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Now i know you guys are experts on hardware components and whats best for FS2004+ so i need your opinion on this new system i am going to order in the coming days, i would like you to tell me if their's anything wrong, ie motherboard chipset wont be compatible with the memory, graphics card etc...AMD (San Diego) Athlon 64bit 4000+ 939pin 1mb L2cacheCorsair (VS512MB400) 512MB, DDR400 / PC3200, non-ECC, 184 DIMM, unbuffered, CL2.5, 32Mx8 DRAMsCorsair (VS1GBKIT400C3) 1024MB (2 x 512MB Matched Pair), DDR400 / PC3200, non-ECC, Unbuffered, CL3 /////MAKES 1.5 GIGI-Cute 0314TL ATX Gaming Case in Black with side window and 400w PSULG GSA4163 16x DVD R/RW/RAM Internal Dual Layer ID…

OK, i have runing right now:AMD 64 3000 at 2gig (this is the new 64 bit proccessor yes?)i have 1 gig of ram on board, some high speed stuff, dont know the brand namei also have a radeon pro 9800 with 256megs of vidramoverall it runs fs2004 well, although you can allways improvewhat would you folks suggest? more mem? or maybe a better vcard? although i hate to take the money for that, ...oh is my current system, ready for windows 64 bit thing??thanksciao!Brian S

My Flight Sim hard drive will not boot. When I boot the Windows XP system disk and look at the partition it says:Partition1

HiLooks like I posted this in the wrong forum so here it is aain...I've started accumulating components for a new system to replace my current PC and I've reached the point where the next items risk introducing incompatibilities.I have already got:- a Superflower case- a Thermaltake 420W PSU- a Maxtor Diamondmax 10 200GB SATA NCQ disk- a Samsung Spinpoint 160GB SATA disk- a Sony DRU720A DVD writerThe PC is going to be used for more than gaming, and it is not going to be used for hard-out RPG like Doom, but it is going to do a lot of flight simulation (with a lot of scenery add-ons). Plus some video.I don't think I can afford to buy the complete package of the latest great…

Hello,Has anybody got the above-mentioned Notebook PC? If so, how is it with FS09?Thanks!

Well unbeknownst to my wife I plopped down the cheese and got my new AMD64 FX-57 today and replaced my AMD64 FX-55 (see full specs in the sig).I just had to say that everything you've heard about the FX-57 is true, especially in FS that depends heavily on the CPU speed for everything, not the video card. In a word...FRIGGIN' SICK!!!!Finally, hardware has caught up to Flight Sim and it only took 20 Years! LOL!!!!!Regards,Mike T.

HiI believe I read at one time someone attaching bungie cords to rudder pedals to increase the resistance and make it more realistic. Has anyone done this.I have the CH Pros USB pedals.Thanks for your help.

Hello,After more than a year experimenting different drivers/tweaks/settings combinations with FS9 running on a nvidia FX5900, the conclusion is that AA and clouds doesn't mix well.I'm running FS9 with AA set at 4xS (a little bit lower quality than 4x but more performant). I get around 25FPS with clear sky, AI traffic, very detailed sceneries and quality sliders nearly maxed.As soon as clouds fill the sky, the FPS can low to 8FPS very easy. If I point the view to a clear sky area then the FPS go up again.I've heard that the big problem with the nvidia FX cards is that they also apply antialias to the clouds, opposed to the radeon 9700 and 9800. I've tested a radeon 9800 c…

I am now running into a peculior problem I never had before.I have two computers... and both running MS FSim... The Dell Dim 4400 1Gig Ram, has a ATI Radion 128 and the Dell XPS has the Geforce FX5900 Ultra.All of a sudden when I am on an airport. about half of the screen (bottom) seems to flicker...like there are lots of flash bulbs going around me.. a randon distortion of graphics.Its happening on both my computers. Is it the video card getting too hot? or what? I have only one monitor running per computer.

can anyone post me his register settings for ati catalyst underhkey_local_machine/software/microsoft/windows/current/runin the register.To go there start/run type regedit enterI disabled my ati control center (cat 5.6), on tweakguide they wrote that, once the settings were set, then disable it on start up saving memory, i deleted all ati stuff in the "run"registry but my settings are different when i start up. i can run ati/runtime, and then i can open the control center again and my settings are fine then.However i need fps.I now if everything failes i can always reinstall the drivers.I now i am to blame it's my own fault.regards rick

During the past weekend I upgraded my PC as follows:AMD 64 3200+ Venice, Gigabyte K8NS Ultra 939 (nForce3 Ultra, AGP8x),1GB RAM in 2x512MB modules set as Dual Channel.I kept my old SBAudigy and ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB (AGP8x)The problem is that I can't make the ATI to work!!!!When EITHER the default MS drivers OR ANY version of ATI Catalystare installed, the computer freezes completely on the initial restart(and every restart afterwards) after the driver installation.The freeze seems to occur when the drivers try to change theresolution to 1280x1024 as they want by default.BIOS is updated to the latest. All Chipset/board drivers are thelatest (non-beta), WinXP Pro with bo…

Folks:Recently, I've should change the sound card of my computer (PIII 550, 256 RAM, GForce2). I install a Genius Audio 5.1 Channel PCI. Well, after this change the frames of my FS2002 begin falls from 10 to 4 or minus fps. Before, the frames are goods ever.When I disconnect the sound with the Q key, the frames raise again to 10 or 11, when connect again, fall again to 5 or 4 and the move stopping. I should flight whitout sound :( , particulary in the approach, landing and TO and this is a bad thing.

