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After moving to Vista64 from XP I'm getting shimmer in FSX that I didn't get before.I've tried all combinations and recommedations I can find but nothing makes any difference to the shimmer. I initally loaded 174.74 nvidia drivers that I was using with XP and also nhancer. I then loaded 175.19 nvidia drivers followed by two later beta versions, no difference. Some comments were made that nhancer is no longer required, so I did a full rebuild without nhancer and loaded 175.19, no difference.I'm now just using the nvidia control panel. Can someone copy their control panel settings that are working well for them. My card is an 8800GT.These are my current settings:Anisotropic…

There is still just a small amount of testimony I can find on this topic. How about a quick review of your recent results, and if you are happy with your purchase so far. I know it performs well in FS9, so that is not my question. Thanks,NoelQX9650 w/ Retail HSF|ASUS P5E3 Premium WiFi|4GB Muskin Ascent 7-6-6-18 1T DDR3-1600|EVGA 8800GT|Seagate SATA 2 x 2|Seagate Cheetah 15K.x|XP Pro SP2|Vista 64--maybe never to be installed

A week ago I upgraded my computer. With the new multi-core coding in SP1 I thought I would give FSX another try. What a nightmare! First off, it runs very smoothly with frame rates locked at 30 fps. BUT, it won't stop crashing. First off, once I enabled AA it crashed EVERY TIME I switch to spot view then go back to cockpit. This is well documented in the CTD forum. I tried all fixes... nothing works. I turned AA off in the game and enabled it in nHancer... still crashed. Turned it down to 2x and YAY! It flies! Tried several planes and locations and it worked great. I love the water and terrain in FSX! Then, I get errors when trying to switch airports. Only about a dozen a…

And how much difference would it be betweenWD Raptor 74 Gb SATAI 150 Gb/s 10000 rpmSeagate Baracuda 7200.11 500 Gb SATAII 300 Gb/s 7200 rpmOn my particular system where the mb only supports SATAI?My systemMb Asus A8V deluxe S939 AMD 64 3200+1 Gb 400 MHz RAMNVIDIA 6600GT 256M DDR3Win XP Home

Anybody using a KVM switch with a USB 2.0 mouse and keyboard? Can you share with me the brand and model you're using? Is the switching between boxes as fast as it was when I used an old PS2 mouse and keyboard, or is it as slow as this Belkin "Flip" KVM imposter I bought last year (fully 4 to 5 seconds!!).Thank you for any imput you can provide before I spend another 50 or 60 bucks.

For $99 it looks like a bargain. I only wish there was one for Twin engine aircraft!http://flightsimx.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-cont...kgearsystem.jpgMAnny

Hello to everyone!I've been a long time lurker, but since this question is quite important to me, I finally decided to register.Doing a forum search for "L2 cache" didn't turn up anything useful to me, so I'm asking this right here.Does the L2 cache of a CPU have any influence on FSX performance?I'm planning to upgrade my system (see signature) next week, but I can't decide whether to get an Intel Q9300 (good bang for the buck) or the more expensive Q9450 (more bang due to larger L2 cache?).As far as I've read, the Q9300 is a very good CPU already and fairly overclockable (3.2Ghz should be doable), but the Q9450 has 12Mbytes L2 cache - a whopping 100% more than the Q9300,…

I am becoming increasingly disillusioned with this machine. I bought it to provide me with the ultimate FSX experience. Today I purchased PMDG 747-400X and I dont have enough memory to run it even at the most basic of airports.I have been reading the posts about memory issues with 32bit vista but have not yet made any changes. What I would like to know is how Dell could willingly sell me a machine which is incapable of using the 4gb memory that I have paid for or am I completely missing something?Any help would be greatly appreciatedRgdsAdrian

Nick- re your older computer- I'm also using a GeForceFX5200 card- in fact 2 of them (AGP & PCI) to drive FS9 with triple monitors/triple views. They are totally reliable- never a crash. The drivers were installed by a housecall tech who also added RAM for me some two or three years ago. So I haven't a clue as to what version they were. I suppose these drivers are living proof that old is beautiful. (both the drivers and me!)Alex Reid

Nick,I am desperately trying to get my BFG 7800GS AGP video card to run FSX without the major jaggies and scenery that will not refresh. Can you please offer some suggestions that will help me set this card up appropriately in FSX.My computer spec are not the newest by a long shot but this is what I have to settle for at this time.P4 3.0GHz Prescott ProcessorFSB 800/5332 Gig of RamBFG 7800 GS OC 256Mb 250 gig Seagate SATA 7200 rpm HDDKroswynd

Probably about once/flight, FSX audio will suddenly sound like loud static, obliterating normal audio. If I hit Q to turn off sound, then again to turn on sound, all is well. Happening to others? No issues in any other game . . . ok sim . . .NoelQX9650 w/ Retail HSF|ASUS P5E3 Premium WiFi|4GB Muskin Ascent 7-6-6-18 1T DDR3-1600|EVGA 8800GT|Seagate SATA 2 x 2|Seagate Cheetah 15K.x|XP Pro SP2|Vista 64--maybe never to be installed

I am having an issue wit my udder pedals. Everytime I press the left rudder pedal full forward the differential brake message comes on. When I go calibrate it. I notice the same thing in the calibration window. are there any remedies for this or is it time for new pedals. I have had these for years.Thanks Fred

