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People says HD4850 is great card, but I'm interested in FSX and now the 9800GTX+ was released.Could you tell how the 9800GTX performs in FSX ?Thanks,Ulisses

Hello all. Am curious as to whether my new build I am in the middle of will support FSX. I am building my "own" system so I do not have to share, can be set up with yoke and pedals at all times, and I have 2 monitors for now.Anyway, I am using the following: Intel Core 2 Q6600 CPU, 4 MB of DDR2 RAM, MSI P7N SLI Platinum mobo, a 200 GB HD and a 80 GB HD, both of which are WD 7200RPM type; and a GeForce 8800 GT video card ( 512MB). I fly some of the smaller airplanes, and will have one commercial, either a B737 or B757. Right now I am using FS9 and enjoying stellar performance for the most part....hate losing my addons..Anyway, fire away. I read the posts here daily and a…

Dumb Q. of the week:Do the contents of the Desktop have any neg effect on FS Frame Rate?I have 60+ icons on my Desktop- all of which, of course, underlay Flight Sim all the time. So the CPU must be continually working to produce these- as well as FS!Alex Reid

Hi all, I have just discovered my laptop computer needs a new battery and memory chips. I have put a lot of work into my fs2004 with add on sceneries and stuff like that. The question I have is will putting in a new battery and memory cause any problems with the game. I know nothing about computers and although this seems like any easy thing to do, I am still worried about screwing something up. There is no going back if I mess stuff up. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you.

Hi Guys My name is bikash From UK. i had this stuff in my pc...OS Name Microsoft

What, in your opinion, fellow simmers, is the very best Video Card out there for FSX? I am an NVidia fan, and I currently have the 8800GT. However, I'm in the mood to upgrade. Is the 9800 the best there is right now?

Hi everyoneCan you please help me choose a new motherboard.I recently bought from ebay the asus striker extreme 680i chipset motherboard that was a nightmare-at every bootup the dreaded cmos error came up.This made over clocking impossible.I am looking to buy a new mother board now.I have q6600 cpu,xfx 8800 ultra 768mb gpu,4 gig corsair xms2 ddr2(HDX) memory and corsair 750 watt ps.My main use of the pc would be for fsx,using pmdg 747,active sky,active graphic,GEX and ulitmate terrain europe and USA,as well as some airportadd ons on winxp.I am not very good at overclocking and I am after a mother board thathas automatic overclocking options,or easy to over clock setting' …

HiI am planning on getting the 8800GT but I wanted to know which driver is better for this card to play flight simulator 2004 I do not want to take this simulator version out because of the add-ons I have,Regards,Victor

Would appreciate any advice on the current preferred driver version for the ATI Radeon X800 XT video card. Have not updated the drivers for my card in quite a while....did not want to assume the latest version was the most desirable.Thanks very much.Jeff

Hi guys,I am buiding a new watercooled system with a q6600,geforce 8800 ultra video card , 2 seagate hd , but i am not sure what psu i need ?1000w or 1200w ?Can someone help me with this?Best regards,G

Hey yall i'm goin from anA64 3700+ @ 2.8Ghz2Gb PC3200 ramRadeon 4850 512MbtoQ6600 stock4Gb DDR2 PC1066Radeon 4870 maybeI always get STOP errors shortly after POST if I change out the mobo. Even if its the same socket. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? I hate doing OS re-installs.

HiI had a LG 19" Flatron CRT monitor on which I ran FS at 1600x1200x32 with a refresh rate of 100. It has now finally given up the ghost!!!I'm looking at buying a 19" LCD monitor. However, I need some advice. Most of the specs for a 19" give a max res of 1280 x 1024. Can one still run FS at 1600x1200 on these monitors or are the graphics at 1280 x 1024 on LCDs just as good as a CRT at 1600x1200 ?trevor

I have recently decided that I would rejoin FS.I want to fly FSX, but what keeps me a bit off the thought, is the performance hit that FSX takes on the system. Hence why I would like to get your advice on my proposed system build upThis is my proposed system: * Coolermaster Cosmos 1000 Case * Thermaltake Toughpower 700W PSU * ASUS P5N-D * Intel

The statement, concerning the solution to blurries, was made on another thread: "Try flying at 300knots at tree top level on your dual, then toss in a quad and do the same test. You will see the quad loads textures much better, perhaps twice as fast. For a guy flying at 30k a dual is probably fine, but for a guy like me who flies low and fast, a quad is the only way to go."I responded "Can you please show us the CPU utilization per processor and per FSX thread while "flying at 300knots at tree top level " on a quad core machine. A copy of the output from something like ProcessExplorer or xperf would certainly settle the question about the ability of FSX to schedule four t…

