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Hi,I've had my X52 Pro since February and its always worked fine. As I recall I did even have any problems installing the drivers the first time after I purchased it.I've not used it for a few weeks and when I plugged it in Windows Vista stated that the drivers weren't installed. So I downloaded the Vista 32 bit drivers Saitek_X52Pro_Flight_Controller_3000_107_32.exe and tried to install it. When I do so I get to the the message from 'Saitek Driver Update Wizard: Driver setup - Please plug in the controllers you want to update' but 'Next >' is greyed out. I tried plugging the X52 Pro into different USB ports but it made no difference. I managed to install the drivers m…

Ciao,do anyone know up today wich add-or are FSX compatible...???I.E. 737/747PMDG?PSS 757/777?Level-D 767?ASV?and others..???ThanxxxxCheers

July 22nd looks like a fun day. http://www.hkepc.com/bbs/itnews.php?tid=789466Not sure if I want to go for the Quad @ 2.4GHz on the 1033MHz FSB, or the Dual @ 3.0GHz on the 1333MHz FSB. I'm sure the Dual will have much better OCing potential, and the higher FSB might benefit FSX quite a bit, but I just don't know yet how much benefit FSX will have with 4 cores over 2. Hopefully after SP1 someone will generate that data, though I don't suppose it is likely, or is it?

I have a pentium extreme edition 965 clocked up to 4.2ghza 7900gtx2gb of ram does anyone else have this setup.if so what fps do you get with a resolution of 1600 by 1050.with what settingsand with what tweaks can you do to make it go faster because with high settings i only get 15fps with mine even with sp1 and it is bothering me a little bit.thank you,steve

I'm pretty new to MSFS 2004 and I'm currently running on a 10 month old Emachines with Celeron 3.2ghz processor, XP Home edition, ATI Pro 1300 XT video card and 2gb of RAM, locked and getting about 25 fps at climb, cruise and at default airports, down to 10-12 fps at my home simflyers KPHL (Philadelphia Int'l.) on taxi, and I'm fairly happy with it, but I would like to go with a Pentium 4, if at the right price. I run FS GENESIS down to 32m mesh, Ground Environment Pro and RealEnvironment Pro (No Active Sky YET) addons, and a couple of ProjectOpensky planes, but nothing too taxing (yet).I just got an email from TigerDirect this morning offering the following for $399:Mi…

When playing fs9 or fsx when I look directly out of the left or right side of the cockpit at the ground, the screen appears to stutter although the game itself doesnt stutter...its like the screen cant keep up...I have a samsung lcd running at 1680x1050 and a refresh rate of 5ms which should be mroe than plenty but why does the screen appear to have to "catch up" all the time?

Are they compatible?Conditions: GEForce 8800GTX AND 8600GT, 8600GT, or 8600GTS Video Cards (I repeat, "AND"!). PCI Express X16 slots NON SLI Implementation Multiple three to four monitorsExample:PNY VCG8800XXPB-OC GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express with aPNY VCG8600GXPB GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video CardExample:PNY VCG8800XXPB-OC GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express with aPNY VCG86GTSXPB GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video CardQuestion 1: Will the above combination work or are similar model series cards required (i.e. 8800 plus 8800 only, …

Hi,I have a gameport yoke with USB adapter, a CH USB throttle and I'd like to purchase Saitek USB rudder pedals.Will this set up work with FS9 and WinXP?Will I have to plug each of the controls into a separate USB port?Thank you,James

Hi everyone,I've owned a Dell P4 3.0 Ghz Dimension 8300 since back in 2002/3 (can't remember exactly when!). To say this trusty machine has lasted me would be an understatement. Aside from two upgrades in the last 4 years, its the same as it was when I bought it, and it still does a #### fine job of running FS2004, and the odd other game I occasionally play (Half Life 2/F.E.A.R. style shooters). I upgraded the 128mb ATI 9800 Pro that came with the machine, around 2005, with a 256mb X800XT Platinum Edition (AGP). This card cost me over

I recently upgraded my system from 3GB to 4GB. When I do a check of my memory using My Computer Properties I see 3.2GB. If I reboot and do F1 to go to Setup my hardware see's 4GB. I was told by the company support line where I bought the memory that the Windows 32bit OS only recognizes up to 3GB. They gave me the option to send the other 1GB back. But before I do I'm looking for some input from here because I primarily use my system for FS. Any advantage to keeping the 4GB?Thanks in advance to all who reply.Bill

