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Hello fellow simmers,I've downloaded and installed the new Nvidia drivers 158.19 but my FS9 looks horrible like the AA is not working (though I disabled it in FS and make it X16 in the Nvidia settings). So I reverted to the 97.94 but I've got the feeling I missed something in my settings.Does anyone can put in his favorite Nvidia settings from the Control Panel? The all list, so I will make sure I didn

This post only applies to the AMD Dual Core chips using Windows XP.There is an issue (bug) with Windows XP not efficiently utilizing the cores in the AMD Dual Core processors. Here is the skinny on that issue...."The AMD Dual-Core Optimizer can help improve some PC gaming video performance by compensating for those applications that bypass the Windows API for timing by directly using the RDTSC (Read Time Stamp Counter) instruction. Applications that rely on RDTSC do not benefit from the logic in the operating system to properly account for the affect of power management mechanisms on the rate at which a processor core's Time Stamp Counter (TSC) is incremented. The AMD Du…

I just installed all of the below on my new rig. Everything is working great but,,,, here is a pic of my rig when things are looking good.now after i start an application such as SB3 or FSInn your screen will refresh during start up and after this is what my rig looks like All of my other games seem to work fine although I haven't tried running applications within the game. It just seems to be when the screen refreshes. Thanks for anyhelp

I have removed my older disc drives and installed FSX on my AMD Athlon 64 4800 dualie 939 socket based system pre FSX service pack 1 with four Hitachi disc drives in Nvidia Raid 0+1 and have noticed that whilst even with stuff like the motorcar traffic turned up to highest levels that the sim is relieved of stutters.http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_raid.htmlBest and Warm RegardsAdrian Wainer

Folks, I am currently running a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 Motherboard.Looking on the Gigabyte site I find there are a number of upgrades to the BIOS for this board. As I have never upgraded a BIOS before, I am a little confused as to how Gigabyte list the upgrades. I am on F2 and the latest is F9. Do I just install F9 to bring me up to date? Fairly elementary question I know but I wonder why Gigabyte go to the trouble to provide a download for each upgrade which may infer that you have to flash each upgrade to bring the BIOS up to date.As an aside, I wonder where the F4 upgrade went to!!!Any assistance to what most likely is a pretty dumb question, would be appreciate…

Hi allAt the moment I have an AMD 3800 Venice with 512 Level 2 cache. For

Hello,Does anyone have experience with the combination Dell XPS 700 and FSX SP1.FSX without SP1 on this system was stable.Now with SP1, FSX freezes my PC completely after 10 minutes or less.I now Dell has problems with the XPS 700 (not a real Nforce 590 mobo, see topic at direct2dell: http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/03/09/6554.aspx ).Thanx,Marc Nieuwhof,Almere, The Netherlands

I'm in the process of putting together my 'ultimate' FSX system. I'll be using E6600 or E6700, 2Gb fast memory, 10k Raptors, and a Striker Extreme Mobo. Although I realize that FSX is not as challenging to the graphics card as some other games, I want to make sure I don't skimp on performance. Then again, $$$ has a consideration. Does anyone have a recommendation on what graphics configuration would be best to consider: an 8800GTX, Sli'd lower performance GTX or GTS cards, or mortgage my house and go with Sli'd 8800GTX's? Real life performance experience would be helpful.

Hi Folks, Footage from the Call Of Juarez DX10 Benchmark, rendered with DX10 can be downloaded here (158MB):http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/431/17/Framerates were apparently really poor, with only low res 1280 x 1024 playable. But it is the first time I have seen actual footage from a DX10 game. Comparisons with DX9 are also available.Cheers,Noel.

I replied in the NVidia post below about my issue and here are some examples. Anytime I have a window open my AA turns off or other settings do also and it looks like this. Now this is a bummer for me because I fly online all the time and it looks like crap when I do.Here it is looking goodHere it looks like crap with windows open within the simAnd with squawkbox openThanks for anyhelp I called BFG and they said a software issue of course But I have tried uninstalling and all that. Thanks for any help

Hello!I have a big problem with FSX. When i start a flight, the temperature of my video card goes up quite fast, and after a while the game locks up. Then the screen turns into idel mode. I turn the screen off and then on again, and now it says that there are no video input. Then i have to turn the computer off by pressing and holding the power button for a couple of seconds, and when I turn it on again, Windows does'nt start. I have to wait for a time before the computer can be turned on normally again.Im not absolutely sure, but I think that FSX is making my video card getting too hot for some reason. I have the latest drivers for the card, and SP1 too. I have done a co…

Hi folks,Some background: I am running FS2004 on XP with most things at max and lots of lovely scenery for Scandinavia and Finland where I do most of my simming with Blue1 Virtual. My machine is an overclocked AMD X2 4800+ (at 2.8GHz) with 2Gb RAM and an elderly but still excellent nVidia 6800GT 256Mb graphics card. It currently runs well but stutters when loading scenery plates which I'm fairly sure is because the drives are old IDE ATA ones. My this questions are as follows...(1) Do you agree that the drives are likely to be a bottleneck for FS use? I have to change one anyway but to upgrade or not is the question...(2) Can I "copy" my primary drive (80Gb) to a new one …

Hi all,I am using Nvidia's control panel to spread my screen view over two screens. This gives an image of twice the width of normal, obviously, given that both screens are of similar width/depth ratio.It works for VC, tower and spot view in all sims, but not in 2D without having a special panel, as the panel is spread to twice the width.Currently I run a 19" and a 17" LCD.... although the "step" between the two is acceptable, I am thinking of buying another 19" to improve this formatting.My question is.... can I mix a normal screen with a new wideview screen i.e. WIDER than 19", and still see proper perspective in the VC image? Or must they both have the same resolutio…