Just got my first yoke; really enjoying it.I have a question about the two levers beside the throttle; The middle I use on the ground as a steering wheel when flying heavies. I dont know what it does in the air.The third one I have not discovered a use for. I assume it is programmed for something; I think I would like to use it for "reverse thrust" after landing. I can find and change assignments for all the buttons, but am not sure how to do that for the levers. Any help would be appreciated.Marty in Brantford

Just wondering if anyone has installed the SP3 for XP? I did and found that when I put my machine on standby and went to run anything using my video card, I could not go to full screen. Checked it out with the MS update site and I guess it's been a problem. Bob G.

Without tearing a guys coputer apart is there a way of gettinga fellas details on OCZ ram details through the system(search?)Tim

I just purchased the pro pedals, I've had the yoke for a while. The pedals are extremely sensative and the brakes go on if i touch the pedals at all wihout moving them forward. I tried adjusting sensitivity and all that, calibrating too, but nothing seems to work very well. I installed the ch control manager, which helped calibrate both a little better but now certain axes won't work, like the propr control on the yoke doesn't move the prop control in the sim, i've checked to make sure it was assigned. Does anyone have a good list of settings for each to use or have any ideas of why this is happening?Thanks.

Hello all, please be a little patient as am new to all this , i have started useing pmdg 747x on vista but as hard as i try i just cannot get the frame rates right, can anyone help as i'm quickly loseing patience, and thr0wing it in the bin seems a waist of money . heeeeeelp pleeeeeeeze .

I right now have an 8800 Ultra and was considering upgrading to the upcoming 4870 x2 when I can afford it. I was considering the GTX 280 but I changed my mind because of the upcoming 4870 x2 and I think that a single GTX 280 is just not enough of an upgrade for me based on the benchmarks I seen online. I use my PC for other games besides FSX. Will Crossfire be useful in FSX? The main problems I'm having in FSX is that some add on aircraft slow down the performance too much for example with the gyro plane I get 21 fps and then with the CLS 747-200 it drops to 11 fps in VC view while sitting on the runway.

Hello,I know they're not best of the video boards, but I want to upgrade from my current GF 8600GT 512mb.Not sure if I go with ATI HD4850 or Nvidia 9800GTX for FSX...My system is a MSI P6N SLI MB, 2 GB Corsair RAM 800 mhz, Q6700 CPU, Vista 32.Thanks for any suggestion,Ulisses

Here's one for the experts.Just been experimenting with the new rig (see below) and discovered that, when overclocking (3.4ghz) and setting the BIOS to manual control voltage, my core temps go to around 65-67C when using FSX. CPU-Z reports the CPU running full tilt at 3.4.However, when I set BIOS voltage control to Auto the temps skyrocket to 75C with CPU-Z still showing the 3.4GHZ max.Surely 3.4ghz is 3.4ghz? Why is it throwing more at the CPU when on auto voltage control?Needless to say, I've gone back to default BIOS settings until my new cooler arrives. ;)

Howdy,I NEED help! Last night I istalled VB 2008 express on my system, it asked if i wanted updates through "Windows Update", the only option I could do is the SP3 for Win XP. Did it. WOW ! My computer runs alot better, processes dropped by 10 ! BUT if I donot have FS then well......???? it. The problem I have is that I would like to keep SP3 ( Why? see my specs.. the 'ol girl is dated ) Now the problem with FS.... It starts and gets to the point I want to fly... cockpit loaded, then between 30 - 90 seconds my whole comp freezes.. EVERYTHING! Clock stopped in the taskbar, no keyboard, mouse but no BSOD etc... Here is what I located. FS hasn't changed since the update.Comp…

ADMIN: Delete this post if innappropriate to post links to commecial blogs.ZDNet has an interesting story about what's going on with management over at AMD which may explain much about the ATI vs. nVidia debate, and why ATI has lagged. (It all starts at the top.)Just found this interesting reading, in light of all the new and upcoming choices in video cards being discussed here.<< http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9364&tag=nl.e539 >>

Hi,Im getting new hardware tomorrow and i need to know if the hardware i am getting is capable of running FSX in a smooth and what type of graphics will i beable to use with the following specs:OCZ 500watt power supplyXFX Geforce 8800 GTS XXXOCZ 1gb Heatsink ramCore2Duo - e7200 2.5ghzthanks