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Will using (2) ATI crossfire cards improve FS9.1 and FSX? I have read somewhere that the crossfire drivers are the key to using (2) cards not FS9. Is this correct?ThanksAndrew

I recently replaced my Radeon 9100 with a GeForce 5500 -- best PCI (not PCIe) card I could find. (There is a PCI 6200, but I couldn't get it to work reliably in my -- maybe underpowered -- Dell system.)What, other than overclocking, can I do with RivaTuner that will specifically help my FS9 perfmance? Thanks for any suggestions.

I am considering the purchase of a new controller. I am somewhat new to simming (4 months) and am hooked. Currently I have a Logitech attack 3. It works but I think that I want to step up to something more. I don't want to brake the bank so $100 is my limit. I looked at both the saitek X45 and X52. I know that there are better controllers but I don't think that I would not feel confortable spending more than that right now. I was wondering if anybody here has used either and what are your thoughts?

Could anyone comment on this query pleasePresently run a Sony 19 inch CRT and a Sony 17 inch CRT trinitron monitor on my ati 9800 pro video card - get quite acceptable quality - frame rates target set at 25 fps and sliders 'generally' set at about halfway. Running PMDG 747-400 makes the setup 'chug' somtimes.Run both monitors at 1024 x 768 x 32I have the chance to pick up a Sony 21 inch tri..CRT monitor. Could the 9800 pro handle the 21inch/19inch combination and get acceptable results as outlined above??????Comments from anyone with experience here would be very much appreciatedHave a good dayBadbiggles2

please help !in my document setting fs9 folder, i have two fs9.cfg files:1- fs9.cfg2- fs9.cfg.txt filesboth sahre the same information, wich one i can tweak ?can i delete one ?thank you in advancejl:D

Hi there,I have three monitor display, and if I use the standard 737-400 plane my cockpit views for forward-left and forward-right have the part of the VC stuck on them. Hence my left and right monitor have VC views. How do I get rid of these as I do not wish to see VC on my left and right sceens. Thx Paul

anyone using this monster for FS2004?this would be way cool to use in FS i reckon.

I have followed various threads on the AVSIM forums about widescreen monitors for some time and finally just decided to buy one last week with a discount and a coupon ($780) direct. It is breathtaking. It runs in 1920x1600x32 using a Radeon X850 XT PE and the card powers another DELL 1801 fp for FSNav and instruments (1280x1024x32). Performance is incredibly good, far better than I imagined.But most interesting to me is how there seems to be no visible distortion of the gauges in most a/c in the 2-D view. The Cessna has slightly oval gauges but the jets look extremely good and pretty much normal to me. I was expecting to see some weird stuff and have to compromise ov…

Hi guys,I think my five year old (!) MoBo and Processor have finally reached the end of their useful life. I am tired of FPS in the teens in detailed sceneries. I would be curious to hear people's recommendations for a new board and processor. What will provide me with the smoothest simming experience and will allow the greatest future flexibility? Ideally, the budget should be around $800-1000. But feel free to suggest your ideal choice. I will consider spending more, if you can persuade me that the incremental benefit is worth it. Many thanks in advance.Mishahttp://www.commerciallevel.com/base/suppor...46supporter.jpg

Has anybody found the correct settings for the new PCI Nvidia 7900 card. I just built a system with an Asus a8n32 SLI with an AMD FX 55 chip and an ASUS Nvidia 7900 GTX. I have a Viewsonic LCD display. Im not happy with the graphics yet. Any suggestions on settings out there. Thanks Cam

Hi all,I was wondering if some kind soul out in FS-Land could help me with the settings for an XFX GeForce 6600 256MB card (this is the "Plain Jane" one, not the GS or GT).I recently upgraded to this card from an ATI Radeon 9200 128mb card. With the old card I had a nice smooth transition from the sky to the horizon (using the ATI "Table Fog=0") line in the FS9.cfg file. However, with this Nvidia based card, now there is always a haze it seems, and the aircraft has a circle of white around it on the horizon between the sky and horizon that I didn't have before. This has my stymied...I've tried changing any setting I can think of in FSUIPC (registered ver 3.60), ActiveSky …

My 3+ year old Dell is starting to go. Last night one of the fans failed, and the fans seem to be special size. I couldn't find one that fit right. Anyway, it has been time to get rid of this for awhile now. I am looking at building my own PC, but I don't know a lot about it. I used to work in PC support, but that was many years ago. I am good with the simple stuff like swapping out cards and memory, but I am clueless when it comes to what processor works on what motherboard, etc. I read sites like Toms Hardware, but most of that stuff goes way over my head. Anyway, my goal is to just build a PC now to replace my aging Dell (see specs below). I am not really worr…

Hello my friends out there, first I want you to know im not complaining, but at the same time I am, I find myself always tweaking to get the best frame rate I can, and im wondering if this is not a big con these video card folks are putting on people, I am so tired of wasting time on trying to get the best running system to enjoy the game that it is not fun anymore, I have been buying vid cards back when they started the big race on whose got the best card out there, and I was running the flight sim way back in the 98 days, always upgrading coms and vid cards, and you know what the frame rate has not been that impressive to me. Lets do the math in my opinion if you go out…

Hi Everyone,I would appreciate if I could get some help and suggestions on what LCDMonitor to pick. Currently I use a 19" Nec FE991 CRT Monitor, but its isnow over 3 years old and started to flicker and other weird problems. So rather than fixing it ($130+) I am thinking of going the LCD route.I have a P4 2.8, 1.5 GB ram, pluse a ATI9800 pro 128MB Video card.I checked out a few Lcd monitors at a local Monitor depot and here is a list of the ones I could be interested in. I am willing to spend $400-600 bucks. I use it strictly for Fs9, the web,and a few other things.Viewsonic VP2030P 8ms 20"Viewsonic VX 2025WM 20"Viewsonic 930B 8ms 19"Samsung 204B 5ms 20"Acer 2416WD 24…

