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Hello,Does it work with PMDG 747 or other addon ? please ?

It seems that a fast i7 CPU doesn't need faster RAM over and above DDR3-1066 as the real world performance 'increase' is negligible. From TOM'S HARDWARE,....read on...MOST INTERESTING! I had gone with DDR3-1800, but have since spec'ed back to DDR3-1066. No wonder Intel doesn't 'officially' support anything past DDR3-1066, or that Dell on their high end has stated that they ship with DDR3-1066 as their own labs and engineers have seen little gain in performance over and above DDR3-1066. The following is from Tom's Hardware, and you can catch the whole report there, if you wish....-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…

I found one of your previous posts....please look it over as per a view for my system set-up...that will be:i7-975 (wanting to overlcock to whatever that is highest and stable on AIR)running:The Mushkin 6-7-6-18-1N Kit (DDR1600)and....with the above kit...what do you THINK I can obtain in stable Mhz, or...is just leaving the Mhz at 1600 with the above timings going to be probably what I will ever need?Your advice, appreciated....Below was your previous list for memory tuning....regarding the Mushkin Kit as spoken of....---------------------------------------------------------------------------------JumperFree Configuration SettingsAI Overclock tuner: MANUALCPU Ratio Set…

Hey guys! I was looking to buy a new system and build it myself, so I just wanted you guys to take a look at the parts I might want and tell me what you think and how it'll perform with FSX!Motherboard:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813131365RAM:http://www.mushkin.com/doc/products/memory_detail.asp?id=745Video Card:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130492Processor:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115202Hard Drive:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136296Power Supply:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817139006Case:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811129043CPU …

Hello fellow pilots,Trying to reach the Holy Grail of today's flightsimming (that's running FSX more or less smooth), i came up with a bit of dilema. My current specs are:Asus Rampage FormulaC2D E8600 @ 4.0 GHz2x2GB GeIL 800MHz Black Dragon 5-5-5-15ATI Radeon 4850 512 MB30" LCD at 2560x1600Vista 64Should i replace my GPU with:BFG GTX 285 1GB OCXfor a better & propably smoother cloudy scenarios, or should i go fori7 920 (and try to get it running ~4 GHz)Asus Rampage II GENE3x2GB OCZ 1600 MHz 7-7-7-20and pray for smoother experience in general + better FPS?P.S. That's for exploring ORBX FTX scenery with A2A B337, A2A P47, RealAir Duke or PMDG 747/MD11/JS41 short and lon…

Hello all ;pSo Let'S begin.. I want to play fsx at a good FPS and at great graphix... I want also play other great new game... like Crysis and why not COD4 and STALKER... SO what do you think about that I want to buy... I want to notice that I want to spend around 1000$ +-200$... -EVGA E-GEFORCE GTX 285 Superclocked 675MHZ 1024MB 2.538GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV Out Video Card http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11610BD1134-Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Dual Core Processor LGA775 3.0GHZ Wolfdale 1333FSB 6MB Retailhttp://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12200BD0467-Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower Gamer Case 900 ATX 9 Drive Bay No PS Top USB2.0 1394 Audiohttp://www.dir…

I built a new computer with Intel i7. I have 12GB of DDR3 RAM and 1.5 TB hard disk. To decrease the amount of defragmentation time required and to have maximum speed, should I put FSX, X-Plane, FS9 on a separate 200MB harddrive that I have from my other computer or should i partition the 1.5TB disk and put the flight programs in the new partition. When I built the computer, the sales buy said to get the 1.5TB instead of say two 500MB drives because the 1.5 TB would have the files placed closer together and so the seek time would be quicker.Anyway, that's all the info I can provide. What do you folks recommend for decreasing fragmentation problems and fastest performan…

Hello all-I am interested in overclocking my Q6600 from 2.6Ghz to 3.0Ghz - more if it's possible. Can anybody tell me the correct requirements and procedure for doing this? I have been told that I will need better RAM, as mine only runs at 533Mhz right now. My plan is to upgrade to 4GB of DDR2 RAM at the best speed possible, which I believe would be 122Mhz.Specifically, I was looking at buying this set of RAM.The only other concern I was aware of was proper cooling for the processor. I just have the cooler that came in the box, and I was told that this would be sufficient cooling if I only went to 3.0Ghz.So, is there something I'm missing? Or would this be a good setup to…