I see posts of folks that are running more than two monitors with 8800GTX cards. I am afraid I am going to have to tuck my tail between my legs and ask for some help from anyone having success with such a configuration.How do you get a system to recognize the second 8800GTX card? I am running in the non SLI mode and thus far have found no way to get recognition by Windows that I have the second card, along with the third and fourth monitors. I have removed the drivers, cleaned house, reinstalled the latest drivers, and switched cards. The two monitors off of the primary card work fine, but I never see anything off of the second card. The fan is running and it is slightly …

Looking at this new ACER The Aspire 9810-6829 Notebook with Windows Vista. Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7200 (4MB L2 cache, 2.0GHz, 667MHz FSB), 2GB (1/1) DDR2 667 SDRAM, 320GB (160/160) SATA hard drive, 5400RPM, integrated HD DVD-ROM drive, 5-in-1 card reader, 20.1" WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) TFT Display with Acer CrystalBrite Technology, Looking for opinions on whether a heavily loaed FS9 with extra's on her will run well on this without choking.

If you had unlimited money available to build a new PC for FSX, what woud you recommend?Andreas

Ciao to all,Will up-grade my desktop so here's the question, you'd suggest AMD or INTEL cpu for FS...????Thanx...PAco

Well, I'll be offline for a few day becuase in a few hours I will meet my NewEgg parts at the front-door and begin the long, arduious task of re-installing everything. I haven't done this in almost 18 months. Yes, I am going to reinstall FS9 (as well as FSX) so I can continue to use my PMDG, MD80, and LVL-D for the time-being.Here's the plan:MS Windows XPSP2x64 -> MS Windows Ultimate x64AMD4000 -> Intel E6700Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe -> Asus P5B Deluxe (Better Raid bandwidth than NF 680i)3GB Corsair XMS(PC3200C2) -> 2GB XMS2(PC8500C5) Dominator 1066-FSB (C4/800 wasn't available at time of purchase)Evga 7900GT OC (256Mb) (Failing) -> Evga 8800GTS (640Mb)19" View…

I cannot seem to get the CH Pedals Differential braking from turning off when the brake is not in use. I can clear it by turning on/off the parking brake but during taxi or takeoff roll the diff braking turns back on and I end up off the side of the runway. I currently have each pedals brake assigned to an axis with sensitivity at 50% and Null zone at 50%. Any suggestions ???????????????By the way...same issue with FSX and FSX+SP1.thanks,Mark.

Hello, please find in attach the CPUZ data , the RAM is :GeneralMemory type DDR2Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)Size 1024 MBytesMax bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)Part number CM2X1024-6400 Manufacturing date Week 23/Year 06AttributesNumber of banks 2Data width 64 bitsCorrection NoneEPP noTimings tableFrequency (MHz) 270 400 CAS# 4.0 5.0 RAS# to CAS# delay 4 5 RAS# Precharge 4 5 TRAS 13 18 TRC 15 22 How can I increase it to 800 Mhz?Thanks in advance

For FS9 I use the GoFlight TQ6_killjoy.cfg in the FS9 Devices.cfg to resolve function assignments conflicts.Is this type of thing necessary for MSFSX?

Hi all,Until further I stick with FS9, but some day I will switch to FSX. I do need an upgrade, which can both enhance my current FS9 experience and still be decent when I surrender to FSX (that depends on when certain add-ons will be availbe etc.)Here is my wish list:CPU: Intel Dual-Core Xeon 3GHzMB: Asus BSDV-DRAM: 2x1GB Corsair Value Select PC2-5300 DDR2-SDRAMHow does this sound? Maybe there are cheaper components on the market which would yield the same result?I also consider keeping my ATI Radeon 9600 Pro and my SoundBlaster 5.1 Live! cards...Looking forewards to any comments and suggestions.All the best,NicolasFS9 / PMDG 737-700 NG + Des Braban's Boeing 737NG Sounds…

If you haven't updated DirectX 9.0c lately, try this. It might help with SP1 stuttering:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...00-F0FB2A71E99FThis was suggested by Don Burnette on another forum. It may have been mentioned here, too, but if so I missed it. NB: create a system restore point before you install the update; DirectX updates can't be uninstalled.My experience:1. First flight with SP1 was good: everything felt smoother. Didn't play with settings at all.2. Day two: I increase autogen from Normal to Dense. Cool! But I notice more blurries and stuttering. Frustration! System restore back to pre-SP1: stuttering is gone, so I reason that it's a consequence of S…

Hi everyone, have waited until the release of SP1 before posting this, hoping that it was going to get my track ir working.. but sadly no.I

My nVidia card crapped out this week.I wasn't about to update my whole system just yet, so I went looking for an AGP replacement. The ONLY one I could find around here was an ATI Radeon 9550.It installed fine (XP professional), BUT.......for whatever reason, I find FS2004 is too dark. With the nVidia, I had cranked up the brightness and gamma, and it was fine.With the RADEON, when I crank up the brightness and gamma, the splash screen for FS2004 comes up "bright", but when it finally gets into the sim, it reverts to "dark". It flickers bright only when I click the mouse, or hit the ALT key, but always reverts to its standard dark.Is there some trick to get FS2004 to be…