In lower right of the status bar there is an icon that tells me it is safe to remove hardware. Right now it is annoying. It occurred after I finally had the courage to try a new 250gb/16mb SATA drive alongside my older IDE stuff. I can't find the secret key to remove the icon I am not sure what would happen if I clicked it?? Have re-booted many times but.....Regards,Dick BoleyA PC, an LCD, speakers, CH yoke - all old

All, Here is a review of the Intel X25-M Solid State Drive: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Intel-...m-SSD,2012.htmlCraigLian Li PC 65B CaseCorsair HX Series CMPSU-620HX 620W Power SupplyPlextor PX-810SA/SW-BL DVD/CDGiagabyte GA-P35-DS3RCrucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)Arctic Freezer 7 ProIntel E6850 Core 2 Duo 3.0GHz 4M shared L2 Cache @ 3.6 GHzEVGA 7950GT KO 512mb 169.21_forceware whqlSeagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATASeagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATAVista Ultimate SP1VOX ATC, Flight Environment X, Active Sky, FS Genesis

Is there anyone who can give me a good timing hint for my new purchased Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066 memory?I'm running a E8500 on a Gigabyte P35-DS3 board and 9,5 x 400 MhzTHX

Hello,I just downloaded a program called Flusifix V6.5 for FS9. It comes with a benchmarking tool that tests your system, reports the result, and then gives you a list of comparable systems with the same results.I was not happy with the results(if the results are reliable). Currently I have an AMD Athlon X2 6000+ 3.0 GHZ, A-Data 2047MB Ram 800Mhz, Sapphire ATI Radeon 4850 512MB, Win XP Pro SP2. The system that it compared my results to was an AMD 2800+, 1024MB Ram, GForce 5900FX 256MB, Win XP. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please note that I consider myself technically challenged when it comes to stuff like this.:-rollThanks Scott

First of all thanks to the guys who contributed to the solution of my problems in these posts:http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...sg_id=922&page=http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...id=42905&page=2and maybe an answer to this one:http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho..._id=42936&page=The BEX crashes are without doubt caused by DEP.My other driver related problems were solved by reducing the FSB and hence overclock from 4.06 to 4.03 Ghz. The main culprit here is the memory which I don

Hi, I have a new 22" wide screen monitor. I set it to the optimun resolution of 1680 x 1050. Everything looks greats except my cockpit seems a little streached out. The MDF's don't look as square. Is there some adjustment I can make to give my cockpit a more "normal" look? Thanks, Greg Moorehttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/747400.jpghttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/for...argo_hauler.gif

This has held true in numerous drivers with my 3870, but text with AF enabled is usually (but not always) garbled or blocky and unreadable. This includes on screen text (ATC window) or the alt menu. Seems worst at night or dawn/dusk.Any suggestions?Tim

... is a GPU bottleneck.Obviously all your components need to be pretty good to run FSX well, but the received wisdom is that "FSX is basically CPU-bound". My recent experience suggests that the technology may be reaching a point where this is no longer true.I recently bought a E8500 PC which I've overclocked to about 4GHz. This is significantly faster than my 3GHz Xeon system. The GPU in both PCs is an EVGA 8800 Ultra "factory super-overclocked". I've noticed a couple of things:First, frame rates have increased roughly proportionately to CPU speed in "easy" areas: ie, high altitude or nearer the ground in areas of low scenery density and complexity. This is consistent wi…

I was browsing Best Buy website and came across this Saitek - Pro Flight Switch Panel http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1218006355039I haven't heard of it and I thought others might be interested..Larry

After running over 40 benchmark runs over the last few days on both Vista 64 and XP Pro with FSX RTM, SP1, SP2 DX9 and SP2 DX10, not to mention a dash of overclocking, widescreen, TH2G selective CPU core use and different FSX settings, I have finally cobbled together the results as shown below.First up is the test config and legend for the results:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/180939.jpgNext is the test results themselves, limited to just the average FPS of the run (I have second by second blows of the full 5 minutes of each run and can draw up pretty graphs for any set of these runs if anyone wants them :-):http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/180940.jpgThe conclusion…

I recently installed SP2 and it worked fine. I then uninstalled my Horizon VFR Photographic Scenery files to add the new versions. The features added by SP2 (separate sound/voice channels etc) stopped working. I tried to reinstall SP2 and it started to install but it stopped as it was "caching files" and I got a message saying "Microsoft Flight simulator X Service pack 2 setup has ended before completing your installation. Your system has not been modified. To install this program at a later date please run setup again." The system then "rolled back" without installing. Several tries - same result.I uninstalled SP1 and FSX, defragged the hard disk, ran a virus check and r…

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Basic System ComponentsAMD Phenom 9950 Black EditionASUS Crosshair II FormulaOCZ Reaper DDR2 1066Mhz PC2 8500Now I am only considering nVidia chipsets. FS2004 exclusively, running XP Pro-64bit, DirectX 9C (Obviously since DX10 aint working and then only on Vista...not happening here.)So 8800, 9800 or 280?I dont think the 8800 will be worth it unless a EVGA 8800 Ultra can be had.I need to know if a 9800 GX2/GTX 260/280 is overkill or not. I may even get to play my FSX if this works!Will FSX run well on one higher end card?Or are all of these overkill? I dont play shooters anymore, but I do play Civ4 and The Movies in addition to FS9...