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hi allas you can see my system below, you think it is a good idea to upgrade the GPU, i heard and read that the 6600GT is not good for clouds in FS and i get heaps of stuttering, if i upgrade to the 7800 or 7900 will i get marked improvement in performance with the current system?rgds

Hi folks...This video card comes with standard 3 outputs...VGA/DVI/S-Video.It seems that I cannot use those 3 at the same time. Either a VGA/DVI or VGA/S-Video combination (both with their respective VGA/RCA adapters). 3 outputs there are but can use only 2 for multi monitor.Can someone confirm that? I have only a simple installation guide not a complete description of the card.thanx

I for a long time have been struggling with figuring out the best way to setup my system to run FS and I am finally sick of it. I figured I'd come to those who know way more than me and lay it all out there so here goes...I'm running Windows XP on an Intel P4 3.0 GHz, a gig of RAM, and a Radeon X850 card. I have never been satisfied with my frames or my blurries. I have tweaked to the point I can tweak no more. I have a dual boot Windows XP system. A screen pops up at boot that lets me choose which OS to launch...the one for everyday use, or the one for FS.I have 2 hard drives. One is a 100 GB SATA drive, which also is number 1 for boot priority in my BIOS. The oth…

I have an ancient Relisys 14" paper white (sic black and white) 640x480 capable monitor from my 386SX days. Is there ANY use for this thing in the FS world?

Caught my foot on the yoke cable. The yoke fell on the floor. Said, "OH %@!*&^#!." Picked it up, sat it gently on table. Went away. Came back, picked up the yoke. A plastic ring, about the size and thickness of a female household hose-connector washer fell from the yoke onto the floor. Said, "OH %@!*&^#!" again, several times. On one side of ring, the inside edge looks jagged, like it broke off of a bigger piece. It is grey like the yoke's grey throttle controller handles on top of the yoke. Looks like the same kind of plastic as handles. Same outside diameter as black through-shaft of yoke. Can't find where this ring came from. Shaking the yoke, a lit…

HiNow in summer is it advisable to remove one of the sides of the PC cabinet for better cooling? I have one fan in front blowing in and one at the back blowing out. Stelios

Can't get this videocard working under Winxp X64.Tried everything you could imagine, downloaded and installed dozens of drivers from different manufacturers but FS9 won't work!The strange thing is that with an MSI RX800SE (ATI) everything is working well.My specs are:Asrock939DualSataII mobo1 gig pc3200 memoryAthlon 3700+ processor500w PSUGet an screen with on the wrong places the sky with clouds , furtheron the system is verry verry slow, no preview of the plane.Tried every imageble setting within XP and FS9, nothing works.Can't imagine that the ULI chipset is the evil one because Nvida has bought ULI and is supporting ULI on the official Nvida-site; it is working well w…

Hi, I can't get FS9 to connect to multiplayer sessions.It allways says that the connection to lobby failed.Realworld weather works fineI have winXP PRO SP2Mcfee antivrus with firewall turned off, also with ports 23456, 6809, 23455 opened wich I believe are the ones FS uses to connect.Even with Mcfee complectely turned off it still gives me the same error.Windows Firewall is also turned offSquawkbox connects fine, but FS doesn't.I'm getting really desperate, I don't know what else to do, I don't use routers, just a regular USB modem connection...please just give me sime hints on how to sort this...also, I'm even thinking of uninstalling Mcfee, do you know any good (prefera…

Hi gang,Just ordered my new system, I hope it will take me at least half the way through the life of FSX. Here are the specs:Intel Pentium 4 955 Extreme Edition Dual Presler Core 3.46GHz 4mb CacheAsus P5N32 SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 775) PCI-Express Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400 TwinX RAM 2x XFX GeForce 7900 GTX Extreme Edition 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI in SLI modeThey are the basics Audigy sound card and 160gb SATA 2 HDD are from my current rig. Any comments? Do you guys think it will last me?

Probably old news, but a new set of Omega drivers is out. Made great improvements on my ATI 9800 Pro's performance.

Just read an old (May 8) post at PC World http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,125641,00.aspin which that near its end mentions "future designs" as 4 and 8-core processors.WOW.I bet this will make FSX work nice.allen

Hi guysOccasionally (like now) I find that my CH Yoke(usb) only acts on engine 1 throttle when flying multis. I cannot remember how to fix this. Can anybody help please?

I recently purchased the flight sim yoke usb and I cannot get the mixture lever to work. It is calibrated through windows xp. I use FSUIPC and it shows its not connected through this program. All the other axis work just fine. Any help would be appreciated.

