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I have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ AM2 socket, 2GB OCZ PC2-5600 RAM, eVGA Geforce 8800 GTS 640MB SSC Edition, WD 250 GB HDD 7200 RPM + Seagate Raptor 40 GB 10K RPM (for pagefile), 22" LCD Monitor, Windows Vista 32-bit, Forceware 169.28 drivers. I am trying to find out what graphics setting I could set it at because I set everything at max and on major airports I get 5 FPS at best. Can anyone help please? I have read some people modifying their .cfg file. Where can I find this info?Thank you in advance!

Well, I've seen about a million posts on all kinds of websites including this one.. More RAM or not? To SLI or not to SLI? To X-Fire or not to X-Fire? Vista or no Vista?Well.. I am in the process of deciding what new PC to buy, and like many others I've spent some time trying to figure out what to do.. This system will be built to last for about 3 years.. Just like this one was:AMD64 3500+1024MB DDR2 (can't remember the speed sorry, but was fast at the time)ATI X800 XT PE 256MB600GB HD Spaceetc..SO.. I'm looking at upgrading, and I was thinking about this setup...1 - Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 G0 SLACR, 95W, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache2 - 4GB(4x1GB) Corsai…

i am currently running an e6600 at 3.2 ghz, and am thinking of doing a cheap upgrade to an e6850 and overclocking to 3.8 ghz.will i see much of a difference?

Happy New Year All,Just a little quirk I have been having in FS9 while using my CH pro pedals.After a while of flying, (usually on an approach)my pedal(rudder) deflects to on side.I have to unplug the usb cable,it will reset.Kind of annoying.I have looked on the internet for help,have not found any yet.Thanks for any help.Matt

Hi, and happy new year everyone.I have not long woken a new system up- GA-X38T-DQ6 motherboard, Q6600 CPU, 2GB of DDR3 RAM. I am using an existing case, PSU and video card (for now).When I loaded video drivers (169.21), and re-booted, I got a message that I have never seen befoe, from the "NVidia sentinel":"The NVIDIA System Sentinel is reporting that the Nvidia powered grahics card is not receiving sufficient power. To protect your hardware from potential damage or causing a potential system lockup, the graphics processor has lowered its performance to a level that allows continued safe operations. "My PSU is 650W, and always (at least appeared) to operate OK with my p…

I own a Compaq Presario 6000NX. It has an Intel Celeron CPU with a 2.7 Gig processor. The card (chip?) is an Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller.I've never upgraded anything on this computer other than putting 1 Gig of memory in it from the original 256 Mb of RAM. I'm going to put in a bigger hard drive in a month or two along with a decent graphics card.Any suggestions? Looking to spend a couple hundred bucks on the card.

Hello everyone.I am at my wits end trying to calibrate the throttle quadrant through FSUIPC.I have the single throttle, prop and mixture quadrant.I downloaded John Cooks guide, and have had no problem with calibrating elevators, ailerons, assigning buttons etc.But the throttle quadrant ?, boy oh boy!!!I can get the jets sorted without too much trouble, because there's no condition levers involved.Yet when i try to calibrate an aircraft with condition levers, such as Flight One's Conquest, all #### breaks loose.One minute i get the throttles working, but condition levers wont.Then if i happen to fluke both working, then just one condition lever will work and the other wont…

Anyone had any experiences or recommended vendors?

Got a new Gateway 3652E puter with a Quad Core Q6600 CPU that I am trying to overclock.Problem is that after I hit F2 to get into the BIOS, I can navigate to the Advanced Chipset menu but then I can't seem to go any further.Do I need a magic decoder ring or is there a special keystroke I can use to do the overclock thing?Thanks for any help.Jim

My current gateway dinosaur uses rdram. My dad has two gigs of ddr in an old computer. How would I know if my motherboard can accept rdram? My computer is going on 6 years old. It's P4 2.4ghz with 512mb of ram. I do know that the ram can hold 2gb of ram in pairings of 512. I'm going to be building a new computer over the next couple months but I want to add more ram while I get the last legs of out this one. Hope this makes sense. Thanks in advance.Cheers,Tim

