System Hardware: PC | MOBO | RAM | CPU | HDD | SSD | PSU etc

I just bought an nVidia/BFG GeForce 6200 OC tonight since it was the best AGP card I could find to run on a 250w power supply. My power supply isn't easy to replace from outside vendors since it's a few years older Dell. Tried tonight.Anyway, I get the card home, completely uninstall all my ATI drivers, install the card, and install the newest drivers I could find from nVidia. Make the appropriate chance to the FS9 cfg, fire up FS9, and have had nothing but trouble so far. When the opening screen starts where it show aircraft, location, weather, and time, the little plane in the middle of the screen is not there. Just a blank black box with nothing inside. I have fiddled …

Hi, could anyone tell me which drivers I need to download to update the motherboard. I've been on the Asus site, but am totally confused as to what I need. Any help much appreciated.Intel core2duo E6600Asus P5BNorthbridge Intel P965Southbridge Intel ICH8Russell.

Running FS9 on an Nvidia 6800GS - If i set the AA to 4X FSNavigator data takes ages to refresh. If I set it AA to 8x data refreshes almostinstantly. Problem is that if AA is at 8X aircraft not visible inthe selection screen, (as reported by another poster on this Forum).Is there any way out of this bind?Thanks

Hi everyone. I need some advice from the seasoned pros here. I currently have FS9 with the following ad-ons: Ultimate TrafficFSG MeshGround EnvironmentUltimate TerrainReal EnvironmentActive Sky 2004.5and a bunch of add on aircraftMy rid consists of:P4 2.531.5 mb RAMRadion 9700 128mb19" Samsung SyncMaster 931bf - running 1280X1024I had been runnning FS9 for years with just 512 of RAM and just recently upgraded to 1.5 gigs of RAM and it has made a huge difference in the overall performance of FS9. I can run most sliders either neutral or all the way to the right except for traffic and clouds which I need to keep around half or under half way settings, and usually maintain a…

I just bought this card X1950 PRO AGP I was wondering if someone else uses same and can recommend drivers that work good with FSX and this card and any performance setting recommendation relating to this card and FSX.Thanks for any input.Andysome of my system spec for references:WinXP Pro SP2P4 3.8 Ghz HT <- not Duo or anything basic P4P5P800 MOBO2GB RAMSATA HD

Took the plung and did a new system upgrade. Found a reasonable price site that offered all the parts I was looking for. Also put a new printer and speaker system with it.My old system got damaged by condensation so I had to do something.Heres what I got coming:

I think it's a legitimate question given the equivocal nature of responses to FSX. I don't own nor have seen FSX, so I can't say. But what about you?Noel

Hi Guys! Anyone remember me? My friends here probably thought I fell off the earth. Im still around. :) Anyways, getting back into FS now that I have time on my hands, but I've discovered a little issue in MS. I have my screen res set at 1280x1024 but everytime I reboot, it loads up at 1024x768. What could cause this and how can I turn it around? Its a real pain because evertime MS loads, I have to spend about 5 minutes re-arranging my icons. Any idea's guys?I apologies for this being in the wrong forum. Avsim has changed up so much and I have no clue where the hardware forum went. Thanks in advance for your assistance. :-wave

Hi dearsi need help. i just brought Pro Flight Rudder of Saitek company and did installaiton according to the manual but after that end result is tollay disappointing.result is my R pedal decreaseing the pitch (nose down only) and L padel turning the A/C on left. during taxi when i use rudder padels the screen show "differential break" and gradually A/C stop completely. the support of Saitek is very slow and still i did not received any reply form the company.i will be very thankful if someone help me.regards Burney:-(

than dual core processors for FSX with SP1 patch, which apparently will provide at least some signifcant support for multi-core? I know it's a stretch to be talking about exactly what practical effect SP1 will have on improved performance in multicore over single core machines since SP1 isn't out yet. But still, what do you think? Quad is good, or no?Now that there is something positive about FSX performance enhancement with SP1 I am contemplating . . . a system upgrade. FS has always driven system upgrades, and alas the iffy testimony caused me to not want to even get into FSX, until this new hope comes along. Yeah!Gotta love it!Noel

just built my new system today...check my sig for specs...runs FSX great! FSX is still a perf hog with my system but with lots of tweaks and autogen kept under check, I get great frames.

Just had an update asking to install WGA. Any disadvantages in installing this? Any chance it stays running and takes resources?SD

I have always wondered if those with high end PCs ever see the CPU utilization drop below 100% during flight?? With my paltry 2ghx CPU it is always 100%. I normally get 28fps avg with no autogen and simple clouds. I can use sparse autogen OR complex clouds and get 15fps.Regards,Dick Boley

Hi all, I decided to post on this forum since I usually post here and this place seems to get the most traffic. I hope avsim does not move this topic.I have fired my motherboard and memory, however I cant spend that much on a new computer till next year. I would really appricate your opinion on what motherboard I should get for the time being.My sig has my lasest hardware. I would love to have the same mobo however since its from 2004 its hard to find anywhere on the net (I have checked). I would like to have the nVIDIA nForce3-250Gb chipset on the board if possible: Here are the specs from my fried board:Asus K8N-E Deluxe Specifications:Supported CPUSocket 754AMD At…

My Dad is finally buying a new computer and we've been researching various price-concious options.To this day, he occasionally fires up FS2002. He's interested in a new HP box with a AMD-x2 3800 that is currently on sale. I am of the mindset, the if he wants to run FS2004 or even FSX (after the patch), then he should spend another hundred bucks and get the Core 2 Duo E6300. Don't get me wrong, I've bought nothing but AMD for the past five years or so, but everyone seems to be raving over the C2D.Either way, he'll need to add a descent video card and more RAM later on. Also, there are rumors of a descent price-cut on the C2D-line starting April 9th.Which would you choo…

