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Hi Captains, I need some help.It's about the ATC repeat and traffic silenceThe problem has started in the FS9 when the ATC voice disappears. I've tried lots of things to bring it back, but nothing brought it again. So I've tried with the FSX and the same problem continues, the difference is that sometimes the ATC or ATIS speak anything and repeat 2 or 3 times the same word and stop. I can

I just bought a new Dell XPS with quad core processor and dual 8800 GTX cards. It has Vista and FSX onit. I set up dual monitors and it works great with any application except Flight Simulator. The monotors blink on for 1 second, then black for 1 second on the noff and so on. This it is impossible to fly. I reverted back to 1 monitor (a Dell flat 24" panel). The second one was a Dell 21" CRT type. Why problems running FSX and not anything else.Paul

Hi all,Just wondering if anyone has attempted to configure the CH Throttle Quadrant in FSX for multi engine ops.Firstly what is the numbering convention for multi engined aircraft?Secondly I have a couple of questions if you have achieved the above.1. Can you configure the left 2 piston engines to be operated by the left lever of each of the pairs, throttle, RPM and mixture?2. Any suggestions for the toggle switches for the front.3. In Vista, is there any need for the accompanying CD which only has the latest OS to be XP?Any information would be extremely helpful.With thanks,Chris Porter:-outtaPerthWestern AustraliaIntel Core 2 Duo E6700ASUS P5N32-E SLI Deluxe Motherboar…

Am contemplating buying a 24" TFT monitor. It will be used for both FS9/FSX as well as DVD, office and graphic design applications.Thus far I have considered the following models:Samsung 244TSamsung 245BWDell 2407WFPI understand the Samsung 244T to be a very high quality display, and given Samsung's good name in the display market wondered how the much cheaper TN panel of the Syncmaster 245BW fares against MVA/PVA panels.Certainly visual quality is important, although I do feel that the 244T is perhaps more than I am likely to pay for a display.Anyone have good or bad experiences with a 24" monitor?Thanks in advance.Scratch1964Intel Conroe E6700Asus P5W DH DeluxeCorsai…

I just received email on 2 specials from 3bTech in South Bend.Do either of these look good fro FSX?I currenty have older unit. P4 2.4,Invidea 6600 256 video,1.5 ram.Thanks for any advice.Ron Athlon 64 3500+ SLI Gamer System w/ 2GB, 250GB SATA, DVDRW AMD Athlon 64 3500+ CPU MSI K8N-SLI motherboard Two nVidia geForce 7600GS 256MB PCI-E video cards in SLI mode 2GB PC3200 DDR RAM 250GB SATA hard drive Dual layer 16x DVD burner 7.1 channel audio and gigabit LAN 52 format flash card reader 549.00Intel Dual Core SLI Gamer System w/ 2GB, 250GB SATA, DVDRW Intel Pentium D 3.0GHZ CPU MSI P4N-SLI motherboard Two nVidia geForce 7600…

Hi GuysQuick question, i'm looking for a monitor upgrade and can't decide between a single 1680x1050 22" widecreen or a dual 1280x1024 19" setup.Price for either setup averages out at around

Well,I completed my build with my specs below. I was struggling to maintain detail and 25 fps most anywhere, avoiding major airports and traffic almost entirely, with a blurry mess below me. Not anymore. I just flew into IAH with traffic on, sliders almost all to the full right, I can hardly type it was so nice - NO BLURRIES NO STUTTERS......This build cost me 1200 bucks, since I gave my wife the old box, and had to build from absolute scratch....case, mouse, power supply, I could not re-use anything. The E6750 is running STOCK, not overclocked a bit, and I have a Zalman cooler on it, so I can play with its potential later on down the road. But right now, I don't nee…

