-1066 and use a different DRAM speed ratio (2:3 I think is available to me)?So any advice on best route to take for this upgrade?scott s..

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I just installed a 3gz core 2 quad core to replace my existing core 2 duo. I was hoping for improved framerates. What I got was a cut in frame rates of 25 to 50%. I flashed the bios with the most recent upgrade. I must be doing something wrong. Surely a quad core processor will help improve performace. Is there maybe something that must be changed in BIOS or in the operating system to take advantage of the quad core processor.BJ

hello,I have this setup:Core i7 920 @ 4.43GHz, HT disabledG.Skill Trident 6GB @ 1690 6-7-6-2T8800 UltraAsus Rampage II extremeWin Vista 64The problem I have is that despite this substantial upgrade from my previous system (E6600), I still cannot get FPS above 8FPS in places like Mega Airport sceneries with the LVLD 767. Previously, looking at the task manager, both cores would be utilised at 100%. With this quad core however, this is what the usage looks like:I've tried using the affinity mask tweak (am using SP2 BTW), but I am having no luck at all, there is no change whatsoever. Any ideas? :(

Hello,I am brand-new here and hope someone can give me some advice. But first a brief introduction: I am Mathieu v/d Bosch, 41 year old and living in the Netherlands. My profession is marine engineer mainly on dredging equipment. My passion is the Fokker G.1 fighter from 1938. For some years now I am building a full scale fuselage of such an aircraft, some information can be found at: http://fokker-g1.nl/design-step5.htmFor some years I am trying to find the right instruments, but it is difficult to find these instruments. The instruments used is the G.1 had Dutch text and calibrated to the metric system. Now I want to make instruments myself, with the pc and the right pr…

Does anyone have any advice on settings for this to someone who has never overclocked and does not know what he is doing?Thanks in advance! Intel I7 920 @2.67 ghz, 12 gb ram, windows 64

Two simple questions.1) Would it be a significant difference running FS9 with an AMD Phenom II X4, compared to an AMD Athlon X2 6000+ 3.1ghz? 2) Which one of the Phenom CPUs (i.e. clockspeed) do you recommend for FS9?Thanks

A mate of mine asked me a question which I should know the answer to but don't.He currently has 2Gb of RAM onboard his PC. He has two slots which each have 1Gb of RAM in. The question is, if he wants to have 3GB of RAM, can he have 2GB in one slot and 1Gb in the other as long as the RAM make and model are the same? Thanks in advance.

So, what I have right now is a E6750 stock. 3G DDR2 and a stock 8800GTI'm probably going to upgrade so my FSX with run a little smoother. I've looked on the bay and seems like most i5/7 runing from $300(CPU+RAM+MB bundle). On the AMD side, they seems to run a little less. I'm talking about Phenom II X4.Has anyone have any opinion on them?ThanksVincent

I have a 32bit Vista PC with 4Gb RAM installed. After I bought the PC I found out that 32bit systems could not use all 4Gb RAM. In the Windows Control Panel/System and maintenance/System screen my memory (RAM) was displayed as 2814. I found a tweak that increased this to 3326. I have just had to reformat my hard drive and the value is back to 2814 and I cannot remember how I increased the RAM. I usually note down any tweaks but this slipped the net. Does anyone know how I did it? Another question I have is regarding the paging file. I have been told that a value of 1-1.5 times the RAM is best but is this, in my case, 1-1.5 times the installed RAM of 4Gb or 1-1.5 times the…

I'm trying to decide between upgrading my video card or CPU - willing to spend up to $200.Currently running:Windows XP 32 bitASUS P5Q-EM MoboIntel E5200 overclocked @ 3.25 GHz4 GB RAM (2 x 2GB DDR2 800)PNY GeForce 7600 GS DDR2 256 MB PCIeConsidering:Windows 7 64 bit (Can get for free... I'm a student)Intel E8500EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16orEVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16What is the bottleneck in my current system??? I've seen lots of debate over importance of CPU vs GPU and am left very confused, so what would be the best thing to do considering my current hardware?Thanks alot!