I just had to pack up my USB Flight Sim Yoke from CH Products and send it back after less than 3 months of use because the No. 3 button and the lower 180 degree radius of the hat switch suddenly don't work. No reason, just stopped working. I uninstalled, reinstalled, recalibrated, and even went so far as to install a virgin copy of FS04 on my wife's computer and try to use the yoke there so there would be no addons to confuse the diagnostics, and no luck; the switches are just dead.Is this a common occurence with this product? It's the controller that nailed flight simming as a hobby for me, and I've gotten so I can't (or at least don't want to) fly without it. I'm ju…

I recently purchased a NVidia BFG 7800GS OC 256Mb AGP card, however I have been lurking for video card settings suited for FS2004 and have not found anything on the forum (unless I am not using the proper phraseology).I switched from an ATI X850XT PE was was good, I was experiencing quite a few blurries due to (what seemed to me to be) the card not rendering fast enough.I still get blurries but not as badly, so I am thinking that my video card is not set for optimum quality/performance within FS2004.My Rig comprises of:Operating System System Model Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Enclosure Type: Desktop Processor 3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 416 k…

Hi all,I'm tossing up the idea of upgrading my 7800GT for something with at least 512MB VRAM. Possibly a 7950GT. I'm intend to keep my current setup for a few more years as my MOBO (GA K8NXP-SLI) won't handle much of a CPU upgrade and when the time comes I'll spend a lot more $$ than I can afford at the moment.From what I've read on many forums, my 7800GT is probably a bottleneck for my OC'ed CPU running FSX. Alternatively, I could opt for a 8800GTS for another $300AUD and move that across to a new computer down the track.Any ideas?cheersmitchell

Hello,I'm planning to upgrade to a new PC, which I'll primarily use for FS9 until the FSX patches are out. I've tried to narrow down my choices to these two options:1) Zitech Gamer

OK,Here is my system, and it is only 5 months old:Intel 2Duo Processor E6700 (2.66GHZ, 1066FSB) with 4MB Cache;4GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz; 1GB NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 Dual-GPU Graphics Card; 500GB Serial ATA II Hard Drive (7200 RPM); X-Fi PCI Sound Card.I called Dell to see if I could upgrade to a Nvidia 8800 card, since it is a DirectX 10 card. They told me the Nividia 7950 GX2 has only one connection, and the 8800 has one to the motherboard as well (total 2); therefore, I cannot upgrade to this card.I certainly don't want to buy another computer just to be able to get DirectX 10 later this year. Do you think there will be fast cards available from Nvidia other than the 8…

Hey All,Back in late January, I purchased a new computer which I built myself with the following: Core 2 Duo E6600, 2 GB Corsair PC8500C5D Dominator, 768mb Evga GeForce 8800GTX resting on an EVGA 680i motherboard enclosed in an Antec 900 case along with a Noctua NH-U9F CPU cooler and powered by an OCZ Gamestream 700W PSU.There was a post back then that had a good discussion with several others including Bob Scott, Sandon Lyon and a few others. I have helped Sandon Lyon and others with advice on overclocking and tweaking their PCs for optimal performance. I hope you guys are enjoying your machines as much as I am.Now its been over 2 months since I have had my computer and …

Hi all, I have been browsing the internet looking to up grade my PC for FS9 use. I dont feel confident to build my own and have seen adverts for PC sytems with Dual core processors with twin Nvidia Graphic cards.Does having two cards have any effect in FS9 ? and what RAM would you advise to have?I fly with all the usual add ons and would like to get decent FPS, only achieving 12-15 with my current PC.Thanks for your helpJohnPentium 4 3.2GHz1024 MB DDR320GB HDDGeforce FX5200 265MBSaitek Flight SystemHead TrackerRC4AShttp://fs2crew.com/linepilot.jpg

For making FSX more mult-processor(multi core) friendly, I created a d3d9.dll proxy which intercepts all direct3D calls from FSX and send the data off to a different thread for processing. Along half way done, I decided to do some profiling of FSX's of direct3D. What I found is very interesting. I am running FSX with the system with spec in my sign. When running FSX with everything max out, it only spends between 1/4 to 1/3 of the time sending data to the video card. Also, FSX wasted very little time between frames. In other words, my little project, if sucessful, can only yield at most 30% performance increase. 30% doesn't sound that bad for an average application. Howev…

Hi. I'm looking for counsel and input on a hardware issue I'm having. Attached are six screenshots illustrating the problem. The internals are a Radeon 9800 Pro 128 AGP & Gigabyte GA-7VRXP w/an Athlon XP 2600+ and 512 MB RAM. I'm running Windows XP2 patched to currency (Don't be fooled by the Vista theme in the last shot) and using Cat 7.2/7.3 drivers. It shows itself massively during 3D games and video, but to a variable degree in 2D (desktop and boot-up screens). I've removed and reseated the card. Removed and cleaned it. Cleaned the connectors and shot air through AGP slot. It started while I was running the Cat 7.2, which I uninstalled and reinstalled. …

My neighbor's video card (FX5500) just fried, so he went to Circuit City and picked up an X1300 512 MB card to hold him over until he gets his new computer. The only problem is that we can not get the drivers to install. The error message is below, which neither of us are computer literate enough to understand. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated because we are really missing our weekly online flying.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/169444.jpg