I cloned (Drive Image 2002) my 80 GB hard drive that contains FS 2004 and addons, to a 120 GB drive.When I booted up on the new drive, Windows XP detected the drive, and started to install the drivers. During this time it was very slow at setting it self up.It finally finished. Now the problem is after a flight in FS 2004, when I shut down the computer, it takes about a minute or two to get to the windows shut down dialog and then another minute or two to actually shut down.I have ran diagnostics on the drive and all test passed.Any ideas?Thanks!Barry

I did a search for this and found nothing relevant. FS9 will just stop and if I alt enter to window the screen I can see the error message that states something to the effect that I do not have enough memory.I have 2 gig of ram and virtual memory settings of 2064 on both the C and E drives. Fs9 does not have the 9.1 fix installed - I have so many payware add ons that I am afraid I'll create a nightmare if I install the patch - as the warnning says in the install that it may not even install if other programs have altered any FS files or drivers = with ASV5, MAAM R4D, breifing time, RealAir spit, SF260 and a few others.This is not a frequent problem, but has reared up now…

Hello all.I am going to remove my Norton Internet Security as it may be interfering with FS9. I see AVG Anti-virous plus firewall is new.Can anyone advise me if this would be a good choice.Many thanks.Rex.

Anyone here know where I can pick up a cheap fan in the UK for a Xpert Vision FX-5700LE. So far I've only come up with the Arctic Coolers one and I've had a heck of alot of bother getting the right one. The problem is that the cooler has two designs - one with four mounting screws and one with two diagonal mounting screws. The card I have needs the latter, but none of the websites in the UK seem to stock this version and Arctic coolers don't sell direct. Any other options available to me? The card is fine and I'm loathe to buy a new one if I can get a fan for this one. Any help much appreciated.Duke

Im new here and hope this is the proper forum for this question. Is there anybody out there that can tell me what can be shut down in program manager in order to have maximum usage for FS9? I basically am wondering if there is a way to have just fs9 running so I wont have any other intereference on my frame rates. I have tried all of the typical things such as defrag etc. I deleted allot of programs already. I still have intermitent slow frame rates. I just want a smokin machine when it comes to FS9. Any thoughts?

Hello,I just wanted to comment on FS9 and 2 GB of RAM. I upgraded today, disable my swap file, and I must say I've seen much of improvement! Mainly noticed less stutters and of course faster loading times. If someone asked me if it's worth getting 1 GB ontop of 1 GB, I'd straightly say YES! Definitely worth! Thus, it only makes sense if you are running addons - which push FS9 over 1GB limit (easy to check: if you have 1GB, disable swap in control panel, reboot and load FS9 - see if you get low memory message or any other problems for that matter). After upgrade, I have nooooooo problems whatsoever!Thanks for reading!

i have read the forums about installing drivers.I want for my ati 9800 pro radeon 256mb new drivers (5.6?)I believe i have now 4.12 Were can i find this?There are at ati.com 2 downloads, one wich requires win framenetwork, and one without, wich should i use.Are there any tips before upgrading, i now that i have uninstall all previous ati files via add remove programs, but what about fs9.I run 2 monitorsthanks rick

I'm currently looking to upgrade e GEForce Ti4200/128. any ideas on what Vid cards to buy?Dave FisherCYYZP4 Prescott 3.2e 478p 800mhz 1mg CPUP4P800S Asus Motherboard1.0 gig PC3200 DDR RAM 400MHZGeforce Ti 4200/128Maxtor 40 Gig ATA 133 HD x2WDC WD800 80 Gig HDhttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/ng_driver.jpghttp://fs2crew.com/linepilot.jpg

I have had my system for over two years now and feel its time to upgrade some components. I would like to start with the RAM memory and processor. I currently have an ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard and was wondering what is currently the very best RAM and processor to buy for it. I am new to computer modeing so any suggestions would be greatly apprecated

I know memory leaks have been discussed frequently on these forums. But I still have SEVERE memory leaks after trying all the suggested solutions. I've gone through all my scenery files and assured there are no empty "texture folders" etc. But I still have to practically restart after about 2-hours due to low memory. I have 1-megabite of memory and even use a program called "Memory Turbo" that monitors memory usage and recaptures lost memory at a certain low lever and I can see it being lost.Please help, I have no idea how to stop this memory leaking.Thanks Walt

Hi to all of you.First excuseme for my poor english. I'll try to tell you my problem.My computer: P4 1.7 Ghz. RAM 512 Dual Channel ATI Radeon 9550 (512 MB)I'm using Flight Simulator 2004 (FS9.1) and when I'm use the PMDG products, or PIC ERJ-145 I can't obtain more than 10 or 12 Frames Per Second (FPS), why?, my FS is very slow, when I'm taking off, those aircrafts are freezing up, not at all, but too much to be hangling. When i'm flying into or near clouds, too, my frame rates slow down to 3 or 5 FPS, too much.I would like to know what can i do, i'll be triying all, new fs9.cfg, uninstall fs9 at all and reinstall it, and always is the same.I like …

Everytime i load FS9 it says software mode - it looks like ####, every other game i have is fine, but FS wont find my gfx card?Any ideas?

hiYesterday i receive a new vid card. A Geforce FX5950 Ultra 256Mb Ram. I used to have a Radeon 9600XT 128MB. Now, all works perfectly and i was able to triplicate the frames without tweaks or so. Just plugged the card in and installed the driver.However there are two things i am facing a problem with. a. the card is running at 72