Well I just bit the bullet and brought it. Cant complain. Although id would say your be better off with the 955 for 2 reasons, its 3.2 gig and is a black edition, the multiplier is unlocked, the 945 has a locked multiplier at 15X. It can still be overclocked, but i have mine in a am2+ socket with a 940 bios, it works ok, ids it correctly but i have limited vcore Volt adjustments. Would love to see it runing at 3.2 gig and even 3.4 which is only a fsb of 226 meg. Well ill play a little later. If anyone gets it and it wont boot, it id the vcore at 1v i had to nudge it up by 0.05 volts, now is stable. It hasnt improved my frame rates, but now in YSSY with heaps of traffic, a…

Hello,I'm looking for a new laptop that will be used as our main household computer. It's just me and my wife. I have my desktop for FS so we will be using this email, MS Office, ITunes (we will be storing the music files on a NASDrive) and Internet. Sounds simple but we would also like to be able to use it for gaming while we travel. I doubt we will by playing Crysis on the thing, probably just mutplayer games and strategy games. Nonetheless, I'd like it to run CitiesXL properly when that comes out. I'm sure I will try to load FSX on it at some point but that won't be the main function for this rig. I like the Asus G71G http://www.asusrog.com/G71G-Q2.html but it seems li…

I'm trying to locate a download manual for my Acer Aspire M5201 - motherboard Acer RS780HVF. Any help would be much appreciated.

........and order my new FSX computer, and would appreciate any comments on my choice. I have to have a laptop in my situation so I'm just a couple of key presses from shooting my dell credit card with an Alienware M17x. I previously used a XPS 1710 (STOLEN!) and it actually did a very good job with framerates locked at 30 and medium settings. I chose not to go with SLI since it seems it is only a small advantage in higher AA, resolutions, etc. Instead I opted to spend more for the CPU since it can easily be OC'd to 3+ GHz. Also the SSD (solid state hardrive) should load scenery real quick.. With my EPP discount it prices out just below 3K, what do you guys think?

There is a BIOS update available for my MB. I have flashed the BIOS on other computers in the past but not recently enough to know whether I can expect FSX or other software activation to be clobbered, or if any other license issues might crop up and require re-installation. I'd just like to get a feel for the amount of aggravation that might result from an operation with, as yet, unknown benefits (no release notes available). I suppose I could always wait until I have to re-install the OS and do the BIOS update before re-installing other stuff. Any thoughts?Rick

Want to upgrade to a quad and am thinking of the Q9550 overclocked to 3ghz.Here is what I currently have (taken from DXDIAG) : Operating System: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (5.2, Build 3790) Service Pack 2 (3790.srv03_sp2_gdr.080813-1204) System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. System Model: P35C-DS3R Processor: Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX Memory: 4 Gig Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800Am thinking of a complete I7 upgrade but would rather not splash out all that cash yet. thanksGraham

I'm still trying different parts combos to get a good FS9 PC within my small budget. The lastest is this lot of parts.Will they work together?* Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket 775 (3.0GHz) 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor* Asus P5Q PRO P45 Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard* OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1150MHz/PC2-9200 Platinum Memory Kit CL5 2.2V* ZOTAC GTX260 192 Core SYNERGY EDITION 896MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV PhysX and Cuda ready PCI-E Graphics Card* Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler* Arctic Power 700W PSU - With PCI-E, 4x SATA, 20+4, ATX12V, 8pin +12V Connectors - Retail Boxed

Just a note to share my experience. Core machine:Asus p5b deluxe moboXP4 gigs ram (I know, more than three...)Old video card NV GTX 8800, current GTX 280Fast drives (Striped SATA)Scenario...Take off from Keesler AFB, MS head due south, then whenover the water 5 miles or so turn WSW. This takes you out over water but also many island land masses. A good test of both water and land.My wx was clear but cloudy day, warm, nice. (that was the real wx today).All sliders basically maxed except car and boat traffic. AI mid to high.Here is what convinced me. After having dual, then quad (same time the final sp was released) I saw benefit in quad (6600). Then I read speed is …