Hello,I have purchased a new printer. It is a basic HP Officejet 6000. I just need it for occasional printing - we have a all in one on another computer for bigger projects.Anyway, the printer offers a cat 5 connection to a router which is connected directly to my FSX only desktop through cat5 and a USB connection. We have two laptops and another desktop that use the wireless network. We have a NAS drive connected to the wireless network as well.I really don't want to install the HP software on my FSX rig (or should I not worry about it?). Do I have to install the software on every computer that is going to use the printer or will they be plug and play over the network? I…

I'm seeing the i7 920 processor with an X58 chipset mobo at around $460 and the i7 860 processor with a P55 chipset mobo at around $400. Would the new i7 860/mobo combination be a better value for FSX? Will it equal or better the i7 920/mobo combination without overclocking? Does the Intel processor "Turboboost" provide an FSX performance increase?Thanks for any input.

Hi EveryoneJust thought for those interested I have had my system OC'd for a couple of weeks now at 4.0ghz with no problems at all. Nick your assumptions were obviously correct, as soon as I got some after market cooling I had no difficulties at all. For anyone that is interested I installed a Noctua NH-U12P cooler and OCCT for an hour never gets above 68C and we are into some warm weather here already, 30C+. I wanted to thank Nick, Mitch and the other guys that chimed in with help and now I am doing what i enjoy most, flying. Have downloaded the Flight 1 Mustang and having a ball flying around my home country of Australia. I intend to instal FTX Blue Red Green and Y…

Im sorry to go ahead and start bugging you all again in reference to my computer issues, however another issues has reared is ugly head following clean installation of Windows 7 Ultimate x64. My particular issue is that when operating FSX in fullscreen mode, the entire computer will freeze. No sound, image on screen frozen. First, here are the system specs:http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=823459These are the addons I use for flying, in the order I start them:REX2.0 theme generation (textures only, no WX engine)ENOD32 Anti virus offASAFSX (started through ASA)once flight selected, FS out of full screenFSInn startedACARS ( if applicable)FSRealTimeFS Screen Pusher…

Im sitting on a 250G 16MB, a 640G 16MB, and a 1TB 32MB hard drive. Today Ill be installing win7 x64 on this sytem:Intel e8400 OC'd to 4.0 (considering going to q9650 OC'd though)ASUS Rampage Formula MOBO4G 1066 RAMATI HD 5850 vidI cant seem to get a straight answer to the question of whether there would be any benefit to me putting the OS on the 250, FSX and/or FS9 on the 640, and everything else on the 1TB or should I just partition the 1TB and put everything on there?In regards to the data backup/protection, I have plans to get an external and I always have everything backed up on disc anyway so Im not too concerned about having multiple HDD's for redundancy...Im looki…

I've got an Intel G2 Postville 80GB SSD and copied my FXS folders on it (some 60GB in total). All(!) my FSx related stuff (including REX, PMDG, scenery..everything) is on that SSD.When starting FSX the performance is good. However, when I start my default flight (PMDG's JS4100) the loadprocedure suddenly stops at 27-29% when it's apparently loading the terrain data.During that time I see no diskactivity (I've got resource monitor open). This "time-out" costs 1,5minute before the loading continues. Then it stops again at 81-82% for about 30secs while adjusting scenery objects.My specs: see signature.My WIN7 is quite stripped of unneeded services and features (no AV either)…

A few months ago, I upgraded my computer arrangement, rebuilding to a 64 Bit WinXPPro OS, and an i7975 CPU. I found that I had a few things that did not want to work on the 64 bit system, so also put together a secondary computer with a WinXPPro 32 Bit OS for those purposes. Through WideFS and/or SimConnect the secondary is also implemented for FSC, PFE/Proflight2000, FSM, ASA, AISmooth, and FDC for FS9 and/or FSX.I normally leave everything runing twenty-four hours a day, seven days per week.Everything works swimingly with one odd occurance. Periodically, the secondary computer turns off. So far at least, while it is being used for any program or purpose, it keeps runnin…

I currently have a Q6600 and am thinking of upgrading to a Core i7 CPU. Looking on the 'net I see references to the X58 chipset, although I'm not sure if this is the best or most effective. I have yet to purchase the CPU and memory. Any advice on a cost effective but good mobo would be much appreciated.Thanks, Bruce.

I know that there are not many of Xonar users here, but would like to know, if You face CTDs in FSX with this sound card. If yes, do You use Vista drivers or one provided by Asus?I am desperately looking for my CTDs, and so far it looks it is somehow hardware reladed.