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Hello all, Having a problem at the moment trying to put together a new system, and I'm lokking for a quick point in the right direction. I know nothing about motherboards, and searches that I have conducted on websites trying to purchase a suitable one have been like reading Greek. (I'm not Greek). I am getting a core2duo e6600 and I have a separate sound card and I have a Gainward Bliss 7900gs, its agp, so I'm basically looking for an AGP motherboard, socket 775 that can handle high freq RAM. Any suggestions?Thanks in advanceGeorge

Ciao to all,:(( Hope not to ask the same question other had...I wanted to up-grade my desktop and I was looking for a recent Graphics cards performance comparaison with fS...so I may choose a good card...Any link to suggest me??Is it worth to up-grade my desktop today since I use FS9 with all add-on or I should maybe wait that the same add-on are compatible with FSX.. and then change my system...???I wanted to get a Intel duo core e6600 2,4 Gb 4Mb cache...Any suggestion is apreciated..Thanx endeed..AMD Athlon 642800+1,8 Ghz2Gb RamMainboard VIA K8TM/K8MM (MS-6741 v1.X)FS2004737 and 747 PMDG777 and 757 PSSASVItaly pack

So here's the story.. I had FSX installed and it was running OK, not great of course, but tweaked to get 15-20 FPS. Then I had a harddrive crash.Got a new drive and got it up and running again just in time for the release of TileProxy. So, I isntalled that right away, before even trying any default scenery.Now I've played around with TP and wanted to try default scenery with autogen agian. This is where I started getting problems. I get about 10 FPS with no autogen, and 2-5 FPS with any resonable amount of it. Before the crash, I was getting 30+ with no autogen and even at the extremely dense setting I was pulling 12-15. I also notice that things like building textures an…

hi alli am thinking of upgrading my system but don't know whether to go with windows XP or Vista, what are your thoughts?

Greetings folks...Through the magic of Digg, I was directed to yet another Vista vs. XP comparison page.This comparison evaluates the to OS's when it comes to gaming framerates. Not surprisingly, XP tops Vista in framerates across all games tested. They tested with two different video cards and I believe two different driver flavors. Link:http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html...W50aHVzaWFzdA==While this coincides with my own personal observations, the one thing that the comparison can't quantify is the perceived smoothness that Vista brings to the table (texture loading, etc.) Lower FSX framerates + Better texture loading could equal a wash in perceived performance t…

Overclocking guidesNvidia 680i Core 2 Duo Overclocking guide:http://www.nvidia.com/docs/CP/45121/nforce...verclocking.pdfAnandtech Athlon 64 Overclocking guide:http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2548Anandtech Athlon X2 Overclocking guide:http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2650Overclocking UtilitiesnTune Overclocking Utility:http://www.nvidia.com/object/ntune_5.05.18.00.htmlRivatuner Overclocking Utility:http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=rivatunerATItool Overclocking Utility:http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/

Does anyone know how to make an oldish CH USB Yoke perform as new please?I have calibrated it until blue in the face but the lateral control seems very slow and sometimes I have to yank it right over in order to get the aircraft to bank.Any idea's please appreciated?

What is the best setting for Antialiasiing and Anisotrophic Filters for my graphics card to get the sharpest textures using Tileproxy? I currently have them both off and things look pretty good. Any suggestions?

(that I've seen anyway):http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4946Looks like they have some serious driver issues (really bad AA performance in some games), and even on the benchmarks where it runs "well", it can't beat a 6-month old card from Nvidia. Disappointing, IMHO.

This is a good read...and probably a good reason to get a keep-in-the-box back-up of your favorite 'JOY'!!!http://www.twitchguru.com/2007/05/10/the_d...f_the_joystick/

Hi all l`ve just reformatted my HD now l`m having problems with my AA setting... when l get into flightsim the AA seams to be turned off. l`ve tryed everything but it wont work. l have a program called Nhancer but carn`t remember the settings... Any help on this matter would be great Thanks guysPaul

I have Dual core 6300, 4GB DDR2 800mhz, ABit AB9 PRO 800 FSB, ATI Radeon x1050 256mb PCIE -- whether running missions or free flights, FSX shuts down shortly there after.Has anyone seen this? Is SP1 supposed to adddress stuff like this?

Seems like this is my year for video problems. What I've done to try to eliminate this problem:tried several driversreplaced power supplyrun memtest for 8 hoursre-installed FS 3 timestried the card on other machine - same problemtried other card in machine - problem goes away...and moreAny ideas?Thankshttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/171632.jpg

Hi there, I have FS9 and Windows Vista installed....how do i get rid of jaggies and blurries? when I turn on AA in the sim it severely reduces my frame rates? I have a saphire radeon 512 mb vid card ...thanks!