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HIIve upgraded to a ATI Radeon X1600PRO..Ive got the latest omega driver 3.8.273..however at the menus in FS9 I get some screen lightening and darkening not major but its there..also when I press ALT when in the FS world..it also is the same thing with FSC 7.71 when I connect to GPS..just looking at the AVSIM search this seems to have been a problem with radeon drivers for years (threads back to 03)is there a better driver..or just live with it...will it damage my LCD monitor if it continues long term??DAVE_YBBN

I am considering purchasing the new Matrox TripleHead2Go after reading the review here on Avsim and was interested if anyone here had taken the plunge? I mainly fly in the VC with Track IR and regularly utilize 2 monitors......Many ThanksHamish

I may need to replace the AMD processor under warranty. I was using a custom heat sink and a recommended thermal paste (came with the heat sink). The AMD warranty states that it will be void if another heat sink was used. I have traces of the paste (which is very stick) on the CPU and I figure I have to clean it up really well to lift any suspicion that I was using another heat sink. What is the best way to clean it up? BTW, I never overclocked.Michael J.

Was wondering what sought of fps you're getting and on what spec' machine running the FSX demo or beta on a TH2Go setup...

This will probably be a long post so bare with me.I for one am excited on the upcoming FSX, what im not looking forward to is all the tweaking i may do to get it top notch.with fs9 my frame rate is barely above 10 11 frames per sec.but let me tell you what i have. i run eight monitors and five computers , five of the monitors are used for views, the rest for instrumentation.the main com i have a gigabyte board, 3800+ ,7800gsos vid card, 80 gig sata, i056 ram.the other four coms have 1.8 thru 2.2 cpu,s and 6600 vid cards in the four coms, with forty gig hard drives, 750 ram inn each.i believe i have enough power to run this game, everything works great other than my low fr…

I have $250 to upgrade my system. I am using FS9. My current system is a Athlon XP 1700/266 with 256 DDR333 memory and video driver built into motherboard (no AGP slot on board) and a 400 watt power supply.I am looking at the following system.Pentium D 840 3.2 on a MSI PM8PM-V motherboard/ 500 watt power/ 1 mb PC4200 533 memory and either a GeForce FX5500 AGP 8X with 256 mb or XFX GeForce 6200 AGP 8X with 256 mb.Any comments or suggestions. Should I expect a significant boost in performance with this upgrade? Which video card is better? Any suggestions on a better upgrade approach based on budget amount?

Any comments on using the $7.00 device described below to operate a gameport CH Products Yoke via USB?================================================================Use the adapter, your old game port device can be used again in new computer, plug and pull as a USB port device.Product Details The adapter switches can be used with Gamepad(P),Joystick(S) and Racing wheel(W), etc.No additional drivers required

I am in the process of replacing my HP 17" CRT monitor. I've had it for 5-6 years, and its on its last legs. I do a lot of flight simulation on my computer, and have been pleased with the high quaility image produced by my HP monitor. I am thinking of replacing it with another HP 17" flat screen CRT (the MX705). An alternative that I've considered is upgrading to a flat panel LCD, but I have heard that the flat panel LCDs don't perform as well with the high graphics demanded by today's FS applications, and further that their life expectancy is not as good as the older CRT technology. Also, the CRTs are a lot less expensive. Any recommendations as to CRT vs LCD flat pane…

1. I am looking for some good "Build your own PC" Forums where I can post questions and learn from reading others Q.What are the good forums out there? Preferable your "Goto forums for you PC Building". Before I start building, I want to post what I plan to build and let them poke holes into it....and then during the process of building and bootup, If I run into trouble, I would like to have a support network. Thats the only way I can do this.2. I am also looking for some good "How to tweak and/or Overclock PC" forums.Thanks for all your suggestions. I am in the learning mode right now. I went and looked at the few OC links posted here and have learnt a lot..and would li…

Hello,I've all the time been using 2x anti-alias setting for FS and Application Preference for VATSIM VRC software, set via the Control Center. Everything has been working just fine until a few days ago I started to get some strange problem. Having the AA set to 2x in the Control Center, it shows up fine in the FS, but when I minimize FS and come back to it, the AA is not working anymore and the image is zigzagged. The only way to get AA back again is setting something else in the 3D options, then Apply and then back to the 2x AA setting. Just like before, it only works until I minimize FS. It cannot be FS issue, because I tried with Live For Speed and exactly the same st…

Hello! I just had a new graphics card installed. It is a GEForce 7600GS,AGP,512 MB. The driver is dated 06-01-2006. Well, so far the graphics I'm getting in FS are awful!! Lots of squigglys, and blurries and frankly I feel the images should be much sharper than what they are!! I've tried doing some tweaks from inside FS in the settings area with only slight improvement. I've also gone thru the re-building the FS9.cfg route which did not do much of anything. So I'm wondering if anyone out there might be able to lend a hand on this?? Any help would really be great!! Thanks much..... Dan Green

What is it, any why is it different that DX9

Rumour has it that FSX likes high performance graphics with lots of graphics memory. I've recently seen a deal for an X1900XTX 512M card for $275ish after rebate, which is a very good price, and was wondering whether it has a noticable enough performance boost over a 7900 GT 256M (which I can get for around $50 cheaper than the X1900XTX).Will the extra 256M video ram make any difference in FSX performance, assuming max AA/AF settings?Acknowledging that the beta and demo has a fair share of graphical glitches, from both a performance and prettiness perspective, do nVidia cards or ATI cards handle the fledgling FSX better?GaryPS. I am on my second download of the FSX beta, …

