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Hello,Ive got a problem with shimmering textures and antialiasing in FS9 ,FSX and other games.FS9 original sceneries: ground textures and autogen (not the trees)are shimmering when aircrafts movesFS9 add on like aerosoft:ground shimmering no antialiasing on surface marked taxiways and transparant buildings like terminalsFSX same problemmy computer specs:Motherboard:Extreme striker asuscpu:E6850 3GHZmemory:4GIG corsair 6400graphic:9800GTX sparkleOS:Vista32ultimatemonitor AcerAL2423W native resolution 1900X1200 60hzI have read a lot of forum and no answers to my problem Im using Nhancer with 163.69 nvidia driver with these settings at 1900X1200X32 resolution in FSSupersampl…

Ciao,I've installed the 163.71 drivers and nHancer 2.3When i open FS9...and go on "virtual cockpit" everything works fine....But if i start IVAP...the screen brakes in two part...the upper part works fine while the lower part is freezed...Are these drivers bug?What can I do?ThanxPaco Cry CryINTEL Q6600 CORE 2 QUAD 3.00Ghz 8Mb DI CACHE - FSB 1066MhzAlimentatore 630W supersilentM.BOARD ASUS S775 P5K + gigalan Intel P35Front side bus 1333 Mhz8800 GTX 760MbRAM 2Gb DDR2 833Mhz in dual channelHARD DISK MAXTOR DIAMOND 10 160Gb SATA2 3.00Gb/secSony 19" 4/3 non wide 1280x1024XP Pro 32 BitFS2004737 and 747 PMDG777 and 757 PSSLevel-D 767ASVItaly pack

Hi,Please forgive my ignorance, but I'm still having difficulty understanding memory usage etc.I use Vista 64 on a 64 bit motherboard so both recognise my 4G RAM - no problem there.Do I still need to modify the FSX.exe and FS9.exe header so that the applications can use the 4G?ThanksPaul

Although a flight simmer for many years I am a first time computer assembler & would appreciate a little (or even a lot of) help. I need to know the order in which to do things to cause the least problems. I appreciate that this is very basic for many of you but believe me it is of concern to a non expert.1. I have downloaded all the latest drivers with my old machine & burnt them onto a CD. I anticipate using these in preference to the ones that came with the components. Correct? 2. I have a pile of very expensive (to me anyway) new components & Vista Home Premium OEM. Do I put it all in the case, connect them up & then switch on (which I can do) or do I …

The general talk seems to be that Intel has the advantage over AMD with regards to duo processors. I am thinking of buying, You can accept the certificate for the session. It will ask you everytime.https://secure.cbit.ca/retail_productdetail...dNo=CPU-I58-523 It looks like a fast processor. The motherboard I am looking at takes 2 PCI-E video boards as I want to hook up 4 monitors. 2 ATI cards.JimCYWG

Hi all-I just received my new computer a few days ago and have installed FSX which is running pretty well. My new computer has a Quad Core 2.4 6600 in it and I had a question regarding how it works. I'm coming from a 3.4ghz Pentium. Does FSX know how to allocate itself to each of the four processors efficiently? Are there any adjustments that I need to make?Thanks,Mark

I have an old but serviceable Microsoft Force Feedback 2 Joystick. Will this work OK with FSX and Vista Home Premium. I have the original installation disk or are there are updated drivers available anywhere.Appreciate any help you can give.SteveLHR

On my wife's Dell 2400 PC...It has onboard sound....and at one time, I put a cheap 6 ch sound card in...then took that out about 6 months ago because the dang mic port didn't work.Recently, her speakers have only been playing out of the left speaker only (back to onboard at this point, and yes, I uninstalled drivers to the cheapo card before renabling and installing onboard drivers). So, I tried to reinstall the onboard drivers....still only works with the left speaker. Today, I connected my speakers to her PC and still we only heard the left speaker. At this point I thought it was her motherboard...Ok... so I uninstalled the drivers AND disabled onboard sound in her BIOS…

Report on a working next generation machine that offers something different. Three new ATI R600 graphics cards powering six monitors! I am sure this has been posted elsewhere but I cannot see it & thought it interesting. With three monitors it is a possible challenge to Matrox?http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/new...ows-triple-r600Chris

OK.. I have Win XP and have FSX in one hard disk and FS9 in another hard disk. Each one is a RAID 0.I am trying to avoid reinstalling both...but I want to add Vista.Can I simply add another internal physical Hard disk drive V: and then install Vista on this drive as dual boot? This way If I don't care for Vista, I can always log into my XP and get back to what I have now?And when I try to install an OS like Vista, I don't remember ever asking me where to install. It always assumes the C: drive. I am worried if I install another disk and install Vista. Its simply going to overwrite my XP.Manny

Hi!Don't know if this is the right forum for my query, if it isn't, I'm sorry.I'm getting a new PC shortly and I've ordered a new OEM version of Windows XP with it. Now the price list I selected it from did not say that it included SP2 (compulsory to run FSX of course). If it doesn't, will I be able, with this version of XP, to download and install SP2? Or is that impossible because of the OEM tag on the product key?Thanks for any replies! :D:DMatti

I just installed my new 8800 and Now I have stuttering.... HELPI have 3GB RAM 667 E6420 OC. On a Asus p5n. And now after installing new video card all of a sudden I am stuttering? Can anybody help?Gary TrammellPro Rodeo Announcer

I fail to understand why Microsoft releases an OS that cannot handle current standards of sound?Or why does Aces make a flight simulator that cannot handle sound in Vista? I use an audio application, Cubase4, with this Audigy 2Z in Vista32 and have not encountered a single stutter even with a really full load of fifteen virtual instruments all using my soundcard at the same time: it is smooth as can be with very low latency. Now why cant Aces FSX handle souond? Seems ironicMy sound stutters quite a lot while fyingallenE6600 quad2G RAM8600GTSAudigy 2Z with Vista driversVista 32

