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I have a new PC with no game port (onboard sound)...I also have the older CH Products Flight Yoke Pro, and Pro Pedals, that I would like to use; they were built for a Game Port connection. I understand there may be USB to Game Port adapters that would help me get some use out of my older equipment in XP.Also there is the suggestion to load a PCI Sound card, disable the sound and use only the Game Port....Any suggestions on either avenue? which is more successful??Sound Card - not looking forward to having hardware on my PC that might cause issues...would prefer a simple PCI Game Port only card (I still have the CH ISA Game Port card, but that is useless)USB to Game Ports …

I have a simple presario that I am reconfiguring to work with flight sim 2004; and am concentrating on the upgrade of the current onboard video (ATI Radeon X200 express) to a Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB DDR3/256bit/12 pipes.I want to confirm my assumption that this will greatly improve the rendering of FS2004...my main reason for the upgrade is to run dual monior for a home system for SOHO/Video/images/surfing...but while I am at it I want to be able to use FS 2004 with decent frame rates.at least I will be able to move some of the video effort off of the main CPU and MB RAMI can get the card above for ~$135....the system is AMD 2.0GHz, on an MSI Socket 939 MB, wit…

Hi everyone,I've been simming for 15 years, and the last two have been full of tweaking, tweaking and tweaking---and I'm incredibly anxious, because I can get a newer system in about a week. Currently I have a:Celeron 2.5 mhz750 megs of ramNvidia Geforce 5500fxI want a system that will reasonably keep fps above 20, maybe 15 in the worst case. I never fly in vc, nor do I use simflyers scenery.I'm on a budget, so the options I have are limited to an AMD 64 3xxx, or possibly a AMD 64 4000-4200 X2. Is there a tremendous difference in performance between the 3500-3800? Is it necessary to go up to the 4XXX, or will fs run fine with the 3's (I can upgrade later for fsX)? The s…

I just switched from a ATI 128MB Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card to a Nvidia GForce 6600 256MB card. I also upgraded my SDRAM from 1GB to 2GB. Unfortunately my scenery is not good. I need help in tweaking the GForce 6600 card. In the Seattle scenery I get severe flickering on the buildingsMy system is: Windows XP ProDell XPS Pentium IV 3.06 GHZ2GB SDRAM256 Nvidia GForce 6600 256MB graphics cardMy settings on FS9 are:In hardware: filtering set to TRILINEAR render to texture is checked anti-aliasing is NOt CHECKED resoulution is 1280x 1024 x 32bitIn the Nvidia card the settings are: antialasing 8x5 anistropic 16x screen resolution 1280 x 10…

hey guys...this problem is REALLY starting to get on my nerves. I have bought a new graphics card, reinstalled fs2004 and I'm still getting crashes to black screens after about 30 mins of flying on a regular basis also sometimes I get crashes when its just trying to load a created flight any help would be GREATLY appreciated...my rig:Windows XP Professional SP2KDS 17 inch monitorATI Radeon X700 pro w/cat 6.1 drivers1 GB DDR RamPentium 4 2.6

Hi Guys,It happens flight after flight. While flying the PMDG's B737 aircraft. After a few hours of flight, BAM: CTD.Well I finally got tired of it and completely removed everything. I reformatted my hard drive.I have a question, I think it can be done, but I never tried anything like this before.I have a 74 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8MB Cache SATA Raptor as my C drive.I just purchased a 150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB Cache SATA Raptor for my D drive.I installed Windows XP Pro on my C drive and installed all my needed programs.I want to install Windows XP Pro on my new D drive and install nothing but my flight sim (FS2004) program and add-ons.I want to have the option during boot-up to …

My Saitek X45 works fine for a while then eventually, within 10 minutes or so, I can only achieve about 80% power from the throttle.A quick check of the calibration confirms this. The colored bar only moves about 3/4 up.BUT- If I unplug the Saitek "usb" from my computer,replug it back in, its works fine but after a short while will again only go 3/4 power.Any ideas why disconnecting it makes the throttle operate properly but only for a short while? All other functions on both stick and throttle work correctly. Just the throttle.

I was running FS2004 in SLI mode and notice that the menus show black in half the screen and the bottom tabs don't show. Also the picture of the Cessna in the menu garbles up. This is in SFR mode. Once I'm on the runway the graphics aren't corrupted. Single GPU mode doesn't give me the menu corruption. The drivers I'm using are the 81.98's.

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I just upgraded my old Maxtor 80GB (IDE) with a 300 GB Seagate (SATA). No other hardware has changed. I used the included Seagate cloning software, and all seems to be successful.Except for FS9. I won't go past the boot screen. I really don't want to re-install, but will if I have to. I figure it's possible one of my addons is causing the problem?Anyone know a fix short of a complete re-install?If helpful, I have the following installed:DF Baron and BonanzaFS Genesis terrain (the old freeware)Aeroworx B200RealityXP FLT and GNS530A few other payware and freeware goodies I can't think of right now . . . Thanks in advance!