Dear allI got an issue with FS X, and my oystick Logitech Force 3D ProI tell you waht happens and afterwards what the set-up of my rig ...When I fly with a Cessna for instance, very little momements of the Joystick, cause strong plane attitude variation ... practically the plane is very difficult to control ...I set the sensibilty up to 0 to all the axes ... but nothing changes ...I tried to chagne my joystick with anotherwone ( same type and model ) but nothing changes ...I've isntalled the FS X Patch, but nothing changes ... I'm a little bit worried ...My rig is:Pentium IV Dual Core 3.2 GHz ASUSGeForce 66001 GB RAM40 B HD FreeDo you have some tips please ? I thank you v…

Hi, first ever post so go easy on me ;-)I'm just about to buy a Mac Pro Intel G5. Getting a PC is not an option for me so let's not even go there (there's various reasons for this). Also let's skip the whole PC vs MAC debate this time around :-)Being a massive flight sim fan I look forward to FSX on the windows XP partition (BootCamp). Here's my choices regarding hardware:- CPU: Either TWO 3.0GHz DUAL-CORE INTEL XEON "Woodcrest" (=Quad core performance) ...Or TWO 3.0GHz QUAD-CORE INTEL XEON "Clovertown" (=8-core) Not sure how much the 8-core would benefit FSX (if at all).- RAM: Either 4GB or 8GB (667MHz DDR2 fully buffered ECC memory)- Graphics: Either ATI Radeon X1900 X…

Hello everyone,I just upgraded my system from a AMD 64 32001.5 GB Single Channel DDR RamASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe Mobo200GB SATA Seagate DriveX550 by Radeonto AMD 64 X2 Windsor 56002 GB of Dual Channel DDR2 RamASUS M2N-E Mobo200GB SATA DriveSame Video CardMore fans!Any suggestion on what video card and what else I should do to my system to be able to get 25-40 FPS on heavy scenery with traffic or in airports such as LAX. I really would like something that gets clear view of the photographic scenery. Any ideas on the video card I would need of coarse would like not to spend over 250-300 bucks on one is this duable any other adjustments or upgrades i need? Suggestions and advice …

There seems to be no reset button on the Antec Sonata-II case I bought on eBay. It is used so something may be missing since it was not in great shape. There is a connection to the mother board for reset. But there is no evidence of a reset switch/button on the case. The Book is no help. ????Regards,Dick BoleyA PC, an LCD, speakers, CH yoke

Is there any way to eliminate the blue band at the top of undocked panels/popups?Alex Reid

Didn't that cpu come out about 4 or 5 years ago? In gaming terms I guess that means it's ancient.

To get the last fps out of my pc, i cheked the chipset, with the intel chipset identification utility.Detected chipset 875p, is correct, but it also says, I/O controller unknown, update maybe required.Is it required? where can i get this?RickPent 4 3.0ht 2048mb asus p4c800hd 200gb maxtor maxtor 7200 rpmclub3d 1950 pro agp 25621"IIyama crt19" relisys crtwin xp sp2 CH yoke + pedals + throttle Quadrant+ 1dell 1hp laptop for asv6.5+GePro etcPmdg73/74Pax/F B1900c/d Lds 767+ 1dell 1hp laptop for asv etc

HII have been saving a couple of month to upgrade my old pc to this one:And before I order it I would appreciate to hear any suggestion on the system.Am planning to use it for FS9 and to run Project Magenta MCP/Upper EICAS along with MSFS.I will fly FSX on it in the future,but for now am just going to fly FS9.Will it be sufficient? Any suggestion on changing some part?Cooler Master Stacker 831 Silver, 2x12cm fan, aluminum,Hiper N

Anandtech has been exploring the Out of Memory issue with a couple of articles. We've been talking about this (a couple of threads down) but this is getting more interesting. Anandtech's first article is here: http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3034They describe that Vista constantly runs a forecast (an EsTiMate) of the amount of memory a program will need in the future. This estimate does not consider how much ram is installed in the system or is currently in use. For instance during a flight, Vista and FSX will engage in a running dialog about how much memory they believe FSX might require in the future. If this estimate goes beyond 2 GB, Vista will abruptl…

