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I currently have a Nvidea GeForce 4 Ti-4800 and would like to upgrade to the Radeon X800 pro. What can I expect? Well there be much difference in performance for MSFS?My current system specs are-Pentium4 2.5 GIGhz 1 GIG of ram100 GB HDWinXP home

should i or shouldn't i? will it make a difference? i have a 2.4 gig amd processor, 128 nvidea card, 512 megs of ram. i'm running FS9 in default mode at 800x600, to cut out some choppiness. it's still a bit choppy at times like when using real world weather or some of the themes and when landing at a large airport. am thinking about running out and getting a 3 gig amd processor right now if it would help. i think i'm ok with the other stuff mentioned but thought the 3 gig amd chip might let me run FS9 at a higher resolution and cut out the choppiness. please let me know what you think. thanks, william

Hi all, great site, great forums!Anyway, getting ready to upgrade, but the landscape has changed a lot since I built my machine. It was bleeding edge at the time, but I want to go to FS9 and I dont think this is gonna cut it-Celeron 300mhz128MB RAMAbit BH6 motherboardVoodoo 3 3000 vid cardWin 98SoooooOn a limited budget (350-500), so just trying to figure out the best upgrade path for the buck.Thanks in advance!Jeff

Hi folks,Having recently upgraded my system, I ran into trouble with conflicts between the MBoard and the sound card so I took the sound card out and am running with the MBoard built in sound. (No problems - it's pretty good)All in all, no problem but now I con't plug in my trusty MS Sidewinder FFB (the first version) to fly with :-( (It has the old 15pin D connector).I'm reluctant to buy another soundcard because I'm really only after plugging my joystick in and getting more conflicts would break my heart (let alone my wallet !). So, this strikes me as the opportunity to upgrade the joystick (actually it provides me with an exceelent excuse to get a new joystick passed t…

In case anyone was wondering as I was this morning if the upgrade would be worth it, well in my opinion it is. Especially if you do not have a top notch CPU nor tops in graphic gear.Also the prices are not that high, as long as you dont buy the Audigy2 ZS Platinum, all those whistles are overkill IMHO.It has eliminated the audio stutters and seems to have added fps to the flight (due most likely to a release of CPU demand)I have a P4-2.4 with 1G and an FX5200allen

Ok guys, here is a screenshots as of how fs2004 looks and runs on my system. (aa = 4x / af = off, res = 1152 x 864)Many thanx to aeroworx for providing the aircraft and activesky for their beautiful sky.Gauges curtesy of realityXP.Believe me that the system is running fluidlySystem :Athlon XP 3200+ (@50 degrees celcius)Asus a7n8x-x512 mb pc3200 ddrMaxtor - 40 GB 7200 rpm harddriveAopen DVD+ rewriter Aopen DVD/CD RomATI (Sapphire) Radeon 9800 proWin XP PRO - SP1DirectX 9.0cCatalyst 4.8Latest Nforce drivers (4.27) - AGP 8X, Fastwrite = on, sideband adressing = enabledBIOS - AGP Aperture = 32mb / Overall settings = agressive / Ram latency settings - Cas latency = 3 Ras to Ca…

I built my system about a year ago, and now I'm looking to do some upgrades to make FS2004 run smoother, especially in cloudy and and heavy traffic conditions (where my current system commonly slows down to single-digit FPS). Here are my specs:Intel P4 2.4ghz 800mhz fsb processor w/ stock heatsink & fanMSI Geforce FX5600 128mb video card1 gig PC3200 RAMWestern Digital 80gb 7200rpm hard driveTurtle Beach Santa Cruz sound cardI'm debating whether to upgrade my video card or processor, but I'm leaning towards the processor. I'd love to have one of those blazing fast Geforce FX6800s, but 1. they cost a small fortune and 2. I heard that they don't make that much differen…

Just orfered the following:VGA EVGA GF 6800GT CPU FAN COOLERMASTER ACB-V83 JT7+RT ASUS K8N-E DELUXECPU AMD 64 3400+ ATHLON 64DDRAM512MBCORSAR64X64 VS512MB400 MemoryThanks,Bill

I am trying to figure out how to fix flashing menus when using FSAA in FS2004 using my PNY 6800 Ultra. I'm using the official 61.77 Nvidia drivers. When I disable FSAA then I don't get flashing. I'm using one power cable from the power supply with the splitter to the 2 molex connectors on the video card. Should I use a second power cable for the second molex connector instead of the splitter. My power supply is a 431 watt Enermax.

Hi folks,the day has came for upgrading my standard SB audio device.I went to my reseller and bought a Creative Labs SB Audigy2; now i ask: which is the correct procedute for upgrading? Suppose i have to uninstall old drivers from control panel...before or after opening PC case? Is there a driver cleaner also for audio device?Thanks in advanceLuigi ;-)

Hi all, does anyone recomend a certain Mobo for the AMD 64 3400 CPU? I'm currently researching different reviews on diferent boards. I was planing on purchasing the ASUS k8n-e Deluxe. Is this a good board? Does any currenly have this board?Thanks,Bill

Hello All,I'm looking for some help here please.do any of you know of any free forums to join to see if I can get some help removing / modifying a reg entry that has been altered by something, but not me.the problem I'm having is when starting XP Pro, it now takes a little longer than before, and yet everything runs,or seems to run OK, but on the start up screen I get a sound and a message that says ''windows could not find monitor.exe,make sure you typed the name correctly and try again'' I only have the option of clicking on the OK button, then it's business as usual.I have NIS2004 with NAV2004 built into it, I have followed the instructions at the symantec web site fo…