Well.. I thought I'll build a PC myself and overclock it. This was after reading this article was posted here a few days ago.http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=570&p=1I know this motherboard is not SLI complient but for FSX it makes no difference. Would there be any problem with this config?MannyAll items are from Newegg. $2,437 Newegg Item # $ 1 Mother Board ASUS P5W DH DELUXE/WIFI-AP Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail N82E16813131025 1 270 $270 2 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail N82E16819115002 1 559 $559 $- 3 Case GIGABYTE 3D AURORA GZ-FSCA1-ANS Sil…

I'm trying to hook up some old gameport joysticks(a SideWinder, and a CH Pro Pilot + CH pedals) but no matter what I do, my computer won't detect none of them! It does show the gameport under Device Manager and it says that there's no conflicts. I've already tried to install new drivers, change the IRQ/address in the setup screen. But nothing helps. I know I get get a gameport to USB converter but I want to know if this is fixable and if I'm doing something wrong. Does anybody have any ideas? Does it have anything to do with the MIDI interface as well? My motherboard is a ASUS A8N-SLI Premium and all the joysticks work on another computer. Thanks!

Hello, I already used two monitors with my AGP Radeon 850XT graphic card. This worked pretty fine, also with FS9.Now I tried to create a real surround view with a third monitor. Therefore I bought a PCI graphics card for the third monitor. In order to get windows work on three monitor, I had to made a change in the bios of my motherboard: the PCI card has to start before the AGP card in order to work.Now, I can use three monitors with Windows XP at the same time. But the problem: now FS 9 does not recognise any graphic card any more. Therefore frame rate went down to approx. 2/sec.In other words: if in the Bios AGP card has priority over PCI card, I cannot use three monit…

I have decided to upgrade my pc and am looking at purchasing an Apple iMac. Would be interested to hear from anyone who may be running FS9 on an iMac and what the performance is like?Thanks.

Hi,Was wondering if someone could tell me the best way to squeeze the most performance out of my 7600GT. Also, should I be using Nvidia drivers or some other drivers? I don't want to sacrifice the graphics quality though. Are there some settings that don't really do much, but cause a large performance hit that i should now about? Any help is appreciated.Thanks,Jeff

Very buggy...Causes all sorts of problems in fs2004 and locks-up fsx.Went back to 91.31 drivers and everything was fine.

How do I connect the "reative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - OEM" to a regular Home theater AV Receiver?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16829102178Manny

hi can you tell me whats the difference between these two 7800GT cards?Memory Clock 1.2 GHzClock rate 375 MHzChipset 7800 GSMemory 256 MBBus Type AGPMemory Type DDR3Memory Bus 256-BitHighlighted Features HDTV readyorGrapics Engine: Geforce 7800GSMemory Size: 256MB DDR IIIMemory Bus: 256bitEngine Clock: 375MhzRAMDAC: 400MhzMax. Resolution: 2048x1536@85HzBus Standard: AGP8X/4XVGA Output: YesTV Tuner: NoTV-out: YesVIVO(Video-in.Video Out): NoDVI: Yes

Hi guy's,This is the new system that I am thinking about buying, I am looking for feedback (good or bad) before I make such a purchase.TOWER- Thermaltake Aguila VD1000BWS Mid Tower.MOTHER BOARD- Asus M2N32-SLI DELUXE nForce 590 Skt AM2 DDR2.PROCESSOR- AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 Socket AM2.MEMORY- Corsair TWIN 2X2048-6400 2GB Kit DDR2-800 XMS2-6400 Xtreme.POWER SUPPLY- Thermaltake W0104RU Toughpower 650 Watt.HARD DRIVES- Seagate Barracuda 250 gb, and WD Raptor 150 gb (both SATA).OPTICAL DRIVES- Samsung DVD 16X+CDRW 52x32x52 Combo, and Samsung 18X Double Layer DVD+RW.VIDEO CARD- ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512mb DDR3.SOUND CARD- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music.MONITOR- Viewsonic …

I have an older computer, 450Mhz, 500k RAM with Voodoo Video Card runnign Windows 2000 Pro. I ran FS 2002 Pro without difficulty however in trying to install Elite Rudder Pedals, it all got screwed up requiring reformat of HD and then installing Windos ME. Now I am having difficulty installing the software.I have given up on the rudder pedals so I tried to lock Rudder with Ailerons. Although I check the box, I can't get the rudder to operate.Any ideas?Galen Flierp.s. Although I have purchaed FS 2004, it will not run on this slow computer.

In the realm of Flight Simulator, can any gurus shed some light on the better scenario to have...I have two hard drives in my system - One gets about [green]128[/green] MB/s, but has a random seek time at [red]13[/red]msThe other gets [red]80[/red] MB/s, but has a random seek time at [green]8[/green]msWhich of the two would you put MSFS on?WIth so many little files (BGL's and Textures) I'd imagine that the lower seek time drive would be more suitable as it can get to the files faster. With so much to load before flying (lots of files and textures), perhaps the higher bandwidth drive would be more suitable as it can brute-force load them faster.What would be your bias in t…