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Hi Can anybody advise which Video card would be best for FS9 and FSX, its a tough choice, thanks anybody who can adviseNvidia 8800GTX PCIE 768 MEGS or ATI 2900XT 512 MEGS PCIERegardsWayne

Hi all,Take a look at the attachment. Are you also missing a piece of texture as the taxiway leads runway 01R?Thanks!

I am going to buy a new PC (not laptop) and I would like to know what specs should it have to run FSX in its full glory. It must be Vista.Stelios

Hi fellow simmers,Now I have two Samsung 7200 S-ATA2 drives in Raid 0 configuration and I am wondering is it worth to collect two Raptors in Raid 0 to speed up loading textures in FSX.Happy landings...

Absolutely marvelous card. One of the best buys in my entired computing history. Not only it reached such smoothness and speed in FS9, but it also delivers superb quality. Something that ATI cannot even measure with. I am so sad that I until now used ATI and thought it gives more speed and same quality. SHOULD NOT HAVE. Nvidia with it's 8xS setting gives pretty much this result:http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...id=265904&page=Keep in mind that the shots are resized and compressed to meet the forum limits. Originals just kick some serious ***...Nvidia just killed ATI from my perspective...

Hello,I purchased that card and im having some seriously annoying problems with FS2004 and AA...I've installed the latest driver 169.02 but FS2004 refuses to load with AA enabled.. it doesnt display FS with AA x4 like i set.I alsoset the drivers to overide application settingsAnyone have any idea what should i do to activate AA in FS2004 ?PLZ !!!mike

I've been buying most of my gear from NewEgg for about five years. Are there other vendors in North America that I should be checking?

This has nothing to do with FSX but you people always come up with the answers.Please direct me somewhere else if necessary.I have new laptop for work running win XP and the cpu usage is at 100% with no applications running.It is a Dell and we use it to run diagnostics on marine engines thru Mercury Marine.I can't figure out how to shut down programs that are running in the background if there are any.Or what the problem is.Any help will be appreciated.Thanks,Ron

Ok, I think I've got my choice of motherboard narrowed down to 3...- ASUS Maximus Formula Special Edition... Seems to be the winner on tomshardware at stock clockspeed, but clearly loses at max overclocking...- Giga-byte X38-DQ6.. Not the best at stock speeds, but clear winner at most overclocked test.. Supports DDR2 ram only..- Giga-byte X36T-DQ6.. Same as above, except with DDR3 RAM support...I'm looking to put water-cooling on it and overclocking, so I'm leaning towards the Giga-bytes (obviously), which leads me to another question....I'm not sure yet if I'm going to do 2GB or 4GB ram, but... Would it be more worthwhile for me to get the DDR3 or DDR2 ram? (which w…

I need some help increasing my performance in FSX. Here are my following specs. Do think increasing my ram will do it?Abit AW9D-MaxCore 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.5Ghz (overclocked a little)2Gb Duel channel Gskill F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ 4-4-4-12 2.0v~2.1vXFX Geforce 8800 GTS 640mbWindows XP SP2FSX AccelerationI have all the sliders up except cloud distance, traffics, and autogen density. Autogen is on normal. Ground shadows off.With the stock aircraft when I fly out of KMGC I might get 20-25 FPS. I baught PMDG 747X last night. Took a flight to KORD. I was getting 5 FPS by DH.I see so many guys getting crisp screenshots. Mine are edwards are not very good. Here is a link to my web…

Hi,I am wondering what the folks that also fly real Cessna 172s are using for their CH Products yoke and rudder pedal sensitivity and null slider settings. I'd like to get my controls as realistic as possible. Also, I am using the Y rotation lever as my elevator trim, if anyone has sensitivity/null recommendations for that as well I'd like to hear it. Thanks, JimDell XPS 410Intel E6600 Core Duo 2.4 GHz2 GB RAMWindows Vista Home Premium8800 GTS 320 MB with 162.18 driverFSX Deluxe + AccelerationCH Products Flight Sim YokeCH Products Rudder Pedals

Hi,I plan to install Vista Home Premium and intend to run both XP and Vista on my pc. Should I install Vista with dual boot feature or should I use BIOS to select the drive to boot from? Are a Vista dual boot bug free and reliable to use? Or should I use a third party boot manager?I'd appreciate any advice :-)Ulf BCore2Duo X6800 OC 3.3GHz, 4GB RAM8800GTX, dual view 1920x1200 and 1280x1024Creative SB X-Fi (Gamer mode)WinXP Pro SP2, FSX SP1, FS9.1

I am about to go to a new pc from my pc with a pee 965 overclocked to 4.2Ghz, 2 gigs of ram, scsi card w/ 2 78gb hd in raid-0, and a 7900gtx. I hate the processor( too hott and the new ones are 10 times better.) This is the new computer. 8 gb of ram for the future, qx6850, 2 8800 ultra, asus striker extreme, 2 wd 150gb raptors, and koolance liquid cooling.and has anyone put a liquid cooling block on the chipset of the striker extreme and still fit an 8800 on it.Give me your opinions and comments because this is my dream computer.