Hi, I just got a Nvidea 7800gs crad, I have the card setting all set for maximum performance, and it looks great.If I set the card to lesser performance then FS2K4 scenery "Swims".The problem is, I am UNABLE to see any aircraft at the Aircraft selection screen. Just a black screen for aircraft selection.If I lower the card settings, then I can again see aircraft to select, but the in game graphics suffer badly.Help please.Pentium 2.4, 2gig ram, 512DDR,Asus Board

Hi everyone!I have an Asus Radeon 9800XT graphics board, and it came with two very effective little fans for cooling. But recently one of those fans started doing some strange noise. I already cleaned itm and made sure the noise wasn't due to some dust on the fan.The fan seems to be working normally, but the strange noise is very distractive and unpleasant.I am looking for a replacement fan for the Asus card. I'd like it to be a 1-slot solution, like the stock one, and easy to install (as I have never replaced a fan on a graphics board or CPU).Do you guys have any idea? I already had a look at the Artic cooling fans, but it seems to me they all take up two slots.Thanks in…

Ebayed the ole 6800-GT and suprisingly got 2/3rds of what I paid for it, but being an XFX with transferable lifetime warranty helped.The new Card is much more than any 7800-GS or 7800 GT, in fact it has a 7900GT core!not to be mistaken for the 20-pipe "Bliss" GS, this is the new Gainward 7800-GS+ Silent 512bm AGP:Core: 450 (look for 500 easy or with a volt mod and 600+)Mem: 1250 with great O/C ability 7900 series 24-Pipe GPU Architecture 24pipes on AGP? Hmmmmm!This should hold the old box over for a bit!So what will a 7900gt do for a 2.6ghz XP? ...

i just bought a new dell, it has dual geforce 7800 gtx w/ slii'm not sure i know what that means yet ;-)anyway, there is a total of 4 dvi connectors on these two cards. i run two monitors (i did when i had my trusty ati card - don't get me started)i have one monitor plugged into the first and second port on the first card. is that right? windows works, all other apps work. all except flight simulator :-(no matter what i do. fs9 starts, splash screen appears, the primary monitor goes black (as if fs9 was going into full screen mode), and then everything goes back to windows. the fs9 process is not running.i've tried reducing the resolution. i've upgraded drivers (84.21) i …

Hi all.I was hoping some of you guys might be able to advise me on upgrading my FS PC. First, some background. I've just done a full reinstall of XP Home and FS9.1 as a consequence of reduced perfomance in graphics. The rig is under powered to begin with (see specs below). The average FPS is 10, the video card does not allow for water reflections and I'm unable to use heavy weather conditions due to the impact on frame rates. However, more recently FS began to freeze during start up and in top-down slew mode with large areas of ground flashing black. Also noticed a speckling of white pixels and distorted image in the XP 'Welcome' interface when switching on the PC. So, I …

Hi all,I could sure use some ideas on solving my intermitent lockups and crashes in FS2004. These lockups do not happen all the time. So I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what might be causing this.If anyone has any ideas on proceedure to track down the problem, I would sure appreciate it. Are there any programs out there that might help solve this? This only happens in FS. And at anytime.Thanks,Gerry

Just posted this at DELL XPS video forum but thought I'd post here too in case anybody can assist:" I just set up my new DELL 2405 FP and it works 100% great in DVI mode in 1920x1200x32 on my XPS Gen 4 with a Radeon X850 XT PE card (hooray!). I would like to run this big monitor with a smaller DELL, an 1801 FP, at the same time. I've done this successfully with the 1801 and until two weeks ago with a DELL 2005 FP. However, when I now connect my smaller DELL LCD 1801 FP to the same ATI video card using the blue video cable (for analog?), that LCD annunciates on booting up Windows XP "Input signal out of Range....Power Management Mode in 18 secs." And 18 secs later, th…

Well I just place the order for my new PC to fly my MSFS9....I will be able to upgrade when FSX comes out.Here is what I ordered...Asus A8N5X MOBO....Socket 939AMD 64 3200.......Socket 939Asus EN6600 256 DDR PCI Ex...Vid Card2 - Sticks PC-3200 DDR 400 Ram1- Seagate 120 Gig HD1- 400 watt CaseWinXP H.EdI will canabilze my Audigy sound card and my CDR and DVD from my older system..... What do you all think.......did I do great......

Hi guys. I've read a lot of threads about "what system is the best?" and I appreciate all the knowledge that's here. With that in mind, I'm not looking for recommendations about what is the best hardware, but I'm interested in hearing about your real-world experience. Has anyone out there achieved the "Holy Grail" of smooth performance at high-density airports in an add-on aircraft with complicated weather?Is there anyone reading this post who can sit at KSEA with all the sliders to the right, with a ramp full of AI traffic, with 5 layers of Active Sky clouds, in the level-D 767, and show framerates above 20 all the time?(A little blip down to 17 here and there isn't a…

I was wondering if anyone is running FS9 on a Vista (beta) OS (32 or 64) and what are the results?RegardsTerblanche

I currently have a GeForce 6800 GT installed. I still have some frame rate issues and expereience stuttering for a second or two when changing views. I am looking at the new GeForce 7900 GTX as a possible upgrade. Is there that big of a difference between the two?I am the kind of guy who uses add-on aircraft, to fly into add-on airports, while running Acive Sky and Ultimate Traffic too. So, there is a lot going on!I currently have an AMD Athlon 64, 3200+ 2.20 Ghz, with 1MB of RAM.Considering the 7900 is just over $500, I am wondering if it is worth the upgrade?Thanks for your replies.