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Still somewhat in the speculation stage, the following components are what I am considering for an upgrade primarily pointed toward FSX. I may scratch my posteria until something else is available that changes the whole ball game, but this is my present consideration: I am not sure of the particular part no. for memory yet as the Asus link for compatible memory is down for sync. right now so those part no's. may change.I am also still debating whether to splurge a little deeper and go for an E6700 or even ultra processor, and/or the 8800 series video card for at least the primary. From what I read, the E6600 seems to be the best bang for the bucks and overclocks a bit bet…

Does anyone have a realworld feel as to whether there is a significant difference in the performance of the nForce 590 SLI and nForce4 SLI x16 Chip sets? Is one significnatly better than the other?I realize that the new nForce 6801i SLI chip sets are probably superior and speculate upon that option, but am a little apprehensive of their implementation at this early date (and their price for that matter).Boards currently under consideration are Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe (SLI x16 chip set), P5N-E SLI and P5N32-SLI Premium/WiFi-AP (590 SLI chip sets). I like the separation of slots on these boards, and particularly the dual IDE/PATA connectors on the first two. No, I am not s…

hello, i have got FSX at chritmas but have already run intoa problem. i have installed the game and updated my drivers but when i start the game up it comes up with "the drivers currently installed on your video card may cause your computer to stop responding when flight simulator is runningVIA/S3G Unichrome Pro IGP .0click yes to search for new drivers or no to continue"as far as i can tell the drivers for this card are up to date but when i click no it say's "flight simulator is not working with your video card. verify that you have the latest drivers installed for your video cardflight simulator will now exit"can anybody help me with this or will i have to get a new gr…

i can see when im in windowed mode your frame rate is better than in full mode, why is there a windowed mode and a full screen mode i can now move windows with out going into windowed mode.in windowed mode i dont like seeing the bar at the top, but there are ways of hiding this.which is better...thanks.....Robert

Hello folks out there does anyone know if the MCP-PRO by go-flight will work with FSX, im in the market for it , but i dont see any documentation on it.Thanks.....Robert

Any comments on these component choices? I'm not sure whether or not I'll try to OC. I may.Intel E6600 BX80557E6600DFI Infinity 975XKingston HyperX 2x1GB DDR2 800MHz KHX6400D2LLK2/2G 2.0v CL4 4-4-4-12Thermaltake CL-P0114 Cooler/HeatsinkArctic Silver 5 thermal compoundLogitech Z-4i 2.1 speakersAntec True Power Trio TP3-650 ATX12V 650W Power SupplyCreative Sound Blaster SB0610VP 7.1 Audigy 4SEBFGR88640GTSE 8800GTS GDDR3 PCIe HDCP video cardSceptre X20WG 1680x1050 5ms DVI Widescreen monitorWD1500ADFD 150GB 10000 RPM Serial ATA150 hard driveSamsung 18X DVD+/-R DVD burner with 12x DVD-ram write lightscribe SH-S182M/BEBNABS Nighthawk ATX Mid Tower case (no power supply) 2x120…

Hi guys,I just got a 120GB HD, which has absolutely nothing on it (its formatted.) My XP is on my other hd, an 80GB one, and when I try installing FSX, i select the new HD and it says I cannot install into the root of a new HD. What should I do?Cheers,Tim

Hi guys,I'm considering building a new pc now with thoughts of upgrading to Vista in the future. Both XP Pro and XP Media Center edition come with Vista "upgrade coupons". XP Pro allows upgrade to Vista Business edition and Xp Media Center allows upgrade to Vista Home Premium.Prices: XP Pro - $139 XP Media Center edition $109I'm not familiar with Media Center edition at all. Does anyone know if I can disable any "Media specific" features? The fear is I don't want any Media Center specific system hogging services or applications stealing CPU cycles.Which OS would you guys get?Thanks.

