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Hi all,Could anyone advise on optimal 8800GTS settings for FSX?I can pretty much max everything out. It works ok but with some impact on frame rates. What is optimal perf/quality combination?My specs: P4 3.0; 2Gb RAM; WinXP Pro; 8800GTS 320/640; FS9 and FSX. Unfortunately cant get the card to work in FS9.... Did everything from tweaking to HD format and reinstallation from scratch - the FS9 just doesn't seem to pickup any changes in the 8800GTS control panel. ThnxIL76

With the iminent release of of SP1, and a possible re-install of FSX coming my way, I am leaning towards getting a 150 gig WD Raptor for my FS install.FS stuff is all I'd put on the drive...I think.Or should I get the 74 gig? With the 74 gig, would I run out of space for add-ons like terrain mesh? What is wisest course or action?RhettAMD 3700+ (@2310 mhz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (Guru3D 93.71), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 2.5-3-3-8 (1T), WD 250 gig 7200 rpm SATA2, CoolerMaster Praetorian case

Hello,I ran a search of the forum, but couldn't find very relevant posts, so I apologize if this question has been asked a lot of times before.I have been simming from time to time for the last 2 years, and I've been using a Logitech Attack 3 joystick. However, it has almost completely died on me. In fact, the axes started having major problems quite shortly after I got it, and now it is almost non-usable. I have heard many bad stories about the reliability of Logitech joysticks (even the expensive ones), i.e. that they tend to die quickly. I don't find it surprising, as potentiometers are mechanical devices that do not tend to last long.I now want to purchase a new joyst…

I have a problem with bloom when it is enabled.Doesn't matter if I'm in full screen or windowed mode...Bloom makes everything very blurry or fuzzy when it's enabled - the second I turn it off everything is clear again.Take a look at these full size unedited comparisons.....first one is bloom on, then offhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/171185.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/171186.jpg

Hallo all,Bought FSX a few days ago and installed it on my notebook and activated it without any problem.Main notebook specs : Acer Aspire 9500 with Intel Pentium M 760, 1 GB RAM and Ati Mobilty Radeon X700 PCIe with 256 MB VRAMI have connected to this notebook a second monitor (15", 1024x768) using an USB2VGA convertor (Sitecom CN-105).I have set the display/scenery sliders such that if I start FSX with the Cessna 172 in 2D and full screen on the primary monitor without undocking any panel, that I reach most of the time the set upperlimt of 20 fps. So far, so good. BUT, if I undock the 2D main instrument panel and move it to my second monitor, the framerate drops to 2-3 …

Hi everyone,I have an IRQ of 18 for both my nVidia 7950GT PCI-E (16)card and my Creative SB Audigy 2ZS PCI card. I'm not sure of having PCI-e for the video changes the need to have these on separate IRQ numbers.If I was to change the sound card to another IRQ slot on my A8N-32 board, do I need to uninstall the card first, then load drivers again to re-install it, or is it just a matter of moving the card and the PC will see it at the new slot and IRQ?Thanks, Bruce.

Ciao to all,I use my pc for Simflying FS9 and watching Divx...I need a suggestion please..I've SOny SDM-HS94P, 19" Response Time 12 sec , Brightness 400 cd/m2, risolut 1280x1024 e contrast 500:1...Wanted to change it with a SAMSUNG - SM226BW 22" , Response Time 2 sec, Brightness(cd/m

I am putting together some specs for a new PC & have selected the Asus P5B-E mother board. I thought I read somewhere that with this MoBo you don't need an additional sound card.Is this correct or should I get a better sound card as well?Peter

I have previously implemented a NVIDIA VCG8800GTX, 768MB Video card with dual monitors along with a secondary Diamond Stealth III S540 PCI card for a third monitor.My PCI card seems to have bitten the dust. It shows no errors in the System Devices, and the green light on the front of the monitor comes on during bootup somewhat indicating reception of a signal, but the screen remains black and I cannot enable it in the Properties/Settings/Advanced options any longer.The monitor works fine if I switch it to my 8800GTX card so I don't believe it is the monitor. (Has worked for years until I turned it on this morning)I am thinking of purchasing a less expensive Nvidia GEForce…

hi,i noticed via the task manager that the cpu usage on my c2d reached a max of 60%,is this normal or should it be using 100% for fs9.thanks,[email protected] 680i rev a1corsair dominator 8500 2gbX850XT250gb seagate hd2x74gb raptorsaudigy2 zs

My Dell 8400 was stolen the other day during a break in. It was a 3.2 GHz, 1Gb ram machine and it ran FSX without a problem. The insurance company is offering me a Dell XPS 410 as an equivalent, and if it actually is an equivalent I will be very satisfied. Some of the features are Intel E6400 dual core 2.13 GHz, nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS, and Vista business version. Everything else sounds at least as good as what I had before.Does this sound like a reasonable replacement? I don't understand why the old one is 3.2 GHz and the new one is 2.13 GHz. I can have cash instead of the computer but I'm not prepared to spend a lot of time researching this. (I'd rather be flying)Thanks…