Hello all,Hope I've directed this to the correct forum.I currently have FS9 setup on a HP quad-core (6600) system with a Geforce 8400GS card and 2 gig of ram. I run at the native resolution (Acer 24") at 1920x1200 with most all sliders to the right. When using LDS in VC mode, I can sustain around 17FPS although it drops at times around 8-12 with default real world weather. I've tried assigning different tasks to different cores using Task Assignment Manager from "Tom's Hardware Guide" with minimal improvements.Question:Since I have a very large HD, 600GB, would I benefit better from installing XP on a second partition and use FS9 with the XP OS and my regular stuff on the…

My monitor is a Viewsonic 19" wide with a native resolution of 1440x900. Question: Should I set in FS9 or FSX at this resoulion, is that right? any comments about FS video resolution are wellcome.My videocard is a GForce 7900GT and my system is core2 6600 (2.4ghz)with 2GB. Thanks in advance. Waldemar.

what is the largest highest resolution monitor a guy can get? :-)

Im currently in a love hate relationship for the past year with FSX-stutters,low frame rates CTDs even with my new Quad core Vista system (couldnt buy one with xp on it).Out of frustration I have started using FS9 again.All sliders maxed,smooth frames.Sure,there are some things it doesnt have that FSX has,but the end result of a package has to be usability and enjoyability.I think FS9 beats FSx here.Until or unless something changes somewhere down the line.Just my opinionJK

Hi all,I have a small problem and I believe its with anti-aliasing. First to make my problem claer to you I have two screenshots.This is how textures (look at the cross on the tail) look like when viewing the aircraft in horizontal position...http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/182596.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/182597.jpgAnd this is how textures look like (again, take a look at the cross) when I view the aircraft in other than horizontal positions...http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/182600.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/182599.jpgI never had these kind of problems before in fs9. They just popped up out of nowhere. I tried searching different forums for a…

...are available now.Also, Omega is back tweaking nVidia drivers (though there is rumor that some nVidia legal types are skulking around following his every move :-) ).http://www.omegadrivers.net/

I am see a rendering issue with my new card as if one was to look at a terminal from inside say a PMDG cockpit the AI will be grey for a split second b4 filling in the livery.If I sit there for a bit and look again the same thing will occur.I am using the 169.04 did use the .02 andd .09 but found this one to be the most stable.Running FS9 Sp1 and XP SP2 no N-HANCER.Had a 7900KO b4 this and was great.8800GT is great but I cannot figure out how to optimize the GPU RAM so it keeps image longer so it does not need to re-render after as a Fn of time.AF :16XGamma Correction:offAA Mode:is override appAA @ 8XAA Transparency:SupersamplingConformant Texture Clamp:Use HardwareError …

Hi everyone,again.I need your help and advise again to spend some money-or 'waste' it as my other half puts it!I am on the quest to upgrade my pc and I am looking at getting a water cooled system.I have looked at a number of options and have decided to opt for a kit.I have short listed my choices to the following two makes,Thermaltake CL-W0121 Big Water 760i Liquid Cooler compact.Swiftech H20-120 Compact System Cooling Kit.The reasons for my choice are based upon availability in UK,ease of fitting and cost.All the sites I have looked at say both are good but unfortunately I could not find anything comparing the two.I would be grateful if you could please share you views o…

I got a new computer for Christmas....Intel core 2 Duo processor E67502 GBstill trying to select a sound and Graphics CardI was thinking XFX nVidia 8500GTand Sound Blaster Audiology2 zs gamerWhat do you guys think?

Well, my signature says the specs. Will I be able to turn up the settings in FSX to about 85% or more, excluding traffic (50%)? I plan to:1)Defrag the drive;2)Install FSX;3)Defrag4)Install SP1;5)Defrag.I'm holding off on SP2, I've heard some very negative things about it. Also, how would I enable the 3G switch on Vista (forgive me if this has already been discussed)?

I have windows vista premiun, can anyone help me with making thesepedals work with FSX, how can I make the rudder move when I am in thewater and I want to turn left or right.Thanking everyone in advance,Henry

Thanks for all your help, but I still cannot make the rudder turn with the pedals when I'm on the runway, do I need to change anythingto make it work?thanks,Henry

Hi all,Does anyone know if this latest version of the TH2G with bezel management overcome the problem of runway alignment across the three monitors.Bud

I just build a new computer (specs below) to run FSX. After building it, I let it run for a week solid to burn in. Installed XP Pro and FSX. With SP1 & Acceleration. When I first turn it on, it doesn

What's the difference between these two. Phil Taylor talks about this on his blog. I see that mine states DDI.9EX.Thanks