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Hello fellow simmers!I've always had this problem I'm going to explain now, I was recommended trying to ask some of you guru's here about it.Whenever I fly over an ocean I always get blurry textures at long distance (near the horizon). This problem appears when there is great visibility and high flying. I don't really understand why I get this since many users (www.flightsim.no) with mid-end systems don't have it.Some pictures of described problem are enclosed..Sight distance 130 mileshttp://home.no/justme/wx/1.jpghttp://home.no/justme/wx/2.jpgSight distance 60 mileshttp://home.no/justme/wx/3.jpghttp://home.no/justme/wx/4.jpgSight distance 150 miles with clear weather. Sq…

Hi, Just looked over some posts about new machines and the debate about the 6800 and the x800, well to late now but I just upgraded to a new machine Intel 3.73 with a 6800gt from a ti4600 and I just know that the latest drivers(76.41) are not the right ones or they are not tuned right as I really see no really different or improvement in FS9. Can anyone help tune this puppy.thanks TONYXPPROINTEL 3.73 1GB MEM6800GTFS9P1 any other info needed just let me know

Would upgrading from XP HomeAMD 2800 (2.2 processor)1 gig 3200 RAMNvidia 6600GTto an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Processor with everything else the same make much a difference? The only difference, just to make it clear, would be upgrading the MB to the one that accepts the AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Processor (2.0 processor).Some say that the 64 bit wont make much a difference right now due to OS restrictions.thoughts?Eric

Hi,I was wondering after getting some trouble with stutters appearing when I replay my flights in FS9 if this issue may be explained by a recent installation of a new video card driver and directX 9.c.What surprises me is that these stutters only appear while "instant replay" function is running. As soon as the replay begins, a couple of stutters appear, then disappear and the movie get back as fluid as you may hope.One point I have noticed is that each stutter is accompanied by an access to the hard drive whose light is turned on.Has anybody already experienced this ? What do you suggest ? Your help is welcome.Kind regards,Vincent Mellinger

Hey guys i've had this problem for a while...fog used to work..now it doesnt.Fog works fine 1 mile and under vis. over that i get this..heres me at 7000 feet with 5 miles vis.......thanksIve tried new drivers..didnt workATI Radeon 9200AMD Athlon 2600+1024mb ram

Hi,First of all i consider anything below steady 25FPS is jerky.My current specs:P4 3GHZ 512 DDR333 RAMSGEFORCE FX5200 128MBMSI NEO-2P MOTHERBOARDI get a reasonable FPS even when running at 1280 x 1024 (steady 30fps) in normal conditions ,and tiny stuttersi.e Default aircraft and scenery and Fair weather conditionsAlthough it drops a lot when passing through clouds and in heavy weather and sceneries (10-20fps)and it gets worse when using PMDG737 (which is the only aircraft i fly, and dont want to fly anything else until the release of the B747)i.e i get bouncing FPS (13-24fps),too annoyingI cant afford to get a high end card like 6800 OR X800 , but i can go through GEFORC…

Hopefully, I will shortly be getting a new pc. This will mean I will need to transfer FS9 from the old one. I have a number of add ons (payware and freeware). I would assume that it would be best to ask the payware companies as to the best way to transfer their products. As to the rest (texture,scenery etc), I was wondering if I could just copy the relevant files to a cd and then transfer them to the new installation of FS9. I don't really fancy reinstalling everything from scratch. Is this the best way or do others have a better technique?Victor

Hi guys,in my quest for a throttle that I could integrate in my new low budget GA home cockpit I stumbled over this one:http://www.flightlink.com/hardware/fixedwing/tpq.htmlI really like it as it is a little easier to integrate in my middle console than the PFC one. It also offers reverse thrust that the PFC only overs with the tubo prop quadrant.The version offered with the link is a version for the flightlink console, but at a price of 40US$ you get an additional box that makes it USB and fully FS2002 compatible.The only thing I do not know is how good the feel and quality is. Any advise from you guys?Alex

