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Hi All,I just acquired a factory overclocked GTX 275 to replace my old 8800 gtx. Prior to getting the new card I had recently overclocked my Intel e-6850 core duo from stock 3.0 ghz to 3.6 ghz and experienced only one lock up in three days of pretty intensive FSX use. But since installing the new GPU FSX crashes whenever it encounters heavy traffic or extreme scenery. The question is: Is the CPU giving up the ghost or is the new GTX card the culprit?I did a few stress tests on the CPU and outside of FSX it passed.I wonder whether the GTX, which is factory overclocked from 630 core to 670 and 1000 memory to 1200, is causing the lockups. It's hard to tell. Does anyone know …

I have a new computersystem where I use the built in mobo sound chips. On my older system I got an Creative Audigo player soundcard.I havn't bothered to to move it to my new system since I doubt I would here any noticable sound quality difference. Or does the mobo embedded sound have to be worse than a separate soundcard?

Dear All,Just wanted some factual advice... Going to build an I7 D0 and overclock to 4ghz+ and wanted to know what you guys out there have found to work best from a GPU perspective - seem's to be differing opinions... Appreciate FSX is CPU bound but if I'm overclocking it to the max does the GPU need to be any better than an 8800gts which seems to be the defacto max required generaly for FSX.. Happy to here advice on this....thanks!

My current HP Media Center PC has moved on to a better life. For the 5 years I had her she ran FS9 great I did try FSX and removed it as it was too slow. So now is the time to move on a get a new setup I am looking at two systems one from HP and one from Jetline both are priced the same.I will be re-installing FS9 and all of my goodies and maybe down the road install FSX. Tell me chich you would choose and why. Also on a side note the Jetline system they say are built for FS they claim FS9 will run excellent and FSX will run good.Thanks in advanceJohnHer are the specs of the HPYour e9150t series-Operating system Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-b…

Hi,I am running FSX on Core Duo E6850@3ghz, 4gig corsair ram, Gigabyte DS3 mobo, 768mb 8800GTX with a Dell 24' widescreen.I now want to add another 2 monitors either side for a full cockpit view also using my current TrackIR connected via WideView.Would I need to build another 2 complete systems and if so would they need to be same or similar specs to what I already have or could I take advantage of the low prices on some of the older cpus etcAlso would all 3 monitors need to be the same or could I add 2 17' monitors for the side views in addition to my 24' widescreen?ThanksGraham

Hi guys, kinda new here....I own a Gateway FX-6800-01e(bought from best buy) with a intel i7 920 2.66GHz. Is there any possibilty of overclocking it to 3.0 GHz or more? FSX plays decent but i still want more FPS since I have alot of addons installed. I looked inside the case and is has a crazy looking cooling fan....

I always wondered:To you guys who always upgrade your components to the latest and greatest, do you ever get to fly FSX? It seems people just upgrade and spend the majority of their time tinkering and tweaking until they find the need to upgrade again, and so the cycle continues. It appears expensive and time-consuming lol.My system is showing its age and I do tinker on occasion but the majority of my fs time is spent flying the aircraft. What do you really do? :(

I would really appreciate some advice regarding my computer system and FSX. I have been surfing the internet from my recliner for years. Now that my old laptop has died, I've been trying to find a new one that will let me enjoy FSX and addons -- UTX, GEX, FSGlobal, plus planes and adventure packs -- at generally high settings.I just bought a Gateway P-7805u from Best Buy: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9172511&type=product&id=1218043606827 It's gotten rave reviews from both users and sites like CNET as a truly great gaming system for the price. $1100 bought me an Intel Core 2 Duo P8500 @ 2.26 GHz, 4 GB DDR3 RAM, Nvidia 9800M GTS with 1 GB DDR3, 320 …