Since upgrading my graphics card from an Nvidia 6600GT to an ATI Radeon X1950 (and doing a clean install of Win XP), i have noticed a slight graphics problem when running the PMDG 747-400 add-on on FS 2004.The outline of the aircraft seems to look all "zig zaggy". When I had my old graphics card, I had a perfectly smooth outline (just the way it should be!).I only installed the new graphics card last week, and have the latest Cataylst Graphics driver. Is there possibly a setting in the Cataylst Software that needs tweaking. I have tried all sorts but never managed to rectify the problem described!Any ATI Radoen users's had a similar issue? All advice n tips most appre…

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I've got Vista Home Premium running on a spare hard drive just for testing purposes. Tomorrow I upgrade my computer and would like to install Vista on my main hard drive.Question is, how will it activate? Will it already see me as having Vista already active? How can I un-activate the test version? This was a full install onto a blank disk, so I can't uninstall it.Any help appreciated.

hey all, I am in the process of buying a new PC for fs2004.....I have no plans to go to FSX any time soon and will in all likely hood skip FSX and wait for FS 11 as FS9 does everything i want and I have spent too much money on add-ons.....having said this my current system (P4 3.0 ghz, 1 G ram, 256 mb saphire radeon card) really struggles at times to give me good frame rates and I have to dial down most eye candy, AI traffic, weather etc....I would like to build a system that gives me framerates 20-30 CONSISTENTLY with all the sliders maxed out or nearly maxed out.......what can u guys recommend.....I guess dual processors is the way to go???? if you could give m…

Please see attached screenshot. I replaced my well-aged TI-4200 128MB with an X1650 Pro 512 card on my design machine. I know it's a lower end card but expected an improvement over the TI4200 - especially since I went from 128 to 512 MB. The new card takes a long time to load the textures where they loaded almost instantly with the TI4200. The textures on the main terminal in the foreground of the picture will not load regardless of how long I wait.I used nfr (Nvidia removal tool) then installed the latest Catalyst drivers from the ATI website.I have no idea what's going on but I have never seen such a poor quality display - slow and non-loading textures, insane jaggies.…

Upgraded to the AMD 6000+ this weekend - royal pain in the you know what - but now FSX is flying smoothly. Is there a comprehensive list anywhere of what works and what doesn't with the new sim? Google didn't bring up anything useful.Thanks!Colin in Portland

Got a new PC last week and it just kills FSX. I'm running all my setting at about 75% and getting good smooth frames. Around 30-40 in Cities and 60 or 70 at altitude or over country areas and ocean. I've not tweaked and cfg files so I am really happy with FSX. Looking forward to SP! :)

Hi all,Was wondering if anyone could tell me what are normal temps for an E6600, I have mine slightly overclocked to about 2.8 with an average temperature of 93 deg F. Normally, at standard speed it's around 85 deg F. At what temperature should I start to get worried? And what temperatures are acceptable when overclocking. Also, I only have standard cooling.Thanks,Jeff

Hello everybody. I wanted to share a strange behaviour of my Core 2 Duo CPU with you and find any answers if possible.I run FSX on an Acer 9815 laptop with Core2Duo T7200 CPU, nVidia Geforce Go 7600 /256mb vram and 2 GB of Ram.I have also installed the Microsoft WinXP update KB896256 for dual core cpus, changed the registry value for PerfEnablePackageIdle to 1 and added the /usepmtimer switch in the boot.ini file (these settings helped a lot in FSX and other applications I tested).I run FSX with medium settings and constrained to 20fps. Everything works great for a 5-10 minutes period and then suddenly the fps drops to 2 or even 0.5! Then if I enter the map or pause FSX a…

Purchased a new computer with following components and need some advise on graphics card.E6600 Conroe core2 duo (2.4GHz)2 gig of DDR2-800 ramAsus P5B-E motherboardAti Radeon 1600 Pro 512mb video card250 gig 7200 Western digital H.D.600 Watt Rosewill P.S.Stats: I'm getting 24 to 28 fps and the graphics are 'ziggy' with very little sharpness of detail out the front windscreen view. The side views are OK but the buildings etc. are 'wavy' at best and get a whole lot wavier or ziggy when in a turn. I'm at 1280X1024 resolution on both the computer and FS9 running WinXP. With weather and clouds set to 60% instead of 40%, my fps drop to teens.Does anybody else have this problem? …

Anyone recommend a UK supplier for the Track IR4 (or an offshore one who will deliver)?Many thanks.--Bryn

HI, im just getting back into fs9 after buying a new system which is as follows...intel core2duo E6600 1066fsb 4mb 2g ddrati x1600senow the sim runs really well on the whole and with all sliders maxed, 1440x900 resolution, 4x AA and AF, active sky 6, ground environment pro, ultimate terrain, ultimate traffic and the levelD767, im getting a good consistent 25+fps. the only problem is that when there are any clouds present the framerates drop to the mid teens. this happens whether ive got 2 clouds in the sky or full overcast conditions. lowering the amount of cloud coverage has no impact nor does using active sky to reduce the cloud size to even 64x64 and dxt3 format.the on…

In my quest to improve my FS9 experience I purchased a Dell 24-inch wide screen flat panel. This is an expensive but beautiful monitor. However, I have been disappointed in a few things:1: the 1900X1200 aspect ratio that is optimum really squashes the 2D panel view. And the crazy thing is that in FS9 settings you can choose that resolution so it

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