Hi all , i'm new to this forum and to the world of fs2004 , hope you will all excuse me for my bad english as i'm italian :-)...I have an hell of a problem that crashes fs2004 every time i try to play it. my config is : Amd 1,7 ghz ; 512 ddr ram ; geforce fx 5200 128 mb.when i run the game everything is fine but as i try to have flying lessons the voice of rod machado is not there and it won't happen anything at all. i tryed then to select a normal flight but as i use the throttle controls (f2-4) the game get stuck and the only thing i can do is press reset on my case. i tryed in safe mode and it's the same thing . i even tryed the game on my girlfriend computer (she has …

For those of you like myself with older nVidia GPU's (I have a GeForce 2 with 32 megs onboard), if you open up your AGP Apeture to the largest setting (mine was 256 MB) in your BIOS setup, you will be amazed at the graphic results.I was getting blurred textures, and non-complete fuselage texture loads until I did so. It seems that FS9 needs at least 256 MB of graphic-reserved memory to display properly.Just my observation.Celeron 1.5GeFORCE 2 (32 MB)Soundblaster LIVE!Abit BX motherboard

I am now unable to print any flight plan created in FS9. I never had this problem in the past. My printer is working well, and I am able to print other areas of FS9 such as the help topics.My problem seems to have begun when I tried to print an FS9 flight plan while I was running my 737NG (PMDG) sim software.Any ideas or help would be most appreciated. Would reloading the FS9 cfg file help?Thanks.Stanner

This is a copy of my post under the Microsoft Hardware Forum.Yes, no Safe Mode. I tried to boot in Safe mode - doesn't work. I get the menu, select the Safe Mode then after a few seconds I see Abit/Guru logo then after another few seconds I get the menu again where I select the Safe Mode, etc - ad infinitum.So far my Normal Mode works very well and I have no real need for the safe mode but when time comes I will be hosed ...Michael J.WinXP Home,AMD64 3500+,Abit AV8,Radeon X800 Pro,WD 36 GB Raptor, 1 GB PC3200 Samsung RAMhttp://www.reality-xp.com/community/nr/rsc/rxp-higher.jpg

Does ATI make cards with DUAL DVI outputs to drive two LCDs on a digital signal?

Hello!I'm going to change all my system soon, and I have doubts about what VC I have to buy. Which are the best video cards for FS2004? In principle, I want to adquire the ATI radeon 9800 PRO 256, but I'd like to know how it works in FS2004? Is it a good VC? Is it reliable? Does exist any other VC better than that? I don't want to take a risk so I request orientation about this subject.Bests,David.

Hi Folks!My Graphics Card - Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MByte - has just gone "dead". I have to buy myself another card. What can you recommend me to by? I'm flying FS9 with the PMDG 737NG.CheersLars Frederiksen

Hello all! I have been looking around your forum for quite awhile now as I have been wanting to upgrade some components of my computer. I got a Athlon XP 3200+ Barton with a new Shuttle mobo and 512mb of Kingston PC3200 in the dual channel config. I fired it up the first time and things were flying right along even with my Radeon 7500LE. That was a month ago. Over that time, I have noticed things started to slow down. Part of it was my defrag, and I think part was SP2 (don't quote me on that). So I fixed both and things picked back up... a little. In my optimism (and because there was a good sale) I bought a Radeon 9800Pro 128mb off the shelf yesterday. When I tr…

Say you are replacing the heatsink and want to remove this old grey thermal paste from the top of your CPU to put a fresh coat. What is the best procedure to do this?Michael J.WinXP-Home,AMD64 3500+,Abit AV8, Radeon X800 Pro,WD 36GB Raptor,1 GB PC3200 http://www.reality-xp.com/community/nr/rsc/rxp-higher.jpg

Does the X800 pro (256M) require less power consumption than its lesser 9800 pro? I read that somewheres. I do not want to upgrade my PSU I already have a generic 450W, not as good as an Altec TruePower 430, but works fine so far.And would I get a better fps around airports? This is where I found the 9800 pro lacking, when it dipped to the lower teens and occasionally below 10. Elsewhere, it travelled fast at 35++ depending/...allen

Supposed to be some significant performance improvements, especially with cards cranked to high antialiased settings.Anyone have them yet and can report on performance?Best,Joel

I would love to have some realistic looking water but when I move my slider over to view them, one of three things happens. Very light blue, almost white water close to my aircraft in big squares, these adjust as I continue flying.(Land textures set to max land and water). Or, all the water is that light blue, almost white.(Land Only water at med.), and finally (land only, water at max)darn near everything blueish. I know that this is some sort of texture or video card issue, but to be honest havent really found a solution to this on the hardware posts.I am using:Biostar M7NCD mother boardAnthalon AMD XP 2400+ 2.0ghz processor512 MB ramRadeon 9200-128mb vid. cardsaitek…

Yes, no Safe Mode. I tried to boot in Safe mode - doesn't work. I get the menu, select the Safe Mode then after a few seconds I see Abit/Guru logo then after another few seconds I get the menu again where I select the Safe Mode, etc - ad infinitum.So far my Normal Mode works very well and I have no real need for the safe mode but when time comes I will be hosed ...Michael J.AMD64 3500+, Abit AV8, Radeon X800 Pro, WD 36 GB Raptor, 1 GB PC3200 Samsung RAMhttp://www.reality-xp.com/community/nr/rsc/rxp-higher.jpg