It seems there are quite a few "optimized" Catalyst drivers out there, for instance Omega, Warcat, NGO, etc. Has anyone got experience of these as they apply to FSX? I tried out Warcat and felt I got a marginal FPS improvement. My code is an X800XL.Simon

In consideration for an upgrade of my system, primarily for FS use I have come up with the following questions: (There will probably be many more).1. To get the simple question out of the way first, Do Micro ATX Motherboards also fit the larger ATX cases without any problem, or must they be installed in unique Micro ATX cases?2. In looking at Motherboards, many have the PCIe x 16 video slots so close to the first old school PCI slot that the PCI slot is not useable (Same for some AGP slots as well particularly with a cooler on the video card). I see other motherboards that are available where the separation between these slots really should be no problem, at least with so…

Hi,I'm building a system - DFI Infinity mb with E6600 in an ABS Nighthawk case with an Antec 650W Power Supply and I'm looking for a cooler. Which one?And is 650W enough?Thomas[a href=http://www.flyingscool.com] http://www.flyingscool.com/images/Signature.jpg [/a]I like using VC's :-)N15802 KASH '73 Piper Cherokee Challenger 180

For years I have used an old C: drive 2gb in size. It is in NTFS format. However, this is "thin ice". So, with Windows XP/SP2 on my D: drive, is there a way to make the D: drive the boot drive or must I always have a C: drive? Guess I could just reinstall Windows without the C: drive connected but then I would have activation issues as well as redoing all of the programs who expect to be on the "D": drive.Regards,Dick Boley

Here's what I'm trying to accomplish:Budget: US$1,100CPU: Core2Duo E6600Memory: 2 gigsVideo card: The environment for purchasing a DX10 card will be better in several months, so I've convinced myself to get something inexpensive now. All prices are from NewEgg, except operating system, which I'll purchase through my employer.What do you think? Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450Watt SmartPower 2.0 ATX 12V V2.0 for AMD & Intel systems Power Supply - Retail Model #: SONATA IIItem #: N82E16811129155$99.99 GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail Model #: GA-965P-DS3Item #: N82E16…

I mugged Santa, and got a HP dual core E6400 media system with ATI 1500 card.Ok, here is what I see.Frame rates...astounding, no pauses...just smooth.Scenery very dense, and sliders far to the right.Triliner set, but ansitropic too sharp and unrealistic.Traffic at 40% with busy airports and ALL other sircraft seen if in range.Road traffic 40%, with New York amazing!All airports maxed out and all crystal clear.Aircraft model and cockpit maximum texture and realism.Animation full on. Jet ways, fuel trucks et al buzzing around. Aircraft wings flexing and responding to weather. Near to puke bag response!(lol)Rain? Does not stick on window, but rain effects on ground amazin…

Firstly, Happy New Year everyone!I'm considering orering a new rig with the following spec, and as I'm certainly not technical, would appreciate your thoughts regarding handling FSX.Dell Dimension 9200 running Intel E6700 (2.67Ghz)2048MB DDR2 ramNvidia GeForce 7950 GX2 - 1GB video cardThanksToni.

Can any of you bright folks provide suggestions for the DiskTrix UltimateDefrag configuration settings which will provide the best FSX performance? I

Is anyone using this card? If I change the filtering in FSX to anistrophic the screen gets so many shimmers you can hardly stand to look at it! I thought the quality was to get better as you went up. Ironically I get the best picture on bilinear?? Another oddity is as I raise the filtering the FPS goes up but the pictures get worse? Input is appreciated and Thanks...............Brian

It seems that during the winter time my computer is exposed to damp conditions. As a matter of fact I just fried something (hopefully just the power unit and nothing else but it will be awhile before I know).Is there a case or method to keep mositure out of the computer that works best? I'm guessing an insulated box around it for when not in use might be the only way but would love to hear any other ideas.

