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Hi. I've been out of simming for about 4 yrs., but am wanting to get active with it again. In the past I always had good luck with AMD processors, but don't see much about them mentioned in these hardware threads. Is AMD still a viable altenative? The last computer I had built up about 4 yrs. ago had a Gigabyte K8N Pro MB, Athlon 64 3GHz.(I believe) processor and ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video board. I was running FS9. What kind of performance could I expect when using this setup with FSX?Thanks for any help.Jeff

I noticed I had enabled Vsync on my FSX profile in nHancer.I'm getting little microstutters during panning etc. I just turned it off and notice the stutters go away. What exactly does Vsync do?

Hi guys, I wonder if anyone can help me, I'm currently looking at building a new pc, Just to use with flight sims, FSX, Falcon, Blackshark are going to be the main ones, Could you let me know if the following specs will work, I've been using fsx since release but abit fed up only getting 15FPS with everything turned off if i'm lucky. Means I cant even look at the amazing PMDG Aircraft due to fps issues. Anyway here it isAMD Phenom 9950 Black edition,8GB OCZ Reaper memory,MSI K9A2 Neo F Motherboard,Samsung spinpoint F1 1TB hard disk,8800GTX 768mb Graphics card.Vista 64Should I be able to run FSX, with ASG at medium or high settings on this machine and still get a usable …

Only a group like this would appreciate this...So I spent the last week traveling from NY-Chicago-Milwaukee-Chicago-Brussels-Chicago-NY on business. My FS rig spent the week shut down which is probably the longest she has been shut down since I built her LOL...I got home at 1am Friday morning and passed out exhausted. Naturally I woke up 5 hours later Friday morning at 6am ready for work but also ready to recreate my trip. I fire up my main FS rig (OC'd to 4.5 on liquid at 1.45V on an E8500) and as soon as everything starts to spool up it shuts down. Confused I try to power up again but this time it was a split second on/off and she shut down again. OK, I can handle t…

I'm triple booting between XP Pro 64 on Drive C (Disk 1), XP Pro 32 on Drive D (Disk 2), and a cloned copy of XP Pro 64 on Drive E (Disk 3). No matter what I do, my XP Pro 64 selection in the boot menu always boots up from Drive E (Disk 3), and I want the OS loaded on Drive C, Disk 1, to boot it (it's a newer drive).Can someone take a look at my Boot.ini file and tell me why this might be so? Even Acronis Disk Manager v10 doesn't get it right.Thanks you![boot loader];timeout=5default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)WINDOWS[operating systems];multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional on Raptor" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect;multi(0)d…

Hello, Just want some advice on which video card to purchase to run fsx better. My specs for my HP a1630n are:AMD 64x2 Dual Core Processor 5200+2 Gig of RamNvidia GeForce 6150LEAs you can see I'm still using the card that came with the rig 2 year ago. I'm currently getting between 5-8 in high detailed cities, and 10-18 everywhere else. Im running sliders on Medium-Low and I use real-world weather with 3d clouds set to low. I run 100% AI traffic, as i like the feeling of realism. All in all i can pretty much fly into any aiport with maybe one or two stutters approaching KEWR or KLGA. Taxiing, only Newark gives me pauses once in a while. After reading tom's hardware; it see…

Greetings,I emailed Flight Simulator Graphic Solutions requesting their service about two weeks ago and never received a response. So, I appeal to you all for some help. My system is a Gateway GT5676.AMD Phenom 9600 2.3 gig quad-core processorVista 644 gigs of DDR2SDRam (667 MHz)Upgraded to ATI X1950pro Video card (256 megs)My question is regarding improving performance in FSX. I am considering an ATI 4850 video card with 512 megs of ram. I am also considering doubling the system ram from 4 to 8 gigs.Or am I wasting my money as the processor is the bottle neck?I apprecitate any help.Bill

Hello, I am thinking of purchasing a new computer, and was wondering if the following addons would work for a Windows Vista 64bit OS.1. Microsoft Flight Simulator 20042. Ultimate Airliners: Super 803. Greatest Airliners: 7274. SIMCharts by Jeppesen5. The Flight One ATR 72-5006. F.O.C. FlightOperationCenter7. FS Build v2.38. FS Dreamteam KORD (FS9 Version)9. The Modern Airliner Collection: E-Jets Series10. Level-D 767-300ER11. Regional Jet Vol. 1 - Canadair Regional Jet - CRJ12. Mega Airport Frankfurt X (FSX/FS2004)13. HORIZON - VFRUSA VOL.2 - CHICAGO14. World-of-AI Packages15. Numerous files from the AVSIM Library.Just to note that all of these would be used for …

Hi EveryoneHave a two year old system and running FS2004. System specs are pentiun dual core 3.4 GHz 4GB DDR2 533 Ram and Nvidia 7600GT PCI gaphics card.Problem is some time ago I tried to upgrade to much newer drivers than the originals installed to improve performance. The recent generation drivers caused a great deal of shimmering etc and so I deleted them and had to go back to drivers that were released about the time my system was made. I know the drivers were uninstalled correctly and have used a driver cleaner to remove the remenants of anything left behind. Unfortunately I have never got it back running as well as the initial install even when trying riva tune…

Hi, I have 4 monitors. 3 for external views (Forward-Left, Forward, and Forward-Right) plus one for main panel.The issue I have is that I see the engine nacelles (I am flying Baron 58) on the side views.So after having 3 monitors for external view, what I get at the end is two monitors with static views (forward view is Ok and clean).If I close the main panel, they dissapear, but then I don't have any instrument view.Is there any way to fix it and get 3 "clean" external views on the 3 monitors plus one instrument view on the other?THANKSI am using FS2004