Any one have this happen.... I searched many post but didnt catch much. I updated drivers and such the recommeded way Thanks to your posts.... other games work just great like Doom3 THQ but I go to start up FS and the screen pops up and harddrives go to work but then no fs menu. What I have done is to have msfs redetect hardware and such by moving the fs9 config and it detected card correctly on restart and a new config file was produced. So i next went to start-->microsftgames--> FS9 reset and tried that (lucky I kept backup of config) but no dice. It just wont startup.... Hate to do another reinstall... I know it is the business of the beast just curious if a…

Upon the starting my computer, my cdrw drive and dvd drive isn't recognized anymore. I get this error message:Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)The registry fix suggested on the windows database didn't help either, neither did unistalling the devices. Any ideas? It all worked fine until I installed then uninstalled Apples itunes software. #### apple computers. ricardo

A quick question for the network experts out there....I have just set up my system with a new SysLink router. Do I still need to leave the XP firewall on or will the router take care of all that now?ThanksGlenn

I am running FS9 without very good frame rate results. I am thinking of upgrading my system, and want to get the most bang for the buck. My current system is:AMD Athlon XP 1700 (POST inicates 1200. Does that sound right? I thought that AMD marketstheir chips faster than they actual run.)ECS (PCChips?) M810DLU motherboard256 MB of DDR 333 RAMOnboard 256 bit 3D 4X AGP video card with 64 MB frame buffer. The board does not have a AGP slot.155 GB hard drive space between 3 hard drives. With over 100 GB free. (Got a good deal on a 120 GB drive)Windows 2000 Pro.Again, I am looking for the most bang for the buck. My thinking is to concentrate on best video card I can affo…

This is what happens since a couple of days when i load FS9. But the FS9 does not develop more than this after loading...I have installed all drivers to the monitor, the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro card and so on. I have also updates my Win XP. But i have still this problem. What to do?:-zhelphttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/112636.jpg

Hello all!I have decided to upgrade my downstairs computer that me and my dad built when I was 9. I have no idea what parts are in their now, so bear with me. So far this is what I am thinking:AMD 64 3200+ - 3500+ATI X800 Pro - XT1GB Dual Channel RamECS nForce4-A939?Raptor 80GB hardrive?http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1782921,00.aspThat is a link my father sent me reffering the motherboard...it is pretty cheap and looks good to me. Followup to that is would the upgrade from 3200+ to 3500+ really make all that much difference? According to this article that motherboard dosen't support the 3500+, only the 3000+ and 3200+. I am most curious about the motherboard, …

Hi all.I just read a review on a Dell dual core CPU gaming system. Here's the link:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1784533,00.aspHas anyone benchmarked this beast to see if it runs FS any better than an FX55? I'm looking to build a new machine but I'm not really sure what to get. SATA? 10000 RPM HD? DDR2? 1gb? GeForce 256mb? SB Live Audigy?Thanks,Enrique==========================Frequency change approved,Good day.

I don't understand..how to buy memory...in terms of compatability to my Mo Board?There is the Speed: Pin Type:Are these the only two things that I have to make sure that the mother board supports?What I want is the dual Channel and extra low latency memory for this Mo Board. (ASUS "A8N-SLI Deluxe" nForce4 SLI Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU)http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc....ufactory=BROWSEwhat would you get?

I got a new 9800 Pro card (replacing a 9700 that bit the dust), so I thought I might as well upgrade my drivers at the same time. Bumping up from Catalyst 4.3's. But I am experience one heck of a lot of CTD's!It's very repeatable for me, always in the first minute or so. Usually the screen goes black or just freezes, sometimes the sound starts looping.The error message I get when I am forced to reboot is:"The driver for the display device was unable to complete a drawing operationError Signature:szAppName: Drivers.Display szAppVer: 10024E480000021002szModName: ati2dvag.dll szModVer: 6.14.10.6525 Offset: B43C06EAError reportC:WindowsLogfilesWatchdog050412_1905_01.w…