I just got my Areca 1210 raid coontroller card installed and my new hard drives. My aim is to achive the following:2 x 300 GB raptors, 1 x 150 GB raptor and 1 x 1TB WD Caviar drive connected to the controller card.My operating system on new 60GB SSD, connected to SATA port on the motherboard.I do not plan at this stage to set up a RAID array, just use the controller card to run the 4 hard drives, to minimise load on the OS and speed up my texture loading. So, i have not used or been into the Bios set up utility for the controller card. All the instructions are about setting up RAID arrays. Can I just plug the hard drives into the controller card and they will be detected…

I'm looking at a system that can have either one GTX295 card, or TWO (2) in SLI format. The CPU is an non-overclocked i7-975Would FSX ***BENEFIT*** from an SLI dual-card setup, or would it run better under one really fast card?For memory it has 6 GB at 1066 MHz, or I can go with 12 GB's of same speed, if FSX can truly benefit from having 12 GB's on tap.For now, it would be VISTA Ultimate 64 bit, with an option to upgrade for free to Window 7, Ultimate.Also, would having either a Velociraptor 300 GB (10,000 rpm) truly be of a benefit in keeping the system fed (smooth scroll of scenery) or perhaps two of them in RAID PERFORMANCE MODE,or....would I just as well have one or …

My current HP media center PC with Windows XP Media Center OS installed died over the weekend.I am currently using FS9 (I own FSX not sure if I will upgrade or not) anyway. Will the following HP system be good for FS9 and FSX.I may opt to order the PC with Windows XPx64 insted of Vista.Configuration Summary Selected Features:

hi.As i am very keen on playing fsx ,so i decided to buy a new pc and i have ordered the following configuration:Cpu: I7 9206 gb rad ddr 3 750W CHIEFTEC P.S. 140MM FANGalaxy GTX 295However, i am concern about the video card.I was reading in many forums that the dual Gpu cards aren't appropriate for palying fsx but with this config would i play fsx at high settings on at least 30-40 FPS?or should i choose another video card?

Whats up guys? I am planning on buying a new pc and am wondering what the easiest way to transfer all my fsx add ons from my old pc to my new one would be. This will include many aircraft add ons, FEX, GEX, FS Genesis, and UTX. Thanks guys.

Hello,I recently bought fsx and discovered a real passion for virtual flying.At this moment, I am playing with my laptop :Hp - Vista 32BitsProcessor AMD turion 64 X2 2 GIGz3 GIG RAMNVIDIA GeForce 7150M / nForce 630MI am using a projector on my wall as a screen. resolution is 1024*768I just installed VFR Germany 1 http://www.avsim.com/pages/1207/VFRGE/VFRGE.htmProblem is : There is absolutely no difference in my graphics !I first tought the software did not installed correctly... But I can see thatit is installed when I look in my FSX parameters section.I am now asking myself if my laptop is powefull enough in order to display this kind of graphic.what do you think ?Bad …

I am having problems using Active Camera and TrackIR at the same time. When I use TrackIR and have active camera install the cockpit shakes all over the place. Both programs work fine independaly. I have reinstalled the software - no change. Regards,Andrew

HelloI've installed my FS9 in Windows Vista Home Premiumin my notebook, initially it worked fine, with good performance. Last night when I wanted to run it to test my joystick, the simulator throwed me a problem, it says that the sim will close because there's no enough hard drive space, but I have more than 100 GB of free space!Here are the specs of my notebookHP Pavilion tx2532laWindows Vista Home Premium 32 bit3GB RAM DDR2 800 MHz250 GB of HD (aprox 110 GB of free space)ATI Radeon 3200 HDAMD turion dual core mobile RM-70 2.00 GHzBefore the problems, I ran defraggler to defrag my drive, can defraggler cause this problem?I executed checkdisk and it says there was no pro…