I'm going to post this under the FS9 Forum as well, since it's not a really a hardware issue. Using FS9 (NOT FSX), XP Pro 64 (NOT VISTA). All sliders right, AI at 70%, all other addons identical.I've been having more than my fair share of OOMs and CTDs in XP Pro 32 so I've done a clean install of XP Pro 64 bit edition on a new Seagate 500 GB 32 MB Cache drive, and then a clean install of FS9 and at FS Dream Team's KORD I get 7-9 FPS with the 64 bit OS whereas if I boot back into the 32 bit XP Pro I will get 21-24 FPS.Over clock settings are identical, I don't change them in the BIOS. My 32 bit OS and FS9 install IS on a 10K Raptor, but I certainly don't think that woul…

Hi Im looking to get into FSX, been using FS9 so far. and i think by now FSX should have settled with some what more affordable hardware then at first arrival. I'm wondering what can you guys recommend for Motherboard ,CPU , Video Card, RAM & OS. i don't mind spending a few bucks more but i don't want to go overboard and buy a $1000 video card maybe around $600 top for video card. thanks.

Can anybody give me the right advice?Does FSX use the 3rd & 4th core effectively?Also, is it best to go with an E8500 & overclock it (to around 3.5) or Q9550.Which is the best motherboard to use to overclock an E8500?Cheers

Anandtech has started to use a new FSX benchmark with their reviews -http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=521

Using FEX high res (4096) 32 bit clouds, UTX for Europe, and VeniceX scenery add-on by Aerosoft, I was using 3.8G RAM on approach to Venice....When I only have 4G RAM installed the FSX OOMs at 3.5GUnder Vista32 it OOMs at 2.4G (as only 3 is seen), and the HD4870 is taking RAM address away from system ram.With 6G RAM, I was able to ride it out and used 3.8G at one time, and this is without counting the 1G of videoram on my HD4870.Locking the fan speed at 35% was quiet with temps maintained at 56 degrees C full activity, 44C at rest.Scecnery maxed, autogen very dense, AI 33% (UTrafficX)Just a heads up supporting the benefits of more than 4G RAM and an OS 64 (Vista64 in my c…

I just recently upgraded from:P5B DeluxeE6600 @ 3,33Ghz OCCorsair XMS2 DDR2-800 4096 KittoP5Q DeluxeE8600 @ 4,53Ghz OCCorsair Dominator DDR2-1066 4096 KitBoth systems have/had 8800GT installed and the rest of the hardware (settings Nhancer: Combined 8xS, AF 16x, Gamma Correction, Supersampling, Vsync Off)...and I have been absolutely blown by results.I created 4 Benchmark situation files in my old FS9 system, and tested them 3 times. Benchmark 1 and 2 were created with cumulus clouds in mind on two different fields, and benchmark 3 and 4 as scenery tests without clouds. And here are comparisions:Old System:Bench 1: 29,9 fpsBench 2: 26,8 fpsBench 3: 29,9 fpsBench 4: 30,2 f…

Hey guys, I am new to these forums...not new to Flight Sim. I have searched this forum over and over looking for the specific answers I need. I am looking at the following computer and I am wondering how well the quad-core will run FS9...http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1218009477085I am looking for a computer under $900, so if there are any inputs out there, please let me know. Thanks.

looking to buy some memory 800 or higher.can someone recommend a brand/modelWill going from 2gb to 4 gb make a difference on a 64 bit o/s running fsx?

Hi,Whats the latest and greatest 64 bit processor?

hi guys i am asking so much question but be patient with me i cant wait to run fsx with excellent graphic so here is my request i am using q6600 oc 3.2 and 8gb ddr2 ram gtx 280 oc2 fsx with xgraphic and fix tree utx usa with the last patch any one can upload for me the (fsx.cfg ) so i will replace it on my fsx directory (there is some editing on the fsx.cfg which i could know how to do it so plz if anyone can give me a ready fsx.cfg including the editing and i will just replace it on my fsx )thanx

I tried many things to span FSX over my 2 17" LCD screens but I don't get it working. Some people say that UltraMon works, but I don't know how that works. If I windows FSX and click on the span option of ultramon the screen stays on my 17" display and on my other 17" display it's still black. It doesn't stretch.Does anyone have a solution for this, I would thank you very much if you can help me.

Fry's carries Saitek gear, but I would rather invest in CH after talking to a few friends of mine about it. Does anyone know of a consumer electronics chain that might carry them?I really really really don't want to mail order a yoke, pedals and throttle quad if I can buy them locally.

New nVidia graphics board: http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_quadro_fx_5800_us.htmlAll FSX sliders to the right?Regards,Sweetmusic :-)

I now got a 19" TFT with 1280*1024. Can I use a 24" with 1920*1200 without any hit on performence? With my current system that isAMD 64 4000+2 Gb PC3200 RAMNVIDIA 7950GT AGP 512M DDR3Win XP Home

hallo i was wondering wich is better card for fsx anyone can answer me plzthanxi have gtx280 when i run the fsx sometime i am getting some shadow on my screen and some number yestarday when i start fsx over usa i got the fsx logo on my screen during flying it appeare for 5 second and it is gone and the ground sometime become black square(i am usuing utx usa with last patsh) so i wanna make sure if my video card is working properlly or not so any idea how can i cheek my video card and make sure 100% that is working good and no manifucture problem(i bought this card 7 days back so if it is broken i can still send it back)thanx