Dear Friends,I am planning to order a new system.I have chosen the following specifications but i am not sure I made the right choice. I want the best performance available Intel Pentium D 3.0 GHz Intel mainbord 975 chipset 2x 1 GB DDR2 RAM 667 MhzATI X1800 512 MB PCI-E500 WATT Power SupplyWestern Digital 36 GB 10.000 rpm 16 MB SATA HarddiskWindows XPDo you guys think I have chosen the correct components or do you think you know something better?Please let me knowKind RegardsKim

Dear Friends,I am planning to order a new system.I have chosen the following specifications but i am not sure I made the right choice. I want the best performance available Intel Pentium D 3.0 GHz Intel mainbord 975 chipset 2x 1 GB DDR2 RAM 667 MhzATI X1800 512 MB PCI-E500 WATT Power SupplyWestern Digital 36 GB 10.000 rpm 16 MB SATA HarddiskWindows XPDo you guys think I have chosen the correct components or do you think you know something better?Please let me knowKind RegardsKim

Dear Friends,I am planning to order a new system.I have chosen the following specifications but i am not sure I made the right choice. I want the best performance available Intel Pentium D 3.0 GHz Intel mainbord 975 chipset 2x 1 GB DDR2 RAM 667 MhzATI X1800 512 MB PCI-E500 WATT Power SupplyWestern Digital 36 GB 10.000 rpm 16 MB SATA HarddiskWindows XPDo you guys think I have chosen the correct components or do you think you know something better?Please let me knowKind RegardsKim

Does anyone know if or when there will be a monthly video driver update for the ATI cards? The month of May is almost over and the last update was the 6.4s. The last Omega updates were 6.3s.Terry

Right, whenever I try and run MS2004 I get this message.http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/5899/sshot0010ti.jpghttp://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7162/message0029fu.jpgAny help, guys?

Anyone know if MS plans of taking advantage of PPU's for FS ......btw for those who don't know, a PPU is a physics processing unit. It's a card, like your video card, that processes complex physics math.-=MAB=-

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060601/D8HVNH7O1.htmlHope this helps,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/Active Sky V6 Development TeamActive Sky V6 Proud SupporterHiFi Beta TeamRadar Contact Supporter

I recently re-installed my operating system. After re-installing FS9 and my video card drivers, I am noticing some strange behavior with the terrain visibility.When on the ground and flying under 10000 feet, all is fine while in the cockpit view. However when I switch to either a side view or the spot view, the screen flashes and the terrain gets blurry. When I return to the cockpit view, after about 20 seconds, it clears up.The really strange thing is that all of this goes away once over about 10000 feet. I can switch to any view and all seems well.My video card is a Radeon 9800 pro and the anistropic filtering is set at 4x and th anti-aliasing is set at 6x.In the game, …

I just upgraded to this New card as I have been an ATI man since FS2002.I love the performance gain over my 9800 256 Pro,but I am having some serious issues with FS when AA is enabled.The screen will black out in sections where I am using the module ADV Display for RC 4.0, or just clicking with the mouse in an area. I have used a few different drivers and I am now using from 3D Guru the NGO optomized driver 84.56.What I have done so far is disabled the AA and am using application controlled, and am leaving the AF @ 8X.Is this an issue that is apparent with AGP or is this more widespread ?How can I resolve this either with some other driver or a known fix.Is it ok to use A…

I am being offered it for half the price (a friend that had problems with some drivers). Is it worth to try it? This are my system specs:FX-55 Newcastle.Gibabyte GA-K8NSC-939 moboEVGA 6800 GT2Gb Ram PC3200WD 200GB - 7200 RPMAudigy4Viewsonic VX924 LCD 19'CD WriterHP DVD WriterI guess there are drivers for all the stuff above.ThanksLeo

Helo Everybody!Im a Flightsim fan amd im using fs9 for a long time.Some days ago i need to reinstall the windows.I did the reinstall and install some programs like nod32, winrar, winzip...etc so the computer is "empty".i have installed the fs with full.About 15-20min after start the flight the fs close itself.I tried with and without addons and it was the same.I tried with tipical install and it did the same.Before reinstall the windows the fs works fine about 9-10month without reinstall and it never crashed.I have a lot of addons like pmdg, pss, aerosoft sceneries...Does anybody have some ideas why the fs crash?Can it be a cpu overheat problem?I ahve a P4 3ghz, radeon 96…

Hey everyone, I am getting a laptop and was hoping for some advice on the technical end of the system. I was looking at a Dell latitude 620 with:Intel Core Duo 2500 processor (2.0 ghz) 14.1 inch monitor (WXGA+)2GB of ram 256MB NVIDIA