Hello GuysIm looking for some help buying a new STABLE!! socket 478 P4 motherboard to put my P4 2.2 chip , hardisk etc into Im not looking for super frame rates just stability so i can fly online from uk to germany with out the computer locking up and blue screens.I know its old by todays rigs but Any suggestions would be greatly appreciatedthanksJimCurrent specsQDI P4S5a 400fsb socket 478 AGP 4XP4 2.2460 PSUGforce 6600gt AGP512 PC2700 DDR RAMDiamond MAxtor 80GB HDNEC DVD BurnerWin XP Home Default SPDX9.0c

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Hi all,I seem to have found the cause for stutters on my still new machine. It's the disks! I have two fast 160Gb SATA Seagate Barracudas running in RAID 0 configuration on an ASUS A8N5X (nForce 4), Athlon 3500+ and Radeon X850XT PE. 1gb Corsair RAM and Win XP Pro, SP2.I still have my old, cluttered FS9 installation on an older 80Gb disk which is full to the point of spilling bytes across the room, but when when I run FS9 from there, I have smooth preformance. No stutters, nothing, while my new installation of FS9 stutters like mad on the new disks. It's almost unflyable, it's that bad.So, what to do now?? I read on the Internet somewhere that there were some problems wit…

Hey everyone. I just received my system that I ordered from ibuypower.com and it looks great. System specs are: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ CPU Geforce 7800gtx 256mb WD 160gb S-ATA HD 1024mb Kingston RAM So yea, I would expect FS to run well. Also I am running Windows XP Home edition SP2. Now I am still running FS2002, I plan on getting FS2004, but might just wait for the release of FS2006.1. Any tweeking advice you can give me? So I can get the best performance in FS out of my system?2. Currently I'm running 1280x1024, 32 bit, 60Hertz.3. What antialiasing setting should I use? 4. Under Anisotropic filtering it says application-controlled?5. When in FS I still get the jaggies. H…

Dear Fellow Simmers:I am a new player and now wish to buy a new computer for flight sim. Please advice the below systems which one is better:AMD Athlon64 3500+ ASUS A8N-5X Corsair DDR400 512MB X 2 Seagate 80GB 7200rpm Lite-on DVD-ROM 2th max PM400B 400W power Windows XP Home Intel P4 640 3.2GASUS P5PL2Corsair DDR2 533 512MB X 2Seagate 80GB 7200rpmLite-on DVD-ROM2th Max PM400W powerWindows XP HomeShould I use winfast PX6800TDH 256MB or Grandmars X800 GTO 16 display?I am considering using projector instead of monitor, anyone may give advice? May I use …

Hiya .. i just brought a new system the spec is ....AMD Sempron 64 3000+512DDR RAMRadeon 9700 Pro 128mb80gb Hard Drive17"TFT Monitorwas wondering what u think ? , and if it wud run flightsim 2004 okay ? Emma x

i was wondering if anyone could tell me how to set up a second monitor with a copilot/ right side of the cockpit view?also wondering if this is even possible?

Hi, I just purchased an USB Headset Plantronics DSP-500 PC Headset and have red somewhere that for example VoiceBuddy would not support USB headset, I bought it mostly to try the Voice recognition software, but not planning on Voice Buddy will try freeware like FSAssist or something just got me worried that my headset being USB might not be supported.. any one has any experience in this. Thanks.I have not tried the headset yet it's still in the mail.I chose USB cuz.. well.. it's USB :) now I worry might have made a bad choice.ThanksAndy

I posted the following as a response in the general forum but thought it might be worth posting here because, as far as I can recall, it hasn't been mentioned before.-------------------------------------------------------------------There is an option in XP to disable the Last Access Timestamp. According to Microsoft 'Disabling the Last Access Time improves the speed of folder and file access.'This access can be disabled by entering the following statement in the command prompt:FSUTIL BEHAVIOR SET DISABLELASTACCCES 1or by changing the registry keyHKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlFileSystemNtfsDisableLastAccessUpdateI've had this set for a long time on my PC without notic…

I am contemplating purchasing a Hyundai L90D 19 inch LCD monitor. Is anyone running this monitor and what do you think of it? I am currently running a 19 CRT and am looking for a smaller footprint but am not willing to sacrafice a lot of quality.Thanks Chuck

Hi everyone,I had to do a recovery a couple weeks ago, and re-install all of fs and the addons. I'm getting a new system in a week, but I still wanna fly in the interim, but I'm having problems.I have a 2.5g celeron with 750mb ram, Realtek ALC202A stock sound card, and geforce 5500fx.When I reinstalled fs...3 times in all, I got an error message saying it couldn't detect a sound card. I checked the drivers, updated the drivers, reverted to the originals with no luck. Now, I do have sound, but it pops ticks and stutters (almost like it's singing to the beat of my HD). I changed all of the options in my directx settings under sound hardware accelleration, and same with …

Hey guys,im getting a new computer and my friend (who works at computer place) is putting together a new computer...very fast ehehNow i need to know what is the best processor...AMD or Intel? And which is the fastest for FS (and also maybe then for FS10)This is what i have now:P4 3.0ghz 2MB 64bit (intel)80gig ram (7200rpm)GeForce 7800 GT 256MB DDR32GB DDR/400i can bascially get any processor so let me know what is the best!cheersNick

Amd Athlon 3200 2.2 ghz 512 ramI have been having hard freezes. Just installed fs9. So I am a new user. I have flown for hours at a time and had a crash in as little as 1 minute. I tried a ATI 256 graphics card and the freezes increased. It would fly for about 5 to 10 minutes then freeze, consistantly. I have been working with a computer shop and he just insalled the Gforce 5500 also a new clean hard drive. Things are working well he says. But he says the next step is to reformat and return my original hard drive in the system. I hope this works.I worry about when I bring this home and start to load my other software back into the system. I will take it slow so …

Hi all, I'm recently having problems with my flights automatically going to my flight log. All I did was make up a new log from the default to make it more personal. Now when I end a flight and enter the pertinent info it's not there when I go to where the file is located. I have to enter the info manually.Any help is appreciated.