Sorry for reposting this but my first post has dissappeared for some reason. Mods, if the old one has been moved I couldn't find it.My beloved Dell XPS laptop was stolen from my car on June 18th and now that the trauma if fading somewhat I'm looking to replace it. I was going to just get another XPS but after visisting the Dell sight it looks as if these are being replaced by the Alienware line. After looking at all the configurations many times I have one I'm pretty sure is the best as far as running FSX but I sure would appreciate some input on a couple of the choices.My main two concerns are the processor and the graphics (duh) . I can't seem to find a definitive ans…

I thought you guys would like that I spelled computer wrong. Here's another knob with a report. So anyways, it's a Canada thing, I upgraded to an INTEL duo core E 8400. With that came a new motherboard and 3 gigs of ram. It is actually 4 gigs but I knew someone would chime in that XP only recognizes 3 gigs. Anyways, it's a Canada thing again, there are two major things that I see in the upgrade from my AMD 3400 besides others. One thing is that when I slew, the computer can keep up with the display. My old machine used to have to process data for 2 minutes before I could fly from the new slewed position. Also with the Dreamfleet Baron 58 and a spot view in one mo…

Hi everyone! Some of you may have seen my post regarding building the Ultimate FSX Gaming PC based on the AMD 'Dragon Platform' utlitizing an AMD 790FX chipset base MoBo and Radeon HD 4890 video card. I have already ordered all the parts except the Mobo has been put on backorder. This has given me the chance to check out more MoBos and I found a brand new one from ASUS that looks great called the Crosshair III Formula. The one I have on back order is the MSI 790FX-GD70.Both boards are great and the MSI actually has more I/O ports, 4 PCIe x16 slots, 2 LANs, OC dial, supports up to 2166 speed RAM, and on board sound (Realtek). However, the ASUS board has a separate Sup…

Hi guys,I'm looking at upgrading my computer and came across this deal from Newegg:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...82E16883227146RThe sale is just for the tower keyboard and mouse but it's an i7 920 with 6 GB of triple channel DDR 3 1333 MHz and a GTX 285, comes with 1 TB SATA IIWould I be able to overclock the CPU to a stable 4GHz eventhough I am not building it from scratch? Would that prove more difficult? What could I possibly change that would make the PC more optimized for FS X? (Faster Hard Drive, more RAM, etc...)I'm already planning on putting Windows 7 RC on it.I guess I am asking because the PC is $1,299 on sale for $1,049 which to me seems like a …

Do yall think this could rum FS9 fairly well are should i go to 2.4GHZ??? This is for a laptop

Hi everybody :( I was a happy costumer for this products, I use it in FS9 only, but yesterday arrived my new GF-P8 module, after a very quick instalation, I configured by the key mapping some of this controls:button 1.- ctl+shift+e opening main doorbutton 2.- ctl+shift+b belt sign on and off (fspassengers)button 3.- ctl+shift+w call and close AES menu (Aeroport Enhancement Service)button 4.- ctl+shift+t on and off ambientence music boarding (fspassengers)but, when I started FS, the leds indicators only flash when I push the bottons and do not stay lighted when the comand is on, push again, and the action is performance but the led just flash at the time I press it.I'm fru…

I noticed only when using FULL SCREEN mode, I a massage on the right up side ATI CROSSFIRE.when using WINDOWED mode I dont get this massage.1. Is that mean crossfire works only in FULL SCREEN mode ?2. I didnt notice a big frame rate improvement with FULL SCREEN, the otherway around windowed seemed runing better.Can someone please explain the mystory of this issue?

Hellotoday i upgraded my E6850 to the Q9650 - but to my big surprise - the framerate in FSX was exactly the same as the old E6850. I really hoped that there would be some kind of improvement.My system are as follows:Q9650 @3.0 ghz3 gb ram ddr 2 (667 mhz)Geforce 9600 GT 1 gbOthers out there wit a similar setup.At EGLL final with all sliders on full expect bloom was about 7 fps with standard EGLL and Wilco 737 in 3d cockpit view.

I thought I'd put an end to the "best FSX computer" discussion:and the link:http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/5...er-history.html-jk