I know there have been a few posts regarding this product. I am considering purchasing this. But, it seems that there are not many posts. Is that because many people have not purchased it. If so why. Everything I've read seems positive.Thanks in advance to all who reply.Bill

I am currently running FS9.1 on a Dell 8400 (P4 3.2 GHz, 2 GByte RAM, ATI X800 XL, Sound Blaster card) system.I run FS9.1 with Active Camera, FSGenesis Mesh, Ground Environment, AS6.5, Ultimate Traffic with World of AI planes where available, and Ultimate Terrain. I also have airports from Flight Scenery, Fly Tampa, and Cloud 9 as well as the PMDG 737NG with FS2Crew. My FS9 settings are maxxed out except for AI (80%), no ground shadows, and I've removed the default.xml from the autogen folder. The reason I'm thinking of upgrading (or maybe getting some other help from you fine folks) is that sitting at KSEA in the default Cessna 172 in VC mode on a clear day with 50 vi…

Hello all, Im having some problems with my ATI X850XT PE PCI. I Have a P4 3.2HT, 3gb ram and Im not getting the perfomance that I want. I read that I need to uninstall drivers then rebot then star in safe mode with the driver cleaner and in normal mode install new drivers reinstall directx rebot and delete the cfg. But im not getting the prformance that I expect with my 3gb PC5300 DDR2 667MHZ. Thanks guys for you help.Giorgio.

Ciao,I've installed the 163.71 drivers and nHancer 2.3When i open FS9...and go on "virtual cockpit" everything works fine....But if i start IVAP...the screen brakes in two part...the upper part works fine while the lower part is freezed...Are these drivers bug?What can I do?ThanxPaco Cry CryINTEL Q6600 CORE 2 QUAD 3.00Ghz 8Mb DI CACHE - FSB 1066MhzAlimentatore 630W supersilentM.BOARD ASUS S775 P5K + gigalan Intel P35Front side bus 1333 Mhz8800 GTX 760MbRAM 2Gb DDR2 833Mhz in dual channelHARD DISK MAXTOR DIAMOND 10 160Gb SATA2 3.00Gb/secSony 19" 4/3 non wide 1280x1024XP Pro 32 BitFS2004737 and 747 PMDG777 and 757 PSSLevel-D 767ASVItaly pack

Well I don't have the newest Joystick from Saitek and it is out of warranty... I have the X45 and I have been very happy using it for some time now.The POT which controls the main throttle level in my X45 gave up the ghost. After some adjusting and fiddling I could not get it working again. Saitek support advised what I needed to try all the way through. Now that I have done it and it is not working... they are shipping to me a new POT!!! I recently bought their Rudders and it was around 2 weeks after getting them this problem appeared. So I really got no time to have stick and rudders working together. This is going to make a MASSIVE difference.Big BIG thank you Saitek!

Any tips before I start disconnecting cables?Getting my AMD6000 and new mobo/ram todayAnything I should do, other than duh backup my data and stuff before proceeding?

Got my Abit IP35 pro up and running:case: Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000 salvaged from my MSi K8N Neo2ps: Antec Neo HE 550 also salvagedmb: Abit IP35 pro (Bios v10)cpu: Q6600 SLACRhs: Thermalright Ultima 90 (got from heatsink factory -- good svc)fan: 120mm scythe s-flex 1600rpmram: 2x1Gb Corsair 6400 twin-x c4 (4-4-4-12)graphics: EVGA 8800 GTS 320 super clockhd: WD caviar 16 7500AAKShd2: WD caviar 16 2500 salvaged from MSi systemdvd: Pioneer DVR-112Dfloppy: Mitsumi (or maybe teac?) salvaged from MSi systemAssembly: Abit manual very good. HSF install very easy, but the way the HS attaches it can rotate quite a bit. Fitting the graphics took some work. I had …

Hirecently bought this printer,seemed a good idea to have one to print maps and approach plates.when i try to install it..the computer finds it,then i get an error...Specified port is unknown..i've tried new drivers,i tried searching the web for an answer,but although it seems quite common,noone can solve it..apart from suggesting deleting the usb ports in the device manager...still the same.. anyone been able to solve this problem here cheers steveWinXP home edition latest updatescore duo 6700Abit AW9D max mobo2gb 6700 mem

I want to build a good FSX machine. I have reviewed a number of posts and recommendations on this board and have come up with the following list of components. Since it's been a number of years since I've built a new machine, I want to get some feedback on a) any suggestions to improve this list, :( if everything that I have here will work well together and c) have I overlooked anything?Thanks for your help!Steve$69.99 Case - COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811119137$219.99 Mother Board - EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com…

In FSX (serious question)...http://h20435.www2.hp.com/#-George

I currently have a amd64 x2 6000+ with 2 gig of ddr2 ram (can't fit more in) and a ati 1950pro vid card in a pcie format.Would I gain much by upgrading my video card to an 8800gt or gts?if so which would be the better of the two, understanding that money is still an issue :)

I'm looking at two different laptops for FS (mainly FS9, but also FSX). One has the AMD Turion X2 TL-60 (2Ghz) and the other has the Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 (2.33Ghz).The other core features are pretty much the same for each system - ie 2GB RAM, 7200RPM HDD and 2x Geforce 7950GTX SLI graphics.Other than the CPU the major difference between the systems is the screen - the AMD system has a 20" screen and the Intel system has a 17" screen.I've been reading up on the difference I can expect between the two CPUs. From what I can tell for the fairly mundane everyday tasks like web browsing, watching DVDs and the odd bit of word processing I will notice no difference between thes…