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Hello,I bought this game along with newly built system (8800 GTX, e6600 processor,P5N32-E mobo, Vista Ultimate, 2 gigs ram). The system is stable and I can play other games with it. When I try to run FSX though, I get a pulsating black and white screen that also shows the game every other second or so. It appears to be playable control wise, the graphics though are just a complete mess. I have tried several different driver versions, and also even installed DX10 after trying it with DX nine with no luck. Any ideas would be helpful thank you.

First my system, 3.4 Intel 1.5 ram, ATI X800 256 card.AGP I am not really interested in upgrading my system at this time or in the near future. I am going to put the X800 in my sons computer.I want to get a better card than the X800. Thinking about the X1950 AGP. Any thoughts on a good card??? Money is not an issue. I play FS9 mainly but also FSX.Paul

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I've been putting together a very low-end system for my in-law's...I think I'm going with Dell.. Yeah yeah gimme crap about it lol, normally I'd build one, but I don't think I can do it as cheap (with OS, etc) as Dell can...They are going to use it for some internet browsing, some simple word processing and storing/viewing digital photos from their digi cam. No gaming, no powerhousing going on LOLI wanted some opinions on a few things...namely the OS and how much RAM/CPU, and if the intergrated gpu would be enough...I am fully aware of the C2D's, yes they are great, but when the people you are building it for work very very hard and have very little money you can't just…

I have a new pretty top end system that was working fine with XP then came through the letterbox the Dell upgrade to Vista. After following the pre and post installation instructions (CDROM) to the letter I have had a week of nightmares and spent days trying to get the system functioning to somewhere near normal. Amongst the many issues is the complete loss of sound. The Creative X-Fi Extreme sound card can not be recognised when trying to install the drivers downloaded from the Creative site and designed for Vista. Now I have a silent FSX and can't play any music or videos.Help and assistance is sparse - Dell struggle to even follow Vista's new layout and just recomm…

Hi guys,I'll own up that this post only has a very weak link to FS but I know you lot know your stuff so thought I would ask anyway (and it is to do with aeroplanes)I have a rig that has thus far been 100% dedicated to FSX. The first drive I fitted was:http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=48J2Now this has worked fine to install XP Pro, FSX and some addons. However, I've decided I would like to use Oxford's Practical Flying Training multimedia CD-Rom on the rig.No go, I get the initial splash screen, can install the software but when I select run from disk or run from hardrive, well, nothing happens.I tried out the disk on my old Mesh computer and it works just …

I'm having a small problem with my CH Yoke. Recently, the yoke has started to drift off center when it's left stationary.Looking in the CH control manager, you can see the cross hairs start to drift to the left and up after a while.Recalibrating or yanking the yoke to the axis limits a few times usually solves the problem. But I'd like to know why it does this in the first place.On takeoff it's not uncommon for my aircraft to start banking left as soon as the wheels are up becuase the yoke has drifted off centre. The problem is even more severe using the LDS 767, as the yoke can still control the plane even with the autopilot active. The yoke was drifting and causing a ba…

Hi allCan anyone help, I have just upgraded XP to Vista Ultimate and have a 4 monitor setup, with 2 Nvidia 7800 GTX cards on a ASUS SLI board, have a 3gb cpu and 4gb of memory.I run FS9 and FSX (not togther ) on 3 of the monitors giving a front and 2 x 45* views, the textures are fine with excellent ground detail on the front and right hand side monitor, but the left monitor textures are suffering from the blurries.I have the latest Nvidia drivers installed, and all 4 monitors are the same make. Anyone any ideas on what i am doing wrong, or is it another Vista gremlim?.Thanks Paul

I was ready to build soon but, I think I may wait after seeing the new 3rd quarter pricing structure. Licking my chops for the new e6750 :9Regards, KendallDell 8400 3.2 GHZ H.T.800 FSB/2MB L22 GB 533 DDR2X800XT 256MB/Catalyst driver - 6.10's6x AA/16x HQ A/FDiamond Xtreme/Logitech X-530'sDual Monitor: Dell 2405/1905CH Yoke/Pedals

Hello all, I came upon a great buy on a P4 3.4 chip, however knowing how many different ones there have been I only know that it is for the 478 MB's, and has an 800 FSB.I've read all the numbers on the chip but have NO idea how to decifer them . . . any ideas where a site is that can tell me which one this is, or do any of you know? On box..........P43400E478-NOn chip.........7629A764on chip.........6630B089on chip.........0596Any ideas anyone? Thanks in advanceClay

Hi guys,I am building a new system and have come to the point where I need to decide if it's going to be powered by XP or it's brother Vista.I'm going to be playing both FS2004 and FSX. The system will be fairly decent E6600 along with a 8800 GTS. I don't mind not having the nice visual of vista (already have it at work). I'm looking for more performance vs. eye-candy.Your suggestions are appreciatedNick

Hey guys,Im about to get on of these, they are very similar in prices almost the same but the 7600GS comes with 256mb and the X1650 with 512mb and the price its almost the same between the XFX and the Sapphire one, I want to know your opinion about these two cards please help me out because I dont really dont know which one I should take.Thanks for your time!