Hello,I have a question:How to set up my system to work with two monitos in FSX?Anyone who can give me a simple walkthrough?My system:Vista 64bit UltimateFSX DeLuxe EditionAsus GForce 8800 UltraMonitors:1. Samsung SyncMaster 226BW (max 1680x1050)2. Samsung SyncMaster 191T (max 1280x1024)Will there be a problem with the different solution-rates?Many thanks!

I just bought the Saitek Pro Fligh Yoke System and so far am impressed with the feel of it but i have some question about programming it.1) I want to assign the the 6 buttons on the throttle quad to control autopilot. The AutoPilot Engage/Disengage works fine, but i want 3 of the other buttons to engage the heading, nav, and alt modes, and the remaining two to move the heading bug. The options in the FSX setup let me set it so that when i hit the button it engages, for example, alt hold mode. That is it holds that altitude that the plane is at when the button is hit, not the alt set in the autopilot. Similarily the heading mode, when engaged holds current heading, no…

funky menus...after a while.... I'm thinking video card problemshttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/179812.jpg

Hi Everyone,I'm having problems installing any ATI catalyst driver past CAT 7.7. I'm using PCI-E Radeon X1650 PRO with Win Vista Ultimate 32 (4GB of RAM). Since Cat 7.7, I can't install any driver from that version till Cat 7-10. It got locked up at right where it stays it's "detecting hardware" (Sometime for more than 1-hr). It has never got passed this phase not even when I uninstall ALL ATI related files from my system. Another issue is after uninstalling and rebooting, when the systems comes up, it should be detecting a "new hardware", but this is not happening. After all these hassle, as soon as i install CAT 7.7, then no problem at all, so this version is what I'm s…

This link describes the issue I'm having.http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/displ...dm_timeout.mspxThis sounds like what I'm getting. I have not had a crash to desktop, just the black screen for 2 seconds. I have a new system build that is more than twice the power of my previous system and I am playing the same games. My current system is:Gigabyte P35 DS3RIntel Core2Duo E67502 gig DDR2 8500C Corsair 2x2048 at 1066mhzusing onboard sound and networkingX1950 Pro 512mb DDR3 card as well as a back up card I bought to get me through until my RMA'd X1950 gets back.Hyundai L90D+ monitorRunning Vista Premium and Office 2007 Pro.I am having this black out in both lower and highe…

wt heck is up with the near 300 bucks for the 8800GTI thought it was supposed to be under 250....Or is that another card version coming soon?

After lots of fits and starts, I've finally finished assembling my new PC. It's the first time I've ever built a computer from scratch. My objective is to get as close to a 4GHz overclock as air cooling will allow. I'm hoping this will give satisfactory FSX performance until FS11 comes out. At the moment I'm formatting/partitioning the HDDs so I haven't yet installed FSX or done any type of benchmarks -- those are what weekends are for! I especially want to thank everyone in this forum who helped me, particularly Gary, Sam, and Seadog (if you're still around). I owe you some cold beverages if I see you in Seattle next weekend! Here is my current configuration: CPU: …

I have never, ever had so many problems with trying to install an OS on my system!I previously purchased an OEM "Full Install Vista Home Premium" and after getting my Acceleration pack decided to install the Vista alongside my XP MCE2005! The dual boot seemed like a good idea and after installing Vista on it's own partition along side my XP, everything seemed just fine, both OS's booted independently through the Boot Manager that Vista installed. I decided to remove the FSX from the XP installation and reinstall it in Vista! Everything seemed to go well and the new FSX install and the Acceleration add-on installed and activated without any problems, a fast flight confirme…

Hi,I have to wait awhile before I have the funds to upgrade any part of my system.I have posted elsewhere that FSX does work well for me.HOWEVER I would like to overclock the graphics card I have using Ati tray tools.I am happy to do this but...Does the core speed and memory speed have to changed TOGETHER in equal increments? ORcan they be done individually?If individually which is the better to do?How can I test that I am not over stressing the card?How can I find out what the optimum overclock would be.I have read the articles at Teakguides.Any help advice would be welcome.I have an Ati RX800 TD256E card coupled to an ASUS A8N-E motherboard with an AMD 64 4200 dual core…

Guys,Download it - www.nhancer.comThen do the following:1. Find the MS Flight Simulator 2004 entry.2. Press duplicate (this disables the original)3. Remove the new duplicate. (this stops the "AA:EnhanceOnly" issue)4. Create a new from scratch profile, point it to FS9.exe and make your settings.AA should work after doing this, does for me after not working at all until this new version came out.

Hi,I just had SP1 running reasonably smoothly... then I installed Acceleration, and now autogen trees and buildings randomly float in the air, or else stretch upward into the sky. And then my machine resets.Is anyone else experiencing this kind of thing, or do I have a hardware problem (nvidia 7600GT)?

For those thinking about buying either a new nVidia or ATI card...I would suggest you read this article and make sure that if you do buy a card, that it DOES support the DX10 update (if DX10 is what motivates you). Otherwise, you might be flushing money down the toilet.Mitch