Hello all,I have often heard it is best to have windows installed twice on the same machine and to only install FS9 in one of the windows xp drives. I have managed to install two copies of Windows but what I would like to know is do I strip the windows where I am going to place FS9 bare of all background programs before or after I install FS9. I have heard that Blackviper's web page is a good place to find out what to strip out of windows. Just one last issue i would like to ask , is it safe to connect to the internet using Sqauwkbox etc without having anything other than FS9 in the windows xp drive where FS 9 will be put?I have a pentium 4 with a FX880T ATI card 880GB HD…

Hi community,I know that this is a very old subject, and prone to much argument, but here goes.....In a few weeks, I will be building a new system, for FS9 ONLY.I can't afford a million dollar computer, but I would like opinions onCPU.In the last few years, I have ran AMD Athlon processors, and have been fairly happy with their performance, despite the running temperatures.I was thinking of perhaps going Intel, given that AMD is going down the 64-bit path. I say this because I'm not too keen on running Windows XP 64 bit, given that it's still a Beta.Please note that I only need views on the CPUs out there.I will be running Windows XP Professional, SP2Many thanks in advanc…

For some strange reason, suddenly, my views are all pixilated. I think that's the term. For example, when I am on the runway, the surface of the runway is made up of various size and color rectangles. This had never been a problem before. I did just download an updated ATI Catalyst driver for my Radeon 9800 Pro card. I also noted that the driver for my Sony monitor was missing and reloaded that (after the pixilation appeared, but that didn't help. I wonder if the new ATI Radeon driver doesn't work so well with my Sony computer, or if the change in view was coincidental with some other thing that messed up. Any help would be appreciated.Thanks,Bruce

Should temporal AA be on in the card settings and should the aperture size be on 64 or 128mb??Is the shimmering found on trees towers planes buildings terrain just bad fs9 coding?? (directx)Is it the monitor or the video card sucks?Is the hard drive not fast enough yet for fs9?My mip map setting is at 4 in the sim.Any advice of what to try please i'm going crazy with all these sleepless nights trying to figure it out.Thanks guys!

Title says it all but I need drivers WITHOUT an included Control Panel or Contol Center (may have to dig into your older files for this one). Also needs to be compatible with Windows XP. ATI site does not have just drivers.Trying to install them with my ATI 9800 Pro card installed as well. Also trying to find the best procedurte to load both cards on one machine if anyone has done this before.Can you believe this... ATI techniocal support will not support any multiple card set-ups - even their own cards.

I have a Gateway P4 2.53G, 1Gb RDRAM, Visiontek ti4600. I have seen the tweaks about BIOS settings, ie AGP aperature, etc. Mine is set to 64Mb. But my BIOS does not show any real video settings such as Shadow ram, etc. Is this the way Gateway sends these out, so you can't change anything, or is there a way to get to the settings?ThanksRick

I have started some on-line flying with the new SquawkBox 3 and want to plug-in my headset to the front of my case. There are two push-out plastic plugs to receive the jacks but I cannot find the appropriate cables anywhere, even the case manufacturer does not have them. I have also noticed cases by other manufacturers with the same set up - but no cables. The set-up I am trying to achieve is two stereo cables with a jack at one end and a 3.5mm? stereo plug at the other end which then plug into the audio and mic jacks of the sound card.I have tried everywhere - computer parts, audio parts including Radio Shack and there is nothing around.Short of making them myself (an…

Its my turn to spend some cash on a new rig, hopefully 100% tuned for Flightsimming ;)Not sure if I made a bummer incl the Barracuda 7200rpm instead of the 10000rpm, tough kinda out of me money league at the mo ...----Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, nForce4 SLI, Socket -939,S-ATA,Dual-GbLAN,Firewire,PCI-Ex16AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4 GHz Socket 939, 512KB cacheCorsair TWINX2048-3200 DDR-DIMM 2048MB 3200 DIMMsSeagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB S-ATA 8MB cache 7200RPM NCQGainward GeForce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express,"Ultra/2400PCX",2xDVI,Retail----These are the most important pieces to talk about, its kinda late to ask for tips since its kinda already on order, but anyway :)FS2004 should b…