Hi, have sourced and priced a new sysytem for FS9 and would appreciate your opinions on how this will perform ?Intel E6400 Core2 Duo500w psuMSI P965 Neo motherboard2 Gb Kingston DDR2-667 Ram (2x1 Gb)160 Gb Maxtor sata2 HD512mb GeForce 7950 PCI Ex Graphics cardSony 118x DL-DVD/CD rewriterWindows XP Home Service pack 2Price

After installing the latest MS update, KB925902 for Win XP (home - with sp2) I get the following error after re-starting the computer:application_executable_name - Illegal System DLL RelocationThe system DLL user32.dll was relocated in memory. The application will not run properly. The relocation occurred because the DLL C:WindowsSystem32Hhctrl.ocx occupied an address range reserved for Windows system DLLs. The vendor supplying the DLL should be contacted for a new DLL.Doing a system restall gets rid of this nasty update, but WinXP won't stop hassling me about installing the xxxxxx update.Does anybody know anything about this? I should clearly point out that the limit of…

Hi all, i recently purchased a logitech attack joysick and i am having all sorts of problems with calibrting it as it is way too sensitive to inputs....I fly the heavy metal predominantly and its just impossible to control the pitch and roll as it behves like an f-16 on steroids....is there any thing i can do? i hve tried plying with the sensitivity within he sim (FS9) as well as with logitch own software nut to no avail.....is there anything that can be done within the aircraft.cg file? i have never experiended these problems before and am at a loss as to why it is behaving this way but as of now I can't do any flying until this problem is rectified.....any on else had…

Hello.I was hoping someone could help me out here.I remember reading a long time ago about the gain adjustments when using CH Products Control Manager. It had something to do with making the sensitivity a bit more realistic. The problem is I don't remember exactly what it was all about and I can't find the posts anymore.I have attached an example of mine but I'm not sure if I have them backwards or not.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks!

Hi guys, I think I just fried my mobo and needs a new one. I need to look for an older board:ASUS K8N-E DeluxeCan anyone help me find this mobo on the net for purchase? I really having a hard time locating it since its a older board with old style CPU Pins (735 or 754) I think. Im going nuts over here.Thanks guys,Bill

Hi all, which are some of the best northbridge chipsets out there for motherboards.I like the NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb, but there is also VIAPlus, will I notice a huge difference using a sigle channel mobo for ram instead of duel channel? Im going to be installing 2gig of memory on my next board that Im replacing, but Im kinda limited on the 754 pin boards that are still available out there.Thanks,Bill

Hello!I have downloaded the new driver version 7.1 for Radeon X850 series. After installing it and tweaking all my Catalyst settings back to where I had em before, I have a problem: most things on the screen look blurry :(In FS9, especially, the outside views make it clear that the 3D acceleration works, although there are now rougher edges on objects. But inside the cockpit all guages look very blurry.Tried to tweak and play around with display settings in Catalyst and in FS9 but nothing helps. Should I roll back to previous driver? Any thoughts? I have Acer AL1917 19 inch monitor.Assistance will be gratly appreciated.Thanx!

For some reason I can't get dual monitors to work with FSX. It will display on the primary monitor and the picture will just flash. I made sure that all the resolutions match and everything, drivers are updated, I'm not sure what is causing thisSpecs:Nvidia 7800 GT OCWindows Vista UltimateMonitors set to dualview (span not available in vista)

I upgraded my old system with a 256mb AGP Geeforce 5500. The only problem I have with FSX when I am on outside view the tinted glass cockpit seems to disapear, like they forgot to put it on. When I use the VC all reflections are there and everything else is fine.What is the problem?

Hello,I am a real life commercial pilot but I am new to 04 flight simulation.I have purchased recently:1.) 1 * Logitech Force 3D Pro Joystick2.) 1 * MicroSoft Flight Simulator 20043.) 1 * Majestic Software DeHavilland Canada Dash 8 Q 300 Add On.I have some questions that I could not figure out by RTFM.a) On the left hand side of my black joystick from Logitech I find a panel of buttons with the numbers 7, 8,, 9, 10, 11, 12. What are the functions? If there are no functions by default ... how can I allocate functions that I do often need to fly my Dash 8 by Majestic Software comfortably manually? (Like: Press 11 = change com 1 standby<=>active FREQ.How Can I make thi…

Was just curious what people think are the best rudder pedals to use with FSX? I've looked at the CH products, and they seem to get good reviews - but really wondering what others who have experience with rudder pedals think, are they pretty solid and do they give a good solid response? I want to be able to use them for the differential brakes too - are they good in that regard also?Also, I read in a review that they don't spring back to center very solidly...do others think that too? - plus maybe that is realistic anyway?Thanks in advance for all replies!Andy.

Are there any settings in the cfg that I should update when I change drivers? I think I remember that fs9 didn't always update driver information.Is there anything anyone can think of (besides resolution, AA, AF settings) that I should be update after new drivers are installed?