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just curious to see if anyone else was running fsx on a mac. i put bootcamp on my imac and got insanely amazing performance out of fsx. im pretty much running will all the settings jacked. i run will everything on medium low on my pc and get no more that 25fps. i was get no lower that 25 on the imac.

I posted here some time ago asking about what was involved with moving a sound card, and the answer was to just move it. That worked OK.Is it that same with a video card? I have a 7950GT, and have found that the (blue) slot that I have it in does not support dual 16-bit video (I run 2 monitors), but the other (black) PCI-e slot does (from the asus forum). Can I just move the video card? Or am I better uninstalling, moving the re-installing?Thanks- Bruce.

I'm considering an upgrade and I have Win XP. From what I have heard this means I can't have DX10. Does this mean that it's pointless to consider a nvidia 8XXX series card? Or is such card more powerful than a 7600 even if only using DX9?

I just upgraded my Asus 128MB 6600GT to an XFX 256MB 8600GT. No, it's not the GTS or 8800GTX, but it's all I need...or so I thought. I was so excited to see a huge difference in my sim...didn't happen. We went the opposite direction! I was getting better images with my 6600GT. I've got AA turned up to 8x, Force Mipmaps to Trilinear and AF set to 8x, etc, etc. What the heck am I doing wrong? I've been messing with the settings for over an hour and can't get the jaggies to go away!! I'm running Forceware drivers 158.22. I'm so bummed that I'm even thinking of putting my 6600GT back in! Anybody got any advice?Sorry for hurting the eyes...http://forums.avsim.net/use…

Hi Guys, ExtremeTech tested Company of Heroes, which Relic Entertainment has just patched for compatibility with DX10. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2143672,00.aspGiven the benefits claimed for DX10, surely we could expect SOME INDICATION of a significant improvement in graphics quality or frame rates? But no, the actual results were:1. Despite a shopping list of claimed graphics improvements, to the eye the difference was barely discernible to non-existent. 2. Frame rates of the DX10 version were ONE THIRD of the DX9 version.Now this is a patch, not a game designed from the ground up for DX10 like Crysis. Hang on! That's exactly the situation with FSX!…

I'm putting together a system for FSX using 4 monitors on a board with two PCI-E x16 slots (ASUS DH Deluxe) split into two 8x with two cards installed. I have two X1950XT 512MB cards on the way from New Egg. Each one will drive 2 monitors, and at least 3 of the monitors will have 3d on them.Here's the question:Does the second card help rendering the graphics on the screen, or are all of the graphics on all 4 screens rendered by the primary card?I don't want to have a high end card in the second slot if it's not doing any of the rendering; that is, if it's just there to add monitor ports.Thanks in advance!

Hi folks,This is probably the most confusing and irritating FS/PC problem I've ever found: Basically, my system gives really rubbish FPS most of the time but just sometimes it's really good - and this is loading the SAME test flight (Aerosoft BAe146 at FiSD freeware Helsinki Vantaa gate 126 with default fair wx and time set to midday).In more detail:> AMD Athlon X2 4800+ (2.8GHz) Air Cooled, nVidia 6800GT AGP 256Mb, IDE HDD and 2048Mb DDR at 166MHz 2.5-2-2-6 -> FPS ~ 10> Change HDDs to pair of 150Gb WD Raptor 10kRPM SATA -> FPS ~ 10 (unchanged)> Change PC case and add liquid cooling. Increase processor OC to 3.0GHz but other settings unchanged -> FPS ~ 6…

ABIT AA8XE (Intel 925XE-ICH6R)3.87 gigahertz Intel Pentium 42048 Megabytes Installed MemoryRADEON X850NOWMONITOR 1 - DELL 27" 1920 X 1200MONITOR 2 - SONY CRT 21" 1920 X 1200Getting a westinghouse 37"SWITCHING toMonitor 1 - Westinghouse 37" 1920 x 1080 Monitor 2 - DELL 27" 1920 X 1200 or 1920 x 1080Both connecting to 2 DVI'sIs the installation as easy as:Turn computer off.Unplugging both monitorsPlugging and switch monitorsTurn computer ON.Warn me if I am missing something.Thanks.Abe

Have anyone experience with setting up the Nvidia Stereo driver in FSX? I

Anyone running one of the new Asus G1S (Santa Rosa Notebooks)?I'd like to know how it runs FSX.Thanks,Bryan

Last week over "Dan's Data" (Letter's) posted a great write up on the problem with 4gbs on a 32-bit machine.http://www.dansdata.com/askdan00015.htmIt's a great read, and can say just about everyone will learn something.

I realize that the top display card is Nvidia 8800 GTX. But I need a card capable of video capture. The 8800 does not have that capability.I am considering the ATI 2900XTX, less powerful than the 8800, but has video capture.Also I need a card that supports 2 monitors, Dell 30" and Dell 27", both require DVI-I connections.Appreciate any help.Thanks.Abe

Hello folks,It's me again, sorry I ask again about this but its been a while since I last asked about it, and this time I am 100% going for it. I have saved up over the months about 1700GBP (about 3,360 USD).I really don't want to make mistakes like last time when it comes to buying a new PC, and seek some advice ;).I'm looking to run FS9 maxed out and FSX at good settings if possible, this is what I have come up with:Processor (CPU) INTEL