Which of below is the most relevant?MemoryMemory clock speed (MHz) 1998 Memory bus (bit) 448 Memory bandwidth (max) (GB/s) 111.9 Graphics adapter memory type DDR3-SDRAM Maximum graphic adapter memory (MB) 896 Processor Processor clock speed (MHz) 590 Graphic processor GeForce GTX 260 Graphics adapter RAMDAC (MHz) 400 Stream processors 216

Here is my intended modest upgrade:Intel Core 2 E8400 Asus P5Q Pro GIGABYTE GV-R485OC-1GH 4850 1GB 2 1-Gig DDR2 1066 CrucialI currently have an Antec 430W PSU. Should I upgrade that as well? And if so would 550W be sufficient?Also, will my IDE hard drive and optical drive be usable?Thanks much for the help.Todd

Hi All,My current system is a Gateway DX4200-UB001A. System specs are as follows:CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9550 (2.2 GHz)RAM: 6GB (2GB x2+1GB x2) DDR2 667Hard Drive: 640 GB (7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA II)Graphics: ATI Radeon 3450 (One on the motherboard+One on a PCI Express Card)Chipset: AMD 780GOS: Vista Home Premium 64-bit Any suggestions to increase framerates for FSX, depending on the aircraft I get about 8-15FPS for Project Opensky Aircraft + LDS767, and 20-30FPS for Project Airbus. These go down while on the ground by 2 to 5FPS for POSKY+LDS, while they go down about 5-10FPS for pairbus. Also will switch to Windows 7 after it launches. Any suggestions for upgrades to bring th…

Hi guys,Wanted a new system and have been looking at systems with 8GB RAM - is this necessary for Vista (have heard that the OS takes up 3GB RAM at any one time).Obviously I'd rather go with 4GB RAM (it's cheaper!)For example, would this system run FSX with no jutters, with only 4GB RAM? (saw it on the Gateway website) Intel

NOT a silver bullet but just in case it helps anyone else I thought I'd share this:I have raised the PCIE speed in BIOS from 100MHz to 110MHz with IMHO positive results. The fps do not really increase, but the sim is - I think - smoother / less choppy when under really heavy load. The effect is a bit like changing from "Unlimited" fps to a capped fps. Unless this is placebo, I suppose the extra speed (bandwidth?) gives the GPU a little more head-room to handle the disorderly muddle of stuff that FSX throws at it. If so, then presumably this benefit will only be experienced (if at all) by people whose CPUs are "too fast" compared with the other components in the computer.…

I have a Dell XPS 430 and never gave sound much of a thought aside from the occasional niggling problem. Sound cards used to be a big deal. Is native hardware sound so good that there is no longer any point to buying a sound card like Sound Blaster to slide into a slot?

Upon first boot of a new build (AMD PHII X 2 550 AM3 and Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P MB) I recieved the following BIOS message:Verifying DMI Pool Data.........AMD Data Change.........Update New Data to DMI!The system then hangs at a blinking cursor.I've cleared the CMOS, flashed the BIOS with the original and an update. No change in the BIOS message and system hang. Anyone have thoughts about this before I RMA the processor and motherboard?Jim Harnes

Guys just a quick question.Would FS9 work well on this system? http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167290What sort of FPS would I get at say Heathrow extreme with lots of clouds and full AI?CheersAndy S

Hi (Long post oops) Would like to start ordering parts for new build next week so need to finalize my confuguration.Also take into account as far as suggestionns go that I live in Deepest Darkest Africa and can't place orders on newegg and the likes ( Wish I could) ILL put links anyway so you get an idea. incase you can't see the image below the specs are as follows: 1- i7 920 ovc to 3.8/4GHz ( First time doing this) ----> http://www.prophecy.co.za/intel-i7nehalem-...ds-p-31955.html 2- Asus Rampage II Extreme ----> http://www.prophecy.co.za/asus-rampage-ext.…