I presently have an ASUS P4C800 Deluxe Motherboard with a socket 478 3.2 GB Pentium Processor.I am in the process of speculating upon what hardware to purchase for an upgrade, and how soon to do it. (LGA775 Socket for Core 2 duo plus PCI Express x 16)My present motherboard provides one PATA and two IDE ports. This allows me to have a combination of one pair of SATA in addition to one pair of IDE hard drives in a four drive Raid 0 configuration. The two SATA HD's are connected to my Serial ATA ports, while the two IDE HD's are connected to the PATA port with a conventional two place IDE ribbon cable. This has worked very well for two or three years. I also implement a larg…

I've been using Diskeeper for several and I've never had a problem before. I wanted to defrag FSX so I ran the usual Diskeeper defrag. Once it finished the report still says the drive is heavily fragmented. I've tried running the defrag multiple times and it just keeps saying the same thing. Meanwhile if I analyze the drive using the built-in Windows defrag, it tells me that the drive does not require any defragging. So the problem is definitely with Diskeeper. I've tried uninstalling it and reinstalling and I still have the same issue. Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be? Thank you.

Hello all.Previously, I had been running on a P4 2.8 Ghz (800 MHz FSB) with 1 GB PC3200 and an ATI Radeon 9550SE. With no autogen, I had vey low settings (lowest quality terrain, no traffic, water high 1.x, but textures at 1m with 4x AA and 4x AF to achieve 20fps sometimes, usually around 15-16, always very stutter-y, etc.Yesterday, I installed an x1650Pro 512 MB. FSX looks STUNNING now, and is smooth.Locked at 24 fps (and very smooth all around):Still no autogen (don't like it anymore).Bloom ON (I'll never go back)Terrain 3xm, 80%, medium high cloud density with 70 mi draw, water low 2.x, Scenery Complexity Dense.It's LOCKED at 24. It only drops lower on missions (par…

Hi,If anyone reading this has an ASRock MoBo I would be grateful if you would click on the following link:http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho..._id=13804&page=Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.Thanks, and a very Happy and Properous New Year to everyone!Mike

Hello, I am thinking of purchasing a new computer just for FS2004 and I would like to know if the spec's below will give me fluid performance during all aspects of flight with todays addons because my old Dell is far below standard. For example on approach to LAX with Ultimate Traffic,Cloud9 LAX and PMDG 737 I will get 5-17FPS I would like to move up and I was wondering if this would do the trick.ThanksASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition CPU AMD Athlon 64 (AM2) x2 4200+ Ram 2 x Kingston HyperX DDR2-800 1024MB Video Card Asus GeForce 7950GT 512MB

I went and did it!Ordered the Quad FX promo package from NewEgg.http://promotions.newegg.com/AMD/AMD_Gaming122606/index.htmlBought it with the FX-74.Purchased 4 gig Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800Mhz, 4-4-4-12-2T.Also got a BFG-GForce 8800GTX and a Enermax 1000 Watt PSU.Kyle Bennet claims two FX-74's are packed in each box?http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html...W50aHVzaWFzdA==The L1N64-SLI mobo has two NV-590 chips and can be set up for an effective HT-2000 speed, the chipset is NV-680a. The 680i is for intel, would you...I have a drive with WinXP-64 on it. I will use this drive to get it to post, then test the memory with memtest-86 and Ortho after that. Then I will set up a…

HiI'm a returning simmer who's taken a couple of years out from simming, but with the advent of X have been tempted back into the fold.I find myself with two pcs, one and oldish Shuttle based on a Athlon XP 2600+ with a ATI 9600 and a new Athlon 64 3000+ with a Nvidia 6600 PCI express which runs my HTPC. both PC have only 500mb ram and run XP pro. both video card have 128mb ram on board.Anyhow I got hold of the X demo off the PC Pilot Mag and ran it up on both machines. On the 64 with a big plasma it ran like a dog, useless, waste of time.Just for a joke I ran it up on my old machine and was able to get around 18fps while island hopping.so the question is.Which machine …