What could this problem be?just about any game I play I have a problem where the game runs smooth as #### for about 5 seconds and then lags for about 2-3 seconds and get back to being smooth... (I would say FS9 is one of the smoothest ones actually)anyone know what this can be? lack of processor? GPU? RAM? (i got plenty of that) cooling? (water cooled) fragmentation? (I use o&o to defrag)just real annoyingand my specs as of nowAMD XP 3200+2.5gb ramThermaltake watercoolingNividia 7600GT 256mb1680x1050 resSATA HDD (brand new) with external cooling500W Antec PSUI was having this problem before I had the 500W PSU (i had 300) and also didn't have the SATA HDD.Since I know …

Hello All!As part of a new system that I plan to build in the next few weeks or so, I'm looking at the ASUS Striker Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX mobo. I would like to dabble in overclocking for the first time with this new system. Does an app (preferably a Windows type of app)come with this mobo that makes overclocking a relatively painless process (and one that a newbie to overcloking can understand)? Also, does it have any sort of protection routine, like if I try to go too far, it sort of "resets itself" before any harm is done? Thanks!!Paul

I realize that the top display card is Nvidia 8800 GTX. But I need a card capable of video capture. The 8800 does not have that capability.I am considering the ATI 2900XTX, less powerful than the 8800, but has video capture.Also I need a card that supports 2 monitors, Dell 30" and Dell 27", both require DVI-I connections.Appreciate any help.Thanks.Abe

nVidia posted their newly released WHQL 94.24 drivers at http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_94.24.html.

Hi friends, i'm contacting you this time, 'cause I'm thinking to buy a very totally new machine.I'm looking foward to buy this machine, but I want some help from you telling me all about this new configuration.I need to know if you thing with this new machine, if I would like to run FS9, i will get very good performance? graphics? soft flight? etc...The new machine will be:2 XFX nVidia GeForce 8600GTS Extreme 256MB 720MHz 2DVI/HDTV HDCPPCI-Express1 Western Digital WD1500AHFD 150GB SATA 10k rpm 16MB Hard DriveW/Crystal-Clear Lens1 STT DDR2-800 2GB/128x8 CL5 Memory1 GIGABYTE GA-N650SLI-DS4 Core 2 Duo/ nForce 650i SLI/ DDR2-800/IEEE1394/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard1 Intel Cor…

I recently decided to install and use O&O defrag for my system. Everything works fine and I am able to defrag using the Stealth option. However, after reading some of the comments here, I decided to try the Complete/Name option. I left it running last night and when I got back to it this morning it had got up to 10%!! Anybody else had this?

Since I installed a newer ATI vid card into my old machine, I had to install the ATI Catalyst Control Centre (as part of the driver installation). This Control panel also requires the Mocrosoft .NET framework to operate. The control centre itself has a very large footprint - much larger that the old Catalyst drivers had - and also I occasionally have problems with the .NET framework When shutting my machine down, I sometimes get an error messsage that says the machine is waiting for some .NET application to close. looking this error message up on the Internet shows that many people have the same problem Also sometimes, when I change a setting in the control panel, it some…

What is the proper method of driver installation for two 8800GTX video cards in a non SLI Dual Video Card configuration?I found a procedure that works after a fashion, but feel sure that it is not the best method. (see other posts under author, "rhodges").Thanks:RTH

With a planned computer upgrade I would like to move from using two 19" monitors (the first for the main panel;the second for the pop-up windows)to a larger display for the main panel in 2D mode. FSX is not designed for a widescreen application and I understand Microsoft has no plans in that regard in the forseeable future. So it appears to be a choice between accepting a stretched widescreen display or a display interrupted by basels such as when using a quad display (e.g. four 19" monitors - two above/two below - resulting in a screen size of 24" X 30"). I would much appreciate any advice on what may currently be the best way to obtain an acceptable 2D display that is l…

Hi, I'm seeking a little memory upgrade advice. I have a mediocre computer that I want to hold me over until FSX dx10 patch arrives. It is a P4 3.0 HT with 1 gb of RAM, and an AGP 6800gt. FSX runs surprisingly well and does not suffer from blurries, if I do not get too aggressive with the sliders. Memstatus shows my memory usage at anywhere from 750 to 950mb depending on where I am flying and for how long. The memory usage seems to go up over time.I have an MSI 865PE based motherboard with with 4 memory slots. Installed currently are 2 sticks of Crucial 512 mb memory. I called Crucial about getting two more matched sticks of 512 memory to give me a total of 2gb. They said…

Hi guys,I'm using FSX on a quite good computer. A week ago I bought a new screen, a Viewsonic 22" widescreen. I'm using FSX at resolution 1680x1050x32. During flights at daytime everything looks great. But when I'm flying nighttime everything's shimmering/flickering and the flight sim just looks terrible. The ground textures in FSX looks "alive". I think it's got to do with my graphics card, GeForce 7900 GS 256 MB. Now I'm about to buy the best graphics card money can buy and I want something that will really help me get the framerates to increase in FSX. Any thoughts? What card would you advice me to get? Price is not an issue.ThanksTomas

QTY. Product 1 Microsoft Windows XP Home (OEM) $125.00 1 DDR2 2Gig(2x1G) PC6400 800Mhz Dual Channel Geil $199.00 1 Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 P965 PCIE16, DualDDRII SATAII Glan $152.00 1 Intel ATX E6600 CORE 2 DUO /2.4GHz/4MB CACHE/1066FSB/LGA775 $305.00 1 Samsung 250G 7200RPM SATAII $79.00 Total $860.00