Hi everyone,I recently installed a new E6600 in my rig. I was very happy with my initial performance, and since then I've been messing with clock speeds and such. Once I settled on a clock speed (2.88 up from 2.4 Ghz) I noticed that my performance in FS was very volatile - there would be flashes of 40 FPS, and flashes of 5 FPS, but things would generally stay around 20FPS, which is worse than I was getting initially.After playing around with settings for a bit, I tried turning off Vanderpool (Hyperthreading) in the BIOS. It was like a different computer - suddenly I was steady at 30FPS.What's going on here? Are multi-core CPUs not supposed to use Vanderpool?Thanks for…

It seems the forums are full of people planning to buy a quad core Q6600 next week with the big price drop. I've not purchased a PC for some time, hoping for some suggestions of what to add to the Q6600 with FS(X) in mind, for my other PC uses I'm sure the system will do.Here's my list so far, welcome comments, suggestions, and just what to expect with FSX moving from a Northwood P4 at 3.5Ghz with ATI x850 to the new setup:CPU: Q6600 GO stepping hoping to o/c to 3.4GHzGPU: eVGA 8800 GTS 640MB, worth going for more memory on it?MB: Asus P5K Deluxe ? can I run 3 monitors with itMemory: 4 x 1GB PC2-8500, not sure on brand or timings?Case / PS: Sonata III with 500 EarthWatts …

Hi all.I currently have an older Creative Audigy 2 card that came with my system about three years ago. It works fine but I have been thinking about getting one the newer Creative Cards like the X-Fi ExtreamGamer card. At Newegg its just $83. They also have the "professional" version of the card for $145, I'm not sure what the big difference is.If I upgrade to the X-Fi will there be big difference from the Audigy 2? Would it be worth it, would FS9 sound significantly better?Any recommendations?

Why a C2D E6750 sells for $225 and a E6700 for $317? Am I missing something?Prices on Newegg.Jason

I gotta say the I have been holding off on buying CH's Yoke for this one! Judging from the specs, I'm glad I did.http://www.simw.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=d...etails&pid=1845Chris,

Hey all.. I am a newbie here, but wanted to ask a question.I am wanting to either buy or build a flight simulator chair.I do not have a yoke, but an x52 flight system instead. I need either plans for or a pre-built chair that can a accommodate my 6'3" frame comfortably... with plenty of armrest room. And :( have those armwrests long enough for me to mount my throttle and joystick on the ends.Anyone know of any affordable solutions?Thanks!

I'm in doubt to upgrade from a D940 running with 10% OC to a Q6600 to get more fps and maybe to load the add-ons to the 3e and 4e core if possible. Now I use the affinity settings with the add-ons on the second core and both are running at 100%. I know the C2D is much more efficient than the older Dual but is this giving me a improvement of about a 5 to 10 more FPS ?I have in use the Gigabyte 8I945-pro with the D940 and 2x 1Gb 533 DDR2 ram and a Nvidia 7600GT. I can't upgrade all in one time so I was thinking about a new MB and the Q6600 and use the 2Gb 533 ram for a while and upgrade at the end og the year with a new generation videocard and faster ram.Any advice please.…

What is the current thinking on video card choices for FSX?Thanks.dewey

hi all, just built the below spec new PC:Motherboard: Asus P5BProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4ghzRAM: Corsair 5400 (667mhz) 2gb Ram (2x1gb) CAS4PSU: Corsair 520WHXGPU: EVGA Ge-Force 8600 256mb with dual DVI outputsother specs not crucial to set upI have just purchased FSX deluxe version and want a basic 3 monitor set up. i have only 2 DVI outputs and at moment have just one samsung 22" monitor widescreen model. I am wanting to buy another couple of 19" monitors or 17" monitors for side views.basically I am happy with simple setup with the cockpit control panel remaining on the main screen (the 24") at the bottom but on the 2 smaller side monitors I want the side coc…